Fashions in Transition Menace and Mock New Dress Codes
Paris fashion writes Lucy Hooper warn of sudden revolutions in women’s dress with bans on fringe on foreheads etc. New trends drop hoop skirts replace with slim dresses. beads replace rubes. plain slippers and stockings suit evening wear. lace fans and monogrammed linens emerge. gentlemen drop dog skin gloves and canes. new gown textures include velvet plush and silk with bold plaids and checks. overall a dramatic shift in style.
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Lucy Hooper
Paris
Duchesse de M
Duchesse
New Spring and Summer Straw Bonnets and Millinery Tints
The article outlines the latest spring and summer straw bonnets in shades from golden-brown to peachblow and Wisteria, with updates to straw and braid hats. It highlights beaded velvet canvases, novel trimmings, and rich materials such as silk nets, embroideries, grenadines, and scrims, plus novelties in jewelry and accessories like pin sets and bracelets.
Farm advice and home economy for busy farmwives
Practical guidance on pig farming as a farmer's ally and on kitchen planning and labor saving devices. It emphasizes the pig’s productivity, clover pasture limits, and the value of a woman guiding house design including kitchens, pantries, closets, sinks, and labor-saving tools to reduce toil and costs in farm households.
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Forn TV
Ridgie
Kansas Agricultural College
Kansas
Re Womman
Hog Cholera Prevention For Stock Ranches
The article warns that filth and impure water promote hog cholera and other diseases. It urges using well water, keeping surroundings clean, and diversifying swine diet beyond corn with vegetables, clover, artichokes, and potatoes to reduce epidemic risk.
Feeding and care to save farm animals and colts
An article warns against starvation and poor housing for farm stock urging clean pastures, separation of sick hogs, and better feeding for yearlings and mares. It critiques slating and overtaxing mares, notes long recovery times, and advocates nurturing horses and colts for stronger progeny and future productivity.
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Mieltle
Stockman
Dairy notes on butter making and milk composition
A summary of a lecture by Primrose McConnell on agricultural science discusses butter yield and milk composition. It covers how fat and solids in milk vary with feed and exercise, the impact of different foods on solids, and how Jersey and Ayrshire cows differ in butter content and milk structure.
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Primrose McConnell
South Kensington
England
Agricultural Gazette
Ccc
Jerseys
Ayrshires
Tree Plan Forester views timber demand and forest care
The Forester urges Americans to support forestry as demand for wood rises. He notes extensive forest travel across the United States and Canada and warns per capita timber use in the U S exceeds Europe, where housing and furniture growth are limited.
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Canada
United States
Europe
European Larch Seed Production in America Urged by Foresters
The article discusses timber demand in America and forestry as a revenue source for governments abroad. It reports horticulturist Robert Douglas on European larch seeds in the U S, noting rare perfect seeds but occasional seedlings in Cape Cod Lynn Hanover and Minnesota with cool moist climates potentially yielding valuable results.
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Spain
Italy
France
Germany
America
Prussia
Tyranee
Austria
Robert Douglas
Waukegan
Mr. Meegan
Gardners Monthly
Bartham
Philadelphia
Mr. Fay
Cape Cod
Lynn
Minnesota
Leonard Hodges
St. Paul
Duluth
Beautiful Homemade Articles From Checked Glass Cloth
The article explains simple craft methods using sweet oil to remove finger marks from varnished furniture and chloroform to erase paint from black silk. It details making pretty items from checked glass cloth by weaving colored stars, creating night dress cases, brush bags, cabin tidies, and more with pale blue or pink schemes and lace trims.
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Berlin
Care of the Hands and Winter Mitten Tips
The article advises cleaning stained hands with sand in water and warns against oxalic acid. It discusses washing with tepid water, glycerine use, and risks of overuse. It notes winter hand roughness from cold, and suggests improvised woolen mittens from cut stockings to protect wrists and keep clothes dry.
Chapped Hands Ointment Recipe From The Cook
A glycerine ointment for chapped hands is described using two ounces sweet almond oil one half ounce spermaceti one dram white wax melted cooled then stirred with one ounce glycerine. The mix may be scented and stored in wide-necked bottles.
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Aurelia Sentinel
Zailory
Jeff
Steels
the Forester
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