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Newspaper
Baxter Springs News
Location
Baxter Springs, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1908
Page
3
Describes building a home made china closet with dimensions for base shelf and cabinet, materials, shelf detailing for upright plate display, and options for using oak or soft woods with staining and varnish steps. Provides guidance on joinery, beading, grooves, and finishing.
Horticulturists note several techniques to stimulate fruit bud formation, including girdling, root pruning, and summer pruning. Girdling removes bark to halt growth, while careful branch or trunk cuts reduce vigor without bark removal. Timing is key as fruit bud formation begins with the growth season, and delaying pruning risks missing next year's buds.
A farmer is known by the crops he reaps and open heart to each person who speaks of troubles. The era speaks of truth and sorrow. A harvest remembered as rare appears in the text.
Soft fabrics dominate the season with pale rose linen gowns and black satin trims. Gowns feature long, clinging silhouettes in batiste voile and silk, while lace bodices add a best look. Hats use lace and tulle with pale ostrich plumes. belts should match the gown material to flatter a short-waisted figure.
Instructions for building and using a hardwood frame for embroidery. It describes sizing the frame with holes at ends, using pegs, stretching fabric on tenter hooks, corded edging with twine, sewing with fine silk, and lacing the fabric securely to prevent corner strain.
Fashion notes from Vogue describe a Paris collection for brides without any petticoats. Dozens of satin culottes or hatchers in black white and colors appear with lace trim ribbons and knee buckles and detachable collars. gowns worn directly over these knickers.
There is wide use this simmer of a net called mechlin for yokes stocks and undersleeves. It replaces laces in black or white and serves as a chiffon substitute. It comes mainly in pale cream not dead white its mesh is silky fine with tiny open circles. It sells at a good price yet proves economical in the end and is used in groups of tiny tucks with lace bands along the edges in scallops for fashionable frocks.
Revival of French revolutionary styles prompts hipless silhouettes for women. New corsets feature long cups heavy bones and straps to flatten hips while rubber seams enable elastic looseness when seated for minimal comfort.
The article describes practical seasonal fashion developments with plain taffeta coats and lingerie frocks. A brown and white checked frock is paired with a long high length brown taffeta coat, cut away with rounded corners and edged with silk. A reseda green cutaway coat with long panels complements lingerie frocks and matched hats.
Prof. Thomas Shaw reports on W J Landon farm in Winona Minnesota, awarded second in a Hill con test, where Shorthorn calves thrive on skim milk after initial milk feeding. Calves fed linseed gruel with alfalfa meal and barley oats bran, plus green food, show stronger growth, year round production, and earlier, steadier breeding compared with dam rearing.
A Prairie Farm note describes sinking a box between kitchen or pantry floor joists to create a low profile cellar cupboard. The box rests a couple of inches above the floor to keep dust out, with slats nailed to the bottom and wire netting to deter mice, and a hinged cover protects the top.
Two pasteurizing methods are discussed the intermittent or discontinuous system and the continuous flow system. The closed intermittent machine holds milk at target temperature for a set time and shows greater efficiency per unit work than the continuous method, which is common in large operations due to lower total pasteurizing costs. When milk output is not vast and long keeping qualities are needed the intermittent system proves superior according to B C Meyers.
A correspondent from Orange Judd Farmer argues butter production on farms declines yearly yet supports cooperative dairying. He notes good farm butter exists but quality often suffers from lack of skill, care, or unsuitable surroundings. The piece emphasizes that successful butter making demands intellect and physical strength.
The text argues that batter should be issued to soldiers rather than oleomargarine. It notes this sentiment is common in the country and among farmers who favor batter for soldiers instead of oleomargarine.
The excerpt hints at a third chapter where fog and London atmosphere shape the mood. The blurred text leaves character development and plot cues unclear, but suggests a setting heavy with mist and urban tone affecting narrative tension.
The passage mocks social etiquette with a quip about teaching a pretty girl to whistle and a tongue in cheek exchange about flirtation. It also advertises laundry soap and a price list implying consumer tips and local commerce.
Sylvester E. Smith of St Louis writes that Peruna helped his catarrhal bronchial troubles. He describes exposure and poor health, says a physician advised Peruna, and reports rapid improvement and full recovery in three months. A Brooklyn reader also supports using Peruna for catarrh and recommends it to patients.
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