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Newspaper
Baxter Springs News
Location
Baxter Springs, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1908
Page
6
Practical guidance for farmers covering feed costs, milk handling, manure management, poultry care, crop rotation, nitrogen supply, and soil improvement. Emphasizes leguminous crops, rotation every four to five years, and careful stock selection. Encourages record keeping, market-minded farming, and conservation cooperation.
Camphor is valuable as a cleanser insect repellent and medicine. It can remove stubborn mirror stains, repels mosquitoes, and may ease colds and nausea when used sparingly. Internal use requires caution as it can harm some individuals and weaken the heart. avoid frequent dosing and consult guidance for frequency and safety.
Parisian taste leans toward old rose and old blue springs of color with lavender and new blues favored. Imperial blue and Russian blue appear in fabrics, while wistaria and caoutchouc or rubber grayish mauve color trims brighten coats hats gowns and evening wear.
A popular velvet and silk hat with barnyard plumage and a gray white aigrette appeals to women seeking middle ground. Displayed in myrtle green chestnut brown faded violet and black tones the accessory emphasizes softening volume with restrained trim.
A Paris fashion note says coats must have side slashes to allow walking as hems narrow. Without openings American women would need to adopt a new sidestep called walking.
Dusky blue new calor discussed by designers, available in monnedine, suede, cloth, and plumes across fashion lines.
Harper's Bazar discusses table candlestick options including silver, cut glass, Bohemian glass and brass with simpler designs preferred. It notes versatile shades in cut glass, silver, or colored linings, silk imitation rose petals, bead fringe, and hand painted varieties. The mature Empire shapes are popular but less graceful than flaring designs.
The piece describes a navy blue smart costume with simple lines, a wide black soutache braid at the neck and cuffs, narrow braid on the vest and coat body, and a close-fitting skirt following the figure, praised as a satisfactory model of the season.
The writer explains maintaining violets for nine days by wearing them, then watering stems with very cold water, wrapping stems with oiled paper soaked in cold water, covering the top with another oiled paper sheet, and returning them to the box. They keep the violets on a pile outside a window.
A fragmented Philadelphia Press item collage presents quips and witticisms on aging, doctors, physiognomy, and social scenes. It blends jokes about husbands, artists models, car etiquette, and a liver as a measure of life. The tone is humorous and reflective amid urban anecdotes.
Florence Davis, popular comedian and dramatic star, appears next Sunday for four nights and a Wednesday matinee in Under the Greenwood Tree by Henry V. Be mond with Elliott Dexter. The company opened in New Orleans to lavish praise and critics across five papers endorse the show as a top attraction for the coming month, with The Richest Girl later in the week.
A fragmentary list of patents and inventors with serial numbers and locations. Names include Arthur G. Brown Buckner Mo J. Trackway St. Louis, Kes St. Ing and others. Entries reference devices such as rural route signals, railway cramming devices, printing machinery, fence stretchers, and incinerators.
An exchange contrasts cars and horses with a Washington Star quip praising horse safety and a Town and Country line marketing a well preserved woman under the food and drug act. The fragmentary dialogue mixes humorous ad copy and promotional chatter, reflecting vintage newspaper fodder.
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