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Newspaper
Baxter Springs News
Location
Baxter Springs, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1908
Page
3
J Paterson details an uncapping box and honey wax extractor setup. The system uses a 3 foot iron tank with a hot uncapping knife, burners, and a honey receiver. Cappings melt as honey and wax drain, producing ready market wax and honey daily with minimal waste.
A brief note emphasizes two essentials for poultry operations Intelligence and vigilance. It states that while either may be less essential, failure of either leads to problems, underscoring the need for smart oversight and constant watchfulness.
Poultry raisers suggest scalded milk may aid chicks with bowel trouble. The note says the idea is untested by us but offered for consideration. It claims that healthy old stock yields more eggs and healthier offspring.
A simple dainty trimming can be crafted from narrow silk or satin bands with a fringed border. Cut bias bands an inch wide, fold, and blind stitch edges to meet in the center. Create tiny silk balls under an inch in diameter, shirred with a running thread, and attach drops to the bands with twisted embroidery silk.
A historic home remedy praises the strawberry as a top cosmetic. It claims internal and external use can clear the system, whiten skin, and remove spots and freckles. A beauty breakfast of strawberries with sugar, a mashed berry facial, and a berry juice wash with red vinegar form the regimen.
Daily routine emphasizes a carrot start and a hearty breakfast, with luncheon featuring watercress, dandelion, lettuce, carrots, and spinach for complexion. Summer menus favor seafood, lamb, and young poultry, while avoiding heavy meats, plus fruit salads and light vegetables. A tonic of borax oatmeal almond meal and orris root in a cheesecloth bag is suggested for soft skin, dropped into water as needed.
Freshen bedrooms with flowered cotton prints ideal for country homes and town apartments. Includes bed covers curtains cushions and table covers, available separately. Prints are white or cream foundations with dainty blue pink mauve brown or red colors to create a sweet inviting look.
A stylish street costume features a blue serge suit with a chic coat trimmed by black buttons and stitching. Narrow black sou tache decorates the loops and flat collar, paired with a blue and black waistcoat and a large black chip hat with hive tips and satin ribbon in same tabade.
Vogue notes a fashion edict pushing extraordinary day skirts that are straight and tight with no bottom flare. They reach all around and end in a flat plait, a look that will unsettle many but is expected to become common within eight weeks, say top costume makers.
A discussion describes using eclosors to pull the round or heart shaped eyes from a card of hooks and eyes straightened to create a fine substitute for the invisible eye, detailing the method and implications.
A guide explains turning a dry goods box on its side to create a shaded canopy for chickens. It details attaching broom handles, muslin, and perches, with stakes, cords, and nails to secure the shelter and prevent wind movement. Muslin is noted as a cheap, vermin resistant material, and multiple shelters can be placed in a field to protect a flock.
Males not required for eggs and best to use two year old layers for hatching. Handy nests aid hens and gatherers. Yearling hens lay 40 percent more eggs than two year olds. Avoid overfeeding soft foods to grown fowls. keep hens active. Plan to feed about one bushel grain per year per laying hen. Chilled chicks falter. provide varied clean wholesome food. Keep young poultry out of wet grass and cold weather. Dust moms weekly under wings and thighs with insect powder. Ducks and geese fatten best on boiled turnips potatoes and carrots with oat meal. confine and feed five times daily.
A Farm and Home writer describes a quick method to catch fried chicken by attaching a barrel hoop to a six foot handle and a three foot deep bag. A one foot deep bag can drop over the chicken while it is eaten, enabling fast capture.
An 1907 testimonial tells of inflammatory rheumatism with skin ulcers and bed sores, cured by Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. Mrs Henderson of Stamford recalls skin recovery and hair shine after treatment. Then a joke about a leap year widow and a thrifty widower follows.
A fragmentary wit salvo contrasts Mrs Grammercy who claims a year of romance with Mrs Park who says she married for money and spent it quickly. The text shifts to garbled shopping slang and aphorisms about truth fooling more than lies, left unreadable in places.
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