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Newspaper
Baxter Springs News
Location
Baxter Springs, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1909
Page
6
Practical farming tips on hogs cows horses and turkeys include pasture care, doorway and equipment maintenance, soil preparation, seed quality, manure value, and the need for gentle handling of draft animals. Emphasizes proper feeding water cleanliness and avoiding wet land work.
The Boston Herald urges young women to view education as ongoing and self-directed. It cautions against undervaluing indoor skills like needlework, notes that outdoor interests alone do not make a home maker, and argues attractiveness comes from self-improvement and warmth beyond looks.
A writer argues that a young girl may marry a man with adequate means if he also has moral and physical suitability. If ages differ greatly, waiting may test enduring love. The suggested ideal is a girl around 25 with a husband slightly older.
The article describes plain cloth skirts with riding habit snugness and floor-length hems paired with fine bodices. It notes matching laces and many waists in tone with the skirt material, urging careful coordination and the use of ready made waists for elegant odd bodices.
Attractive summer rugs in blue and white old rose and white green and white feature a landscape border in Japanese style. The border shows trees or wave patterns in contrasting color on a white background. Rugs are very inexpensive.
A practical hat storage idea uses a strong spiral coil of heavy wire with a larger bottom than the crown and a smaller top. The wire is ribbon covered and secured with bows at both ends, letting a girl fashion a neat, matching accessory for every hat.
A useful tweed dress with a checked pattern and darker shade is described. The corselet akirt wraps to the left with scalloped edges edged in braid, battened scallops, with a plain bodice and a silk-tucked yoke. Hat features soft silk over straw, trimmed with a wreath of roses.
Weston Ocean Walker remarks on morale lift when walking off bad thoughts and notes rising shoe powder use. Allen's Foot-Ease antiseptic powder advertised as soothing tired feet. Claim of 30,000 orders and home trial offered with address for Allen Co. Olmsted, Le.
A puzzled tourist asks how many children the woman has. She lists scattered names and excuses, saying Willie is fishing, Tommy is breaking into a car, Georgie borrowed a shotgun to hunt, and Esmeralda Ann plans elopement. She admits she never knows the count until supper.
Mercy Hospital announces a May 1 opening of a 100 bed addition and invites applicants to its nurse training school. A two year course offers theoretical and practical instruction for private or institutional patients. Graduates are in demand at 26 dollars weekly. applicants may contact Dr. K B Richardson at Clinton Place Kansas City Missouri.
One million women nationwide join a tuberculosis campaign, organized under the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis and the General Federation of Women's Clubs. The effort spans legislatures, Congress, churches, clubs, and social gatherings, with chapters in every state and affiliated groups in Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the canal zone.
An elderly resident from Baird Texas recounts quitting coffee after a neighbor urged Postum. He reports rapid relief from stomach pains indigestion and bowel trouble plus restored energy and regular bowels within two weeks. His son also improves after switching to Postum and the family now uses it in place of coffee. A promotional letter ending with There’s a Reason accompanies the tale along with a prompt to read The Road to Wellville.
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