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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1912
Page
7
The article describes making complete sets of neckwear from scraps of silk linen lawn and chmtty for spring and summer gowns. It suggests sets of ties collars and jabots to match blouses lace embroidery and net yokes and recommends plain white collars for light mid summer wear.
A flower season brings striped lawn in dark blue white and pale blue linen for small girls. Flowered linen trims pale blue frocks with rove shades while pale pink lawn suits larger girls. Flowered lawn shapes point collars and wide skirts. Numerous models offer stylish, affordable frock options for mothers.
A home tip describes rubbing borax into stains to draw moisture through the fabric. A deep saucer placed under the stain catches drips and water wicks through, then dries so the saucer is removed and the cloth is reused. Tea stains can be treated similarly.
Recipe lists quantities for a bridal cake with butter sugar spices currants mixed peel almonds and eggs. Directions include creaming butter and sugar beating in eggs adding dry ingredients and warm cream, greasing a tin and baking in a moderate oven, then icing with almond and white icing.
Endive with grapefruit salad arranged in a bordered bowl with grapefruit segments and green lettuce garnish. Home made sausage made from pork beef breadcrumbs and sage formed into small cakes and fried or baked. Apple and celery salad prepared with thinly sliced apples, diced celery, mayonnaise, and lettuce cups served immediately.
An old trunk tray can organize ironing day items by keeping napkins doilies towels and cloths in separate piles. Wash toothbrushes weekly in a salt and water solution rinse and sun dry to keep bristles stiff and white and extend brush life.
A woman who follows silk care states that pressing a new silk skirt with a hot iron before first wear prevents cracking by setting the fabric. The advice emphasizes careful heat application to preserve texture and sheen.
For leather books bound in leather, refresh surfaces with equal parts white of egg and water beaten together. Use a soft flannel cloth to apply the solution, then polish the leather once the surface is dry.
A teaspoonful of lemon juice added to a quart of water makes rice very white and keeps the grains separate.
An excerpt from Napoleon I aphorisms compiled by J. Bertaut notes two kinds of campaigns good and bad, war as a natural state, courage born of fear, and the role of tragedy in history. It discusses how tragedy elevates rulers and peoples and praises Aeschylus Agamemnon for force and terror.
A fragmentary set of poems and notes by James F. Morton Jr and a War Cry snippet reflect on childhood, modern pedagogy, and satire. The East Indies line notes spiders large enough to devour small birds, illustrating sensational contrasts.
The piece discusses mandrakes as human shaped roots, legends about their resemblance to people, and their sale in Germany for high sums in 1675. It mentions a superstition that stealing money from a widow during certain feasts and placing it under a mandrake will attract coins from passersby.
A spring May Day pageant features children around a May pole in East Orange New Jersey. The piece notes May pole dances as a nationwide tradition on May 1 and mentions Alfred Lord Tennyson’s poem The May Queen with its opening lines.
A Texas baby of eighteen months fell into a deep well on a farm after Sunday workers were away. It slid down about twenty nine feet and wedged at seven or eight feet. The mother spotted the disappearance and alerted the farmhand. Remarkably the child held a rope and saved itself as rescuers arrived.
An English boy scout project at Wadhurst estate aims to create a self governed republic for 200 boys. The plan includes eight man patrols, daily market trade, and individual accounts along with lessons in horsemanship forestry carpentry blacksmithing and leather work.
A Syracuse office manager for the Possible Accident Co. pursues policy 0834 for Louise Bradley, an orphan injured in a flood. Dick Hartleigh helps at the improvised hospital, and Louise bonds with him after claiming she will marry when the company supplies relatives and a home. The tale blends accident policy benevolence with a budding romance.
In the Georgia mountains a stranger shot at a dog during a tense early encounter. A native youth retaliated with a volley of a old fashioned shot, then fled. Later the boy met a man he believed to be his father and warned of further trouble, while onlookers questioned the events.
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