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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1913
Page
8
Guidance on waxing thread before sewing to improve strength, using emery in hot weather, trimming moisture, and finishing techniques. Advice covers lace edges, attaching crocheted edgings to underwear and doilies, securing buttons on wool garments, embroidery edging for petticoats, and fast pattern cutting to avoid hot pulls.
A short guidance note suggests adding a small amount of milk or oatmeal to bath water to keep a baby’s skin soft and smooth. If rain water is unavailable, use balled water. hard water is treated by soaking for twenty minutes.
Instructions describe making a camphor and shellac adhesive for repairing plaster. Apply hot to edges, join pieces, hold until the mix cools and hardens. The passage emphasizes preparing the solution and maintaining pressure during setting.
A New York Tribune item outlines polite social rules for visiting in unfamiliar places. It covers who should call first, and how many visiting cards to leave depending on the caller’s status and the hostess situation. It explains handling at home days and card etiquette for married, unmarried, widowed, and visiting relatives.
A thrift minded note suggests darning stockings with ordinary yarn after steaming the yarn by holding it over boiling water. The steam tightens the wool so the mended area's shrinkage risk is reduced during washing and wear.
Mme A Repley tells Chicago Dressmakers club the new woman will wear seven clothing items and need ten minutes to dress. Items include a sheer lingerie piece, knee length corset, silk stockings, low shoes, a one piece gown, a soft chapeau, and a coat with two buttons.
A satisfactory substitute for a hot water bag is a salt bag half filled with sand. It can be heated in the oven or on a gas range plate and stays hotter longer than a water bag without the danger of leaks.
The text describes sharpening knives by folding emery paper in the center and drawing the knife back and forth quickly, turning it from side to side. It notes this method as an excellent sharpener for paring knives.
A Chinese custom involves presenting coffins as tokens of familial love, often startling foreign recipients. An American woman visiting a Che family learned the coffin is not meant to imply imminent burial and can be a treasured keepsake.
An optimistic verse from the Washington Star notes resilience through harsh weather as spring returns. It frames cycles of winter and renewal, with birds singing and flowers blooming despite lingering snow and gray skies, urging continued hope and effort.
The Moon shows craters and seas plus long narrow rills that lie well below surrounding ground. Some astronomers call them cracks, while others suggest they are ancient river channels carved by water or melt.
The Arlingtons led by Tom Marr confront the Crescents led by Dick Thrusten in a seven game series. Beatrice Barr captivates crowds as she influences outcomes and, in the decisive final, a negro pitcher stars for the Arlingtons. Thrusten loses the championship and concedes to Barr.
A Farm and Fireside tale recalls Luther Burbank as a boy pushing for a new potato variety. The Burbank potato aimed at 200 bushels per acre and then delivered remarkable yields up to 525 bushels. It is credited with adding $25,000,000 to the nation’s wealth.
Children act as cobblers in a circle with one outside as the customer who brings a shoe to mend. The shoe is passed quickly to avoid the customer seeing who handles it, and the outside player pretends to demand payment and reacts theatrically to test the customer.
During a Montessori school visit in Rome the four year old daughter of Mrs. Sandor Landeau courted the queen by kissing the back of her hand. The queen returned the gesture and expressed delight at the child’s simple courtesy noting she had never heard such playful etiquette before.
A step by step description of a magic routine using a hat and a hidden pin. The performer places a hat crown up, performs passes, lifts the hat, and produces a magnetized bat from a secret pin hidden in the hand, then reveals and dismisses the bat as part of the illusion.
A fragmented, playful note mentions a canary and bird related gifts, with stray phrases about eating, feeding, and sender love. The readable lines hint at a homey scene of a canary by a window and small treats described in a stray, childlike handwriting.
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