Cleaning and whitening tips for fabrics and glassware
A guide offers practical home care methods. Naphtha with a brush can restore soiled coat collars. peroxide in cold water bleaches lingerie and whites overnight. hot water vapor lifts white spots from furniture. alcohol or camphor aids stain removal. slowly heating glassware prevents breakage when cooling.
Fashion description of a young lady’s gown from period text
The article describes a delicate gown made from silk or wool with a surplice bodice. A lace fichu softens the look, and lace plaits finish the sleeves. A lace bow with long ends fastens the fichu at the center. It notes red gowns can be inexpensive yet look well.
Baking Day Doughnuts and Old Fashioned Cake
The article details a sugar doughnut recipe with butter milk and four, plus a soft paste method and cold rest for shaping, then frying. It also describes an old fashioned cake using sour cream, eggs, sugar, soda, flour and lemon extract baked in a shallow tin, and advises cooling bread and cake promptly and using a wire rack cover.
Geranium as a Barometer of Room Sanitation
Experiments by Louis Wittbold and Northwestern University’s Professor William Albert Lacy show a geranium serves as a livability barometer for room conditions. Plants require water light and air. dry steam-heated air harms them, signaling unhealthy indoor environments. A rose geranium leaf also flavors crab apple jelly.
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Louis Wittbold
William Albert Lacy
Northwestern University
Beauty kept by not laughing shocks London crowd
A New York Times London correspondent reports a craze in which women aged forty to eighty vow not to smile or laugh to stay young. They consult a high priestess who avoids any expression even while serving tea, claiming a straight face can keep ten years off the appearance.
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New York Times
London
Indy
Momien
Cult
Stafford House
Quotations on Society and Appetite From Classical Thinkers
A compilation of maxims critiquing social class and appetite. Notable lines include critiques by Chomfort, Le Rochefoucauld, Mme de Lambert, and Talleyrand. Witty reflections compare wealth, meals, and mind, with Cleopatra’s nose as a changing force in world history.
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Witticiama
E. Souvestre
Talleyrand
Forget-Me-Not Riddle of a Eternal Love
A lyrical riddle describes a beloved as gentle and true, praised for inner gifts over beauty. The speaker seeks a woman whose mind and will linger in devotion, a sunbeam of kindness and steadiness, whose lasting love commands all devotion despite time and storms.
Harwell and Small In Pit Rescue Drama At College
Harwell aids Small after he falls into a sand pit during a spring training run. He pits a shovel and water can to free Small and then guides him to safety as the two athletes face consequences and a talk with Alice Summer about the incident.
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Arwell
Lake Shore
Harwell
Ilek
Jersey
Colwell Wilton
Small Hind
Alice Sumner
Starwell
Small
Knickerbockers
Iis
Marwell
Tharwell
Mirweil
Smiall
Alice Summer
Morwell
Bibs Fraternity House
Jim
Tila Rall
Alice
Broall
Simalll
Milly
Deck
Dict
Selfish to cage pets says guide for young readers
For Our Boy and Girl Readers it argues it is selfish to keep animals in cages for amusement. It urges regular care or release, comparing confinement to illness and urging sympathy for birds drawn from hedges and woods.
Fun With A Coin In A Glass Blowpipe Trick
A coin can be kept spinning by blowing through a glass tube nozzle. The tube is softened at the end to form a nozzle and an orifice about one sixth inch in diameter. The coin travels with the blast and can be kept on the table by adjusting the blowpipe angle. Start the spin by blowing on the edge of the rotating globelike figure.
Spinning and Trey in Odd Circular Tray Test
An imperfect transcription describes a small circular metal tray set face down, raised on one side, and activated by a lever or mechanism. The fragment notes a Walter type tray being vibrated or tested with a Gutut Redmese control, suggesting a mechanical setup or demonstration with unclarified purpose.
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Spinning & Trey
Gutut
Blunders Noted by 500 Men In Crorar Heading Worthless Book
A garbled fragment notes criticisms from 500 men about a worthless book titled Crorar Heading. Phrases imply accusations like being careless with money and failing to stick to any plan. The text is unclear and incomplete.
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Crorar
Blunder cited in Pittsburg Christian Aid sermon
A Pittsburgh Christian Aid radio script recalls a speaker confessing slips in youth and misjudgments in life. The message highlights failing to heed elder advice and neglecting duties, with the speaker noting the greatest error was not accepting Christ early to avoid worldly consequences.
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Ay Drewhee
Christ
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