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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1913
Page
3
The article describes home washing techniques for petticoats garters and frills using plain cottons and netted fabrics. It covers washing rinsing wringing and drying steps for lace tapes gloves and pongee including how to dry stretch and iron while damp for best softness and avoiding stiffness. It also suggests a method for lace rokes unattached to garments by washing over a rack with towels and cheesecloth to remove moisture.
A fashion note recommends wearing buttoned boots through summer to prevent ankle spread. It suggests patent leather boots with suede or cloth tops for elegance, white buckskin buttoned boots with white outfits for comfort, and reserving pumps for driving. It also advises rising on the toes and deliberate toe placement to harden and slenderize ankles.
A reader asks if parsley dipped in vinegar, eaten after an onion meal, can remove or mask the lingering breath odor. Experts say that while mouth rinsing and chewing may reduce odor temporarily, hydrogen sulfide and sulfur compounds from onions linger and can be detected after eating parsley and vinegar.
Fragmented cooking notes describe making sugar rolls with a sugar insert and a light fry until brown plus a codfish and potato dish. Measures are inconsistent but include milk butter flour salt pepper and a boiled water base. Readable items mention batter stripes and powdered sugar for the rolls.
Take one pint of boiled hominy and heat with milk if cold. Add butter salt pepper onion juice parsley and two eggs. cook until thick. Cool and mold into croquettes, dip in egg then bread crumbs, and fry until golden brown in hot fat.
Wash thoroughly wipe dry and cut a long deep hole in the side stuff with crumbs bacon and onion chopped fine salt pepper and bits of butter and one well beaten egg. Sew or tie together lard it over and bake for an hour baste twice with butter and water afterward with the gravy in the pan. Serve with gravy and currant jelly. This is very good cold cut in slices like tongue. Prepare a heart in the same way.
A reflection on women’s role in society stating happiness lies in doing natural work, summed up as love. It emphasizes cooperation over competition, education in sympathy, and fulfillment through自由 to pursue vocation with full conscientiousness. The excerpt cites Auguste Comte on the noble aim of women’s mission.
Silk stockings care tip suggests lining heel tips with velvet to prolong wear and prevent snags.
The article traces fabric names to their origins in cities and regions. It links damask to Damascus, serge and silk to Seres in China, velvet to Tallin vellute, vellum to the same root, and calico to Calienta in India. It notes alpaca wool from Peru, and describes patterns tied to weaving methods to trap dye.
The London Telegraph highlights curious medieval legacies recording bells and beacon duties for travelers. One bequest funds a Pettleoat hole plot at Stockton on-the-Forest to clothe a poor woman, while others provide rushes for church floors and annual grass patches for wardens. A Norwich area bequest by John Krudge funds a yearly pool for a poor man to patrol a parish church during sermons and shoo away stray dogs.
Greyson, a junior partner, confronts Mr. Stephens at the Stephens factory after a heated dispute over collection. A struggle ends with Greyson subduing Stephens and later asking Stephens for permission to marry his daughter Alice, revealing family tensions and a hidden engagement.
For Our Boy and Girl Readers This Game describes a lively playground activity called Warning. One boy marks a boundary line and calls Warning while others dodge and run. A catcher must tag players and guide them to a designated place, with roles of “cock” and “chick” determining who starts and catches.
A crowd gathers as players select sides for a geography based contest. Captains from among the participants arrange a two row seating by color and assign turns to name cities, with errors risking removal and challenges advised.
A playful puzzle item lists questions and terse answers about objects and entertainments. The garbled text mentions Sweet William carrying sugar, Black Eyed Buson hair care, cockscomb, nettle rash, Tosdstouls rest, Johngy Jumpr ue, poppy, and a faded, tumbling line.
The piece speaks of dust in the air and how sunlight interacts with it. It notes that if all air and dust were removed from a jar by chemists the sun would not shine inside the jar. It describes how light travels and fades without particles in the air.
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