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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1913
Page
3
Practical advice covers apron fashion for dishwashing, stain removal with damp cloth, rinsing milk pitchers in cold water before hot washing, drying wet rubber boots with hot corn, daily silver polishing with dry flannel, varnish cleaning with water steeped tea, kerosene lamp odor control with table salt, and monthly salt changes.
Soft rainproof malines lead summer headwear with varied styles. Some Turkish turbans are covered with malines others use silk and are trimmed with beads and ornaments. Many turbans feature brocaded silk draping and fine embroidered coverings.
A cooking teacher warns students that a cluttered kitchen hinders work and lowers overall efficiency. She notes cluttered homes often lack finishing tidiness, resulting in chaotic meal prep and unfinished tasks.
A simple method uses fresh lemon juice to lift fruit stains from skin. Cut a lemon in half and rub the exposed flesh on the stained areas until the discoloration fades, then wash.
Cleaning vinegar crude describes a method to purify an eruption by mixing rye with vinegar then diluting with water and letting it sit for days before rinsing thoroughly for a perfect clean.
A family practice at meals requires each member from the youngest to the college student to contribute something from their day. They share incidents of the day, meetings, or amusing street happenings to sharpen humor and sympathy, training future guests to be welcome in others homes.
The article stresses balancing beauty care with garment upkeep to prevent creases and rents from dulling overall appearance. It argues neglecting clothes diminishes physical loveliness despite radiant beauty.
A suggested bedroom decor using a green background with a white lattice and soft yellow rose accents. White chintz, yellow roses, and green leaves coordinated with the paper tone, with Berim stenciling in matching colors to enhance the look.
The guidance recommends hanging clothes wrong side out to protect color and reduce fade. If dirt is present, place it on the wrong side. It notes linings and folds resist sagging when hung incorrectly and suggests white and colored fabrics share the same care.
Pour the soup through a cloth rinsed in cold water to trap the fat in the fabric. This simple technique uses stalled fat separation as the cooling helps fat congeal and stay behind in the cloth while the soup passes through clear.
A vintage advice snippet covers whitening clothes with turpentine, ironing boards, starch handling, and repairing boilers. It suggests using corn meal to seal leaks, soaking towels in cold water with white soap shavings and lemon juice, then slowly boiling, rinsing, drying in sunlight.
A designer blocks the slipping of delicate French net waists by sewing a lace corset cover inside the net and attaching both to a single belt. Ribbons thread through for removable fit, allowing one piece laundering. A second model features white crape Montenegrin jacket with Persian border and matching buttons.
A method to unmold jellies neatly by greasing molds with butter then plunging into hot water and removing immediately. The procedure aims to keep jellies whole and tender for serving.
A bed looks trim when pillow vases are 0.25 to 0.5 inches narrower than the pillows. The pillows should sit plump and smooth to elevate the bed's overall neat appearance.
A humorous piece compares a worker's daily energy to electrical output, noting two and a half kilowatt hours of work in a day. It lists devices consuming heat and energy, from a washing machine to a toaster and fan, illustrating how daily tasks parallel electrical energy use. The satire ends with a quip about fat individuals wishing to power a large cooling fan.
A Baltimore traveler threw a bottle into mid ocean last summer offering ten dollars for its return. The bottle drifted about 1.44 miles to Woolase come on the north Devon coast of England in three months, averaging sixteen miles per day nearly seven tenths of a mile per hour. The note notes Gulf Stream efficiency and compares to a bottle from the Ohio River story.
A summary of Dr Edward J Thorndikes rules for relentless productivity from a 1910s source. Emphasizes maintaining motives, direct learning, avoiding useless topics, minimizing worry, decisive action, and pairing efficiency with protection through sleep.
In Lakeville a scheming ex-convict Jack Levon returns to threaten Beverly Westlake and his wife Alice. Levon is fatally attacked after a hasty pursuit leaves him dead on the broad stairs, as authorities reveal the escapee died from a neck injury while the Westlakes confront the fallout.
A curious article describes how storks winter in Egypt and Europe and build huge nests on steep roofs. It notes the nest diameter, threats to roofs, and dangers to the young. It also explains the skylark’s meadow nesting and how a peasant boy uses its flight patterns to locate the nest.
A ruined OCR fragment describes a three yearly Beating the Bounds rite on Ascension Day in Foglia. It mentions the Power of Land, hag poles, women participants, Tower chapel keepers, and children within walls, with unclear phrasing and garbled names.
Solve the word puzzle: remove the hat yields an everyday action. remove the head yields a preposition. removing head then adding a hat yields a word used before a drop of Kutive and taken backward, with two minute letters. the solution’s a convenient thing after eating. Meet, eat, af, mat, tear.
Johnny tells a Sunday school class how he brightens the week by visiting his aunt who is always glad to see him. The teacher prompts him to name an act, and Johnny replies he went to see his aunt.
Mystery phrase fills stall as locals inspect a quirky botte hat. Vendors report steady interest from passersby drawn by the unique wordplay and playful nickname canvas.
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