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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1913
Page
3
This period piece offers practical laundering guidance. It advises dissolving borax in final rinse for whiter clothes, overnight sour milk soaks for muddy tub frocks, and bran water for silk stockings. It also suggests using refrigerator pan water to obtain soft water and alum or salt to fix colors in fabrics.
A home care note suggests concealing unsightly refuse by painting galvanized barrels green and hiding them with three sides of chicken wire. Plant fast growing vines to cover the area, and enclose any brush heap with a high wire fence and fasten honeysuckle or similar vines to screen it from neighbors.
The article notes diaphanous blouses ruling fashion with increased softness and sheerness. Dark chiffons layer over brighter shades, lace blouses are promised for winter, Paris favors lingerie types. Sleeves vary from long to short with loose lines at shoulder and waist.
The article advises on modern letter writing habits including where to start on a sheet, how to turn pages, and the preferred margins. It suggests leaving margins at line beginnings and ends, placing dates in specific places, and using heavy cream laid paper for social or business notes.
A recipe section describes a Layer Cake using one and one quarter cupfuls four one cupfuls of sugar baking powder butter and eggs with milk. It notes it is nice and used for cup cakes. Marshmallow Cakes mix butter sugar milk stiff egg whites and flour bake sheet cut squares fill with marshmallow and decorate with nutes.
A historic recipe explains weighing ten eggs and using their weight in sugar plus half their weight in flour. It instructs adding lemon juice, lemon rind, sifted sugar, and beaten egg whites, then baking in a moderate oven to finish the sponge cake.
A student essay argues for making Friday a national holiday recounting historic Fridays. It lists notable events tied to Fridays from 1482 to 1776 including voyages, landfalls, the Mayflower voyage, battles, and key constitutional milestones, illustrating a pattern of significant happenings on Fridays.
A wit's admonition contrasts honesty with gambling risk and urge to verify facts. The quip cites Crockett and urges caution before bold claims, warning against cockiness and urging prudent inquiry. The tone mirrors a newspaper quip and reflects on prudent risk and verification.
In the New York Globe a dialogue between Ella and Stella reflects romantic tensions as Ella proclaims devotion while Stella doubts the world’s improvement.
Farrington seeks to prove he did not attend a poolroom raid and to save his engagement with Agnes. Ripley confronts a doppelganger mistaken for Farrington, leading to a comic chain of misidentifications as Agnes tests the truth and Ned works to clear his name.
A period article outlines gingerbread themed party invitations and decor for children. It describes circular brown invitations with red text, a gingerbread man motif, and a party on Tuesday at two with gingerbread toys at each seat and a brown menu featuring cocoa sandwiches and ginger dishes.
A playful childhood game uses a soft ball and no leader chosen by counting out. Theo the wader throws, players dodge, and at the shout Johony juupup, all scramble for the ball. The one who catches it wins by having the most throws in a quarter.
A trainer recounts the costly routine for bathing a show elephant. It takes a week and three men plus costs around 300 dollars. The process uses 150 pounds of soap, heavy ear cleaning, sandpapering, and a final olive oil treatment estimated at 150 dollars.
A ruler tests confederates with dialect riddles about a mouse in the master's barn. The leader presses them to repeat words like Yep and Do you, then observes reactions. Two faithful phrases form the hidden secret. unobserved, a forfeiture is due.
A riddle describing a woman with two legs, a stool with three legs, and a dog with four legs. The dog steals a leg of mutton, then the woman throws the stool and retrieves the leg. The verse uses playful misprints to convey a comical animal and object exchange.
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