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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1918
Page
2
A collage of practical tips and thrift hacks covers kitchen tricks and DIY repairs. From making butter and preparing prunes to mending stockings and sharpening knives, the guide advocates clever reuse and careful cooking. It ends with a reflective note on true philosophy emphasizing restraint, calm living, and mindful speech.
The verse reflects a vow to value care and kindness in daily life. It emphasizes sharing pleasant things and considering others while pursuing personal happiness and thoughtful conduct.
A collection of simple salad recipes and classic dishes. Raisin and Apple Salad mixes lemon juice with apples and raisins, served in lettuce with cheese. Banana and Apple Salad uses bananas, apples, lettuce and peanut butter dressing. Roquefort and Bean salads offer olive oil, onions, and vinegars. Tomato and onion combinations, corn mush, baccala, kidneys, braciola, and veal scaloppine finalize the spread with traditional South European touches.
The article extols cornmeal as wholesome and highly nutritious when cooked with milk and suggests recipes including Indian pudding Spoon Bread and Corn Dodgers. It promotes homemade cornmeal milling with a hand mill to produce fresh, kernel-ground meal for better flavor and independence.
A brief adage from Proverbs contrasts diligent land tilled with steady bread against those who chase vain company and act without understanding, warning against folly and praising prudent work.
A dinner gown in black and white forms a refined exception to the season's straight-line silhouette. Allover lace with a black satin tunic and bodice, white satin underskirt, a long satin girdle with tassels, and a black satin poppy accent frame a dignified yet brilliant ensemble suited to many figures.
An article on simple, elegant gowns for afternoon wear highlights wartime practicality. It describes a blue georgette dress with a plaited tunic over a crepe bodice, satin bands, bead details, and understated sleeve and waist emphasis, illustrating how refined style is achieved with minimal embellishment.
A reader describes methods to camouflage moth holes by scraping textures from fabric and applying rubber cement to the damaged areas. The note suggests disguising wear rather than repairing underlying fabric integrity.
An experienced gardener recommends a quick method to kill burdocks by cutting them off close to the ground just before they seed, then applying a small amount of kerosene to the root. The gardener uses a common machine oil can to apply the oil.
Heal baby rashes with hot itch, burn and torture. A Cuticura Soap bath gives instant relief when followed by a gentle Cuticura Ointment application. Free samples available by mail or at Cuticura, Dept X, Boston. Soap 25 cents, Ointment 25 or 50 cents.
In an Indianapolis school a pupil named Robert wrote sentences with the words singing and singeing. He claimed the Italians are a singing nation and that the allies will soon be singering the beard of the Kaiser. The teacher approved but noted the Kaiser has a mustache, not a beard, and the boy admitted he could not spell mustache while aiming for a perfect score.
A lively exchange between two men about cigars ends with a quip on Havana and Greenland. A woman’s voice is described as unearthly. The report notes Americans touring New Zealand in rising numbers.
Two recruits waiting for further instructions at Camp Dodge, Indiana discuss the war being new work. One jokes about marriage, while another wonders about his situation. California aims to irrigate 5,490,360 acres of land. Ohio farmers form cooperative buying societies.
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