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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1912
Page
3
Directions for preparing a guest room with inventory of current items and improvements. Suggestions include furnishings, curtains, upholstery, towels, table by the bed, candle and matches, soap dish, writing materials, postal cards, a whisk broom, tasteful decor, and maintaining tidy, ready hospitality for unexpected guests.
Miss Emon F. Gunther of Columbia University stresses organized buying, accurate stock records, and proper storage to reduce waste. She argues that planning ahead for menus and waterina data, using labeled files, and relying on nutritive values improves efficiency and prevents last minute purchases.
The excerpt describes red mall covered buttons and a red leather belt as touches for a white costume. A cutaway jacket fastens with one button. Bonnets of straw adorned with veils and rows of insertion lace are noted as charming for young girls. Breakfast can be a gift or accessory to summer wear.
The Woman's Home Companion offers guidance on broiling beefsteak. It notes that one side should be weakly geared, the meat turned quickly, and juices contained by searing both sides. Recommend turning almost constantly for the first minute then cooking each side to taste.
A rough cooking note advises roiling rice in milk with sugar salt and beet juice, then chilling into a thick sheet. It suggests slicing into three quarter inch strips and dipping in a beaten egg with water, then crumb coating and browning in deep hot fat for fried rice.
A California bound man known as Torpedo Jim faces a final act using nitroglycerin to end his life on the Fourth of July. Annie confronts an impossible choice as Jim, in a fatal gesture, drives away with two canisters of explosive and a heavy past.
A comic anecdote recalls a herd of eight elephants and a man who distributes twenty five oranges. He contends with the herd’s watchful eyes and finally eats the last orange himself to avoid favoritism, noting the animals’ humorous nudges and puzzled reactions.
A newly born dromedary at the London Zoo is featured in a brief item noting its age at photograph and potential as a fast traveling animal. The article explains camels can travel about nine miles per hour for long periods, with the usual gait being a trot and galloping tiring them quickly.
A simple wooden block forms a dollhouse couch about twice as long as wide and one unit high. Cover with fabric such as chintz or denim, drape over ends, and add pillow accents from silk or velvet with a touch of cotton.
A playful activity assigns kids railroad parts and staff roles such as valle car conductor and locomotive. Players act out names with gestures while the rail stretches their arms and the conductor calls All aboard. The scene ends with a clatter as players imitate a collision.
Nebraska shows women dominating education and church absence in western counties where few meethouses exist. National study finds 75 cities with 20 million. 77 percent Protestant, 13 percent Catholic, 4 percent Jewish. Women lead most offerings and missions but church attendance shifts with age.
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