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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1908
Page
7
A pastel themed wedding featured a standout white lace straw hat with hydrangea trim and velvet, reflecting fashion notes of the era. The piece emphasizes frugal elegance, quality tailoring, and avoiding flashy bargains while valuing warmth and proper fit in attire. Flowers and home life are discussed as idealized beauty in daily living.
The article extols durable sewing and neat dress as a sign of value for women who earn their own money. It argues dresses symbolize a girl’s heart and intellect, and cites rising urban divorce as a symptom. It urges women to find purpose in useful home work to achieve happiness beyond wealth.
The speaker notes that social learning comes from observing others and giving a lot of oneself in interactions. By radiating one’s own magnanimity and generosity, a person receives more in return from others.
A Panamanian cloth shirtwaist suit described as a neat, sensible option. The fabric is Panama cloth and the item is presented as suitable for everyday wear, with emphasis on fit and practicality.
Instructions describe hollowing orange halves to form baskets. Circles cut around each orange create handles, pulp removed, rinds soaked in ice water to prevent drying. Fill baskets with any suitable mixture and finish with scalloped tops or decorative twine and ribbon.
Dutch treat or going Jersey has become fashionable, with tearooms and restaurants hosting picnics where each person orders what she prefers and pays for it herself. Princess Henry of Mess has popularized the trend.
A graceful summer gown features a straight plaited skirt and seamless over blouse worn over a lace net guimpe. Made in pink mercerized poplinette with black and white striped trim, the design uses easily sourced linen or silk fabrics and offers versatile sleeve and trim options.
A Montreal Star sketch outlines a rock fill dam with a ten foot rise and a ten foot base. It advises stone masonry on bed rock and a concave upstream face to withstand water pressure. A 15 inch turbine could yield 8 to 10 horsepower to operate a 48 inch circular saw.
The article describes building a cattle stall with partitions and a feed rack, advises using untreated dirt for weed control, and explains how to pack fruit for top prices. It cites salt needs for livestock, the mineral balance in blood, and Boussingault’s findings on salt’s role in vigor and tissue repair.
Advice for women to ease head nerve pressure by slow circular head movements. Drop head forward and circle in every direction to reduce tension without causing dizziness, maintaining a calm, restful routine.
A traveler in Mexico repays a porter with a 50 cent tip after borrowing 530 cents earlier. The note ends with New Zealand’s rail figures: 2,274 miles of track in 104,000 square miles.
The article explains that cultivation alone cannot sustain crops. Manure replenishes soil plant food, improves chemical conditions, warms soil, and helps retain and draw moisture, making nutrients more available for plants.
If ground is cultivated often enough no weeds can grow and soil is prepared before planting by deep plowing and frequent harrowing the cultivation after germination need not exceed one inch. If this is done after every rain.
A Michigan inventor creates a specialized feeding bucket for farmers and dairymen. The device acts as a dipper with a bottom hinge and a rod operated valve that opens to fill and then seals. Pushed downward on the handle to discharge into a trough minimizes spills on clothes and preserves contents during transport.
Experimenters report 160 pounds of nitrate per acre increased yield from 7.63 to 13.38 tons per acre, a 75.4 percent gain valued at $17.25 per acre with nitrate cost $3.60, net gain $13.65. Seeded June 16 on well fertilized land after oat and forage crops, four seeds per acre, nitrate applied after rooting.
Toledo reports the forty-second G A R encampment with flags, bands, and a 82 foot granite Fort Meigs monument dedication. Veterans, thousands of visitors, and an immense 3000 child flag emblem marked the event, along with civic parade led by Taft, Governor Harris, Senator Foraker, and Mayor Whitlock.
The piece discusses HesSa Begep League ideals, a Pesca movement, and the North Carolina Congress outcome naming Roosevelt as leader. It notes a League of Peace forming in New York aiming to unite nations under a Hague court, interparliamentary legislature, and a world executive called peace maker with an electoral college of about 100000 leaders to vote and count in Berlin after the Interparliamentary Union meeting.
Reported riots were narrowly avoided as Mayor Behrman refused a permit for a meeting by Black residents honoring Marie Bolden the Black spelling champion who topped white competitors at the National Educational Association event in Cleveland. President intervened to influence organizers and the meeting proceeded with insistence on the tribute.
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