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Newspaper
Brook Reporter
Location
Brook, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1922
Page
2
The text advises using tall erect shrubs as backdrops with low spreading varieties in front to mimic natural growth. It warns against a uniform green bank and favors irregular, loosely clustered plantings with edge intermingling of varieties to create a meadowlike, natural appearance across differing areas.
An embowered garden seat offers peaceful seclusion for relaxation amid long summer days. The piece also discusses two family houses on small urban lots and the tension between neighborhood character and individual property rights amid zoning debates. It weighs effects on property values and speculative real estate trends.
Fashion notes praise tailored knitted utility suits for women as the season’s core wardrobe. Exquisitely crafted sweaters, capes, and all silk coats showcase expert workmanship, with two and three piece suits in new colors and fabric blends. The piece highlights amberglow tops, white lower portions, and French inspired detailing like hand-wrought birds along necklines.
A feature of old time cooking and homemaking guidance with practical dish ideas including California Scrapple sausage rolls and Southern Style Eggs, plus pantry hacks for sharpening grinders, using potato ricer skins, window cleaning powder, and faking frosting on cakes with colored pops and citron leaves, all reflecting era kitchen guidance.
The item blends a Boston Transcript quip on modern wording for “between the devil and the deep sea” with Cuticura’s soap, ointment, and talcum adclaims. It also cites a humor panel about a tense gathering and grumpy hosts, reflecting early 20th century newspaper humor and advertisements.
A native answers a curious man by stating a woman is married. When asked about her husband, the reply notes he once took up golf but now is described as merely a tradition, highlighting a humorous view on a spouse's activity.
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