City Council Minutes Reflect Budget, Repairs and Salaries
The city council met Friday with Mayor Harri son presiding. Reports show disbursements for labor, salaries, and city hall repairs. Funds balances are listed for multiple city accounts. measures include bonds destroyed and an ordinance to curb fireworks on main street. Adjourned.
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Harrison
Johnson
Cemetery Committee
Finance
Special Building Committee
City Hall
I. H. Newton
W. A. Dodson
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Water, Light and Power Company
Carnegie Library
Patitson
Carson, Sewall & Co
J. W. Howell
Ladies Cemetery Association
Corporation Court
Board of Equalization
Find Each Child’s Talent and Nurture It
A natter from Ozona Kicker argues against a universal approach to education. It urges parents to discover each child’s true talent, avoid forcing unsuitable studies, and direct effort toward productive paths rather than mere formal schooling. It cites examples like astronomy, art, and music as misfits for some, advocating practical development instead.
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Ozona
Inexpensive Christmas Trifles Craft Ideas
A guide of simple, low cost handmade decorations and novelties. It covers blotters with linen designs, tussore like backgrounds, and elastic mounting. It describes making rustic table settings with frog leaf trays, bonbons, and rose pink fondants. It includes hatpin holders and book holders from fabrics, paint, and embroidred silk.
PINGPONG PINCUSHION Gift Idea From A Dated Sketch
A dated humorous craft describes a ping pong ball head Chinaman pincushion and a doll pincushion. The Chinaman figure uses a celluloid ball head and silk robes filled with emery powder, while the doll pincushion uses a china doll wrapped in ribbons with pins placed in fabric. The project notes include materials like horsehair for eyes and decorative sewn edges.
Fancy Work Bags
Fancy work bags are handy for small pieces of embroidery and everyday items like handkerchiefs purses and keys since pockets are absent from dresses. Designs include silk bags with double silk frills and sides covered with rings worked in colored cotton wool or silk.
Dainty Sofa Cushion with Silk Bags and Lace
An elegant sofa cushion features double padded pale blue silk bags with matching frills. Bands of lace insertion or Japanese embroidery span two pieces of pale pink satin ribbon ending in rosettes at the top.
Screen for photographs makes a fine Christmas gift
The screen photograph holder offers a practical gift for photo lovers. Made of strawboard covered with silk or satin, it is embroidered with floss or gold and silver thread. Each panel is sized for one cabinet photograph and one carte de visite.
Describing a straw comra panel with stitched backs and silk framed openings
The description explains a straw comra panel bound with white glazed paper on the inner side and covered with light and dark silk. Panels are stitched along three edges, leaving a lower opening for turning the silk over the straw board. A silk cord frames the photograph openings and pictures slide in from below.
Make a Duck Laundry Bag and Shoe Bag for gifts
How to craft simple laundry and shoe bags from duck or holland cloth. Instructions cover cutting 27 by 18 inch laundry bags and 28 by 8 inch shoe bags with drawstrings, linings, embroidery, dividers, and decorative stitching for a personal, affordable gift.
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Holland
Leather pocketbook for business use with pockets
A durable slim leather pocketbook designed for business use. It features multiple compartments and a specific place for stamps, prioritizing thinness and strength for daily carry.
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Santa
Claus
Texas
Batavia
Batavia Preserving Co
Dodson & Braun
City Council
Heinz
Cross and Blackwell
Dunkley
Peak, Frean & Co
Florence & Venice
Knox, Cox& Nelson
Blanke’s
Duck Laundry Bag
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