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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1907
Page
3
An exhausted bill clerk recounts a comic misadventure while repairing a barn roof. He describes slipping from a wobbly ladder, injuring his wife and child, falling into a rain barrel, removing shingles with a shovel, and getting repeatedly stuck among rose bushes as his wife jeers and assigns blame. He ends the tale calling a carpenter after a long, painful day.
A chauffeur argues that cars suffer during transatlantic passages because they are crated and stored in holds. He says cars should be carried on deck uncrated, securely fastened, and wrapped in padding to avoid scratches. This method would save owners 75 to 100 dollars in repair costs.
In a principal square of the town lower area a stray dog is joined by a sparrow that perches on the dog's head. The dog stays quiet as the bird settles on its nose, a spot the animal avoids with gentle head turns. The two meet daily at noon after foraging.
Washington. Clarence Hall, an explosives expert, leads a Geological Survey study to reduce mine disasters. Plans include a Pittsburg area test station to evaluate dynamites and blasting powders for safety with coal dust and fire damp, plus train miners in saving lives. A European rescue jacket using oxygen and potassium hydroxide is tested in a miniature mine.
In Augusta Maine fish and game chief L T Carleton and a photographer visited Portland to view a huge steak cod caught by Captain Everett Ricker. The cod’s stomach contained a live ten inch lobster, described as the most remarkable freak in memory and evidence the lobster was swallowed as a infant years ago.
London reports young Marshall Field, heir to wealth, travels from Monte Carlo to England to attend Eton. He explored a ship’s hold, befriended a stoker, and returned home dusty and torn, while his mother debates housing near Eton to remain close.
Several hundred families in Alton Illinois organize a cooperative company to handle family washing on better terms. They accuse washerwomen of extortionate charges and plan to elect officers and run a shared laundry service for members.
A large Atlantic coast fisheries company uses wireless telegraphy to monitor fish shoals. The fleet comprises 40 vessels and coastwise steamships relay sightings to others instantly, guiding movements along the coast.
An old piece extols wool and other materials for stuffing needle cushions while praising human hair as ideal for small cushions. It notes wool absorbs moisture, cork dust is light, bran is heavy, and sawdust to slide less. recommends combings or children's hair for moisture-free, springy cushions used in work baskets.
Window boxes give flower lovers without gardens appealing options. Choose one color with a contrasting splash, such as pink or red geraniums, or yellow nasturtiums with variety. Use loamy soil, regular watering, and shade from excessive sun. Boxes can be homemade or repurposed packing boxes reinforced and painted dark green. Fill with two inches of broken charcoal before soil.
M E Southworth presents potatas con queso a baked dish with potatoes and sweet pepper layered in a cheese sauce. The method uses crumbled cheese butter flour milk and seasonings baked until tender with walnut bits on top.
A home recipe describes selecting a cabbage head not too hard and boiling it half an hour. After cooling, separate leaves and fill each with a mix of chopped beef and pork, soaked bread, eggs, onion, milk, parsley, salt, and pepper. Roll each leaf, tie, and simmer two hours, then serve with melted butter.
One half can tomatoes mixed with warm one quart milk. Add butter cornstarch dissolved in a little cold milk, salt, and pepper. Serve with croutons made from bread cut into half inch cubes and fried until brown.
A room disinfection method mixes ground coffee with camphor gum placed on a shovel. Light the gum to ignite, letting the coffee burn to produce a refreshing sanitary perfume in the sick room or musty space.
A Victorian era guide explains powder selection and application for society women. It emphasizes matching powder to skin tone, avoiding white on dark skin, testing boxes before buying, and keeping brows unpowdered. It also notes multiple tools, fresh puffs, and scented storage for freshness.
A description of a blouse made from plaid silk or wool materials. It notes two inch tucks on the front and back waist, a center cutaway with insertion, a small V opening with lace chemisette, velvet trimming, silk cord loops, and button details. Sleeve trim matches the front. Materials listed include 3.5 yards of 28 inch fabric, 0.5 yard velvet, 16 buttons, and 2.5 yards cord.
Practical directions describe cutting the apron bottom in three points about six inches deep and sugaring the sides, a single top cut, and even edging. It details eleven graduated tucks at the waist, the middle tuck length of fifteen inches, side tucks seven inches, and trimming with one inch lace. Strings measure twenty eight inches by three inches wide.
The passage describes tuckers with a V shape and pointed lines prevailing for tuckers and chemisettes, with some long enough to merit vest status. When the V shape is omitted, square lines resemble infant bibs. Deep bib patterns extend back and front with kimono sleeves, forming diminutive jackets.
The article notes a summer trend featuring embroidered linen handbags. Italian designs show dense, ornamental embroidery turning linen into lacelike pieces in shades of natural linen. American options are simpler with white lining, varied shapes, and heavy embroidery, often closed with cords or flaps.
Gray shades dominate striped fabrics with subtle color contrasts as trims at the neck and cuffs. Bat, faume and light Frenely grays lead spring modes, pale greens add prettiness but less versatility, complementary tints suit voiles chiffons muslins with laces and braids.
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