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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1907
Page
2
The article highlights delicate and practical aprons for women, ranging from elaborate lace adorned designs to simple sheer options. It notes uses for afternoon tea and chafing dish parties, with examples of pale blue lawn apron with white embroidery, feather stitching, valenciennes trim, and satin ribbon ties.
A quick home guide describes building a basic water filter using a pot, sponge, stones, and charcoal. It instructs layering clean sand with charcoal dust, topping with stones, and renewing the charcoal roughly twice a month for clearer water.
The article advises adding muslin shoulder support inside the back if a yoke is not used to reduce strain on the waist. It suggests tucking before cutting the waist for better fit and matching fronts with a long strip. It warns against keeping a thimble on and notes finger skin changes from pressure and moisture affecting nails.
The article describes two methods to ensure a child’s skirt is even at the bottom. One uses kneeling on a table and chalk to mark the length. The other ties the waistband of a finished skirt with the new one and hangs them to mark the hem, then to baste and adjust.
Instructions describe making finger cakes by beating eggs or exes unknown, adding vanilla and sugar, reserving portions, mixing cream of tartar soda and salt, forming stiff dough, rolling thin, sprinkling sugar, cutting into finger wide strips, and baking in a quick oven without touching.
Prepare salad by slicing tomatoes and cucumbers. Peel and seed tomatoes then dice cucumbers and mix with dressing. Fill tomatoes if desired and drizzle more dressing. Avoid soaking cucumbers in salt water to keep texture firm.
A nostalgic look at why calls show as they do with central operators failing to connect. It then shifts to a massive Boston food fair in Mechanics Building, Oct 7 to Nov 2, featuring free attractions, bands, 350 exhibitors, and daily lectures from 10 to 10.
Sensational melodrama from A H Woods graces Boston Grand Opera House with a big scenic, well acted production. Story centers on New York business life with crowd pleasing sensational scenes. Matinees are scheduled for Tuesday Thursday and Saturday.
A public notice announces a Great Exposition opening featuring a Food Fair and House Furnishing display. It is promoted as a house of mortgage finance prospects amidst exhibits, with emphasis on local business interests and public engagement.
The Cambridge Relief Hospital Ladies Auxiliary staged a grand house party and three day sale opening Thursday. Music, dancing, refreshments, games and illuminations drew a large crowd as the auxiliary again proved its practical aid to the hospital. Raymon D for Real Estate.
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