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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1914
Page
10
Merchants push end of season sales as winter stock clears ahead of spring. Coats, dresses, and hats mark down to clear space for new lines, with coats offered as low as a few dollars and some items cut by nearly half. Prices vary by item and department, tempting bargain hunters.
A pair of coy shoppers in a dim Parisian shop chat up a woman from Persimmon Center, praising steeply discounted Bulgarian dresses and chiffon blouses while a sly clerk hypes bargains. The scene ends with a planned strike for more pay as the window shopper eyes a future purchase.
Francis J. Kilkenny of Chicago notes a Cork street named Hell during his visit. He recalls seeing a notice reading APARTMENTS TO LET IN HELL SUITABLE TO LAWYERS and remarks the name, while stark, adds a curious charm to the ancient city.
The article shows how a business girl can personalize ready made garments with simple handwork. It advises avoiding overtrimmed lace, adding lace edging, monograms, and hand embroidered sprays to undergarments and neckwear. Replacing store trimming with personal touches can refresh gowns with minimal effort.
Fashion notes highlight separate skirts as practical outfits alongside one piece dresses. Smart monochrome checks and green white combos appear in model skirts with ripples and tiers. Home sewists can make these in piques corduroy novelty crepe linens and ratine.
The article describes wide belts and suggestions of the Russian blouse shaping a straight line from shoulder to hip. It notes the waist line appears larger without defining it, and comments that the style suits certain figures while not being suitable for all.
The article notes fashion moves quickly in hair styling with a shift to large soft waves and a back twist, replacing chignons and fringes. It observes younger women adapt easily while older ones struggle, and highlights ears ideally hidden but not suitable for all faces.
This recipe guides making rich buns with flour yeast and currants. It details yeast starter, mixing with flour, adding butter sugar peel spice and milk, a rise, shaping into buns on a greased tin, proofing, and a quick bake finishing with beaten egg wash and sugar.
Beautiful wide sashes of ribbon and silk appear with broad color stripes. They wind around the waist cross at the back and fasten in front with tassels and black braid. Sashes dress black satin or velvet frocks, adding a smart, distinctive finish.
A reader describes a cheap jelly recipe using lemons, sugar, cornstarch, butter, and boiling water. Cooked in a double boiler until thick, it yields seven jelly glasses and costs about 18 cents. Can be thicker for cake filling or pie layers and used between sponge cake layers with sugar topping for a quick layer cake.
A Washington housewife devised a bumper to protect dishes at the sink. She cut a hole in a boot heel and placed it around the faucet end. The rubber shield lets dishes and glassware strike the faucet with impunity.
The article describes a decorative pin cushion made from silk scraps measuring four and a half by two and a half inches. It features five loops along the lower edge with a center loop of two and a half inches, bone rings threaded before sewing, and safety pins of varying sizes hung to dangle. Small ribbon bunches adorn the top corners and a ribbon with a pouit serves to attach.
The recipe instructs broiling fish then pouring boiling water over it and letting it stand ten minutes. Drain, debone, skin, flake, and mix with a sauce of butter flour milk tabasco and grated cheese. Cook five minutes and serve on toast slices.
The Breton method for roast mutton inserts a garlic clove into the knuckle end of the leg and serves with red beans. Beans are soaked, boiled until tender, then added to the pan or fried lightly with onion and used as a hearty surround during serving.
A novel method to sweeten grapefruit uses honey instead of sugar. For breakfast use, prepare the fruit the night before by loosening pulp from skin and membranes, then cover with honey. In the morning the flavor is excellent.
A vintage recipe lists ingredients for a standard cake: molasses half cup, butter four tablespoons, milk half cup, flour one cup, baking powder three teaspoons, cinnamon half teaspoon, cloves quarter teaspoon, nutmeg a saltspoon. The concise list reads like a home kitchen instruction from a historical cookbook.
When milk is burned, pour it into a pitcher at once and place it in a basin of cold water. Cool it thoroughly. the milk will then be free from taste.
A fragment describes cleaning or restoring a felt hat by rubbing to remove dirt and dust. The text notes applying forceful rubbing and mentions a method to restore the hat’s appearance.
The victim says the arrestee stole a piece of dress goods and has come to retrieve it. The desk sergeant replies the man has been placed under bond to keep the peace.
A playful exchange from the crowd reveals a search for a pitcher amid hopes of a bigger game. The note hints at finding a standout player while the narrator seeks a keg for celebration.
A prospective customer engages a clerk in a jewelry store asking for help in choosing a birthday gift. The dialogue emphasizes intent to obtain a service or item rather than asking a direct question.
A blunt exchange reveals a summer boarder denying responsibility for mosquitoes, insisting he said nothing that would imply ownership while a farmer counters claimed stray insects are not his.
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