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Newspaper
Canora Advertiser
Location
Canora, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
May 24, 1917
Page
5
The report notes Mabie in ngianga factory using 6000 girls and children as young as fourteen in war related production. Wages and munition work cited as the pay and conditions. The narrative mentions clocking in, shifts, and dangerous tasks like cartridge cap moulding affecting families and income.
A fragmented report notes a hive meeting at the Advertiser office with references to Abe and a note on fees. Details are incomplete but imply a local gathering discussing costs or arrangements.
Advertisement copy from a 19th century market page touts vegetables and fish in season with references to buyers and dealers in live stock. The garbled text includes phrases urging customers to go over our stock and mentions Fen IDIER and ERICHSEN RS. The readable elements indicate a local vendor promoting seasonal goods and livestock trade.
An old product listing promotes Oaps Pure Olive and Medicated Tar shampoo as skin care items. It mentions Kura Kura skin infection relief and markets the products as skin food rather than mere soap.
Tommy Tucker's Supper features a note on knitters using two color strands to craft sweaters. By doubling the threads and pairing colors, they achieve novel artistic effects especially in trim and collars. Sleeveless college color sweaters gain popularity among younger girls.
A detailed guide for creating an appliqued tea set design on unbleached muslin using teapot sugar bowl cream pitcher and cup motifs. It explains choosing chintz scraps, attaching with embroidery cotton, outlining with colored thread, and options for hemming or machine stitches. Also covers transferring the embroidery pattern using tracing methods and carbon paper.
An invitation requests guests bring affordable kitchen items for the bride, describing a sash curtain project. It calls for two yards of cheesecloth and two skeins of Dutch-blue floss to create a double curtain with a two inch hem. Designs include a teapot and frying pan outlined in floss.
From a craft page detailing a quarter view of a circular centerpiece design with pastel shades and black outlining. It suggests French knots, satin stitches, lace edging, crochet borders, and optional beads, with notes on padding edges and using pins to shape the motif. Also describes a matching Little supper set with a tray cloth bib and two napkins featuring cross stitch motifs for a child’s table.
An attractive centerpiece catches the eye of the guest and invites compliments. The article argues the centerpiece reflects a hostess's housekeeping skills, urging careful selection and promising guidance from the page’s designs.
A detailed description outlines a white cotton ribbed apron with blue stripes and blue embroidered floral sprays across the waist. It features front opening to the waist, pearl buttons with loops, kimono sleeves, a belt, and crocheted edges. The design blends workwear and dressy style, suitable as a protective yet stylish cover-all.
A fragmented description outlines black sateen puffing joining disks, black silk insects on yellow beads, a fine black poplin tag, and cull bag ends. It notes embroidered crewel work, black gil cords, and yellow beads finishing the piece.
The article discusses hosting tea on lawns or verandas and the problems of ants and dust during outdoor teas. It describes a handmade solution with a linen traycloth and a decorative cross stitch tea wagon cover to keep food neat and appetizing.
Readable portions describe home gardening guidance urging bravery and cheerfulness amid anxiety. Shops feature decorative garden markers shaped like corn ears and beans with hand painted heads, intended to label crops in the patch.
Woman readers urged to craft practical keepsakes for soldiers going to war. A khaki kit folds compactly and holds needles thread bobbins and other small sewing essentials to comfort the loved one away at battle.
A decorative long stick styled as a cane for summer embroidery work. It features an enameled hand-painted finish and a cretonne bag with two compartments attached to its middle. The design hides a practical bag for small tools, enabling the embroiderer to carry items on the go.
Fragmentary text discusses persuading children to help with tasks and mentions an aid or magnet for a small cost, but the meaning is unclear and incomplete. The passage appears to be an OCR fragment lacking clear names, dates, or events.
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