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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1912
Page
6
The article extols houseboating as a wholesome summer pastime accessible to many families. It contrasts large power yachts with small launches, notes comforts like hot and cold water, electric heating, and tiny gardens, and highlights its appeal for women and children seeking a homey aboard experience.
The article surveys innovations for bridge players including a card dealing machine, exposed hand boards, celluloid trump indicators, bridge core pads, leather card cases, and compact rocking chairs. It notes travel friendly gear, folding pedestals, porch safety for children, a patent fire extinguisher, and cautions about pirates and burglars.
An article describes a skilled masseuse using gentle rotary temple movements with massage cream to calm nervous tension and headache. It emphasizes careful pressure to avoid skin irritation and a follow up light massage with talcum powder. A hot water bottle wrapped in cloth provides steaming heat for relaxation.
The article describes expanded car food gear for long trips including portable heating and cooling devices, compact cook sets, wicker baskets with plates knives and spoons, and collapsible aluminum cups. It notes options from half dozen sighted glass jars to full picnic sets, with emphasis on keeping food safe and meals easy to prepare en route.
In a lighthearted escape a picnic party led by Homer Justwed ends with a quarrel over a worn basket. Mrs Justwed fumes as Homer dismisses the basket and the couple heads home furious, exposing a hidden rift despite a day of merriment among friends.
A vintage pantry door receptacle is described with two cloth strips cut to different widths, stitched to form three pockets for bags and strings. The narrower strip attaches across the wider to create pockets, with edging bound in braid. A cloth bag is tacked on for convenient storage.
To bleach yellowed flannels after laundering they may be soaked for two or three hours in a lather made from a half cake of white soap two tablespoons borax and the same amount of carbonate of ammonia. Dissolve in about five gallons of soft water then rinse and hang to dry without injury to the fabric.
A humorous advice piece to Horace on vacation budgeting social conduct and flirtation. It cautions calculating trip costs, avoiding ostentation, and balancing flirtation with decorum to avoid disapproval from mothers or chaperones. The text mocks casual gambling and comments on social dynamics at hotels and beaches.
A detailed description of a five-room bungalow by architect Charles S. Sedgwick. The single-story residence measures 46 feet in length with an 8 foot wide front porch, estimated cost under 2600 dollars excluding heating and plumbing, and features a large living room, two bedrooms, a dining room, kitchen, bath, and a full basement.
Prof Teitgen from Munich reports plants respond to music by changing color and petal opening. His experiments over years suggest most flowers hear and react to melodious tones from Wagner to contemporary composers.
In Amsterdam a centuries old custom gathers boys each summer after business when they flood the Dam square and march onto the Stock Exchange floor beating drums and singing. The ritual began after a 1622 plot to wreck the exchange was uncovered and a boy asked for a playground on its floor.
The article discusses industrial fatalities in the United States, noting official estimates for occupied males at about thirty to thirty five thousand annually. It argues the figures are conservative, excluding wage earning women and casual laborers, and contrasts with other authorities who project higher yearly death tolls. It also cites over 200,000 non fatal accidents and claims the US has the highest industrial death rate globally.
A British consular officer notes five years of government restricted extraction rights across more than fifty thousand acres of forests in Constantine Department Algeria. An American company operates across several forests near Bone, building on reclaimed lands for pipe root prep. The process requires keeping roots wet during cutting and boiling. dried roots crack and become useless.
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