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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1911
Page
6
A Kentucky hotel proprietor known for extreme frugality outwits his six year old son who tries to borrow a nickel for shoe strings. The boy pockets the shoe strings after the father quietly opens the safe and gifts new strings, prompting the child to quip he was stung again by granny.
A humorous失 tale from a debating club in Quebec where a countryman misreads a slip about the word bat. He notes three kinds of bats: baseball bat, flying bat, and swimming bat, illustrating language difficulties with aspirates.
In a light exchange Mrs Crawford jokes about the false-hair fad while Mrs Crabshaw admits she keeps many hair types, even finding a stray strand on her husband’s coat and hesitating to accuse him.
A railroad wife writes from a busy town praising Postum as a tea alternative. Her husband, once a heavy tea drinker, suffers sleepless nerves and fatigue but improves after switching to Postum, with added benefits reported for his brother who quits coffee. The notice credits Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan and mentions the hook line There’s a reason.
Article by W. M. Kelly emphasizes careful selection and management of dairy cows to ensure profitability. It argues there is no single best breed, stresses choosing cows with high Babcock test results, and advocates matching care and feed to each breed’s origins. It also covers sire quality, crossbreeding cautions, ideal cow vigor, and bearing age for first calves.
Missouri horticulturist H F Grinstead explains strawberry bed mulching using oats with sorghum or kaffir corn in mix ture. The combination dries and dies to form a thick weed free mulch that shields fruit from the ground in spring and does not smother plants.
It is advised to lay drain tile through boggy ground where diggings fail. Drive stakes set a one inch board atop them to support the tile line and ensure water flow. Tile should lie below the wet weather level and after drainage for a year or two be moved deeper to rest on solid earth.
A local poultry tip suggests giving hens a bite of tough meat or bone with lean meat attached. The target is to divert feather picking by replacing the urge with chewing the meat objects.
Description of an Empire TM mail bag showing moire-three Persian palm leaves bordered with pearls. Decoration features fringe of pearl and wood beads in brown to match a cloth suit.
Mrs H s Woods of 619 11th St Aurora Nebraska credits Doan s Kidney Pills with lifting her from a critical state. She suffered backache swelling and dropsy and was nearly bedridden for fourteen weeks before relief. She urges readers when your back is lame remember the name Doan s.
A boy brought an apple to school and was playing with it. The teacher took it and began to eat it. As the last piece vanished the boy coughed and said the apple had gone down the wrong way.
A reflective aphorism notes that prudent men examine motives and grant familiar access to their inner lives, while inviting trusted ones into personal spaces such as gardens. Shen stone is cited as the source.
In Germany a fashion debate swirls over a new garment called the trouser skirt or harem skirt. Prizes are offered for gentler names and shops report strong orders, suggesting the style may gain popularity despite cautious wearers.
A gray blue cashmere frock for a child features matching embroidery and a waist finished with a madderna band. The design includes a shoulder collar over a black satin collar and silk cord girdle accents.
Fall and winter gowns feature an unusually decollate neck and very short sleeves with irregular train shapes. Lace dominates as foundation and trim, with sheer draperies concealing patterns. Allover lace extends below the waist in some cutaway coat designs. Citoyenne frill and peplum shapes appear in front or back.
A clever girl with limited means invents detachable hat flowers for quick costume changes. Velvet poinsettias and oversized velvet roses in muted tones decorate winter hats, with beads outlining rose edges to match outfits. Tiny pins on the under side allow fast, repeatable adjustments.
A method to keep a sofa pillow cover snug: sew three sides, pin two finished corners to two corners of the pillow, turn the case, sew the last side in partly, then tack corners to the cushion. This prevents sagging and pulling for a proper fit.
The piece discusses the popularity of large collars in coats. It notes variations including long and narrow reverses, square and round shapes, single and double reverses, and the resurgence of long shawl collars in current fashions.
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