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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1906
Page
3
Easy winter houseplant tip for city flats highlights hyacinths as best choice. Details on pot sizes for single to multiple bulbs, soil mix with sand, drainage, and timing for Christmas blooms. Also notes on a gold embroidered bodice with blue velvet trim and decorative plaits.
The fashionable pillow this year is half a yard square and borders into a decorative cushion for easy chairs and small sofas. For couches the flat square pillow is very large and rich in embroidery with lace birds and jeweled trimmings. The middle remains plain for comfort.
The article weighs long fitted coats against practicality noting their heavy warm skirts hinder walking and that Eton styles need heavier пetticoats. It highlights elbow sleeve trends for cold weather and favors tailored half length three quarter coats with matching skirts for travel and shopping among fashionable women.
The article notes frail chiffons and gauzes used for bullion embroidery, with a mauve chiffon gown worked in silver. It argues many women prefer variety over a single standout dress and favor sparse bullion touches to enhance costuming without constant repetition. It ends by suggesting gold and silver highlights can be modestly displayed.
A description praises blue broadcloth with abundant trimming and metallic accents, noting pervasive emproidery and velvet reinforcements. The highlighted suit shows a wide circular skirt with tiny tucks over the hips and two deep...
Core tart apples and fill with chopped dates and grated maple sugar then bake. Baste with maple water or syrup, cool, scrape the juice and pack into cores. Add an apple cup filled with jelly, then prepare a gelatin cider mix to set in cups. Chill and serve with marshmallow cream.
The passage notes gowns with empire coats and long jackets in gray dominating, with claret purple green blue plum tones. Many gowns feature sweeping ground touching skirts, bell shapes, and plaits, using broadcloth and soft materials like cashmere velvet and voile.
A famous French milliner sends burnt orange silk beaver hats trimmed in dark brown velvet and plumes. The design features a rich deep brown shade harmonizing with orange, a brown velvet bound brim, and a crown bound high with a brown plume cascading over and under the upturned brim.
A fashion item describes steel blue sicifienne fabric with a silver tracery pattern. The coat is deeply plaited at the shoulders with fullness tucked into a fitted black satin girdle. Sleeves feature leg of mutton shape and the skirt extends completing the ensemble.
A batter is made with warm milk yeast salt and enough flour for a stiff dough. When light add melted butter and soda mixed with more flour. Let stand 20 minutes. Grease muffin rings set on a hot griddle fill half full. Cook one side flip bake other side butter and serve hot.
The article extols a season of extravagance with yards of new materials and trims. Sheer fabrics and chiffons become the norm for gowns, requiring trimmings to match their soft, fine quality for a successful look.
A brief on semiwarm evening capes described in cloth or silk with light shading. One satin cloth cape features a collar or velvet trim and two gold-toned accents. Closure is an invisible hook and eye fastener.
The Montreal Herald highlights Gloucester Massachusetts fishermen as they sail from April to August to the Arctic banks near Newfoundland Greenland and Hudson Bay. It notes the constant danger from ice floes fogs and collisions with steamers and wrecks at sea. It describes the memorial rituals and the community toll while praising the daring and skill behind the perilous craft and high labor rewards.
A historic Methuen Mass tale recalls the Sunday supper with "Father" Ballou and Mrs Brown. She asks in jest, "do you think you've got religion?" Ballou's sharp reply, "None to boast of," ends the social tension and wins the room.
Col Mike Donahue of the Tenth New Hampshire loved a drink after the war. A commissioned artist painted a portrait for the veterans. An Irish veteran inspected the canvas and warned the artist not to touch the painting as it was not dry.
Mayor Weaver of Philadelphia urged ongoing effort in the citys reform drive at a dinner hosted by A J Drexel Biddle. He emphasized sustained work, personal responsibility, and warned against relying on others to do the necessary tasks.
Chief Baron O Grady a British jurist is described as a humorist of first water in a collection of stories. One judge boasted of a summary court method claiming arguments go in one ear and out the other. O Grady replied there is little between to stop it.
A hot day on a construction site prompts a worker Rooney to offer a joke. He claims a pebble in the mouth keeps one from thirst, then repeats the trick by the boss’s orders. The tale ends with Rooney telling the boss he fed the horse pebbles to quench its thirst.
John D Crimmins recounts a party aboard a small Atlantic City catboat that faced sudden wind and near capsizing a mile from the inlet. The owner warned the frightened young ladies that if the boat sank, he would be the one to lose most.
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