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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1907
Page
3
A home crafts guide promotes linen pocket books embroidered in white and made with canvas and linen, detailing dimensions and assembly. The piece includes a bridal shower Q A with timing menus and etiquette about inviting married guests and giving hostess gifts.
Old subscriber asks Madame Merri for the title of a book about the niceties of society. The note requests a recommended work and logs the inquiry for future readers.
A reader asks how to plan an evening beyond music for a party. The advice suggests musical quotations on program cards and optional favors using candy boxes. Refreshments can be elaborate or simple, with frappe and ice cream considered a suitable summer option.
For a first anniversary for a Cotton Wedding. Consider informal notes as invitations wrapped in cotton and placed in envelopes with no mention of the anniversary. Decorate dinner with white cotton accents and use cotton wigs or cotton bales as playful favors for guests.
A reader asks Madame Merri to repeat a prior description of a stork party that appeared months ago in her department. The correspondent remains a regular reader and thanks the paper for reprinting the item.
A shortened reprint describes an affair with four honored guests and six intimate participants. The piece emphasizes the social tone and aims to pacify readers by presenting a compact version of the event.
A summer bonnet described as cool and becoming for children, with embroidery and adaptable pattern for silk velvet or fine cloth fabrics.
The article surveys linen dresses and robes on display in shops. Intricate embroidered borders using soutache and French knots enhance linen frocks and coats. Dyed lace trims, veiling near the face and undersleeves, complete the refined look.
Automobile enthusiasts show interest in a new chasuble coat with open sides that falls straight at back and front like its ecclesiastical namesake. Made of heavy linen or pongee, it features wide lace bands, coton passementerie, and brandenburgs. It clasps readily for summer wear.
A bridal capacity feature describes bridesmaid gowns using creamy Venetian lace capes, fastened at the center back with a large buckle and tassel-like ends. Lace repeats on a white crinoline hat with a bold feather and matching buckle to echo bouquet tones.
The article compares childre n life in China Japan India Egypt the Philippines and elsewhere in the Orient with Western norms. It notes open outdoor play for boys and girls, attitudes toward education motherhood, and contrasts rural and urban practices across multiple nations and cultures.
Dr Paul Prager an army surgeon in Vienna proposes identifying prisoners by palate shape claiming it far surpasses fingerprints. He has molded thousands of mouths finding no two alike noting palate markings stay constant. A glass ocean tower planned for Long Beach California would let visitors view sea gardens via a bottom glass shaft and elevator. Chasing dirty linen up and down a washboard is hard on wedding rings.
At a Melon Growers Association meeting resolutions were adopted to preserve all snakes of the chicken and spreadhead variety in the melon belt. The group welcomed the increase of reptiles as they are natural enemies of field mice and destroy many daily.
A traveling circus uses a mobile mirror on the deck to calm horses during embarkation. The lead horse sees its reflection and thinks another horse is aboard, encouraging the rest to follow. The method avoids stress as the herd steps up the gangway one by one.
A bird watcher reports two robins building a nest near a window. One brought a skein of blue silk thread, stole from an unknown source, and after a long debate the pair wove it inside the nest. The male tangled it, was scolded by the female, and they later covered it with paper bits to hide the silk.
The Journal of the American Cavalry Association suggests using a canteen as a life buoy or swim training aid. The strap joins a belt buckle and the canteen sits on the chest to prevent slipping. Authors propose tying strings or handkerchiefs to side rings and using a neck cord for security.
Workmen unloading granite ship ped in South Park near Eleventh and Larimer streets found rock samples that looked like free gold ore. Experts and mining engineers from the chamber of commerce call the district an unexplored wealth region. Mayor Speer plans tests by an assayer and may place ore in the city treasury if warranted.
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