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Newspaper
Cincinnati American
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1913
Page
5
Dorothy Dane writes that the social season, though built for pleasure, causes financial and physical worry for many women. She notes the fast pace of society, the strain of entertainment, and suggests frugal approaches to reduce expenses without diminishing enjoyment of social life.
Women pair frocks with low necklines to protected scarves during winter. Scarves shield against drafts indoors and out while staying stylish with chic hats and light chiffons edged with ostrich feathers.
Polly Newton selects a string of pink pearls worth ten thousand dollars as a birthday gift. Dr. Frank Mills, devoted to his work with the poor, misses the party but later learns Polly will fund a vacation home for mothers and children with the pearls. The couple’s bond strengthens as Polly realizes their shared duty to those in need.
The article notes that environment shapes character and urges women to quietly influence family happiness through tasteful, coordinated home furnishings. It describes simple, well-chosen wallpapers, floor coverings, and upholsteries as essential, offering options from delicate pine and rose motifs to richer schemes with gold browns crimsons blues and harmonized colors.
An uncertain day is foretold as Neptune Saturn and Uranus influence hours. Warns against fraud and unsanitary conditions and advises against major purchases. foretells embezzlement risk and disruptive moods, with changes in business and domestic ties. Children born today seen as restless yet industrious.
A collage of brief notes highlights Mrs Judith Marshall of Louisville as the only known woman named by a Masonic lodge, Mrs Thomas W Tyler of Boston aiding shelter for vulnerable girls, and Mrs Dietrich presiding in Forest Gate England. Also mentioned are domestic science reforms in Minneapolis schools, health diet claims by Mrs Romine in Indiana, Viscountess Wolseley receiving guild honors, English college writing contrasts, and Cecil Courtenay Lucas wedding observations at St. Matthew's Westminster.
The Rev Francis E H Clark, president of the United States Society of Christian Endeavor, announced that the world convention planned for Sydney in March 1914 has been indefinitely postponed due to an amatipo epidemic in the city.
Practical home advice on removing grease from fabrics using French chalk blotting paper heat press methods. Includes silk grease paste with chalk and Fuller’s earth, solvent cautions, blotter use, graphite wagon grease and vaseline stains, and cleaning white gloves with gasoline and castile soap.
Two men with many years of service were pensioned yesterday by the traction company. Samuel J. King, assistant treasurer, and H. C. Belt, superintendent of steam machinery, were honored for long and faithful service.
A reader writes on sexual morals and respect, advising girls to avoid promiscuity and demanding restraint from men. The letter condemns drinking and gambling, urges girls to seek respectable partners, and emphasizes parental guidance. Advice on polishing mahogany furniture is included alongside personal accounts of love and domestic duties.
Patrick Woods, 32, Romelus, entered Nick Garros's restaurant at 219 Central Avenue and ordered coffee and rolls. The bill was ten cents and he demanded pie be included, arguing it should be part of the order.
A Halloween party plan invites girls in scarlet frocks and boys as brownies to dress as witches and goblins. Guests arrive to a ghost escort, hunt for hidden paper dears to pair up, then end with a cotillion. Ages 12 to 16.
This excerpt provides domestic tips: celery keeps two weeks when wrapped in brown paper then a towel in a cool place, and soaked in cold water before table use. Unwashable jabots dusted with cornstarch regain freshness after days stored away. Wipe stove splashes with newspaper. Borax whitens laundry when dissolved in final rinse water.
A garbled OCR list shows multiple marriage license entries with names and addresses, including Wisifred Vincert and Catherine Ayi street, Emma Sisinguilie and Otto Weler, George Reissoe and Anne Wilde, Bessie Byers and Joe Dacod, and others across streets such as East Third, West Ninth, Ninth Street, and Sycamore. The fragmentary text references various pairings and locations without clear dates.
Scrubbing cupboards with water steeped in tobacco then camphor keeps moths away. A frying pan with melie of lemons or fish is cleaned by boiling water and a red-hot cinder, then rinsing. Ice water in a bottle makes a smooth rolling pin for pies, and baking soda in water removes old varnish for furniture refinishing.
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