Women and Home Notes on Paris Life and Entertaining
Paris trends in domestic life amid Tennessee news. Mrs. Rye discusses moving plans to Nashville after her husband Tom Rye’s gubernatorial win, noting contentment with Paris home life and intent to rent rather than sell. A November wedding brunch features a clever “group gift” idea and a yellow topaz brooch. The column offers tea party tips, colonial era Thanksgiving decor, and regional booth ideas for a school or community event.
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Tennessee
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Tor
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Little Club
Virginia
George
Martha
New York
Tradtion
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Delaware
New Jersey
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Massachusetts
Priscilla
Mary
Chilton
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Carolinas
Notes on Beaving for Young Cooks in Prattville
A collage of classroom and domestic tips including table setting rules, a coin in sleeve illusion, a story about a first-star honor for Dick Beasley, and a magic thimble trick. The piece blends practical etiquette with children’s tales and stage illusions.
Football Themed Party Plans Colors Orange And Blue
The captain of popular football teams will host an entertaining evening after the game. The mother has arranged orange and blue decorations, including large tarlatan bows on chairs alternating the team colors. A large football centerpiece filled with yellow chrysanthemums will feature small footballs as place cards.
A New Animal Party Dont Chew Consomme
A small gathering of 15 guests played a party game titled Greatest Show on Earth with animal mask clues. Guests matched slips naming animals to numbered props while a meal of ground fish and croquettes followed, served with pink lemonade and popcorn.
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Sreeates Stoll
O'Brien
Ignes
Oliven
Kid
Lynx
Bout
Mystery Dinner Menu Puzzles Readers With Wordplay Fun
A schoolgirl crafts a playful mystery dinner menu with numbered food categories and clues. The menu pairs foods with puns and misdirections such as Fish and Lamb, plus entries like Turkey and Partridge, yielding humorous combinations as friends enjoy the game. The piece ends noting Tennessee apple crop estimates for 1914 and urging better orchard care to boost quality and profits.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Tennessee
Tannersee
Tennesses
Progen
Washington
Trick for the Boys Diving Lamp of Sugar
A colonial era science trick explains how to lift sugar under water without wetting it. An inverted goblet is used to trap air, then a cork and sugar are placed on water, the goblet lowered carefully to keep the seal. The demonstration hinges on air pressure and careful handling to prevent wetting the sugar.
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Jessie Partridge
Prattville
Ala
New York
Hervid
Apparatus for Filtering Cane Juice Invented by Louisian Man
The scientific American notes an improved cane juice filtering apparatus by Mantecino of Iowa. It eliminates impurities, delivers juice to filter frames, and removes the need for skimming by filtering before cooking to prevent discoloration and waste.
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Louisian
Mantecino
Scientific American
Prepare for Garden Now in October and November 191?
Garden readiness advised for Tennessee soil across elevations to 1,200 feet. Recommend manuring heavily, deep plowing, and seed-bed preparation from January onward. Highlights include using crimson clover lime phosphate and potash, with manure proving superior for leaf and root vegetables. Plant February salad onions. January potato crops include Irish Cobbler Quick Lunch Triumph. Alaska peat noted.
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Tennessee
Alaska
Wheat versus Corn for Horses and Hogs
Wheat and corn offer similar nutrients per 100 pounds with wheat richer in protein. Feeding trials show hogs gain efficiency when mixing equal parts wheat and corn, reducing pounds of feed per pound of pork. For horses, a balanced ration uses wheat and corn with cottonseed meal, while avoiding overfining ground wheat to prevent pasty stools.
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NEW Animal Party
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C. A. Keffer
University of Tennessee
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Johnson City, Tenn
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A. Keffer
University
C. A. Willson
Tennessee Experiment Station
London
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Chattanooga
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