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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1913
Page
2
The article urges mothers to dress well for their children's approval and cautions boys to value neat, tasteful attire. It advocates teaching children to manage their spending through a regular allowance, tracked to cover both necessities and luxuries, and notes improved care of clothing and personal items when money is budgeted. It also stresses early toilet care and providing separate towels and toiletry supplies for each child.
A vintage note suggests making a wicker telescoping crib for infants. The lower section becomes a bed, while the upper holds belongings. On trains, insert the tower into the upper half and secure the baby inside for travel.
Mary Dean surveys Medici shaped neckwear showing wide flare collars rolling from the throat, sometimes with lace frills and satin blends. Styles range from high side and back flares to attached lace, with Oriental colorings influencing embroidery on light fabrics.
Lingerie crepe de chine is praised as exquisite, while fine cotton crepes offer delicate designs and coloring. Lace trimmed undergarments with handwork appeal to travelers and require no finishing, making them practical for laundering.
A historical note explains making a patchwork quilt from castoff coats pantaloons and dresses. Use one ticking lining to simplify washing. Heavy material suggests cutting pieces in large blocks for efficiency and ease.
Railroad magnate J. J. Pill argues the pocketbook of the wife is the core of national and family economics. He urges wives to know how to spend and invest money earned by any means, stressing saving, investment, and disciplined spending over mere household bills.
This excerpt offers practical household advice on reusing discarded paper for wrapping and cleaning tasks including moistening cheese and sandwiches, protecting cakes, and floor protection. It also provides a method to sharpen lawn mower blades using emery powder and oil, encouraging readers to offer such sharpening services locally.
Savon fenilles and papiers poudres are praised when heat arrives. Small powder paper books and soaped paper leaves expand into lather when wet. A traveler can stay neatly clean with a book of powder papers, soap leaves, and absorbent toweling in a handbag.
A French scientist, M. de Parville, reports statistics showing musicians with stringed instruments gain a tonic effect on hair. He notes violinists and pianists tend to have longer manes due to string vibrations acting as hair massage, while wind players may cause hair loss. French doctors call it brias band biltuess.
The Metropolis Museum of Art houses a basement armorer shop with over 600 tools, many ancient and passed through generations. Tools formerly owned by Daniel Tachaux were brought from Paris in 1909 and now belong to the museum, including nearly 100 stakes and a wide range of hammers and swages.
The Victoria Colonist discusses Muir glacier disintegration and potential long term retreat. It cites uncertain causes, past Atlantic coast glacier recessions, and suggests gradual warming in the north Pacific could reduce snowfall or raise lower level temperatures. Sir Charles Lyell notes Greenland barrier collapse in 1846 as a world historical milestone.
A Kansas City Star tale shows a man arriving in agony asking for a doctor. The messenger asks what kind. the man replies any path will do, noting all paths lead to the grave in a grim quip about doctors of many kinds.
A reminiscence notes a quartet performing four languages simultaneously in the New York Sun piece. Clara Louise Kellogg sang English, Brignoli Italian, a German soprano German, and a French tenor French. The audience did not notice the language mix.
A tourist asks about turning a sword into a plow share while a bright blacksmith asserts his shop makes war relics. The Louisville Courier-Journal notes the exchange with historical ironwork tone and regional voice.
Bess tells Tess that a caller offered her a season pass and wished for a happy ending to the play, a scene described as witnessing a beautify drama in a Chicago Record-Herald item.
In a grammar class Johnny jokes about singular pronouns as a teacher asks what a singilar pronoun is. Johnny replies one that isn't married yet prompting a judge to weigh in with a playful prompt.
A terse remark by Thomas Edixon reads that genius is not inspiration and positions inspiration as separate from true genius. The line reappears as a provocative nudge about creativity and effort.
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