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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1907
Page
6
A breakfast jacket described as a delightful year round garment suited to lawns muslins and light fabrics. The dotted batiste example features frills embroidery a large flat collar and options to omit the collar or shape the neck. Variations include waist fullness held by a back band while fronts remain free.
Stripes are shifting focus from checks in French fashion with Peking black and white motifs appearing in elegant matrons outfits. Line effects and heavy serge wool blends mark the trend toward stripes. Silk and velvet and velvet and wool blends characterize fall goods as a noticeable feature.
Grape motifs in plain or flowered fabrics remain popular with designers of negligees. Many top models feature combinations of Valenciennes lace with embroidered batiste or with Valenciennes and Cluny trim. Duny is noted as a widespread trend across the province in this season’s women’s dress.
A fashion note reviews the latest craze for oversized hatpins with amber balls as a favorite, alongside tortoise shell varieties. It notes right tortoise shell hues are preferred to darker tones for those who can afford them.
A description of charming silk outfits featuring a sun-plaited circular plaid skirt with velvet ribbon trim paired with a plain taffeta coat. The set offers versatility with coat options, matching trims, and suitability across materials like voile and lightweight wool, suitable for a fashionable summer wardrobe.
A Rediscovered ancient tale places Rhodome of Egypt 2000 years ago as the real model behind Cinderella. An eagle drops a fur shoe at Memphis, the king Isummetichus seeks its owner and makes Rhodome queen.
In 1765 Alexander Drice of Iirknewton conducted an experiment using six inches of snow and a stone jug. He concluded that fresh snow in a moderate wind may yield water equal to one tenth of its volume, so ten inches of snow equals one inch of rainfall.
Friction enables rivers to slow, storms to lose force, fibers to grip, walls to stay firm, wheels to push ground, and feet to grip surfaces. The text argues friction is essential for motion, stability, and walking, noting walking becomes hard on smooth ice and without friction we could not walk at all.
A reader asks for a clear explanation of a m and p m in computing time. The editor explains: meridian means noon, ante meridian means before noon, and post meridian means after noon. Noon is 12 m and midnight is 12 p m. The day ends at 12 p m and the next hour is 1 a m.
Travelers report a practice in parts of the Himalaya where mothers lull children to nap during the day by directing a stream of water to run over the back of the head using a tin scoop or palm leaf. The method calms the child and allows the mother to work, with some danger of drowning suspected.
A sequence of pun riddles about eggs and colts, a young lady becoming expensive, laws like the ocean, the fastest runner Adam, and the cock crowing at the ark. Each line delivers a punchline with a biblical or common reference in a playful tone.
An eight month old brindle puppy named Theodore, nicknamed Ted, is a beloved family companion. The narrator describes Ted as gentle, well behaved, and close at bedtime, sharing cozy moments and mutual affection.
The guide instructs taking down curtains, shaking free dust, soaking in cold water for an hour, then washing with soap solution. Wring, rewash in soapy water, rinse in fresh water, wring dry, air dry. Set up a table with a blanket and linen sheet, work from hem to border, and handle frill edges with care.
To make tarragon vinegar put a handful of tarragon leaves into a fruit jar and cover with white wine vinegar or cider vinegar. Screw the cover on tightly and allow it to stand in the aun for two weeks. At the end of that time strain the vinegar through a cloth and press the squid from the leaves. Then filter through filter paper and bottle for use. Nasturtinu vinegar also is delicious for salads. To make it fill a fruit jar with nasturtium blossoms and add to it a shallot, one-third of a clove or gar lic and a red pepper, all chopped tine and cover with cider vinegar, at the end of two months strain and filter.
Wash and stew half a pig's head and two pig's feet in water until tender adding salt pepper spice and dried sage. Drain bones pick meat into a mold with stock then set under weight to cool. Serve with baked apples.
A western inventor introduces a new meat broiler resembling a frying pan but with a conical bottom that rises to a central apex. Juices drain along a gutter into a rear chamber, keeping the meat dry and aiding the broiling process as the utensil tilts to drain accumulated juices.
A concise collection of kitchen tips advises piercing the upper crust to vent steam, using steam to clean lamp chimneys, and rubbing butter into stains before washing with hot water and soap to remove most stains.
A perfume mixture for scenting bags contains one ounce each of cloves caraway nutmeg mace cinnamon and tonquin beans with Florentine root added to equal the total of the other ingredients. Grind to fine powder and place in muslin bags.
A cloth soaked in hot vinegar and water laid on the forehead often relieves headache. Another method is to bathe the forehead and back of the neck with hot water to which a little cologne has been added.
A remedy suggests boiling yellow turnips to make a water for soaking feet. Drain and soak the feet in the infused water, repeating the process several times to cure chilblains.
A young solicitor recounts a sedate New York World tale of a con artist named Van Scoup who seeks a man identical to himself with tattooed soles. In a comic chase through baths and salons the narrator nearly locates the doppelganger before the dinner party, sparing the fortune from being won.
A dialogue echoes the idea that amassing a colossal fortune requires intelligence, while managing it poses a greater challenge. Dustin Stax reflects on the need to know how to use vast wealth once acquired.
A suburban man visits a seed store in a humorous tale of spring gardening fever. He blurts out a long list of seeds while the clerk endures his impatient order taking and comic mood. He insists on sending nothing and jokes about relief after the purchase.
A country doctor comments on Farmer Giles wife being blue due to too little to do. The farmer jokes that a busy wife stays happy, listing her chores from milking to sewing. He suggests keeping her mind occupied by teaching tasks like making cow oil cake.
A Yonkers Statesman snippet shows Tommie teasing a sister about a visitor last night. The sister resists then taunts that the beard-wearing man caused a scratch on her chin, prompting playful back and forth.
A quarrel between grandfathers over a mother’s plan to give Willie an automobile. One insists the gift risks death or damage, while the other retorts about past gifts of an air rifle and tools.
A comic incident unfolds as Mr B. cannot find space in the omnibus and sits with his young daughter on his knee. A beautiful lady enters and the girl loudly offers her “peat” to the lady, prompting a scene as Mr B. reacts and others observe the awkward moment.
A British weekly note reports tension between Anxious Mamma-Dick and Tommy Simpson as their mothers discuss wardrobe upgrades after another scuffle. The piece reflects domestic frictions and youthful mischief in a social vignette.
Readable fragment shows a man fearing turning forty and a woman prompting with a question about the doctor who welcomed a birth. The exchange appears in the Chicago Record Herald, reflecting witty social dialogue.
A brief notice notes a small safe sure product labeled little pike that is sold by The Hedges Drug Co. The item is described as safe and non harming for general use. The listing emphasizes no risk of sickness or irritation from proper application.
Wheat fed whole to laying hens and screenings or cracked wheat fed to chicks promotes healthy growth and muscle development. The practice tends to increase egg production and produce rich eggs in laying hens.
A swine breeder dismisses cement floors for hog houses deeming dirt the best option and suggests covering dirt with woven wire netting to deter rooting. Dr Shoop sends free trial catarrh treatments from Racine Wisconsin claiming no cost and proving the remedy’s value. the product is sold by all dealers.
The Fountain County probate entry by Mary E. Gardner administratrix lists a private sale of estate assets from the late Lincoln Gardner at the Troy Township residence. Items include multiple horses, mares, a colt, corn and various crops, offered at appraised value with cash sale and credit terms for sums over five dollars.
In the Mountain Circuit Court September term LAU the executrix Emma Keefer presents final settlement of the estate of Thomas M Keefer deceased. Heirs and creditors must appear September thoth 1907 to show cause why the account and vouchers should not be approved and to prove heirship. Lucas Nebeker attorney represents EMMA KEEFER Executrix.
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