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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1914
Page
8
Fancy cape designs, evening caps of silk bound with silver, and delicate silver gauze accents lead a Christmas gift guide. Baby gifts include elderdown flannel robes with Teddy bears and rabbits, while new craft ideas feature colored paper cutouts assembled on backgrounds to create figures.
The article describes eiderdown infant wear including collars, pockets, waist cords, red ribbons, and tassels. It notes that small infants need no pocket or waist cord and mentions red slippers, bedclothes, shoes, bootees, short sacks, hoods, and carriage blankets finished with wide satin ribbon.
Home crafted toys for small children include plush bears dogs elephants rabbits and kittens sewn from canton flannel or plush. Rag dolls cut from muslin and stuffed with sawdust, with button eyes and yarn mouths, are showcased alongside a white dog and a clown doll made from ribbed goods and blue cambric.
A home craft note explains making decorative candle shades using alk or silk ribbons over wire frames. It describes frame choices, materials like flowered ribbon, plaiting methods, edges sewn over top and bottom wires, and finishing with self braid in silver or gilt for a refined look.
A guide to making corsages and hair ornaments using roses fashioned from ribbon and metallic materials. Describes large simulated roses, ribbon widths, colors, and wire foundations, with examples of bonnet wire techniques for headbands and gift-worthy adornments for young women.
The article describes ancient and biblical practices of anointing with oils and perfumes as daily toilet ritual among Jews and in Christ's time. It notes variations today, warns of degradations in some Orient traditions, and cites wedding customs of rose petals and waters as surviving elements.
A small town church in a malaria area uses a hot air furnace. A widow and her yellow skinned, feverish son attend the service as the furnace hums above a basement register. The boy suddenly warns his mother he must go, fearing another spell as the air room stirs with rising heat.
Mrs Morelock nears birthday as son George asks for a dollar to buy the "handiest catcher's mast" for her gift. The boy explains the price is one dollar, showing a sly, humorous exchange in a domestic vignette from Harper's Magazine.
A curiously formed argument centers on Hila Revengs and Hinks, who boasts of getting even after criticizing a life policy. The exchange hints that Hinks hoped to renew a life insurance policy and that agents near the shore have since contacted him, while a broader reflection on effort and debt concludes the passage.
A wireless signal S O S is a universal distress call used by ships in danger. It conveys no language specific meaning, just that assistance is needed, and its pattern of three dots three dashes three dots makes it easily recognizable to operators worldwide.
The post office dept reports a remarkable parcel post feat, shipping an eight room house to Merrill Wisconsin as an exhibit at the Lincoln county fair. The takedown house was itself sent by parcel post, proving Uncle Sam can ship houses when properly packed.
A commentary compares marriage to a slip knot, noting that while some see it as binding and serious others view it as a fragile tie. The piece weighs social perceptions, commitment, and evolving standards around matrimony.
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