Summer Fabrics Are Fascinating
A fashion writer extols the new summer fabrics and trims. Cottons linens and soft silks are used in expressive outfits with restrained trimmings that blend into the gowns. Organdie and Swiss laces brighten ensembles while color ranges from creamy whites to subtle hues enhance daily and evening wear. Gingham and calico frocks show simple lines with tasteful borders, while Brambley inspired blouses and yellow maize organdie designs highlight current summer fashions.
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Valenciennes
Bramley
Doughnut Frying Alive with Healthful Techniques
The U S Department of Agriculture provides a guide to lighter doughnuts. It covers fat absorption, optimal fat temperature, and potato enriched doughnuts for lighter texture. It also explains frying with a basket and checking doneness at about 185 C.
Fabric notes for silk and silk jersey costumes
The text discusses fabrics for garments including gingham and organdic dresses with collar or edgings, noting heavier silks and silk jerseys suit venues requiring wear. Lighter materials require careful handling to retain shape and quality over time.
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Suimer
Guarding Food From Dirt and Germs in Clean Handling
Public health guidance urges strict care in food handling to prevent contamination by dirt, filth, and flies. It notes dangers from typhoid, tuberculosis, and other diseases carried by contaminated food and recommends washing hands, scalding dishes, using clean towels, and keeping food in clean receptacles.
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Department of Agriculture
Make Clothes Last Longer and Care Tips
The article argues quality garments last longer with proper care while cheaper ones benefit from careful handling. It advises washing cotton and linen often, airing on hangers to remove wrinkles, and cautions against excessive pressing that can yellow whites or discolor colors. Sponging and light pressing can refresh fabrics when done judiciously.
Pin Money For Farm Women
Butter and eggs provide most of the spending power for farm women and their children. The butter output links to the cows kept, while chicken numbers hinge on the woman’s skill and time. Clubwomen learn modern poultry methods and form egg and poultry circles to secure better egg prices.
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Department of Agriculture
Economy in cooking fruits and preserved options
It requires little more fuel to cook five pounds of prunes dried apples or apricots than one pound and little more time. Unusable amounts may be canned for future use. Dried fruits can be used in puddings breads and cookies and to make marmalades butter and jams.
Nouse Fragments Note Odd Edits and Culinary Tips
A garbled text block mixes kitchen hints with misspellings and stray phrases. It mentions asbestos, canned pimentos, pears, creamed meat, potato, buttering fingers, and using pineapple juice in dressing, creating a curious but unclear item from a historical page.
Double Purpose of Salads in Dinner Tables
Salads serve a double purpose by pleasing the appetite and aiding digestion. No dinner, however good, is complete without a salad.
Angel of Senate Pages Pronounced Sizable Quieted by Elkins
In a Buffalo Express item a tale of Senate pages losing their famed angel after Senator Phelan's retirement. Senator Elkins of West Virginia volunteers to be the new angel, a boastful figure given his coal, oil and railroad holdings, promising a summer of baseball tickets, lollypops, and ice cream for the boys. Jerome recounts Pearlie Peterson’s sorrow at kindergarten as Miss Finn tells Washington is dead at a Washington birthday party.
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Sensator Phelan
California
Senate
Davis Elkins
West Virginia
Senator Elkins
Buffalo Express
Pearlice
Jerome
Pearlie Peterson
Fraternity the Great Need in Hugo Quote
The piece cites Victor Hugo on fraternity as humanity's response to catastrophe. It asserts solidarity as a counter to mystery and oppression, claiming government obstacles to liberty and equality will fail while fraternity opens doors, empties purses, and offers aid. It closes by urging acceptance when the majority errs.
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Victor Hugo
A Weigh Off in England A humorous cross cultural observation
An American visitor studies a weighing machine in England and notes he weighs eleven stone two bricks one piece of board and two shingles. His friend asks if he understands the device, and the scene reflects playful mischief about unit differences.
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England
American Legion Weekly
Mint Leaves Add Tang to Lemonade in Yard Finds
In the back yard and a vacant lot across the way the mint leaves turn dark green as they emerge. The note suggests guarding the plant and crushed leaves can brighten lemonade with a tangy flavor.
Law Violators and Bear Departments
The Philadelphia Ledger mocks U S bear classifications noting polar bears with Commerce, grizzly bears with Interior, and brown bears with Agriculture. It humorously suggests all should be under Prohibition enforcement, then quips bears are all brown. A man may be a master of himself yet lack boast.
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Hoover
Department of Commerce
Department of the Interior
Department of Agriculture
Department of Prohibition Enforcement
Philadelphia Publo Ledger
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