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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1914
Page
3
Milady offers a wide range of Easter hat trims featuring flowers feathers or fruit. The illustration shows three spring hats: a fine straw hat with a high side and front feather trim, a hat adorned with fruit, and a side tied hat with a rolling brim and ribbons flowers.
Shoppers are greeted by a sea of fabrics for Easter costumes as cottons and nets dominate the scene. Velvet gowns give way to light, airy frocks with tulle detailing and translucent effects. Tunics vary in shape, with hip yokes and side gathers, while tulle bustles mark the latest fashion whim.
A reader suggests washing handkerchiefs with a quarter ounce of evil reot wrapped in muslin and boiled briefly. After ironing, the handkerchiefs will retain a delicate refreshing odor.
Easter symbols and colored eggs delight children as parents and teachers exchange gifts. Washington's Easter Monday egg rolling draws senators, statesmen, and the president as children shout joy. Safe, decorative eggs free of poison allow shells to be broken and eggs eaten as a festive keepsake.
A musty odor develops in rarely used silver teapots kept for state occasions. Clean and dry, then add a light layer of etta r, and replace sugar at long intervals to prevent mustiness.
The article notes a wave of spring skirts with elaborate frills and draped fronts, matched by new coat silhouettes. It traces origins of fashion trends to Algeria for bolero jackets, Japan for street style panels, China for embroidered gowns, and Egypt for edging motifs, highlighting a global sourcing of contemporary style.
A fashion note explains Easter hats now lift the hair from the back, tilting the hat for a rakish effect. The style, first seen in French resorts, spreads to America with tighter locks and less forehead exposure, signaling a shift toward retro influences.
The Pittsburgh Dispatch notes in a tongue in cheek item that monuments in England and Germany honor potatoes and Sir Francis Drake for introducing potatoes to Europe, a claim historians dispute with Walter Raleigh often cited as the planter. The piece links Offenburg and Mura monuments to Drake and the potato, while noting Drake had no clear role in introducing the potato to Europe.
The article explains three rays from radium alpha beta and gamma with distinct ranges and shielding. Alpha rays travel about half an inch, beta rays reach three times farther, and gamma rays are most penetrating. Paper foil mica stop alpha, a millimeter of lead or five millimeters of aluminum stops beta, while gamma rays pass through nineteen centimeters of iron or seven centimeters of lead with 1 percent loss. Alpha rays are helium nuclei moving at 12 000 miles per second, beta rays are negatively charged fast particles near 150 000 miles per second, gamma rays exceed beta penetration by about a hundredfold.
Paul Dunlap and a guide flee Bedouin attackers across the Algerian sands. A moving picture troupe led by Chester Wayland rescues him, capturing the action on film as they join the expedition to Mecca and the Ras te Megazine article expands into motion picture adventures.
For Our Boy and Girl Readers an Easter egg hunt offers a lively craft in German style. Invitations on tiny sheets feature rabbit sketches and playful verses inviting children to join a Monday hunt. Guests receive baskets to collect eggs and novelties, with precautions to avoid damaging decorations. After eggs are found, egg rolling and candy gifts cap the event with light refreshments and a life size bunny centerpiece.
A quirky newspaper item blends a Greek myth about Cerberus with a set of riddle questions. It weaves in an Easter resolve about striving to be good, plus a short note on common spices and the ginger and nutmeg origins and uses.
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