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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1913
Page
3
Parisiennes favor fur collarets worn with lace or velvet to adorn gowns. They feature short fur strips encircling the throat, white satin linings, and plaited frills. Combinations include ermine with sapphire blue velvet and mink with seal brown satin, finished with satin bows and pearl or jet buckles.
Cleaning felt hats involves dipping and brushing with suit riote of siamoni t and scrubbing firmly. Use a brush with short bristles to lift soil and restore the hat, ensuring it becomes clean without damaging the fabric.
A vintage collection of kitchen hints covers damp salt shakers by adding rice, deodorizing fish and onion dishes with a warm oven finish, preventing fat splatter with flour in hot fat, and mold prevention by lining jelly tumbler tops with alcohol dipped white paper.
The piece notes winter hardy plants such as aloes and cacti thrive indoors with light care, ivy grows well for table decoration, and mentions the small belt is essential in completing outfits, detailing worn by clerks and workers.
Instructions describe melting paraffin in an old coffeepot as a neat method to pour wax over jelly for sealing. The process is praised as tidy with no drips onto the table or tray.
An antiquated instruction describes blouse washing methods for lace and silk, detailing soaking times, temperatures, and detergents. It warns against boiling silk, advises warm rinses with soap, mentions ammonia and methylated spirit, and prescribes ironing damp silk to finish.
Several peanut sandwich ideas include pounding or chopping peanuts with salt and olive oil spread between buttered bread slices, or mixing peanut powder into mayonnaise or cream cheese for filing. Another method uses crusts cut from bread topped with whipped cream and finely crushed peanuts for a light afternoon luncheon option.
The article notes that open windows best purify air but are not always possible in sickrooms. It suggests alternatives such as carrying a rolled burning newspaper through the room or igniting a tablespoonful of vinegar over an alcohol lamp to improve air quality.
A historical note explains the origin of the phrase fire water used by Indians. Traders introduced liquor to induce trade with the La Mane, using English whisky shipped to America. To ease transport it was diluted with water, then burned to flame. Indians learned of the practice and coined the term fire water from effects on the people. A chief linked whisky to harm and sorrow.
The article outlines curious animal facts such as high body temperatures in swallows, prey reflection from eyes, and prolific egg counts in lake trout. It notes internal hatching in some species, a Kea parrot’s sheep fondness, and odd eye immersion habits in garfish sunfish and basking sharks.
Maori housewives in New Zealand use natural geysers as fireless cookers. They place a container in moist mud over a steam hole to create an oven, enabling cooking and washing using geothermal heat.
A dialogue fragment shows a man risking a kiss and a woman yearning to seek her father’s counsel. She notes the father is in Europe, prompting hesitation and a despiteful consideration of consequences.
Tom Mowbray climbs from his sleigh on Old Pine Knob to warn Miss Jesale Boone and the Duke-backed cutter stalled on a railroad crossing. He dives onto the runner, jerks the cutter free as the Boston express roars by, and survives with a broken boast about marrying her. Duke escapes unharmed. Mowbray earns a heroic, if self-mocking, claim.
A children s department game describes a blindfolded teacher selecting a pupil by voice. Participants form a class facing the teacher as she announces a senses song lesson. The class sings in order and the teacher stops to identify voices, swapping roles if correct or advancing to new teacher if wrong. A slight variation uses a familiar tune to aid the guessing.
A fragmented puzzle asks which city equals three sevenths of a chicken two thirds of a cat and one half of a goat. The riddle answers Chicago. Another line asks which state equals one third of a rare taker one third of a boy three sevenths of Lincoln and one third of a man, answer Carolina.
A girl Ida earned punishment for teasing a parrot named Polly who could speak. After her kind mother warned against teasing, Ida received a doll named Betty as a gift. Polly swooped in, knocked Betty over, breaking her head, and Ida cried as her mother quietly repaired Betty while warning against mockery.
The company all pick imaginary instruments each member imitates the instrument and sounds. The leader signals changes and players must switch, one by one, with forfeits for noncompliance. A playful, mock musical routine unfolds as each takes up the leader’s instrument in turn.
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