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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1915
Page
3
Ribbons are the season’s top trim for sashes girdles and hats. Narrow widths with picot edges and interwoven steel or silver add modern flair while old fashioned pleota styles echo tradition. Metallics like steel silver and velvet colorings create tapestry and brocade effects in white green gold and navy.
The Dry Goods Economist notes spring shows favor floral patterns on high class cotton fabrics. Many designs feature black flowers on white, with black and color stripes. Three piece summer cotton outfits include coat dresses in black and white warnish cotton mixes, echoing newer weaves for 1915.
A newly built model home showcases illuminated closets activated by doors. Each shoe pair has its own compartment, hat sections keep millinery from being crushed, and a nursery closet features deep light wood shelves that lift out like trays. Linen storage sits behind hinged fronts with linen stacked behind.
Old fashion type hats are featured in spring exhibitions as advance models. The Millinery Trade Review notes hats echo early 19th century gowns with drooping fronts and rolls. Manufacturers of blocked shapes explore a wide field, showing many distinct silhouettes and varieties.
A winter evening game idea describes a cakewalk invitation where guests dress as cakes and guess numbers on cards. Prizes include a fine cake and a cake of soap booby prize, with cake-themed refreshments and playful costumes such as a jelly boy, Dutch cake, and a white mountain cake outfit using a hoop skirt and musical note border.
Spring fashion notes from a Dry Goods Economist highlight flare skirts as dominant. Modifications include circular, godet, and plaited effects with plaite inset clusters at seams. Suits in serge, gabardine, covert, and poplin receive favor with club and shepherd checks in early spring samples.
A recipe for apple sauce using core and quarter tart apples layered with sugar in a gallon stone jar. Layer with about two cups sugar, cover, and bake in a very slow oven for several hours, ideally all day. Cooked sauce becomes rich red and may be canned while hot.
The narrator, Edward Boyer, 31, recounts fleeing Berlin in 1914 with a red wig after buying the only available disguise. He is detained as a suspected spy, recites a French passport name, and is saved from execution by an officer who recognizes him as American. His journey continues to France and Paris where further misadventures occur until his identity is confirmed and liberty granted.
A rainy evening indoor activity game uses a white sheet as a screen. One person sits on a low stool facing the sheet while a lamp behind casts shadows. The others pass between light and sitter and the seated person guesses who cast each shadow. If wrong or head turns, the sitter pays a forfeit.
A Philadelphia Record reading features a playful exchange between the Scornful Apple and a Turnip. The Apple boasts of its beauty while the Turnip retorts that both are alike in value, with reminders to show modesty and restraint in speech.
The Hoy Scouts of America in Bos ton Ga led by Scout master R D MacAlpine proposed a sanitation plan to fix garbage and rubbish removal. They presented a petition to the Ladies Twenty Century club which, after endorsement by Members, pr ovided to town authorities. The town relief was promptly granted.
A riddle poem plays with the idea of beheading words to reveal new terms. The verse suggests an initial form that, when beheaded, yields an imploring or blessing word, then a final affirmative response. It uses wordplay with spray ray ay as hints.
This item lists biblical quiz Qs with answers on kings, queens, tests of faith, and key figures. Figures include David, the Queen of Sheba, Job, Moses, Samson, Nathan, and Joseph, framed as a study aid for children.
The Baptist church plans a moving chapel to reach isolated districts lacking Protestant churches. A modern two‑section coach will serve as chapel and living quarters with hot water, acetylene lighting, phonograph accompaniment, and comfortable quarters for evangelists and families.
In Lebanon Ohio a defense attorney showing how a pistol could cause a back wound was struck by a misfired gun during a murder trial. The jurist, Clement Vallandigham, collapsed and died as a gun discharged near him, leaving the defendant acquitted.
A short Detroit Free Press item shares a gag about a boy’s future. The child answers “A man” and adds a wry remark about not always asking questions, highlighting a humorous exchange in a local caption.
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