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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1914
Page
7
The article details stylish handkerchief trends paired with tailored suits. It notes solid talots or similar motifs in pale colors like pink blue lavender navy blue brown and crimson with color accents on white backgrounds. Variations include Madeira embroidery initials and delicate color touches.
A historical remedy suggests applying aloes on the unril y member to stop thumb sucking in children. If ineffective, the article advises mittens of cotton to make the child forget the habit within days. The piece notes effects on lips and teeth from prolonged thumb sucking and promotes a bitter powder remedy.
When frying small fish sprinkle them with Que ontmeal instead of flour and when cooked they will look as if they had been fried with egg and bread crumbs.
Vanity Fair highlights a shift in attire with turbans popular among wearers. Negligees in vole fabric, ripple tunics and yokes, and brides shower bouquets falling out of favor. Bathing suits adopt tunic peg top styles amid color serge street suits. Lingerie leans pale silk while hems feature wide robe trim and bead embroidery on various frocks.
A 1920s style guide discusses tasteful awnings to enhance homes. It notes striped awnings in green and white, buff and red, plus brown belt combinations suit rambling houses. A plain white canvas with painted designs is popular for individuality, with painted shades lasting longer. New casement window devices lift canvas for better opening.
A clever closet upgrade uses a swinging rack like a towel rack with light wooden arms and clamps. The design allows six trousers or skirts to hang folded on belts per side, doubling capacity and keeping garments visible without extra lighting.
The article surveys ostrich feathers used in millinery, noting their transformation into forms like snails or escargot shapes, and their role in decorating hats. It discusses how fashion embraces exotic feather styling, including clipped pieces around crowns and fringe, and ponders whether high hats will fade with hot weather.
A New York Mail story describes a pink sobbing monkey said to roam the Choco region of Colombia. According to H. G. Spurrell of the London School of Tropical Medicine the beast Totals three days of sobbing before a selected victim dies by self-inflicted suicide. The tribe believes the monkey’s wailing foretells fatal sickness and natives supposedly follow the ritual in hopes to avoid death.
Nevin O. Winter in The Russian Empire Today and Yesterday argues that real Russia is a narrow slice of 2,000,000 square miles. He excludes Finland Poland the Baltic provinces Bessarabia and the Cauca sus and parts near the Arctic and Don regions. Tolstoy's influence is seen as modest among elite rulers and revolutionaries though revered by many peasants.
A U S bulletin from the Bureau of Education notes ten years of growth in kindergartens. Enrollment rose from 206,000 children to 264,180, reflecting expanding programs across the nation.
The Petican sails from Borneo through Ceylon Bombay to the Suez and beyond as a brutal mutiny tests a captain. A Malay-led faction plots to seize the ship, drink wine aboard, fight the officers, and is thwarted when a rescue vessel appears. The crew, reduced by mutiny and cold, is saved by a stranger ship whose frozen dead line the tale.
The Camp Fire girls may win honors in eight crafts including health, home craft, nature lore, camp craft, hand craft, business, patriotism and national honor. Health honors cover athletic feats, dieting restraint and avoiding illness, with red beads as badges. The article notes Baden-Powell Girl Guides in England and their rally in London with royal and diplomat attendance.
A fragment stringing light verse about blind man's buff and playful games from old authors. It lists pen name pairs such as Samuel Clemens and Mark Twain, Charles Dickens and Hox, Charlotte Bronte and Carrer Bell, with many other pairs and aliases. The text resembles a literary curiosity note or humorous aside.
A playful science trick uses a dry needle placed on a tissue paper float to rest on water, then sinks as the paper dissolves leaving the needle on the surface. A magnetized needle will align north south. the piece ends with a quip about Barnum and the greatest show.
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