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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1915
Page
3
The article praises current children’s fashions as picturesque and well suited to youth. It highlights full skirts with or without long tunics, long belted coats, Russian blouse styles for young girls, and flat hats flattering childish faces. It notes serge school frocks with one piece waist and skirt, wide black silk trim, and smart linen hats. coats with throat buttons and velvet collars are described as warm and becoming.
Wide use of metal laces and two tone net designs dominates fashion notes with white lace and jet ornaments. Also advised is substituting pork trimmings for lard in frying to cut fat, improve flavor, and reduce waste while keeping fried foods appealing.
Fashion notes describe long traveling wraps and the one piece frock in light serge or satin. Styles include three quarter or full length coats with capes. Emphasis on adaptable coats for varying climates and temperatures on rail journeys. The piece also provides a Southern style omelet recipe and egg poaching tip with vinegar.
Daily tips on fruit storage drying currants in flour to prevent sinking in cakes. Use ground rice to keep chopped snet from sticking to the chopper. Clean white enamel woodwork with whiting on a moist cloth. Air every room once daily to keep the home fresh.
Instructional note describes lining a baking dish with biscuit dough, cooking chicken until tender, seasoning, and filling the dish with meat and gravy. The top crust is formed from biscuit dough with a dough hole for checking doneness, and additional gravy added if interior is dry.
The guide advises breaking open a baked potato as soon as it is done to avoid sogginess. Both sweet and white potatoes taste better when warmed rather than boiled, but one must release the steam while the potato remains hot for best flavor.
In a town where Sallie Hamiston faced endless pranks and guards to block an undercover marriage, a peach-skinned suitor and a veiled companion flee town leads. A church ceremony proceeds with mistaken identity until a telegram reveals the pair are married and returning home to dinner.
The article describes party games for all ages including a guessing word game with sticky meanings and a geographic word chain. It also offers a Boy Scouts hint for cold nights, detailing a “fire bed” trench lit by a fire and covered with sand for sleeping comfort.
Denise Cartier, twelve, survived a German bombing in Paris that shattered her leg. After weeks of treatment she got an artificial limb and walked out for the first time, a dramatic wartime rescue story aimed at young readers on this side of the ocean.
A quirky riddle prose piece ponders oceanic talk by Neptune and men above board, with a pun on bees and honey making and a joke about the letter A in the middle of the day. The light verse plays on word play, rhythm, and playful misdirections.
A collection of reflections and anecdotes on Joseph the carpenter's death, the upper room in Acts, and women's roles, paired with a critique of modern Bible knowledge. Washington Gladden recalls how familiarity with the Bible was forged in homes and churches, not public schools.
Cyprus, a Med island famed for forests now bare save pine highlands, has a long history from Egyptian timber fleets to Athenian copper work. Paul and Mark visited, Byzantine rule followed, then English Templars and the king of Jerusalem. A 1570 siege by Turks left Nicosia in ruin. 1870s accord shifted admin control to Britain while Turkey kept sovereignty. Cyprus spans 148 by 40 miles, 3,000 sq miles, with copper, gold, cotton, wine as key products and meager water.
A clipped dialogue reveals a tense exchange between a former mistress and a servant named Susan TH. The speaker muses on prospects, mentioning a potential reference from Mrs. Barlow, whose reputation is sharply criticized by a Cleveland Plaza dealer. The scene hints at social friction and employment pressure within a domestic setting.
A short exchange from the Houston Post captures a humorous miscommunication about a wife cooking and a character named Jinx. The dialogue hints at social banter and a casual domestic scene without broader context.
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