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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1904
Page
4
A male speaker extols tasteful morning jackets in white batistes and pale greens. Describes style details including bolero waist shaping, long pointed fronts, wide sleeves, and optional lace trims. Also notes matching linen frocks and adaptable fabrics from wash silks to light wools suitable for varying weather.
The article describes summer yachting attire for women featuring a double coat and blouse front, a waistcoat tucked under straps, and a white suede belt and piping. Outfits include a plain alcove with blue linen cuffs, white suede accents, a thirteen-gore skirt, and a round white suede sailor hat trimmed with black velvet.
A popular English summer drink, rhubarb wine requires ripe rhubarb. Boil eight pounds sliced rhubarb in one gallon water, stir daily for a week, strain, and mix with four pounds sugar two lemons juice and rind. Fine with sunglass and liquor, then cask when cooled. avoid tapping until fermentation ends. Quality improves with storage.
Designers showcase vivid color resorts with reseda green American Beauty red Yale blue and lavender and purple. Coats feature heavy embroidery and braid work in cloth and silk paired with white dresses and tonal accents for bold elegance.
A quaint recipe describes hollowing orange skins to hold stiff orange or lemon jelly. After removing pulp, fill skins, set upright to harden, then cap with tops and arrange in a decorative basket. A charming edible gift for someone ill.
Cute sunbonnet styles for young girls feature white pique or duck fabric with ruffled faces in pink blue and American beauty red. Various lawn and chambray trims complete the season's charming headwear for children.
Butter melts in a pan with onion until colored. Add raw rice and stir fifteen minutes, adding hot water if dry. Pour in boiling water and cook fifteen minutes more. Drain and add tomato juice seasoned with pepper salt mace and lemon peel. Simmer ten minutes. Rice stays whole yet soft and savory. A popular Italian dish.
A summer feature presents wide collars in white taffeta with black silk polka dots on white silk. Black silk piping edges and salmon pink taffeta points beneath, each with a lace medallion, enhancing evening blouses and dresses.
A classic method advises choosing evenly sized oranges and slicing them in halves. Remove pulp while keeping the segments intact, fill alternate sections with orange jelly, chill shells until firm, then top with stiff whipped cream and serve.
The article observes abundant color usage in ties and stocks of the year to brighten plain gowns. It highlights striped ribbons in combinations like green and gold and blue and biscuit, noting hundreds of designs now on view.
To keep the hair in curl, mix borax and castile soap with boil ing water, dissolve, bottle, cork tightly, and apply the solution to the hair before curling. The method relies on boiling water and a simple soap borax blend.
An advertisement outlines a linen bust confiner and reducer designed to be worn under a corset cover. It provides bust and underarm confinement, extends over the corset top, uses elastic shoulder straps, and fastens with front buttons and back lacings. Material use for medium size is 4 1/2 yards of 36 inch width.
Children wear pique hats with high poke crowns and matching pique brims. The crown and brim feature full lingerie ruffies for a decorative effect.
A literary roundup notes Eliot Gregory’s Visiting in Country Houses in Century August, plus Charlotte Harding art. It highlights Thomas Lawson’s Amalgamated in Everybody’s Magazine and Churchill’s The Crossing from MacMillan. Also featured are The Real New York volume, The Merry Anne by Samuel Merwin, and The Prehistoric Ruins of America in Ladies' World September.
President Roosevelt received formal notification of the Republican nomination at Sagamore Hill by Joseph G. Cannon representing all states. He pledged to uphold party principles, defend tariffs, pursue peace with foreign nations, and continue his administration’s policies if re elected, stressing a record of achievement and fiscal soundness.
The survey shows United States no gain in acreage or condition, Canada larger area, Russia small sowing, France smaller area but better yields, Austria-Hungary favorable prospects, Germany notable improvement, Italy less favorable, United Kingdom smallest area on record, Australasia double last year’s surplus, and Argentina a very large crop.
Samuel F. Wing of Hale Maine crafts a violin described as finely toned with excellent workmanship for a septuagenarian maker. The instrument features an inlaid purfling on the case, highlighting his skill.
The Royal Swedish Academy awarded a gold medal for literary excellence to Selma Lagerlof the novelist. The first woman honored was Frederika Bremer marking a historic milestone for women writers.
Newberry South Carolina Chief of Police W H Harris reports years of kidney pain and a nocturnal backache eased after using Kidney Pills. He says two boxes cleared his kidney secretions, ended the backache, and restored normal kidney function. A free trial offer from Foster Milburn Co is mailed nationwide.
An advertisement touts a trip to Colorado Utah California via the Colorado Midland Railway, claiming the line offers the highest standard gauge and exceptionally low summer round trip rates to interior state points and the Northwest. Contact Mr C H Speers Denver Col for information.
A Kansan claims switching from coffee to Postum reversed lifelong health issues. He describes headaches, digestive distress, rheumatism, heart trouble, and nervous weakness tied to coffee, then credits Postum with restored health and stronger nerves after two years.
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