Afternoon Fashion Freezes in Canton Crepe and Crepe Satin Styles
Autumn street wear features Canton crepe and crepe satin frocks with bold draping and new belting. Designers show refined suits with embroidered borders, long coats with chine piping, and day to evening dresses using beaded georgette and panel overdress details. Street dresses in Sorrento blue resemble sha cloth with split sleeves and leather belt accents.
Decoration Hints for a Box Cover Accent
A stylish dressing table desk or dining room accent can be crafted from a shoes box cover. Wrap the box completely with wall paper or fabric to create a neat decorative cover.
Factors in Homemade Bread Cost Savings Tested by USDA
USDA tests in its experimental kitchen show loaf cost depends on flour type price and purchase size, fat and yeast type, fuel, oven, and batch size. A five loaf batch with small quantities and a gas oven cost 7.33 cents per pound, while an eight loaf batch using economical formula and barrel bought strong flour and dried yeast with no shortening and a kerosene oven lowered cost to 4.25 cents per pound.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Iceless Refrigerator Plan Surges in Home Use
A Wyoming woman florist applied the iceless refrigerator principle to keep cut flowers in good condition. Extension workers developed the device for hot dry climates where ice is hard to secure, and a culture report notes its successful use.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Wyoming
Shears Useful Kitchen Tool For Fresh Prep
A Farmers Bulletin notes medium size kitchen shears fit for shredding lettuce peppers or celery leaves and for mincing parsley and mint. The guide highlights speed and convenience over a knife.
Cement for Mending China
A simple cement mix uses a teaspoonful alum and a tablespoon hot water. Heat in a hot oven until transparent, keep pieces clean and dry, warm the edges briefly, then press together. It dries immediately and repairs the china.
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China
Ant Control by Poisoned Syrup Advised by USDA Entomologists
The United States Department of Agriculture urges caution with arsenate of soda poisoned sirup to control house ants. It notes ants spread poison to nests and stresses removing attractants, sealing food, and using safer methods. Sponges with sweet water or borax mixtures are discussed, with warnings on flammability and limited effectiveness.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Entomology
Sugarless Canning Yields Fruit Without Added Sugar
The United States Department of Agriculture finds fruits can be canned successfully without sugar using hot water or hot fruit juice. Hot water products may lack texture and flavor compared with sirup canning. Fruits canned in their own juice often suit jelly making and pies, especially very ripe sweet peaches.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Housecraft and Cooking Tips From Old House Notes
Practical tips cover sharpening dull files with sulfuric acid, decorating cheese straws with rings and straws, avoiding bottom burning in gas ovens by water pan, flushing water pipes in the morning, and refreshing discolored nickel with paste.
Economize With Mush To Stretch Cereal Supplies
The United States Department of Agriculture advises thinning leftover mush with hot water to create a new dilution for reuse. This inexpensive method would help extend cereal supplies.
Nourishment From Simple Ice Cream Recipe
Home made ice cream made entirely of cream and whites of eggs is nourishing and simple. The description highlights a dish rich in dairy fats and protein, reflecting a traditional preparation method.
In Place of Cream
A home remedy suggests beating two egg whites stiff with four tablespoons powdered sugar as a substitute when whipped cream is unavailable.
Tanlac advertised as relief for stomach trouble
Tanlac claimed to aid digestion and general health with testimonials including Mrs. W. H. Hocker of Slifton Forge Virginia who says indigestion torments ceased and vitality returned. The ad promises better digestion, blood purification, and renewed energy once a bottle is used, sold by road druggists.
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The Leisurely Unrighteous Moonshiners Moved On
A humorous exchange has Farmer Torntossel noting there are no moonshrines left in the region as moonshiners fled after getting rich. The dialogue adds a midwestern tone with rural flavor and a vanished era.
Positions Altered In A Playful Title Scene
Dialogue hints at a proposal with a humorous exchange between Hattie Oh and Evelyn Oh. The scene centers on a simple moment described as he knelt and she ended up on her knees. An advertisement promotes Cuticura Talcum Powder as a scented cosmetic and perfume product.
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Evelyn
Gluttony and Henry Watterson Quote
A Louisville editor cites Henry Watterson as a gourmand who despised gluttony. He recalls a lord’s hunting trophies in a castle smoking room and a fat guest asking if the lord ate all the displayed game and skins himself. The anecdote contrasts appetite with restraint.
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Henry Watterson
Louisville
Cleveland Woman’s Dime Halts Porter’s Fury in New York
A gentle Cleveland woman arriving in New York gave a station porter a dime as a tip. He threw it on the ground in anger, but she recovered the coin and explained it was her only money. She chose to walk two miles rather than ride, prompting the porter to relent and take the tip. She then chose the bus.
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Cleveland
New York
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Boot leggers spotted by observant child
Little Mamie and her mother hear a remark about boot leggers as two girls in galoshes pass by. Mamie asks if the pair are the boot leggers mentioned in a previous conversation. The scene captures a child's curiosity amid adult talk.
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Mamie
War drives demand for table linen with Red Cross Ball Blue
An advertisement pledges Red Cross Ball Blue improves linen wear and urges shoppers to try it. A girl's miscopied passage from Sir Walter Scott shows how a line about horses in a stream was altered from bellies to waists by a cautious teacher.
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Giddap
Oregon
Walter Scott
Rathenau Death Stirs Friday Superstition Talk
Two weeks before his murder M. Rathenau chatted with friends in his Grunwald villa living room about Friday superstitions. He said his unlucky day was Saturday after two near fatal incidents on Saturdays, and he was assassinated on a Saturday.
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M. Rathenau
Grunwald
le Petit Parisien
Paris
Westminster Abbey to undergo historic cleaning and restoration
Experts in Gothic and Norman wood carvings report a safe cleaning preparation to remove dirt from the choir stalls and tomb alabasters revealing original colors. Lime wash will restore the exterior stonework toward its first appearance, currently darkened and black in places. The piece notes enduring interest in spiritualism and mentions wealthy mediums.
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Westminster Abbey
London
Grace and Schwab Golf Rivalry Revealed in Match Tale
The Wall Street Journal recounts a friendly clash between Eugene G. Grace of Bethlehem Steel and Charles M. A. Schwab. In a told tale, Grace claimed five strokes on the first hole while Schwab boasted four. Grace then posted a single and challenged Schwab to top it.
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Bethlehem Steel Company
Charles M.A Schwab
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Grace
Wall Street Journal
Railway lawyer recalls a streetcar wreck victim
A maling erer wounded in a street car accident is rushed to a hospital in an unconscious state and operated on. After the operation he asks, What is this place and learns he was badly injured. He braces and asks, Recover How much.
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Pittsburgh Dispatch
Land clearing rotary cutter reduces stumps to chips
A four bladed rotary cutter mounted on a tractor powers through land clearing by turning stumps into chips.
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