30 Mar 1917
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Newspaper
Fulton County Tribune
Location
Wauseon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1917
Page
1
A collection of hearty recipes and kitchen tips for light lunches and suppers. Includes Welsh rarebit style tomato sauce, savory egg and sausage dishes, oysters, and turnover ideas, plus fruit salads, baked ham with peanut butter glaze, and French toast with cheese. Ends with a quip about a violin not tuned.
A description highlights a certain female animal's advanced behavior and dexterity, noting learned techniques such as knot tying with one hand. The account contrasts it with male behavior and implies superior manual skill in specific tasks. The narrative reflects period curiosity about animal or human traits.
The text describes a home remedy routine for hands using warm oil or cocoa, then rubbing hands together, drying, and applying cornstarch. It mentions wearing fur afternoon ers with belts embroidered across the front, and notes ventilation needs with cut tips for gloves. The fragmentary OCR preserves itemized tips and fashion notes from a bygone period.
The article describes wearable dresses in silk crepe de chine and georgette crepe with soft velvety textures and sheer fabrics. It outlines styles including hemstitched collars, embroidered and beaded details, thick and thin sleeve treatments, and various colorways such as sulfur yellow, rose, coral pink, gray, sand, and Joffre blues. Designs emphasize simple lines, adaptable for informal wear, with bodices, waistlines, and skirts featuring plaited panels, yokes, and snap or button fastenings.
Dainty guimpes appealing to feminine taste, crafted from plaited silk chiffon in soft pastel hues. Trimmed with tiny self colored or pearl buttons and finished with bematitching for a refined look.
Practical advice on house design emphasizing simplicity, light, and functional kitchens. Notes Radford editorial guidance for home builders and readers seeking economical, tasteful American interiors with a focus on plain shapes, bright rooms, and minimal decorative excess. Includes comments on architectural history and the influence of old masters on American homes.
A detailed description favors a rectangular first floor layout over a jagged shape to ease roof framing and foundation, emphasizing simple trim, straight lines, and efficient room use. It highlights porch features, a wall built fireplace, and a bright dining room with four windows, plus a functional kitchen arrangement and a versatile second floor with three bedrooms, a bath, and optional transformations into a sun parlor.
Candy striped muslins in pink white yellow and red white form one piece country frocks trimmed with color borders or filet Inca. Patch pockets flank a little Dutch maiden with garlands and a tiny flower basket near the apron top. Embroidery is light as much design is tinted.
The piece notes radical spring fashion shifts from winter, with low rolled brims and soft unlined crowns. Brims flip back from the face, ostrich feather edges, and fur imitations appear. Styles trend youthful, colors bright, and a refined air of gaiety pervades, though forecasts may misalign with reality.
A historical note describes Indian unions forming committees to tend church grounds graveyards and aid famine victims, recalling rat tal committees from plague times that killed rats and produced tails. It also notes a humorous line about a woman claiming 13 minute readiness for bath and party attire and a satirical courtroom anecdote about a performing nephew and a mob fight report.
In a Zoo tale, Polar Bears led by Muffy plan a supper party with fish oil as the drink of choice. The group debates conversation, time and old versus jolly, then happily agrees to feast, proving friendship and humor amid a chilly setting. The Golden Tomorrow essay concludes the page.
A college president reflects on a long life and urges students that the Bible is essential for every boy. He would again study the life of the Savior to become more like him as a mental companion and guide.
A simple method to clean dried currants uses a colander and a light dusting of flour, rubbing until stalks separate through the holes. For unvarnished black walnuts, scrub with a soft flannel dampened with either sweet or somell.ic substances to clean thoroughly.
A Western Canada farmer pays for 160 acres from a 53 acre wheat crop. John Larcome bought land in 1915, broke 93 acres, sold much of the harvest for 2970 dollars, land cost 16.50 an acre. The article notes many Alberta Saskatchewan farmers paying for land similarly as land values rise postwar and homesteads attract settlers seeking mixed farming.
A vintage advertisement promotes California Syrup of Figs as a child laxative, touting its pleasant taste and rapid cleansing of the stomach and bowels. It claims it cures colds, sore throats, and stomachaches, and urges mothers to keep a bottle on hand for sick children. The piece ends with a joke about door knockers between Mrs. Gay and Mrs. Gooch.
An advertisement promotes Cuticura Soap and Ointment claiming improved pores overnight with five minutes of washing and a free mail sample by postcard to Cuticura Dept. L Boston. Also a humorous dialogue about memory lapse and Irish names mentioned in small print.
An advertisement extols Green's August Flower as a gentle laxative that regulates digestion and cleanses the alimentary canal. It claims to ease ailments from disordered stomachs and inactive livers, promising relief after two doses and noting fifty years of use in the United States and other countries.
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