Saving Soy Beans And Home Food Preserves Amuse The Family
A 1910s guide discusses growing soy beans on poor soil as a reliable protein source for households. It covers drying, canning, and cooking methods, including boiling jars, making syrups, preserving fruit such as plums and peaches, and preparing tomato sauces and jams. It emphasizes nutrition, storage, and practical kitchen techniques for economical family meals.
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Cora
Almost Incredible Thinness Paper and Kitchen Dishes
A section discusses ultra thin paper used for printing while noting its still thicker than gold and mentions economical dishes. It prescribes a Hungarian Goulash recipe with veal, lamb, vegetables, and paprika, plus a dried peas and rice dish and a barley broth with step by step preparation. It ends with etymology on Blue Bellied Yankees and Pennsylvania Dutch origins.
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Courve
Mud Covered Hogs Bake in Peculiar Heat
A Kansas farmer's hogs were found in a muddy pen baked and steaming in 110 degree heat. Aided by helpers, workers removed crusts and saved most hogs, though several hundred dollars in stock were lost.
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Kansas Farmer Games Neer
Ehode
Parisian milliner’s fall hats and bungalow plans
A wide survey of autumn winter hat models features crow’s wing blue velvet, black pont de sole, and plain felt pull-on slouches with minimal trimming. Separate article on bungalow design outlines two story vestibule entry, living room dining nook layout, and practical second floor space with dormers and wide frontages.
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Lewis
Linen for comfort and value in daily use
The article urges women to audit their linen yearly, mark purchase dates, and assess wear to judge when to replace. It argues linen lasts longer than cheaper fabrics, signals refinement, and notes wartime cotton demand may ease costs next year, enabling richer linen use at home.
Spanish Sailor Hat Styles See Ornate Trims and Colors
The article describes the Spanish sailor as a canvas for ornamental ideas with edged trims and ostrich fringe. It highlights Breton shapes, plush materials, beige faille brims, and wheel patterns. Velours sailors are praised for style and ventilation improves comfort over felta hats. Teal blue and peacock blue emerge among top color choices.
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Langin
Aod
Hatter
Belt Completes The Frock Width Varies By Preference
Fashion note on patent leather belts as a versatile accessory for one piece dresses in satin or serge. Belts range from one to twelve inches in width, with soft leather in colors and buckles or novelty buttons. Some designs include side rings and cord laces for adjustment.
Cleaning and Maintaining Flatirons in Historic Practice
The article advises removing rust from flatirons with emery paper or coal ashes, then covering spots with sweet oil and powdered quicklime for days. It warns that unclean irons mar clothes despite laundering and suggests scouring with coal ashes and washing in strong soapsuds as good methods.
Street Coat Promises Warmth for Winter Weather
This winter street coat features a black furnave Swiss velours coating with a large collar and loose side panels. Furwave moleskin bands trim the cuffs collar belt and panel edges, offering a warm garment as temperatures drop.
Fashionable Figure and Innovative Home Design Summary
The article surveys a stylish, long straight figure favored in fashion, noting its practical yet youthful vigor. It then describes a modern concrete and brick house with wide clapboard trim, shaker-style roof, a cantilever balcony, insulated sleeping porch, and a functional interior layout featuring a vestibule, living room, pantry, and clo set systems designed for efficient storage. It includes ancillary notes on epitaphs, gemstone color changes, and a humor vignette about weather hieroglyphs and Shakespeare garden planting lists.
Hand Work on Blouses and Band Embroidery Trends
Blouses feature extensive hand work with band embroidery dominating decoration. A two tone combination is a favored device for otherwise plain blouses, highlighting craft and style in the latest trends.
Autumn fashion revives dresses hats and colors
The piece outlines new autumn models with updated colors in tailored suits and hats, contrasts against last season, highlights oxford gray wine garnet chestnut and caramel browns, and notes knitted sport hats as fall focus with mushroom shaped forms and crochet options.
Gerald learns to think for himself in a school tale
A boy named Gerald struggles with first day lessons as he battles memory maps arithmetic and fear of repeating a class. A talking pencil urges him to think and act while a warm autumn porch scene contrasts with classroom stress. Other vignettes explore blame mischief and care.
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Goldsmith
Oliver Goldsmith
Matthew Hale Carpenter
Wisconsin
Jeremiah S. Black
Pennsylvania
Carpenter
Bleek
United States
Samuel Johnson
Gerald
Daddy
Praise and Blame in Balanced Public Discourse
An editorial argues for echoing praise when merited and tempering blame with restraint. It urges speakers to recognize positive deeds, then voice critique fairly, aiming to sustain trust and accountability without rancor.
Woman Credits Pinkham Product After Illness Spree
A reader from Illinois reports two years of illness and mobility loss before using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She claims improved health after the remedy, noting weight changes and relief from gynecological troubles.
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E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Patents and country life mix in odd clippings
A collage of disparate snippets shows Patent Watson and Myvowrbe Books humor alongside farm bargains and comic vignettes. Wartime marchers debate beer portions, and a kitchen tale turns into a bok-like shopper ad while country life parodies mix with light humor and social jests.
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