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Newspaper
Fulton County Tribune
Location
Wauseon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1917
Page
3
A recipe excerpt outlines various sandwich ideas including chicken and ham, beef and cheese, and egg and lettuce blends. It also surveys numerous desserts such as apple, banana, pineapple, orange pies, and prune and Yorkshires, plus pickles, punches, ciders, and mint julep for winter use.
The text describes multiple preserved produce methods including chili sauce from ripe tomatoes with peppers onions water salt and vinegar plus spices, cabbage and tomato relish with mustard seed celery seed sugar and vinegar, carrot pickling with bay leaf vinegar and cloves, pickled beets with mace ginger horseradish and pepper, and a note on pickling melons and melons.
A Knoxville Tennessee girl creates and ranks carved character dolls using beads and pieces of dried apple for facial features.
A fragment discusses personal honesty and conviction before urging truthfulness. It then shifts to a note on the Chinese Postal Service, tracing its origins to Sir Robert Hart, noting its vast scale and low cost, carrying letters across China for about a cent and a half per letter.
A dialogue emphasizes earning one’s living through hard work, warning against excess food and sedentary life. It links digestion overload to bodily strain and advocates exercise, hydration, and breathing. A humorous note contrasts dog feeding costs with human dietary restraint.
The article highlights slip over the head sleep garments as favorites for schoolgirls for indoor and outdoor wear. It describes crepe de chine or washable silk or satin fabrics used in undergarments and presents a charming sketch of a small sleeping garment.
The piece surveys costume trends including ankle length pajama instructions for boarding school use, emphasis on silk undergarments and boudoir bags, and Paris fashion showing leg o mutton sleeves with strict skin tight versions. It notes government stance on silk wear and practical garment construction details.
A fashion note extols the square neck blouse as doubly stylish with a deep neck or clipped neck fastener for easy wear. It highlights a square yoke frock in crepe de chine mussin and Japanese silk with gathered edge detail.
The article envisions a little girl desiring fashionable attire, imagining an Ittle dress surpassing magical aids. It notes little fur coats update styles, nearly full length with belts, tall collars, and specific shapes, plus a tobacco brown wool jersey frock with a scurf collar and unbelted fit.
An article by William A. Radford explores the colonial style in American houses. It notes colonial builders used wood, reflected English influences, and emphasized simple beauty suited to both city and country settings.
The text traces early American architecture from English frame building to southern brick mansions, detailing colonial style features. It notes white wooden exteriors with green shutters, central entrances, large chimneys, timber ceilings, built in libraries and dining rooms, and floor plans centered on a central hall.
Forecasts suggest a return to slender silhouettes with torqued draped effects and tubelike outlines. Advance models indicate skirts will embrace closer shapes for fashion's sake, marking a shift as summer ends and fall styles begin.
Merchants propose using war work bags as portable parcel carriers for shoppers. The bags recalled great-grandmothers stocking bags and are crafted from cretenne with gold gimp trim and colored or gilt cord handles, lined with satin or sateen. Some merchants offer to donate bags to the cause.
A small girl’s party frock in a long one piece style features checked material with bright blue and white, beltrain mile linen sides, cherry embroidery, and a color block effect. A second dress uses dotted muslin with smocking in two colors, plus smocking stitches. Play aprons echo the same gathered neck design with side ties and large pockets.
The article urges readers to buy new clothes with good material and style to lift spirits during war. It notes evening frocks should be formal and extend over the instep while daytime attire should be gay and dippant to counter the sadness of life in wartime.
The article notes how early colonial houses mirror stone detail in wood and how post revolutionary developments shaped the modern colonial style. Roof design, especially box cornice roofs on larger homes, creates varied appearances. smaller colonial houses use wide clapboards and a multi pane wind-? external.
Daddy Beang recounts Billy and Mrs. Beaver planning to move and build a fashionable new home. Billy labors to dam and shape a private brooklet, using mud and sticks to create a handsome house with an entrance under the willows. Mrs. Beaver expresses approval as the couple settles into their updated home.
A dialogue between Mrs. Beaver and Billy recounts beavers in a zoo who refuse to work when watched by visitors. They note visitors expect labor yet the zoo beavers work at night, and one beaver allegedly pulls down a tree while unseen. The piece ends with a moral line about holding one's head high.
A wounded Italian officer sues to prove ownership of a bullet extracted from him. Doctors and a nurse disputed it, but the court ruled the projectile ceased to belong to the shooter or the country and became the officer’s property once found in his body. The piece was recovered by the surgeon and nurse.
A short homily urges readers to adopt self-improvement principles under playful bee imagery. It promotes perseverance, patience, industry, and positive virtues as keys to success despite criticism and misjudgment.
A sensational discovery suggests a man claims exemption from the draft by asserting his wife and children depend on his money spent in saloons. The claim ties family support to alcohol expenditure as the basis for exemption.
A request describes a wish for watercolors to replace an oil painting. The customer declines an oil piece and indicates the gift is for a prohibition family, seeking suitable watercolor alternatives.
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