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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1912
Page
11
The article describes making a complete set of neckwear for spring and summer frocks from various fabrics and trims. It suggests sets for collars, bows, laces, and embroidery to match wash silk blouses, dry whites, and net yokes, with options for beads and Jabots to coordinate with light garments.
Flower season brings charming small folk frocks in blue and white stripes and pale pinks. Delicate lawn and flowered linen outfits feature wide belts, yokes, and bands, with white dotted dresses and color accents. Many models are stylish and affordable for mothers seeking dainty frocks for daughters.
A household method describes placing a pro under the stain, applying borax, and pouring boiling water to drip through the cloth into a pan. A saucer is positioned under the stain to catch water, allowing moisture to soak through and dry, leaving the fabric usable.
A historical recipe describes blending precipitated chalk orris powder cuttlefish borax and sugar into a fine powder. It instructs adding a few drops of wintergreen for flavor and preservation, reflecting period dental care practices.
A dated recipe lists butter and sugar amounts with spices currants candied peel and dried fruits. It instructs creaming butter and sugar, adding eggs, folding in flour and dry ingredients, preparing a lined cake tin, and baking in a moderate oven. The text contains many misspellings reflecting OCR errors.
A home recipe notes grapefruit halves with endive borders finished by green lettuce. suggests optional cut endive mix with grapefruit. includes homemade sausage recipe with chopped pork, beef, breadcrumbs, sage and seasonings. Apple and Celery Salad uses sliced apples and diced celery bound with mayonnaise and served in lettuce cups.
A simple trunk tray aids laundry by freeing hands on ironing day and transporting items to sideboard or linen closet. Keep toothbrushes sanitary by weekly washing in salt water, rinsing, and sun drying to maintain bristle stiffness and extend life.
A writer notes silk skirts should be pressed carefully before first wear. The heat of the iron helps set the fabric, reducing the risk of cracking and preserving the garment’s finish for longer life. The advice reflects traditional laundry care and textile preservation practices.
For Leather Books, rocks land in feather may be freshened by using equal quantities of white or ogre and water beaten together. Apply this with a soft flannel cloth and polish when dry.
A teaspoonful of lemon juice diluted in a quart of water will smoke the rice white and keep the grains separate.
A fragmentary collection of Napoleon I thoughts on war, courage, imagination, tragedy, and drama. It explores plans, fortune, and the role of poets in sovereignty, noting that warfare is unnatural, courage grows from thought, and tragedy trains rulers.
A jumble of phrases on child development and education contrasts with a note about Morton Jr. in War Cry and a fact about large East Indies spiders devouring small birds. The piece flags the clash between scientific parenting language and startling natural observations from the East Indies.
The article notes legends about the man drake or May apple. It describes a forked root that resembles legs and a head like an old man. Skilled carvers can make mandrakes look human. Mandrakes allegedly sold in Germany for high prices, and superstition links a thief stealing money to drawing coins from passersby when placed under a mandrake during holy days.
A Texas eighteen month old wandered into a ten inch well bored to twenty nine feet on a farm. The child slid into the hole and wedged at several feet below the surface. Neighbors dug a side tunnel and pulled the baby out safely after a sufficient depth was reached. The mother spotted the disappearance and surrounding efforts saved the child.
In May time, an annual May Day fête unfolds with children parading around the maypole. The piece recalls Alfred Lord Tennyson and his poem She May Queen as a cultural touchstone for the joyous rite observed on the isle's spring day.
An English boy scout republic forms on an estate at Wadhurst in Sussex. Presenting a large house farmstead and 100 acres the site will house 200 boys in a self governed colony. Patrols of eight will each manage five acre farms keep accounts and operate a market. They will learn horsemanship forestry carpentry baking blacksmithing and leather work under elected officers. Rules follow standard scout conduct and the plan mirrors successes seen in American and foreign movements.
A Syracuse policy manager pursues an orphaned Galveston flood survivor after a railroad accident. He provides medical care, flowers, and support, then falls in love, seeking to marry and frame policy 9834 as a house emblem. The story blends charity, duty, and evolving devotion.
Representative Adamson recounts a Georgia mountains quail hunt where wild peas make the terrain dense. A dog flushed turkeys provoking a youth to draw a six foot rifle. A shot drives the dirt and the boy vanishes, later found by a mountain shunter amid a curious tale of the morning.
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