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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1916
Page
4
A legal notice from Emmettsburg concerns the examination of Davidson and Burt titles in connection with estates and other legal business. The document indicates a settler and related proceedings requiring formal attention and filing.
Fragmentary text references Colorado and the Pyrolean Alps, travel and vacation costs, rail dining car service, and tickets. It mentions Rock Island, steel equipment, and an illustrated fire telling what to be, with approximate costs and a request to write.
A New England college faced a row over admitting women as students. Male rivals blamed women for scholarships and seating, then a plot to sabotage the crew regatta at Poughkeepsie unfolded. The women cheered for votes for women as the team faltered and many crew members were later ostracized.
The article urges cleaning out clutter to improve health. It cites musty carpets, insect harborage under shrinking floors, and dirt tracked in on shoes as health risks. It advises removing worn furnishings and using distemper instead of repapering. Cleanliness and simple, do‑it‑yourself measures are recommended.
A summer cottage bedspread features colonial applique embroidery on bleached muslin. It uses blue chambray borders and a vine and flower design with towers in blue and yellow, plus a matching long sham for pillows.
Recipe fragment describes cooking rice in boiling water for twenty minutes then cooling, shaping in a dish, reheating, and serving with a cream cheese sauce. Instructions note adding half a cup of grated cheese to the sauce and pouring over the rice before serving.
Crochet twist baby carriage robe pattern uses 1% ounce balls and ten vents per ball. Features two linen end panels, a wider center panel, and lace edging. Provides row-by-row instructions with abbreviations and stitch counts for a half-design. guidance to complete the other half by reversing from thirteenth row to first. If four designs suffice, stop.
This instruction shows making a dainty boudoir cap from shadow lace and crepe de chine. Form a crown from lace, attach gathered silk, conceal joins with twisted ribbon and tiny rosebuds, gather about an inch from the bottom, slip over the head, finish with a lace edge ruffle, and add long side ribbon loops for detail.
Mixed cooking directions describe sifting flour salt baking powder or cream of tartar soda, adding melted lard milk eggs and vanilla, beating five minutes, baking in moderate oven about thirty minutes. The text is fragmentary and reads like a home style instruction for a quick cake.
A gardening tip advises placing a piece of coarse muslin over pot drainage holes before adding stones and sod. The muslin keeps soil from washing away while maintaining good drainage.
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