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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 20, 1911
Page
6
Aimed at home care, the article lists methods for rust grease ink and fruit stains on various fabrics. It covers turpentine preparations, ammonia and alcohol mixes, lemon juice with sun, chalks and powders, washing with warm water, and spread of treatments for marble wood and leather.
A housewife shows unusual furniture pieces resembling illustrations and discusses why such items insult taste. The piece notes some chairs need reshaping before refinishing and hints at methods for altering arms as shown in the lower left illustration.
Use cheap burlap for a padded arm chair method. Split a strip from back to near front, leave it continuous. Run a quarter inch diameter cord along bottom edge, wrap cloth over cord, tack along seat near arm spindles. Stuff between air and spindles and cover arm with cotton wadding.
Practical advice on mending stockings gloves coats and upholstery. Steps include net patching for holes with ground thread knitting methods on fine fabrics and using adhesive plaster for torn raincoats. Also covers chair padding burlap cushions and exact patterning for denim slip covers with welted edges and strong stitching.
A French scientist dies in Paris while claiming many useful formulas from early crafts and natural processes may never be rediscovered. The piece laments vanished know-how from Tyrian dye to Stradivarius violins and notes secrets died with generations, leaving future progress speculative.
A quirky collection of observational curiosities about animal behavior. It notes flies crawling on window panes, hens and cats near heat, mice at feed, snakes kept in boxes, and pigeons and elephants exhibiting puzzling instincts. The piece muses on why these behaviors occur and hints at deeper mysteries.
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