Farming in the Panhandle Rock Island land offer to settlers
Rock Island Lines promotes panhandle Texas farming opportunities. J C Eshle of Groom reports 600 acres sowed to wheat yielding 15 000 bushels at about one dollar per bushel. Advice and homeseeker tickets offered by L M Allen, Passenger Traffic Manager, Chicago.
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Texas
Rock Island
J. C. Eshle
Groom
L. M. Allen
Rock Island Lines
la Salle Station
Chicago
Cure That Was Permanent Cattle Plague Doctor Prescription Gaffe
A farmer believes he was infected by cattle plague after losing cows. He visits a medical map and an old practitioner who claims to cure him. The physician writes a sealed prescription ordering the farmer shot in the backyard according to law.
Cure for Eczemas and Rashes by Cuticura Ointment
The Seap to cleanse and purify the Ointment to soothe and heal. Relief, rest and sleep follow, the use of these superer enemy enrollients and indicate speedy and complete healment in most cases of young and old. Sample each free by mail with Book. Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. XY, Boston. Sold everywhere.
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Cuticura
Dept. XY
Boston
Adv
Soldiers Question War and the Price of Peace
Excerpts show soldiers grappling with killing and unreality of combat. A socialist observer recalls, “Germans are not human beings.” Wounded Frenchmen lament war and plead for permanent peace, hoping to spare their children from battles.
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Zeni Peshkoff
New Republic
Ars Brown Helps Neighbor Care Baby
A little girl asks Ars Brown to look after her baby while her mother finishes writing a paper titled The Law Cure of Infants. The mother fears she may not finish in time for Mothers Hub tomorrow afternoon.
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Ars
Brown
Ars, Brown
Grape Nuts Food Credited With Saving Child’s Life
A Kansas woman recounts a six year old niece’s typhoid illness in Ohio and credits Grape Nuts for speedy recovery. The letter, from Postum Co., claims the cereal provided delicate digestible nourishment, helping the child regain strength and awareness.
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Kansas
Ohio
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Boston baked beans recipe from Woman's Home Companion
A recipe for Boston baked beans with pea beans soaked then simmered until skins burst. Fat salt pork is buried in the beans, rind exposed, then a sweet-salty molasses mixture is poured over. Bake slowly eight hours, uncover last hour to brown rind, adding water as needed.
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Woman’s Home Companion
Boston
Rules of the Household
Mrs Good Housewife argues homemaking training matters for efficiency and consistency. She compares it to factories using fixed rules and reading lists to train workers, noting reading aids help those who cannot read learn tasks and take pride in simple, concrete directions.
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Mrs. Good
Heath
Dean
Preparation of Roe with French Dressing
Soak roe in cold water for five minutes then simmer in a pan with one quart of boiling water salt minced onion bay leaf mixed whole spice and lemon juice for fifteen minutes. Drain cool and dry the roe then slice and serve on lettuce with French dressing.
Salt Codfish Balls Recipe
Directions mix mashed potatoes with salt codfish soaked, season with salt pepper and butter. Moisten with cream or milk, form balls, roll in crumbs and fry. Fill centers with chopped boiled beets and butter pepper, serve with crisp lettuce garnish.
Chicken Terrapin Recipe for Sunday Supper
Melt butter and flour to make a thickened sauce, add salt red pepper and gradually whisk in milk. Stir in small pieces of chicken, reheat, then garnish with two chopped hard boiled eggs and parsley. A delicious dish suggested for Sunday night supper.
Raised Doughnuts From Potato Yeast Mix
A vintage doughnut recipe outlines mixing milk shortening sugar and potato yeast with eggs, then adding flour to a thick batter. After a five hour rise, dough is shaped rolled cut and left to rise until light, then fried in hot fat.
How to Make Sweet Cider Preserve and bottle cider
During winter you can keep cider sweet indefinitely by bottling. Boil the cider thirty minutes then bottle and boil corks thirty minutes more. Stand bottles in hot water with a cloth under to prevent breaking. Cork tightly and store in a cool place. Serve hot or cold.
Jewish Bread Recipe Card
Three eggs beat with three fourths cup sugar plus one cup chopped walnuts and one pound chopped dates. Add one teaspoon vanilla and one teaspoon baking powder, five tablespoons flour. Bake in a moderate oven, cut into small squares and dust with confectioners sugar.
Christmas Candies Fondant and Bonbons Making Guide
A home candy recipe guide describes fondant preparation with sugar, water, and cream of tartar, boiling to a soft ball, then cooling and ripening. It covers fondant shaping, fruit-filled bonbons, chocolate-dipped drops, and raspberry flavored centers with detailed handling and cooling steps.
Christmas Cakes and Spiced Nuts Recipes
A home baking note offers recipes for Spice Nuts Orange Cakes and Almond Cakes. Directions cover ingredients including sugar flour butter eggs citron almonds cinnamon allspice orange extract and fondant, with mixing rolling baking and finishing tips. It also mentions simple frozen ice as an accompaniment.
Christmas Sweets for Kids and Simple Fondant Candy
A vintage home craft note explains easy candy making for children, detailing uncooked fondant with egg white and sugar, peppermint and green flavors, and layered fondant shapes. It also describes plum pudding bars with candied peel, currants, sultanas, dates, and a chocolate glaze for finishing bars.
Christmas Desserts and Festive Puddings
A selection of unusual holiday desserts suited for children and the Christmas table. Fig Pudding with figs bread suet and spices steamed in molds with hard sauce. Cranberry Snowballs mix flour sugar cranberries and milk then steam in cups with cranberry jelly. Wild Rose Cakes imitate almond cakes with rose flavor and fondant decorations.
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Department of the Interior
Decorative Bag Lights Fill A Lady's Gray Yellow Room
The article describes bag lights tucked beside a dressing table in a gray and yellow room. Wire frames cost about fifty to seventy five cents and are wrapped in yellow silk with white lace. Yellow silk bags feature blue and yellow silk roses, tarnished gold tassels, and three wires for electric lighting, creating a graceful glow that complements the rug’s gray, gold, and blue hues.
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Alice Meynell
Rcom
Innovations and experiments across nations reported in science notes
Government experts in Brazil explore using local coal with gas producers and stationary engines to briquet for locomotives. A German mine safety advance uses liquid air blasting to avoid delayed explosions. Wireless telegraphy aided vessels in peril in the last fiscal year. A German inventor claims smaller grains and faster detonation in a new powder via a chemical process. A Philadelphia studio powers night outdoor motion pictures with an on board electric generator. A German stump removal method bores holes and pours acids to crumble hardwood. Over 1 000 tons of potash wasted daily in U S distilleries. a New Orleans firm plans to recover fertilizer. Sweden scales powdered peat fuel production. A Texan invents a wreck dropping apparatus for enginemen into steel caissons with brakes. A Danish doctor treats tuberculosis with ultraviolet irradiated air inhaled through the mouth.
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Brazil
Philadelphia
United States
New Orleans
Sweden
Frocks Trimmed with White Taffeta Feature Sheer Silhouettes
White taffeta trims high fashion sheer frocks with liberal use in trims. Pinked frills of white taffeta appear on a fine white voile model. A net frock shows graduated taffeta bands from hem to hip and a sleeveless overbasque with a narrow peplum at the waist.
Colors in Skating Suits Fashion This Winter
The Dry Goods Economist notes skating suit colors remain popular this winter. Suits mix corduroy velvet cloth and leather accents with short box or flare coats and very short fur trimmed skirts in stripes plaids or solid light colors like white and plum.
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Dry Goods
Charm of flounced skirts with tiered textures and petals
Thin black flounced skirts charm readers in two to five tiers and ruffled rows. Petal pointed skirts with edged frills appear, including a clever three tier tulle display with ruffled edges and hip widening supported by haircloth underlay.
Flannels Replacing Woolens For Warmth In Comfort
The article notes that wool warmth comes from the fuzziness that traps air and that cotton blends can rival pure wool in appearance and durability. A cotton and wool suiting at the same price may outlast an all wool garment if the wool quality is low and loses shape quickly.
Veils Rise in Fashion at Chantilly and Wide Brims
Veils gain prominence this season, dropping from high crown hats to shoulders and adorning wide brimmed hats with black velvet bands. Meshes stay light over the face with delicate dotted designs or borders, including Chantilly veils and simple nets.
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Chantilly
Sleeves Return to Evening Gowns in Fashion Notes
Fashion observes a shift back to sleeved evening dresses with sleeves varying from wisps to full coverage. Sleeveless styles remain rare exceptions while the 1860 drop shoulder trend makes a subtle appearance in select gowns.
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Milady
Angora Yarn Fabric Produces Fur Substitutes
An American designer invents a fur substitute from angora yarn crocheted into a fabric used for babies caps. In soft gray it forms effective binding. The design includes a smoky gray Russian costume with heavy silk, high collar, cuffs, wide coat band and several narrow skirt bands.
Sewing on Machine With Thin Goods Tip
A sewing tip advises placing a sheet of paper under very thin fabrics to prevent pulling or bunching while stitching. After sewing through both, tear away the paper to leave a neat seam.
Cleaning Grease Spots From Taffeta Garment
The article advises covering grease stains with talcum powder and letting the garment rest for a day or 80 hours. Afterward, brush off the powder and rub the stained areas with a flannel cloth to remove marks.
Baker Horse Halts Parade When Called Out
A London crowd recalls a corps reviewed by Sir Ian Hamilton. An officer rode a horse once famed in a bakery business. A wag cried Baker, the horse stopped. The officer, to save face, quipped Not today, thank you, and the procession moved on without delay.
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Ian Hamilton
London Mail
Grove's Old Standard Tonic Provides General Health Benefit
A vintage advertisement promotes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a general tonic with quinine and iron. It claims to support the liver fight malaria enrich the blood and build the system for 50 cents.
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Grove
Too Speedy for a Guaranty
Dialogue caption style excerpts show a constable quipping that the constitution does not guarantee pursuit of happiness at 90 miles an hour, as a joy rider is stopped by a rural constable. The exchange contrasts rights with speed limits in a humorous tone.
Wanted Butternut Meats From This Year’s Crop Ad
Wanted butternut meats from this year’s crop five to ten pounds more or less. Will pay 75ce per pound. Geo Ay Joslyn Omaha Neb Ady.
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Geo
Ay Joslyn
Omaha
Neb
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