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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1912
Page
2
The Kingman Star reports that England’s labor exchanges, two years into operation, expanded from 82 to 261 offices. In 1910 458,943 vacancies were notified and 372,312 filled. in 1911 these rose to 757,109 and 89,770 respectively. Casual work aided 112,492 men and 12,812 women.
A fragment from the Toledo Blade discusses gender based voter registration curiosities and attire. The piece mocks fashion and notes the need for sincere, thoughtful criticism from both men and women.
A New York factory commission finds 50 to 75 percent of city fires stem from heedless use of matches cigars and cigarettes. The report urges child education to reduce risk and notes adult inattention to prevention. The column contrasts American wealth and laxity with European views on republican simplicity.
The London Globe claims a rule that requires sleeping with head level to feet destroys individuality. A Brooklyn railroad faced a verdict over $1000 after an employee insulted a woman passenger challenging male chivalry.
A fragmented text offers household tips and crafts for home life. Advice covers cleaning, attic airing, stove and furnace maintenance, cooking aids, safe handling of rubber and dyes, and paper crafts for entertaining with recipes and decorative ideas. The tone matches old homemaking columns with practical steps.
Buttermilk is used in several old recipes including a Buttermilk Sweet Cake with molasses and melted lard, a Steamed Brown Bread with rye and graham, Corn Muffins with cornmeal and flour, and Johnny Cake mixing buttermilk with cornmeal and flour.
A humorous anecdote on a wedding anniversary notes Blinks as selfish except for one moment when he served as sheriff. The piece hints at hospitality and social duties tied to the paper anniversary as a celebration.
A statement attributed to Archhbishtop Manning proclaims that character defines will and existence, asserting a personal philosophy of self as the driving force behind actions. The text presents a bold, declarative stance on identity and resolve.
A 1910s style health column outlines longevity tips from Eugene Brewer. Advice covers cleanliness, hydration, meal frequency, sleep, and simple home remedies. Practical household hints include buttered biscuits with jelly, lemon peel to deodorize, and a milk and butter drink for constipation.
The article details the lucrative but dangerous practice of sharp-spearing sharks in Malaysia. In October sharks enter the lagoon between the barrier reef and atolls to pair, allowing skilled spearsmen to kill many. Sharks range seven to fifteen feet. a large liver yields about five gallons of oil, sold for 73 a ton. The male is killed first to also spear the female.
The article notes an expert can distinguish machine from handmade lace as fashions favor extensive lace use. Lingerie over black slips, black-edged inserts, and crocheted laces like Carrickmacross remain popular. New blouses feature linen, machine-made lace, tucks, and Val lace with Irish crochet. Fine cotton crepes and crepe tub fabrics appear, with no starching needed for some, while lace edges and embroidery finish sheer and linen dresses. Julia Bottomley.
New tailored shirtwaists in white linen or white china silk and peru de crepe feature a back yoke link cuffs plain sleeves and no frills. Designers push white for next summer with a masculine look including a breast pocket for a handkerchief and stiff bosom suggested but not yet adopted.
Flowery decoration returns with lace collars and fichus in vogue. Wide shawl like collars drape over shoulders to adorn velvet or silk gowns. A pink satin La France rose is worn where the collar fastens in front for a focal touch.
Sash pins, unused for years, reappear in shops as fashion returns. The dainty filigree metal pins come in square, oval, or round shapes with colored stone settings. They are worn over the crossing of the ribbon sash with the ends of the ribbon falling straight over the skirt.
The upper part features all over piece embroidery with Magyar cut and short sleeves, while the lower cambric section has fullness. Neckline is beaded with lace, sleeves edged in lace, and ribbon woven through neck beading. Materials listed include embroidery at 20 inches wide and cambric at 36 inches wide.
The hat appears trim but upon closer look is a highly intricate structure with silk lines and cords as decorations. A silk cord, wrapped over wire, finishes the brim but is a difficult technique for amateurs and many professionals to master.
Corded textiles such as corduroy and bedford cord are highlighted as especially popular fabrics, with the corded effects drawing favorable attention to their texture and style potential.
Upper Sandusky Ohio reader Mrs Benj H Stans shares three years after marriage how Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills restored her health from tiredness backache and nervous distress She urges other women to try the remedy citing thirty years of use and a testimonial from her experience.
The text mixes social phrases with marketing notes on a new alloy and a herbal cure. It traces a shift from traditional remedies to Nature's herb cure Gaffeld Tea while detailing production growth of an alloy from 1903 to a current output over 50,060,000 pounds.
In Indianapolis Broad Ripple a young boy named Harold asks his mother for attention by feigning discomfort at bedtime. She continues tucking him in with a hot water bottle and blankets as the family sleeps, while Harold schemes to get back into her bed.
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