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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1913
Page
7
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quip recalls a club joke told to strangers. The gag centers on a new member nicknamed Blank who is said to be “not very popular” because he is always trying to start something, tied to owning a motorcycle.
Cleveland Plain Dealer recalls an informal banquet where a substitute speaker filled in when a scheduled guest could not attend. The old man stood up and spoke for 40 minutes, with his speech reportedly already dry.
A city visitor questions a farmer about grub for summer boarders and the farmer confirms a simple diet. The scene hints at friendship turning to suspicion as neighbors gossip about Mrs Winston and a woman’s vanity versus a man’s conceit. The piece also mentions teething remedy for children.
Windom Kansas resident Miss Many A Horner credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with curing her displacement bladder trouble and female weakness after ineffective doctor visits. The ad urges other women to try the remedy and notes the firm offers confidential advice from a woman.
The article highlights machine made fashion with black and white checked suits and satin tailored hats. It describes two latest hats in satin, one with a side brim lift and black facing, the other a black satin sailor with satin wings at the back.
The article surveys eccentric vanity cases as woman’s accessories. Designers offer bracelets with built in powder puffs and rouge, neck sautoirs with medallion boxes, pendants in enamel, parasol or hatpin fits, corsage buttons, and opera bags with hidden vanity boxes.
Fashion notes describe how French women choose veils to sharpen their smart appearance. Complexion veils in flesh tones with a black beauty spot align with hats, while Craquele, Shetland, and Chantilly lace veils pair with elaborate hats and draped ends.
The article notes waistcoats as a new blouse fashion with broad vests and sharp points over the skirt front. Finished with fancy buttons in true vest style, this represents the latest touch in blouses of the moment.
A summer suit described as a white main garment trimmed with black maline ruching. Includes a postillion jacket with a sash that falls to the hem of the skirt.
A reddish brown wicker basket lined with light satin makes a charming gift for a graduate or bride. It includes a hand-painted cut glass bottle of Egyptian bouquet perfume and a small satin sachet pad, attached to the handle with a narrow satin ribbon. The padded satin bed keeps trinkets, making the basket a lasting dressing table ornament.
Some women prefer smaller suitcases usually sold for children as they are lighter and easier to carry. For short stays they suffice and for long trips the compact case offers a convenient holds few belongings despite a larger trunk.
A market gardener’s unused surplus inspires a homemaker to buy leftover produce at low prices to stock a winter supply of canned goods. She cans tomatoes into catsup, dries beans and corn, pickles cucumbers and beets, preserves fruits, and uses fireless canning to save fuel and keep the house cool with specific times for beets, cauliflower, asparagus, peas, and fruits.
Pare six tart apples and bake a layered butter flour paste into thin squares. Fill with a spoon of sauce, seal edges, bake quickly, then dust with powdered sugar. This method includes repeated rolling to create a flaky crust and a light, sugared finish.
The instruction describes washing flank, applying a turkey style dressing, rolling and tying with string, sewing in cheese cloth, then simmering in six quarts of boiling water for six hours. After cooking, remove cloth but not string until cold, then slice thin. Corned or fresh flank may be used.
A fresh loaf is baked to yield square slices. Cut crusts away, butter one end, and shave into very thin slices. Roll slices tightly, secure with a toothpick, then bake quickly until crisp and lightly browned. Serve hot or cold, ideal with a salad.
Six sweet potatoes with sugar water and butter are parboiled sliced and simmered in a syrup until thick and almost dry. Serve with meats. Salt pork slices soak, breaded and fried crisp, then dipped in egg and crumbs for a crunchy relish.
A recipe suggests adding one tablespoonful of sweet cream to uneaten eggs to prevent icing from racking. It also gives steps for bleaching feathers using naphtha and sulphur fumes in an airtight box to ensure suc cessful bleaching.
In Hugh S. Fullerton's The Making of a Big Leaguer a country boy recalls Ned, the hired man with blue eyes who first plays barehanded at first base. Ned astonishes with five home runs and later reveals a past as a famed outfielder with a great team.
A Clarkfield resident describes long standing severe itching on the leg starting as small red and yellow spots. He tried many salves with no relief until using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment, concluding a six week program cured the itch.
Mildred Lawson a pretty American dancing girl made her debut in London last month. English critics praised her dancing but complained about the scantiness of her costumes. Lawson sent some criticisms to a New York agent and wrote that the fuss over her dresses is about nothing.
A brief vignette notes that two men chase fame, one achieves it and the other does not. The line by Louis Horowitz underscores the theme of sacrifice. The ad ends with a quip about a flame colored rig bought at a fire sale.
The design describes a baby bonnet fully covered in white lace with fullness shaped at the back by ribbon threaded through a narrow hem. It features a lace edging ruffle and long strings formed from fine lace insertion about three inches wide.
To mend matting, work back and forth with raffia the color of the matting. Even badly worn places may be successfully mended in this way.
A local paper misprints a world tourist’s return, changing unchanged to un hanged by omitting the letters oc. The compositor’s error creates a humorous misreading of the traveler’s status among friends.
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