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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1913
Page
2
A Kingman Star summary notes New York's walking revival as healthful for city dwellers seeking air and activity amid cars and trolleys. It also debunks Boston slang rumor, defends slang origin, and humorously critiques excessive use of the word listen by young women.
London dispatch reports two small coffins found in Peterborough burial ground and placed in Peterborough Cathedral. One measures two feet six inches and the other two feet eight inches, said to be the twin children of King Canute who drowned in Whittlesey Mere while en route to Peterborough Abbey.
A boiler maker in Newport News rose from the operating slab and fled the surgeon’s instruments to avoid an appendectomy. He has since fully recovered. The piece asks what fee surgeons are entitled to for curing. The article notes British peers turning to knitting as time killing with tangible output and muses on work as a possible idea.
The article discusses interior design focusing on wall color as a background to furniture and people. It stresses selecting a dominant soft rich tone that harmonizes with textiles, flatters skin tones, and supports lighting, while avoiding clashes with wall decor and garments. It advocates conventional patterns and varying tonal depths for balance.
A house dress designed with a red fine-texture cloth features a back panel skirt and a wrapped forward seam ending in a braided satin panel in gray. The bodice shows a yoke and deep cuffs with Magyar styled sides and upper sleeve sections.
Lovely cut glass salt bottles with square enamel stoppers brighten the dressing room. Large cut glass perfume bottles feature enamel tops matching the room color. A silver ruler with rubberized ends, a removable end, and a paperweight fashioned as a ruler with a center handle are among practical feminine trifles in vogue.
Paris edition notes veils are less worn as small hats rise in popularity. Hazards of veils include touching eyes and lashes, and hygiene concerns prompt some to discard them. Young women with ultra small hats may go without veils in daylight.
A historical sewing description details a wrapped seam dress with a black satin waist bow. It lists materials: 314 yards of 48 inch cloth, 1.5 yards satin 40 inch wide, 3 dozen yards braid, and 2 yards satin ribbon.
A Good Housekeeping note describes making a comforter by enclosing cotton batting in mosquito netting to form a snug cover. The design allows easy removal of the batting for cleaning and quick reassembly by tearing and resealing one end.
A fragment describes baking two breads: a salt and soda batter with raisins and milk, baked one hour, and Graham Bread using flour sugar salt buttermilk and soda baked in a well buttered pan for one hour. It reads as a culinary note with measurements and steps.
A culinary note highlights corn as a versatile ingredient beyond butter and milk. Recipes include Corn Souffle with butter and eggs, Baked Tomatoes and Corn with a corn egg mix, and a Corn Salad using fresh corn, rice, and mayonnaise. a clam and corn dish combines chopped clams with corn and a cream batter finished with buttered crumbs.
A writer notes that isolated refined manners may not be truly fine. Breeding should foster an atmosphere that brings out the best in others and makes well meaning people comfortable. The piece contrasts grand natural scenes with the warmth of home life.
Recipes for Whole Wheat Bread Southern Spoon bread Fig Bread and Bran Bread outline steps and ingredients for baking. Methods include mixing dry ingredients then adding liquids, shaping into loaves, and baking until browned. Flavors feature whole wheat, corn meal, raisins, figs, and bran with molasses.
A repeated line extols friendship as flowers that bring grace and sweetness to dark times. A separate note claims two stitches in time save eighteen, offering a proverblike sentiment on care and timely remedies.
Practical advice on cleaning and preserving wood floors paints walls and brushes. Guidance covers steel wool and soap powder scrubbing, oil cloths for floors, kerosene for painted floors, paraffin on stoves, steam cleaning walls, vinegar on brushes, alcohol on mirrors, old flannel reuse, muriatic acid cautions, and soap to prevent stained nails before gardening.
A reflective verse line describes sweet lives tied by daily deeds. Love elevates all acts, weaving small duties into a single enduring bond.
People in towns or country households alike can grow fresh produce in limited space. Barrels filled with manure yield radish and cucumber crops, water the ground not the plants, and rack-supported cucumbers flourish in sun. Lettuce beds of three square feet feed a family all summer with crisp salad and head lettuce rewards effort.
A newspaper correspondent recalls asking President Wilson for cabinet news in Trenton before his inauguration. Wilson quips that the public is vying for the facts and that, though some writers spread cabinet fakes, readers must be satisfied with the news.
Auburn New York and St Cloud Minnesota women describe long lasting nervous and organic pains. After four months on Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound their health improves. Statement urges others to try the remedy for female illnesses.
Walter A. Stenstrum of 54 Willoughby Ave reports rapid clearing of facial pimples after a week of Resinol Soap and Resinol Ointment. He used the treatment for about a month with all pimples disappearing and no recurrence. Free samples offered by Resinol Dept. 22 K Baltimore Md. Also sold by every druggist.
The excerpt critiques pairing nouns with conflicting adjectives and warns against contradictory phrasing. It uses Chesterton's playful analogy of a patriotism without boundaries and a four footed four legged quad ruped to illustrate semantic tension and clarity.
A humorous exchange from Tit-Bits shows a boy Smail apologizing to a mother while noting the day she was born involved much cussing. The dialogue captures period slang and family banter.
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