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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1913
Page
10
The article describes a cotton themed wedding celebration with suggestions for a livitation spool shaped centerpiece, cotton batting decor, and cotton inspired attire for the couple. It proposes games using white cotton tape tangled on furniture, prizes of cotton fabric, and cotton accents as favors and souvenirs, including cotton Santa figures and cotton bales as keepsakes.
Invitations on brown butcher paper with loud pencil lettering featured a nursery rhyme about beggars and the town. Guests arrived as dregs or silken gowns, masks were collected at 10:80, and a voting system pinned numbers to backs for best and worst costumes. Prizes and card tables capped the party, with refreshments to follow.
The article describes a hostess hosting an alphabet contest using clues and lettered prompts. Guests include a tramp, a gypsy group, an organ grinder with a monkey, and a flower girl duo. It offers example answers like A for eight and B for bee, presenting a playful word game amid social chatter.
A reader shares a set of Bible trivia questions for a Sunday school activity. Questions cover biblical figures, ages, and events such as Methuselah’s age at death, the fiery furnace trio, and the phrase What hath God wrought. No answers provided to encourage use of a concordance.
In early spring, vaporous blouses in chiffon and net earned instant appeal due to their delicate charm. As temperatures rise, diaphanous finishes become the season's supreme touch, shaping entire toilettes with layered net and filmy materials.
A discussion of fashion dictates looseness in Russian blouse lines and draped skirts, noting high necks and long silhouettes. It highlights practical easing for moderate budgets, critiques boned linings, and describes draped sleeves, tiered skirts, and tulle accents shaping a Grecian yet oriental look.
A fragment describes making rose drops by heating granulated sugar with water four drops of cochineal and four drops of rose essence. Stir until melted, drop onto oiled paper in pea sized beads, cool until firm, then remove and air dry before packing in glass jars or gift boxes.
The Unen hat features a crown wreath of forget-me-nots with punched work at the center, brim motifs of forget-me-nots, scalloped edge, and buttonhole stitch. A lace frill sits beneath the brim, plus a tiny Gowers wreath, blue Mbban rosette, and streamer on each gilded glda.
A query about supporting tall graceful flowers in vases suggests using a paste hoarded to the vase top or a lead purport in shallow bowls, Japanese fashion. The method is aimed at tulips, daffodils, or iris, noting the flowers will conceal the support whether or not it is beautiful.
The passage describes flowers in finger bowls as an old fashioned table decoration. It mentions garbages once resembling roses geraniums and lemon verbena, illustrating a vintage table setting.
A gown described as white silk veiled with black chiffon and applique features also white jacquard fabric. The design blends sheer veil with contrast trim for a formal evening look. Accessories and silhouette details are not provided in the text.
Silk coats with linen skirts are correlated in Paris. Jackets use figured pivka with open crash linen and a basque coat reaching the hips. Only youthful figures should attempt this costume.
A brief note describes colored crepes used as decorative coverings on straw hats with attention to fashion dates and style, noting their fashionable colors and practical use on bows and wings.
A garbled passage discusses old kitchen tricks and the hygienic method of cooking vegetables by boiling briefly to retain flavor. It also oddly muses on praise, catastrophes, and public figures, presenting a collage of unrelated lines without a clear narrative or date.
A fragmented 19th or early 20th century style fragment advises on easing domestic labor with Turkish towels and seersucker garments to avoid ironing. It promotes quiet hours for reading, outdoor walks, and selective socializing to reduce nerves, ending with a garbled line citing P. G. Kameron.
Hygienic guidance promotes avoiding salt and meat, using fruits grains vegetables and nuts for health. Recipes describe boiled beets with lemon juice dressing, hygienic pepperovers from whole wheat batter, nut roast with tomato sauce, and a tomato onion sauce serving as a thickened finish.
In a terse exchange, Mrs Crawford questions how long the estranged couple’s quarrel lasts as a gas light remains high, implying unresolved tension. The dialogue hints at domestic strain and ongoing disagreement without detailing events beyond the overheard tension.
The bishop of London spoke at Queen’s Park, declaring that at any moment he can produce nine happy persons for every miserable one, in a public address about women and happiness.
A collage of old kitchen notes on nuts as a nutritious food source and flavoring. Includes almond omelets with maple sauce, nut bread with walnuts, almonds au Diable, and nut sandwiches with maple sugar filling. Contains quaint cooking instructions and archaic spelling.
A pantry friendly guide offers hot weather dishes. Recipes include turning stale cake into a raspberry custard parfait, carrot salad with radish cucumber green pepper and mint dressing, steak with bananas finished with parsley butter, green peas with lettuce and a light peppered butter sauce, and crispy bread crisps to accompany soup or salad.
A reflective piece on solitude noting that a crowd is not true company and that faces form a mere gallery of pictures. It suggests that real understanding comes from a higher intellect, contrasting superficial social engagement with deeper contemplation. The passage emphasizes inner perspective over outward display.
A quip attributed to King Asher Plus is cited by Halliwell Sytccliffe noting gender differences in speech. The remark contrasts a man’s speech passing through one ear and out the other with a woman’s entering two ears and rushing out of the mouth.
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