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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1913
Page
11
A woman chastises Cindy for misrepresenting a visitor as her brother. Cindy insists the man is not related, claiming he is merely company. The scene unfolds with regional dialect and tense misunderstanding in a domestic setting.
A man suffers inflammatory rheumadism and his wife nurses him patiently. He grows faint and mournful, blaming his wife for his sickness. A friend asks about his condition and the husband quips that his wife’s care is the cause, citing the doctor’s advice to avoid damp places yet her efforts keep the air moist around him.
The text discusses how some individuals are anatomically one gender but psychologically another, noting that masculine appearance does not erase feminine psychic traits. It cites Weininger and Woluluger, highlighting debates on feminine psychology and gender identity.
Snippet shows a garbled joke about impossible tasks and a nun without a coat in a wet city. The readable bits imply a quip about a dog with no wag and a chatty dish, reflecting a newspaper’s light aside. No clear events or persons are identifiable.
Advice on how hard water with lime or gypsum affects boiling vegetables and meat. Hard water makes peas and beans tough, onions lose flavor, and salt can help preserve flavor. Soft water preserves taste but can wash out juices. salted soft water aids extraction for broths. Test water by soap to distinguish hardness.
A New Orleans style petite chocolate cake for afternoon tea. Mix hot water, butter, sugar, then beat in sifted flour and eggs. Fold until smooth, rest, shape into small balls, bake until set. Slice open, fill with vanilla whipped cream, and glaze with chocolate.
A crafts guide describes making a fan quilt from unbleached muslin with quarter circle patches radiating into a semi circle when blocks join to form the quilt top and lining, then feathered with cotton and quilting. It also details California Irish Stew, Gracker Puffs, and nutter taps of crackers baked until brown for dessert style serving.
A recipe note describes making muffins with scalded milk pource oats sugar salt lard or melted butter and an egg. It instructs to mix with flour baking powder and to bake in greased gems for twenty to twenty five minutes.
Practical tips advise wrapping four joints in thickly greased paper and covering tightly to trap steam and keep meat from drying out. For faster double boiler cooking, add salt to the outer boiler water to accelerate heat transfer.
A short recipe note describes a Sunday night dish using butter and currant jelly in a pan on low heat. It instructs frying slices of cooked rain until almon and ready to burn, then removing to a boc platter and garnishing with pore Jey.
Quaint silks and towered walks inspire summer gowns with vivid colors and old charm. Designers favor silks and brocades with waist emphasis by belt styles. Neck raffs and light wraps rise as warm weather makes throat coverings uncomfortable.
Nearly all start gowns feature thin draperies narrowing toward the feet. Sashes of bright velvet end with small satin rose buds. A soft heavy silk suit is the favored costume, with a loose extreme-model coat and a draped, slashed skirt. Despite efforts to protect plumage, costly aigrettes and paradise feathers remain the popular millinery trim. A black taffeta paragol edged with satin folds carries ribbed gold trim and black white satin rosebuds on the edge and handle.
The article notes pastel shades becoming popular for gowns corset covers and petticoats with trimmings in lace varieties such as Cluny baby Irish and Venise. It predicts the trend will last until hot weather when white is favored.
An instruction describing how to enlarge a blouse by adding strips at the back opening sides and extending the shoulder, underarm, sleeves, and collar. The method emphasizes inserting fabric strips and increasing size in a consistent manner across all areas.
A Victorian fashion note argues for a straight slim silhouette with a well designed corset as the foundation. It warns against ill fitting, encourages expert construction, and advises women with fuller figures to abandon aiming for a small waist, favoring comfort and a straight look.
A fashion note describes a poplinette dress in deep saxe with a left side seam skirt, velvet bow trim, cream rutile collar, black belt and water-band, cream sleeves to elbow, and a detailed material list: 4% yards pop Bnetts 40 inches wide, about 14 bone, %& yard white and % yard black.
A fragmentary description of historical customs includes the mourning bed draped in black, costly and shared among family and friends, and Tudor household amusements such as a dog trained to turn a wheel to operate a monster joint, with the dog rewarded by hot meat.
Fragmentary note references a man and another fellow with shifting stances and a vague claim of moving to another's story. No clear event, date, or identity is identifiable from the readable text.
A brief schoolyard exchange notes admiration for girls and a playful line about a cat named Old Miss Prim.
A Pentwater Michigan resident recounts severe backache and mobility loss and credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restored strength. A Peoria Illinois reader describes daily headaches and heaviness easing after a week, urging others to try the remedy.
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