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Newspaper
Massillon Independent
Location
Massillon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1905
Page
2
Eyelet embroidery, also called broderie anglaise or madeira work, rises as a top summer decoration for dresses and baby clothes. The craft, durable and dainty, recurs in christening robes, caps, and bootees, with step by step stitching details and patterns like a daisy motif connected by a trailing vine.
The fashion note describes lingerie hats with edge rings and ribbon bows, buttonholed rings at the toe, and ankle straps. Once common for children, these fluttery hats with embroidery and flouncing are expected to be popular for all ages this summer, with a Delineator matching jacket design using eyelet and scalloped edges.
A traditional vinaigrette sauce for cold asparagus is described. Mix in order: four tablespoons vinegar, half a teaspoon salt, a dash of paprika, half a cup olive oil, one tablespoon chopped pickles and two teaspoons chopped parsley. The method emphasizes simple, bright flavors and classic balance.
A fragment talks about the best man at a wedding with a quip about the parson and profit with no risk, hinting at a humorous exchange between Willowby and Haskins about wedding duties.
The article outlines a refined tea service pairing with assorted sandwiches and confections as a staple weekly hospitality practice. It details bread preparation, edge trimming to keep gloves clean, and the use of candied fruits, candied cherries, and crystallized fruit. It notes preparing candied fruit with sugar, drying, and storing before serving, and mentions pineapple cubes and optional plant varieties to enhance the tea experience.
A La Nature, Paris article describes a new sliding door that uses lazy tongs instead of wheels or rollers. It claims easy opening and closing and a lower risk of jamming, with the door hung in a unique lazy tong arrangement.
The illustration shows a two lever suspension using ATP and BC joined at E and sliding at C and Ip, pivoting at A and B. When doors open the system folds as shown. Two lever sets can support the same door or two independent doors with pivots above or below and a connecting chain with ball bearing pinions. The lazy tongs arrangement ensures complete motion.
Instructions for a berry filled biscuit dumpling dessert from Table Talk. It describes preparing a rich biscuit crust, filling with crushed berries, pinching edges, steaming for twenty five minutes, and serving with whipped cream and a dewar hard sauce made from crushed berries folded into a well beaten mixture.
A foreign device attaches to a standard telephone, storing and relaying missed calls. When Mr. Jones is away, the phonographic receiver answers and requests the caller to leave a message. Upon return, the device delivers the recorded messages to him.
A Berlin Wireless Telegraph company design offers light compact gear for field army communications. The system transmits up to fifteen miles across Hat country with total transport weight 400 to 600 pounds. It features telescopic steel masts, a man driven generator, three thirty two foot masts, glass isolators, and an eight wire tinned copper aerial net. The portable dynamo weighs about sixty five pounds and is powered by a bicycle like sprocket wheel.
The bacillus of pleuropneumonia in cattle is the smallest object yet seen, at about one tenth of a micron. Early methods used by Germans to illuminate tiny objects have been refined by French microscopists, signaling a future of even smaller unseen microbes linked to smallpox and other diseases.
The article extols veranda comfort with vines, bamboo shades, and inexpensive decor. It suggests Japanese bamboo screens over textiles, a floor rug of rag carpet or matting, and a versatile box with cushions for seating to endure weather and rain while keeping a veranda inviting.
Dr. Alfred Goss of Adams New York claims to have cured thirty two tuberculosis patients using a germicide killed by a static electrical machine generating 2500 volts then stepped to high frequency to deliver via a Snow vacuum electrode. The method supposedly kills bacilli without harming blood albumen and enables white blood cells to remove remaining germs.
A collaboration of a French and a German chemist yields a method for making artificial silk that can substitute human hair. Factories are planned in the United States to produce silk from collected fibers, with production also supplying wigs and hair covers. The collected spun hair is lighter softer cheaper and superior to human hair.
A note on plant care describes using long narrow window boxes hung outside balustrades or aligned with the floor edge to grow plants and vines. It argues that fewer plants are better than too many and emphasizes practical box placement for a balcony or veranda setting.
The Portuguese adopt automobile traction for a quartet of Schneider Canet 150 millimeter howitzers. Made at Crouzet works France, the system powers a train of four units weighing about fourteen tons at five and a half kilometers per hour. The motor carries five tons of munitions and artillery crews, with four men remaining to operate the guns. The vehicle can also haul via cable up 12 percent grades after recent English maneuvers.
The Petit Journal of Paris reports a new painless anaesthetic named scopolamine derived from a Japanese plant. Administered by hypodermic injection it induces deep sleep for eight to nine hours with claimed superiority to existing drugs and no after effects.
A committee of the American Railway Master Mechanics association tested an automatic stoker for locomotive boilers. The device feeds coal from the tender to the firebox and proved satisfactory. It showed fuel economy of at least seven percent compared with manual stokers, though the test used a smaller setup than modern high speed engines.
A Swedish inventor named Ekenberg has built a machine that processes herrings as they come from the net. It sorts them into four recognized sizes, scrapes scales, cuts beads, splits, cleans, and washes them inside and out, all automatically, outputting about 20 000 herrings per hour.
The New Idea Magazine explains distinct roles for wedding cakes. The wedding cake is a main centerpiece iced in stages, the bride's cake is a white almond loaf for attendants concealing a ring, and the groom's cake is a white fruit loaf cut by the groom.
The article highlights a fashion mood from Vogue noting hats with diverse styles may perch on wearers regardless of fit. It emphasizes freedom in hat sizing relative to the wearer’s figure and suggests no strict laws govern hat fit this season.
Physicians highly recommend grapefruit as the ideal American breakfast fruit praising its tonic quinine content. The subacid juice is refreshing and it stands out in collections of tropical fruits as a magnificent appearance.
Silk brand decorates many toilettes in lainage and drop souple while delicate silk lace garnishes voile taffetas and mousseline dresses. White pompadour and small sprig prints will be popular this season. Embroidered Irish lace linen and ribbon trimming appear on toilettes de fet. A bone corset cover suits stout figures for a neat silhouette. Light summer materials include embroidered batiste and crepe de chine in delicate shades.
James Y. Gatcomb reports Audubon Boy in peak form for a match race with Ecstatic, with backing settled by John W. Dorey. A potential three cornered race with John M. is discussed, and Audubon Boy may race Hazel Patch at Milwaukee or at the state fair. Angiola, wintered at Wheaton, IL, has strengthened to 1160 pounds, stands sixteen hands, and is expected to contend in 2:04 or better with continued training under Oscar Ames, possibly racing on the western circuit.
Charles Myers, a one armed man, organizes a baseball team in Logansport Indiana composed entirely of one armed players and issues a challenge to any similar handicapped team in the state. A boy who has lost an arm and a leg in the tears mascot.
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