The Laundry Hints For Washing Day From Woman's Life
Practical washing hints include ironing lace while wet to avoid starching, using paraffin with white clothes to lift stains, borax in rinsing water for handkerchiefs, hot starch with soapy water for gloss, and whisky-moistened stains for dried marks. Lavender dominates color choices with pink and blue, vinegar in final rinse for blue items, and reshaping and shaking items to prevent shrinkage.
Ciphers and Settlements and a London Revelation
Madge exposes a fatherly code devised to summon money and to reunite with Brian in London. Misread cables, a thwarted plan, and a tender reconciliation unfold as Madge learns the true meaning of the cipher and she and Brian affirm their feelings. The Carline family faces emotional strain amid travel, money, and trust.
Could Not Trust Him Fight Ends When One Says Enough
A verbal altercation between two Irishmen led to a brawl in which neither would yield. The Washington Post notes that once either man cried “Tye enough” the fight should stop. After about ten minutes one fighter fell and cried he had enough, but his opponent continued until a bystander urged letting him up. The stunned striker insisted he still had not had enough.
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London
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New York
Carleton
Washington Post
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Gale
Denver
Blue Devils
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Boston Globe
Home anniversaries foster sentiment and festivity
An Indianapolis News idea emphasizes celebrating family anniversaries and birthdays even in hard times. Small gestures like an extra dish, flowers, or music keep loving remembrance alive as children grow, helping them remember family affection when facing life’s challenges.
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Indianapolis
Roads to neatness and personal grooming
A New York Press guide extols dainty appearance through neat nails gloves hair and body cleanliness. It urges secure fastenings brushed garments polished shoes and dandruff free scalps. The piece emphasizes that attention to these details earns a woman a description of dainty and well groomed.
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New York Press
Cabinets For Brices brac A guide to storing bric a brac in homes
The article explains two methods to reduce clutter without harming room harmony. A china cabinet is ideal and should match existing furnishings, while a wall shelf must be placed high enough to be unobtrusive yet reachable, preserving line and balance in the space.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Taking Care of Medicines for Household Safety
Place all poisonous bottles on a separate small shelf or in a marked box labeled Poison to prevent accidental access. Keep the box away from other medicines and, if possible, lock it. This reduces risk when many liniments or poisons are present in the home.
Perfumed Bath from Sea Salt and Violet Scent
A brief elderly style note describes two methods to scent bath water using sea salt. One uses violet perfume with a pig sized salt measure and three days resting. The second adds musk violet essence and alcohol, three days turnings, then use a handful in bath water for fragrance.
The Small Party Bridge as a Hostess Resource
The evening party returns as a social fixture for all classes, centered on bridge. Hosts can arrange small gatherings with flexible numbers and durations, offering sociable, low-cost entertainment. Prizes or charitable ties may appear. six to thirty guests suit a modest, intimate setting.
Odd Pieces Of China That Are Charming And Useful
A feature on affordable yet stylish china accessories for table service. It highlights jelly jars as jelly or preserve holders, lettuce leaf plates, celery dips, crackers jars, bread and butter plates, oyster plates with lemon wells, ramekins, and mayonnaise cups. Also includes a recipe for Delightful Poporets, describing a light batter baked in small cups for breakfast or dessert with optional fillings.
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China
Language of the Menu Excerpt on French Culinary Terms
A quoted remark by Sir Henry Thomson argues that menus should be written in French as English menus yield a mix of languages. The piece notes how many French terms are naturalized or near untranslatable, prompting pressure to adopt French to avoid a mongrel patois.
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Sir Henry Thomson
The Flower of Valentine decorative table covers
Pink crape paper bordered with smi Jax serves as dainty covers for the tables and centers of each feature a flat basket of crocus blossoms dedicated to Taleydney synth inlile eaaw.
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Valentine
Darby Ram song stirs Connecticut D A R debate
A Derby Connecticut dispatch reports D A R members debate if George Washington sang The Darby Ram to entertain Ellsworth twins at a house dedication. The piece links the song to Colonel David Humphreys merino sheep trade and recounts dramatic misfortunes of Truefitt claim miners as a moral tale of mining luck and deception.
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Washington Post
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Darby Ram
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Connecticut
Donald McLean
New York
DA. BR
Sarah Riggs Humphreys
New England
Massachusetts Society For Promoting Agriculture
Derby Docks
Osisner Humphreys
Massachusetts
Humphreys
John Bassett
Shepfold
Seymour
Jefferson
Bill to Tax One Bachelor to Support Old Maids
Columbus dispatch reports Representative Asa W. Elson of Columbus Ohio will introduce a bill taxing one bachelor to fund the support of one old maid. He has not worked out details but believes men should marry by age eighteen. the measure aims to compel early matrimony.
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Columbus Dispatch
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