Essential Frocks for the Young Girl in Simple Wardrobe
The article outlines affordable, versatile dress options for a young girl including a one piece dress in wool or cotton, pongee or Rajah silk frocks, and lightweight coats. It notes coordinating colors with black or cream, simple waistlines, and minimal fabric, with sizes requiring roughly 2 1/2 yards of material for size 16. It also praises wash fabrics and easy to make Mother Hubbard and kilted Russian styles for smaller children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother Hubbard
The True and The False Exchange
In a dialogue a poetic youth extols a woman’s golden hair while a practical youth questions whether some of that wealth might be counterfeit. The exchange contrasts romance with skepticism.
Wide Choice of Parasols Adds to Season’s Distinctive Styles
An extensive parasol market features over 600 designs and many colorways. Ribs range from seven to sixteen with long handles up to 18 inches. Notable novelties include pagoda shaped canopies with curved ribs and double canopy effects with extra top layers.
Easily and Cheaply Made Hats Trimmed with Silk Roses
An early Paris hat features soft pheeny silk roses. Instructions suggest crafting petals from paper as practice, with petals cut from silk ovals wired at the edges. Create a sample flower using old silks and sketch coloring on watercolor paper to guide the final work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
First of the Season Waist in Voile with Tucks
A stylish waist features voille fabric with groups of tucks and shaped bands trimmed with buttons and soutache straps. Sleeves mirror the trim and a delicate guimpe completes the ensemble described.
Rose Workbag Petal Design Described for Round Satin Bag
Rose colored satin ribbons form petals six inches wide that fold upward around a central pom padour ribbon base to imitate a rose. The petals are curled at the edges and tucked loosely to keep the flower shape on a round bottom bag.
Mourning Fashions Shift Toward Comfort and White For Summer
A fashion note describes a decline in heavy crepe use with crepe limited to trim. Dull black fabrics now acceptable for first mourning, enabling lighter frocks even in hot weather. Pure white grows in popularity for summer and house mourning.
Rotating Hog Pastures Using a Four-Field Plan
A 40 acre tract laid out as four equal fields with a two rod lane between each, fenced with reinforced concrete end posts and gates for flexible subdivision. The rotation includes clover pasture, Canada field peas, corn and barley with barley seed down to clover and timothy, providing cheap pork and healthier hogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. P. Martiny
Homestead
Canada
Feeding Steers: Short vs Long Feed Compared by Indiana Study
Prof J H Skinner reports experiments on steer feeding length. Short fed cattle require heavier initial stock and use more concentrates, but gain per head is higher. Summary data show different corn uses, margins to avoid loss, and similar gains cost when finished. Additional data needed for firm profitability conclusions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Skinner
Indiana Experiment Station
Alarm clocks feed chickens on schedule in clever device
Dr Patterson of California rigged a chicken house alarm clock to open feeding trough doors at five in the morning and four in the afternoon. The timed mechanism releases grain, ensuring meals arrive to every bird on schedule and prompting a patent application for the contrivance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Patterson
California
Patterson
Poultry Bee-keeping and Horticulture Combined
Experience shows a happy combination of poultry culture and horticulture, and sometimes all three activities may be united profitably. The article notes these attractive interwoven pursuits and their practical benefits.
Sour Milk as Pig Feed Improves Value of Shorts and Cornmeal
Sour milk is a first class pig feed, especially when mixed with shorts or cornmeal, improving the value of both feeds.
Judging Righteous Judgment and the Call to Mercy
The piece argues that Christ’s command Judge not does not bar all judgment but forbids harsh censoriousness. It urges self examination, empathy, and a forgiving spirit, citing Socrates and Caroline Fry to promote charitable judgment consistent with Christian teaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Heaven
Christ
Heth
Caroline Fry
Earth
Socrates
Joy of Salvation Outshines Worldly Pleasures
A sermon-like reflection by Rev. E. J. Blehkink extols salvation as life’s sweetest experience. It says the heart transformed by God’s mercy supercedes earthly pleasures, likening joy in faith to Mont Blanc towering above surrounding peaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mont Blanc
E. J. Blehkink
Pre Eminence of the Bible by Rev T W Young
Reverend T W Young of Detroit extols the Bible’s beauty history poetry proverbs and civilizing force. He says its influence spans art music architecture oratory and shapes human life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Young
Detroit
Mich
Courtroom exchange reveals a sharp witness
A lady witness in a state court endures a barrage of cross questions. The lawyer, seeking calm, apologizes for the interrogation. She replies with dry humor, saying she is used to it and reveals she has a six year old boy at home.
Customer laments poor service at local shop
A man complains the store cannot supply lace curtains, silk socks, or credit over several days. The shopkeeper responds with simple replies, highlighting a pattern of unsatisfactory service in a humorous exchange.
Enthusiastic pastor flatters young lady at church fair
A playful exchange centers on a church fair scampering through flirtation and humor. The Dear Young Lady recalls earning fifty dollars from a dollar a kiss, prompting lighthearted reproach from the pastor.
Campaign Against Tuberculosis Grows In Newfoundland
The Newfoundland Society for the Prevention of Tuberculosis conducts a vigorous campaign as the island records a very high death rate from the disease. About one in five residents dies, and in six years the rate has risen about 50 percent due to a native aversion to fresh air indoors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newfoundland Society For the Prevention of Tuberculosis
Newfoundland
When Rubbers Become Necessary And Allen's Foot-Ease Ad
For tired aching feet Allen's Foot-Ease antiseptic powder relieves sting from corns and bunions. Use for breaking in new shoes and dancing parties. Sold everywhere 25c. Free sample by mail from Allen 8 Olmsted Le Roy NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Johnny Whipping Question in Classroom Exchange
A converse exchange shows a teacher threatening to whip Johnny after he struck a boy smaller than himself. Johnny asks why and the teacher replies that punishment follows the act of violence against a smaller pupil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny
Pettit's Eye Salve advertised for tired overworked eyes
Pettit's Eye Salve offered for 25c to relieve eye aches and inflammation with claims it relieves congestion and soreness. The ad cites Howard Bros. druggists in Buffalo New York. A humorous courtroom line follows about a landlady and a former mistress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pettit
Howard Bros
Buffalo
N. Y
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sudoir
Rose
Ington D.C. Bookatoo
Dr. Pierce
Womien
Pierce
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo, N. Y
Corwith
Kanawha
Iowa
D. Jand
Northwestern Business Agency
Minneapolis
F. G. Bradbury
Pat
St. Paul
Minn
Corn Exchange
Mediill
Washington
Boney, Mey
Witsgerald & Co
Pat.Attys
Box K
Washington, D.C
Fora Cuesues Thompson
Western
Shaw
United States
Manitoba
Katchewan
Alberta
Ottawa
E.t.holmes
Jackson St
St.Paul
W.v.bennett
Bee Bidg
Omaha
Neb
Paxton Toilet Co
Boston
Mass
Idaho
Payette Valley
Great Northwest
Payette Land CO
Payette
Ee Parker
Druggista
Clarke Fork
Clarke Fork Orchard CO
Laurel, Montana
South Dakota
Marshall Co
W.N. A
Des Moines
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!