Muskrat Tale and Enduring Fragrance Echoes
A children’s tale follows Mr and Mrs Muskrat learning summer ugliness fades as winter fur grows fine and traps fail them. Daddy explains muskrat burrows beneath snow to sleep safely while avoiding hunters, predicting long life. A fragrance metaphor urges lasting sweetness, then a moral on bad company likened to a nail driven in.
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Mra
Daddy
Muskrat
Mr. Muskrat
Mrs. Muskrat
Nancy
Nick
Reverence with Jesus for His Followers House
A Sunday School lesson on John 2 13 22 teaches reverence for God’s house. The text links Jesus cleansing the temple with prophecy and signs, noting the temple as a symbol of Christ’s body and a call to true faith over material ritual. The lesson highlights Jesus authority, the temple’s corruption, and the need for genuine devotion.
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Jesus
House of Prayer
John
Canaan
Camuin
Mare
A. D
Ministry of Our Lord
Jobu
Edersheim
Christ
House of God
God
Many Ways of Garnishing Food From a Historic Guide
A compact excerpt reviews garnish ideas for meats and vegetables using fritters, potato cakes, croquettes, and bright accents like red pimentos and stuffed olives. It suggests practical prep, storage tips with olive oil preserved in a jar, and cautions against overdoing decorations, invoking a quip from Mark Twain to echo restraint.
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Arrat
For Health in Household A Home Ventilation Guide
A survey asks if a thermometer is present and rooms are kept under seventy degrees, with ventilation above, top opening windows, cooler sleeping rooms, nightly airing, and daily warding of foul air. It argues time and money spent improves vigor, comfort, and well being for every family member.
Inexpensive floor substitute from brown paper sheets
A novice craft idea explains making a sanitary linoleum substitute by pasting three sheets of brown paper over a cleaned floor and finishing with sizing and varnish. It notes wallpaper for patterns, and claims the result is washable and polishable like real linoleum.
Aromatic Spice Apple Craft Tradition
A vintage description details preparing an aromatic spice apple. A chosen red apple is encrusted with clove-studded ends around its skin, dried in a cold room overnight, then finished with a bow on the stem. The resulting fragrance freshens trunks and drawers, evoking grandmothers' youth.
Beefsteak Pudding Method and Delicacy
Select nice beefsteak cut in squares with one onion. Use two cupfuls of flour for crust and a little svet salt pepper. Line a bowl with crust, add steak, onion, salt and pepper, cover with water. Thicken gravy with a little flour, cover with crust and steam for three hours. Delicious.
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Alexandra
Sereng
Angel
Victorian Kitchen: old tymefrugal supper ideas
A charming column offers a collage of recipes and tips. From Vegetarian Mince Pie and Deviled Oysters to Swedish Apple Cake and onion soup, the piece weaves meals, frostings, and pantry hacks with period guidance. It lists codfish dishes, apple pie variants, and baked onion skins, all framed as wholesome, practical fare.
Sugar cane in Cuba could be cut for 30 years
Brief notes report Cuba may extend sugar cane fields for three decades without replanting. New Zealand reportedly possesses mineral waters surpassing Europe's famed waters. High freight rates to South America delay building material shipments, especially lumber and cement, with rates fivefold wartime levels.
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Cuba
New Zealand
Europe
South America
New Diaphragm Improves Phone Use in Noise
The article notes a new telephone diaphragm with a mouthpiece designed to absorb outside sounds in noisy areas. It mentions future naval mattresses and pillows filled with kapok, a buoyant natural fiber, and reports South American hides finding strong demand in the United States, with two-thirds of Argentina's exports in early 1916 going to the U S.
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United States Navy
United States
Argentina
One Piece Dress Inspires Sports Fashion Innovation
The article traces a shift from minimalist one piece dresses to bold sports wear for women, highlighting tailored silhouettes, new fabrics, and graphic color schemes. It notes belts, braids, and open collars as modern details, plus the rise of parasol protection tips and a Merino wool anecdote.
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Mary Graham Bonner
Moody
Our the Sunday
Sen. Bible Institute
Thackeray
Rome
Hue
Nerece Mes
West
Ben Frock
Brasil
Yvette Guilbert
Australia
Gul. Siem
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