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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1906
Page
8
The New York Press notes Mrs. Longworth’s hats feature osprey feathers and birds with wings and breasts as decorations while Mrs. Roosevelt’s hats favor fewer birds. her daughters belong to the Audubon Society and attend sessions in Washington.
Pasadena appoints acting mayor Anna McGrew, described as young, pretty, and clever, while Mayor Waterhouse travels to Cedar Rapids. The Chicago Record-Herald notes her as likely the sole female acting mayor in the country, and she has learned enough from her stenography to manage city business effectively.
Anne Rittenhouse in the Chicago Inter Ocean prescribes a neat method to fix a sagging skirt. Remove the old hem, lay the skirt flat, and mark two inches from the floor around the entire edge with chalk and an inch rule. Turn up the hem and sew two rows, then add a two inch bias fold outside for color harmony and steadiness of the hemline.
A Jersey shore area young woman earns a living as a landscape gardener by arranging hardy flower gardens for clients. Starting by helping friends for free, she developed a demand for planning old fashioned gardens, emphasizing proper color and height balance to create a regular color scheme rather than a hit or miss layout.
Harper's Bazaar fashion notes highlight new lace usage across gowns with flat waist tops, net tucks, and lace bands on sleeves. Sheer and heavy laces remain popular including Valenciennes Irish crochet Guipure Cluny Chantilly and Point de Venise, with deep lace bands and coated coats shaping many frocks.
The article contrasts society’s obsession with feather hats and color symbolism with a domestic guide by Martha McCulloch-Williams urging fair wages for daughters serving at home. It suggests assigning household roles by aptitude, sharing profits from home economies, and even guiding sons toward productive work, advocating practical family harmony.
A blend of clothing details and home economy guidance. Descriptions cover Eton costumes in light tones with silver filigree buckles and parasol handles, Empire hats, net gowns with tucked bodices, and mohair coats. Also includes Mrs. Rorer praising the chafing dish for quick table meals and practical meal ideas.
A collection of old time recipes including Ginger Snaps with molasses and gin ger, Poor Man's Tartlets using jelly on crackers, Bakewell Pudding with dates figs and pecans, Omelette Soufire and Prune Souffle with quick bake times.
The opera singer trims hats with naturally colored flowers to avoid perfume and to match potential colors. She decides on the arrangement while wearing the hat, using mauve orchids and pink and red carnations. Friends rarely notice the method, though one observer noted the flowers looked almost real.
After soaking hands in hot soapy water, rub them with a mix of vinegar and camphor to counteract alkali and keep skin soft. Use one teaspoon camphor to two tablespoons vinegar for best results.
The rubber plant is hardy and yields strong results with daily watering. Weekly, sponge the leaves with milk to keep them glossy. Monthly, dig a circle around the roots and apply a tablespoonful of castor oil as a tonic.
A Garden Magazine writer describes growing greens house plants from seed in living rooms. He notes delicate varieties in June and July, larger seeds earlier, and specifics on germination times for gloxinias cyclamen carnation and others. He mentions Swainson seeds requiring nicking the shell to start sprouting.
Consul Sey fert of Stratford notes widespread American literature in Canadian homes and libraries. He says village and city libraries overflow with American books and periodicals and that advertisements published there greatly assist American trade.
An area measurement places Mexico at roughly 756 000 square miles. The statistic captures the nation's geographic extent without noting specific sources or methods.
The article describes the flageolet as a long cedar tube with six finger holes and a lead tip, used by American Indians for distant courtship. It notes Apache practice, its whistlelike flute form, and historical English use, including two-pipe harmonies and a 1687 illustration of dual pipes for echoing notes.
A collection of witty aphorisms on education weather marriage money and human nature drawn from reflections in the New York Press The quotes ponder farmers profits education folly in love and social life with a satirical tone and a nod to urban and suburban manners.
The shoe should be three quarters inch longer than the foot to aid forward movement. Short shoes cause toe and joint problems including corns and bunions. Do not wear walking shoes indoors or on consecutive days. clean and oil daily, use castor oil for soles, keep heels in repair, and use rubber heels to reduce pavement jarring. Fresh laces and ribbons prevent untidy appearance.
A quoted New York Press piece asserts Africans never sneeze due to climate, claiming natives and foreigners in Africa do not sneeze, and that sneezing cannot occur when they leave Africa or fall overboard. The remark contrasts Africa with broadway and jungle settings.
About 70 000 elephants are annually killed in Africa by ivory hunters. Apples contain a small quantity of sulphur which adds medicinal value. The Czar's eldest daughter owns a top penny toy collection sent from Paris London and Berlin. Chinchillas face extinction in Chile and Bolivia due to fur demand. A London orchid sold for 6085 dollars recently, Qodontoglossum crispum pittanum. Sir John Sinclair gives gramophones and records to 300 asylums for daily inmate use.
The article notes ancient Chinese coins dating three centuries before Christ bearing imperial likenesses. It also describes a Dundee harbor dredger of oak, 68 feet long and 21 feet wide, drawing 7 feet 6 inches, in use for over a century with an engine said to be built by James Watt.
A hospital near London named the Lady Margaret I'ruitarian Hospital confines patients to a fruit diet. In three years it has treated 500 patients with only two deaths, a fact the institution proudly reports.
Nine business men from Lock Haven Pennsylvania shared a table at a recent banquet. After dinner they recounted how they lost their arms with causes including railroads threshing machines gun accidents and war.
At Worcester England a slab over a departed auctioneer bears a single word Gone. In Sussex the death entry shows initials and date followed by He was. In Cane Hill Cemetery Belfast the stone reads Left till called for.
Traction trenching machines shift from experiment to accepted use for sewer work. A $4600 traction ditcher digs 26 inch by seven foot trenches in tough clay at about 900 feet daily, with 30 cent per cubic yard costs excluding depreciation and interest.
An eighteen year old waitress in Tetehen was sentenced by a Prague magistrate to fourteen days imprisonment for kissing a stranger at a railway station. The judge increased the term by four days and ordered her banishment from Bohemia to Dresden after release.
A collage of brief items reports Vesuvius conditions reassure, Philippines costs $55 each, South America buying used autos, Newberry College endowment $25 000 from Dr D K Pearsons, Shonts on mosquitoes in the Canal Zone, Andrew Carnegie offers Roanoke College 25000 after matching fund, Buck wheat field near Grant's Tomb set for park, whaler Orion lands 100 ton sperm whale off Vancouver Island, China to train sixty Pekin Police School pupils in Japan, Mexican city to host large locomotive factory, typhoid epidemic in Lincoln England cost 60000 with 424 patients treated, Dr William G Logan donates 70000 Kansas City residence for church extension, and only 33 first degree murder convictions in ten years per NYC DA report.
A survey of prominent names includes Rosestvensky seeking retirement, President Roosevelt renowned as a marksman, and Penn's honorary degree for King Edward. Sunston shifts from laurels to a new growth, Paine of Harvard as pioneer art teacher, and envoy Rindle presenting credentials to Servia. Gorman ill, Wanamaker aims for Senate, Lake Mohonk hosts arbitration in May. Tufts president Hamilton praised for ideas, Green seeks Senate seat, Millet family line traced through Jean-Baptiste Mullet, noting shared artistry.
A dialogue snippet features Miss Cayenne praising Mr Bliggens while noting his silence. The exchange highlights Bliggens as unusually perceptive for choosing not to speak, suggesting insight behind restrained commentary in a Washington Star context.
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