31 Dec 1915
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Newspaper
Odanah Star
Location
Odanah, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1915
Page
1
A New Year blessing is ascribed to Goethe emphasizing health to work joyfully wealth to meet needs strength to overcome difficulties grace to confess and forsake sins patience to toil for good charity to see good in others cheerfulness to brighten others love to be useful faith to realize God’s things and hope to ease future fears.
The Seaforth Highlanders stage a New Year eve ceremony in barrack square led by the oldest soldier as a Druid and the second oldest as Father Time. Veterans march in period uniforms, salute the Druid, and a sentry challenge marks the midnight gate opening as the New Year is welcomed with a countersign.
The youngest boy of the battalion arrives in a costume of the high chief of ancient Ross to symbolize the New Year. The colonel shakes his hand as the band plays A Guid New Year to Ane and A'. After the colonel's greeting, the national anthem sounds and the battalion falls out.
A Ralph Welles Keeler reflection notes the New Year renews vision and softens anger. The piece frames a collective shift toward better deeds, gentler faces, and renewed efforts to address enduring problems. It urges a personal and communal renewal for a kinder world.
The verse asks for divine help to reach a higher plane beyond strife and selfishness guiding a pure life. The speaker seeks spiritual gain over worldly costs and endures present life for heavenly ascent.
The Philadelphia Ledger recounts a tale where pianist De Pachmann teases Goldmark about a future tablet on Goldmark’s modest Vienna home. Goldmark, famed for brilliant music yet vanity, reacts with surprised pride as the joke lands.
The one piece frock offers a practical alternative to shirtwaist and skirt sets for business wear, suitable for smokey city air and easy laundering. Designs shown feature neckwear options with white touches, dark blue and green plaid fabrics, and shantung silks or crepes as alternatives to wool.
A period fashion feature describes a lace blouse designed for older women using tulle, nets, and rail letter embroidery. The design showcases green satin ribbon, black Chantilly lace overdrapery, and a high collar, with a fitted bodice, separate sleeves, and a velvet ribbon girdle.
Designers forecast skirts five to seven inches longer than coats for fall and winter street wear, signaling a return to compact silhouettes and modern contrasts.
The U S Department of Agriculture notes tests showing direct sunlight destroys tubercle bacilli faster than dark storage. Exposure on glass wood or muslin kills all living bacilli within hours, with sunlit surfaces improving sanitation for utensils clothing and dairy equipment.
A West Virginia Experiment Station article warns milk contamination comes from poor utensil care. It urges heavy tin plating and sealed seams, avoids rusty containers, and prescribes cold water washing with washing powder, brushing, hot water rinses, and air drying on high shelves. It stresses proper sterilization by boiling or boiling water for five minutes and cautions against sun exposure due to dust and flies.
The piece urges beginners to start with one duck variety, go easy as they learn, and avoid keeping multiple breeds to focus on quality. It offers practical guidance for youths interested in farm duck raising.
Cream ripening changes its texture and flavor before churning. Temperature affects firmness, while aroma comes from bacterial by products. Ripening aims for desired butter flavor and eases churning. Cream can ripen by natural bacteria or by added starter cultures.
Unfattened chickens are tough and muscular while crate fed stock distributes fat through the body making flesh tender and sweet. Pen fattened birds show fat lumps in the abdomen and along the intestines, wasting value in dressing. The crate method suits both small individual producers and large commercial fatteners with opportunities for all.
Rhubarb and asparagus require muck and compost to boost growth this season. Garden tips emphasize arranging manure supplies and mulch to improve soil health.
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