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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1911
Page
3
Reprint of a garden hostess contest with verse clues and a flower theme. Notes describe pages on vegetables and flowers, a carnation coronation link, a luncheon for a bride, pink carnation centerpiece, and a tea party with grandmothers answering playful tea riddles.
A mother shares a unique birthday idea for her thirteen year old daughter. The piece describes planning a grandmother themed party as a fresh alternative to common games, inviting readers to submit more original event concepts for enjoyment and mutual aid in the department.
Instructions explain folding cloth along the bias with repeated four inch sections. Unfolded, the fabric is then folded again and pinned to keep even before marking the desired width. The technique claims to produce many folds in ten minutes, much faster than traditional methods.
A clever reuse of a broken shoe describes making a leather iron holder. The instep forms the holder, which fits the iron securely. Old stockings are folded into a cover to cushion hands during use.
The article notes coarse blue linen frocks for young girls are less popular than fine undergarments. It highlights silk rose neckwear, maline lace trims on hems and hats, cameo sets for gowns, maline lace on collars and edgings, and silver threads for ribbons, with podkins in each set.
The description outlines a simple bodice pattern to be cut from thin material to fit a skirt, with embroidery or insertion across back and front and on shoulders. It notes tucks at joinings and wrists, a tucked silk yoke, and lists materials: one and a half yards forty four inches wide, one yard trimming, and half yard tucked silk. Two right side styles for mesoring wear are shown, suited to delaine, Viella or cottons.
Kansas leads in farm land value and acreage in the 1910 agricultural statistics from the census. Total farm lands and buildings reach 1.733 billion dollars, with 43.261 million acres and 29.858 million improved acres. White farmers total 175,618 farms. nonwhite farms decline to 1,681.
Philadelphia reports Bryn Mawr statistics refute a New York clergyman claim that women graduates lack husbands. The register shows 28.4 percent of 2724 graduates married, with over 40 percent in several classes since 1889.
Montclair New Jersey dog catcher David Steinfeld who serves ten towns announces a contract for a small airplane and a large net to trap stray and unlicensed dogs. He says he will test the device in Montclair first dropping a net while a beef bone baited load descends to capture unlicensed dogs.
A German only flying contest will be held in early summer on a circuit from Berlin to Magdeburg Hamburg Bremen Dusseldorf and Dessau returning to Berlin. The independent event follows the failure of a joint French German effort amid chauvinist objections. Officials aim for a brilliant show highlighting military aviation with a prize for two passenger machines.
In Middleton New York a bantam rooster defended its hen from a hawk. The fight left the hen mortally injured while the rooster sustained spurs into the larger bird. The owner returned with a gun and the hawk fled as the bantam claimed victory.
Boston reports Chester Campbell faced Equal Suffrage pressure to remove the common name of a plant exhibited as the mother-in-law plant. Officials cite William Robertson Smith as authority, noting the plant’s alleged poison could kill a buffalo in ten minutes, though the name will remain.
Eight hundred forty cremations occurred in England last year, down fifteen from 1909. The figure reflects a continuing trend in cremation activity across the country reported in the latest tally.
A discussion on the difficulties of motherhood, noting the stress of childbirth and postnatal care. It praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for restoring health and strength, inviting women to write to Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Mass for confidential advice.
A missionary at a Lenten tea explains missionary trees where profits go to missions. He cites a Roxborough farmer with a golden pippin tree aiding Chinese missions, a Florida woman funding cannibals in New Guinea, and a California nut farmer donating a walnut tree for Zanzibar. He argues the principle applies beyond farms.
A Hibernian man named Tish among several foreigners showed anxious zeal for Ireland's glory but failed to grasp the scene. A foreign spectator quoted an ethical line, and the Hibernian loudly demanded, Get out.
Mrs. M. C. Maitland of Jasper Ontario describes her three month old son’s severe itchy rash that spread across the body and caused fainting spells. After using Cuticura Soap Ointment she reports quick sleep and restoration, stating one box of ointment and a cake of soap cure him with no relapse.
A playful exchange at a masquerade where a man praises the costume yet suggests the woman would be lovely in another disguise. The dialogue captures flirtatious banter and witty innuendo.
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