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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1904
Page
7
A detailed description of the nine gores walking skirt with front center side and back panels, box pleats, and waist shaping. Describes fabrics including brown canvas, silk facings, radium satin, lace, and lingerie ruffles. Notes May Marten designs and the vogue for long, comfortable street wear suitable for mods.
A mix of food recipe and fashion notes outlines a lamb and rice casserole and a fig dessert with whipped cream and jelly borders, plus detailed instructions for a box plaited children's dress with blue linen chambray collar and shield. It includes fabric yardage for sizes, and styling tips such as rosettes and belt shaping.
A historic description notes blouse and shirt waist fashions with box plaits creating long lines and varied tuck detailing. It describes white mercerized fabric, cuffs, a bloused back, and a snug neckline with invisible center front closure, plus wide sleeves and straight cuffs.
A damaged instruction explains rubbing rust with heated iron and a bottle of acid to turn the stain bright, followed by washing with boiling water and wool rubbing. It warns to keep acid bottle corked and ready for rapid, final steps to remove rust efficiently.
A recipe describes washing acaplil frece and cooking lamb and rice in boiling salted water until tender. Drain and reserve a third for filling, knead the rest for a mold, then mix minced lamb with salt pepper onion juice parsley and coriander or similar herbs to taste for a flavorful baked dish.
A collection of practical newsprint notes on keeping milk sweet in shallow basins and using paraffin to wash tiles. It includes a homemade waterproofing recipe for shoes, sewing over a pin for button stability, hot applications for pain, corset care, and a description of the Strawberry Tint in new colors with summer gown trim ideas and appliqued pique details.
A quick bread pudding method using one quart bread crumbs soaked in water then mixed with molasses butter currants spices soda flour. Boil for one hour to create a hearty dessert and use up stale bread.
Instructions to prepare gooseberry saucy preserves: mix fruit with brown sugar at half pound sugar per pound fruit, cook until tender, add sugar and simmer twenty minutes, then stir in brandy per pound of fruit. Place thin lemon rind in each jar for aroma.
The column highlights lace coats in cream, rich embroidery, boleros and etons, draped girdles, dotted swistes for summer dresses, and sheer white India linen. It praises cascade flowers on hats, grass-green tulle and blue hats, natural linen, and shawl like wraps as graceful features for the season.
The Montreal Herald describes Bottner's double loop stunt where he passes a wheel through two loops then exits in a death defying ride. The act requires high starting pelot and a steep final arc signaling a fearless performance.
The article explains that in England only lords of the manor could erect dovecots, a privilege strictly enforced. In Scotland a statute restricts dovecots to landowners with about 960 imperial bushels yearly and within two miles of the dovecot, allowing only one cot per estate. It notes a historic estimate of 26 000 dovecots and mentions divers cleaning methods for warship hulls when dry docks are unavailable.
The piece cites deceptive practices such as advertising with empty containers in cigar stores groceries and drugstores. It also mentions a creamery clerk mislabeling flour and corn meal as milk bottles to mislead customers. A London Telegraph note adds a historical remark on gas lighting in mills from the early 1800s.
The Philadelphia Record notes an experiment near Bedford England where three posts of equal height on a straight water stretch show the center post rising about six feet due to earth’s curvature. H Yule Oldham repeated the test with telephotographic gear to clearly record the six foot prominence of the middle post.
Leon Stanford of Keene New Hampshire sues Daisy Wells an Athol Massachusetts actress to recover a diamond ring given by his uncle. The uncle loaned the ring for a theatrical performance and never got it back. Wells defends that two stones were lost and the remaining seven were set into three rings later stolen through no fault of hers.
Residents report an abundance of walking sticks on the North Side of Chicago. The woods are full of these insectlike creatures that resemble jointed twigs and may be mistaken for natural debris.
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