Hints for the Kitchen and Food Odor Tips
Practical kitchen tips cover avoiding open shelves and using curtains to keep dust out. Clean shelves and pantry drawers then apply varnish or enamel for easy future cleaning. Croquettes should rest fifteen minutes in a warm kitchen before frying to brown properly. A boiling vinegar cup near the range curbs odors during cabbage onions cooking. Odors from onions or fish on china silverware or utensils are removed by washing in cold water then hot soap and water, a method also good for milk bottles and glasses.
The Wife's Share In the Family Income
A Harper's Bazar excerpt recounts a wife and husband sharing income, each keeping separate banks and dividing earnings. She pays most household expenses and saves toward a summer cottage, while he covers rent and personal costs. Their eight year plan yields $38,000 saved and fosters independence and mutual trust. Also a recipe for canned baked apples from domestic science study is shared.
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Harper’s Bazar
A Ridiculous Declaration and aSocial Shuffle
A married couple, the Herkimers, face gossip after Bob declares himself a woman hater. Mrs. Herkimer confronts social peril as townsfolk speculate, while Bob adapts, and months later she curtails invitations as women vie for his attention. The tale ends with social scrutiny and a church parish’s comic misprint.
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Fowler
Bob Herkimer
Susan Jones
Herkimers
Mrs. Herkimer
Bob
Lucy Turnlee
Ashtons
Sharing Joy Through Shared Happiness
The piece extols not hoarding happiness but inviting others to share good times. A girl who distributes her joy gains broader capacity for happiness, attracts friends, and stays popular rather than selfishly keeping pleasures to herself.
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Peter
Pretty Pannier Dress With Pompadour Shantung Bodice
The article describes a fashionable pannier dress featuring a plain ivory shantung skirt and cream silk panniers dotted with pink rosebuds. Bodice and watteau panniers use pompadour shantung with ruching at the hem. A horn hat with black velvet band and roses completes the quaint Dolly Varden inspired look.
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Leghorn
Underbrim Hat Trimmings Catch on in Fashion
The piece notes a new style where hats are decorated under the brim with tiny roses field flowers velvet ribbons plumes and aigrettes. Paul Poiret popularized the flat hat with underbrim trimming and other milliners quickly adopted the look.
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Paul Poiret
Royal Children of Spain Enjoy Outdoor Playtime
The King and Queen of Spain’s children, led by the Prince of the Asturias, play in royal gardens with donkeys and ponies, guarded by nurses and governesses. Princess Beatrice joins in on a pony, while Princess Maria Christina and baby Princess Maria Christina follow. Prince Jamie, born with a hearing defect, also spends time in the gardens with siblings.
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Spain
Prince of the
Asturias
Thut
Beatrice
Maria Christim
Jamie
Josns
Royal Gardens
Madrid
Lamps Shine Through Curtain of Night in Quiet Home
A child recalls a comforting scene as a mother tucks in and a lamp glows faintly. The lamp provides a steady beacon in the sitting room, described as a guardian light that defies darkness and gloom.
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Vin
Got
Advocate
Guardien
The Game of Lawyer Laughs In Sixty Laughing Lines
A party game described where one player acts as a lawyer and asks a question to a partner. The partner must answer promptly and absurdly while the principal faces a fine if he or she speaks. Fines prompt partners to judge the question’s audience and respond in contradictory fashion.
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Wausell
Questionable Styles in English Rulers and Rhetoric
A quirky note questions why some English people appear stylish and suggests descendants of great rulers influence trends. It mentions retorts and a playful take on dogs and rooms, presenting a light, speculative view rather than a factual report.
Churches Offer Water Fountains To Compete With Saloons
The New York Bureau of Municipal Research urges churches to install free cold water fountains to draw people away from saloons. Grace and Trinity churches already run such fountains, argued as a humane, economical alternative. Also discussed: church unity, the Christian mission as witness, and shifts in Western thought post Darwin.
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Bureau of Municipal Research of
New York
Chll
New York City
Grace Church
Trinity Church
Paris
Darwin
Orient
Japan
Washington
Professional Eaters Among Devils Lake Indians Highlight Custom
The Devils Lake Sioux of North Dakota practice a guest etiquette where hosts provide ample food and guests must finish it or risk insult. A neighbor may help finish the meal to ease the burden, a practice described as the professional eater method to avoid waste and preserve courtesy.
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Devils Lake Reservation
North Dakota
Indian Bureau
Devils Lake Sioux
New York
Press
Fragmentary Outlook From a Murky OCR Timeline
A garbled OCR snippet mentions vague names and places, including Milwaukee and Semin, with broken phrases about a young person and a journey. The text is fragmented and lacks coherent actions or identifiable events to summarize clearly.
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Norfolk
Washington Star
Edith Huntley
Divine
Lippincott
American Press Association
Royal Children AT Play
W. Eocdde
Wingerk
Bruma
Aloo
Roy
My Heath
Subnett
Smiwaukee
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