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Newspaper

Riverdale Pointer

Location

Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Aug 21, 1914

Page

7

New Teddy Bear Woolen Velour Capes Foreseen For Winter Wear

Fashion note by Mary Dean highlights teddy bear material as a light yet warm woolen velour with long hairy threads, popular for capes and shore resort wear. A rough silky woolen weave gains favor for mountain and excursion outfits. The piece discusses growing fullness in skirts, longer sleeves, high neck bodices, and wrapping collars in Crepe de Chine with taffeta and velvet embellishments.

Mary Dean Paris

Gay stripe costume prompts streetwear debate

The article describes striped gabardine outfits with a sleeveless bolero and full skirt, accented by embroidery and velvet bands. A straight jacket style boosts modesty, while critics note bold stripes risk appealing to only certain tastes, with Parisian hat trends featuring taf feta ruching and wing accents.

Paris

Hair Ornaments The Fad For Young Women

Elaborate hair ornaments are worn by young girls this season with shell pins hinged tops and movable gems. Necklaces of rhinestones, gold pins, filigree back combs and glass tiaras create varied coiffures. Glass earrings and tiaras in amber or jet enhance brunettes and blondes alike with beads and opals.

Health tips on breath odor and stomach relief

A cupful of strong coffee will remove onion odor from breath. A faint should be laid flat on the back with loosened clothing. Hot water before meals can relieve nausea and dyspepsia. Do not wash hands too often or use hard water. if hands harden, use olive oil or cocoa butter.

Salad dressings of worth and methods in old kitchen

This excerpt presents several classic dressings and sauces. It includes a oil based dressing with olive oil lemon juice and vinegar and optional egg white or cream. a butter based boiled dressing with mustard paprika and hot milk. and a cream dressing for fruit salad with eggs sugar and citrus juice.

Kail and Brose Combined

A recipe from National Food Magazine explains Kail Brose a thick greens soup. It blends blanched greens with two quarts boiling water, adds one quarter pound drip pings, thickens with oatmeal, seasons, and simmers about ninety minutes. Near the end a cupful of toasted oatmeal forms knots in the hot broth before serving.

National Food Magazine

Mousse Made Easily in a Fireless Cooker

A Good Housekeeping contributor describes making mousse in a fireless cooker using a two quart tin can half full of mix. The can sits with a inch and a half ice margin and a seven inch ice cube crushed with salt. Two parts ice to one part salt, packed three hours, yielded simple mousse without using the regular freezer.

Good Housekeeping

Practical Use for Cotton Waste and Flank Steak Dressing

Cotton waste serves as a cheap dust cloth substitute usable wet for floors and dry for absorbing grease. Flank steak gains flavor from a seasoned bread dressing rolled, braised with vegetables and a splash of liquor, then cooked in a casserole and served with tomato sauce.

Salt Extraction for Unsalted Potatoes and Peas

The text explains a method to remove excess salt from boiled potatoes or peas. It suggests laying a clean cloth over the pot and dusting a tablespoon or more of flour on the cloth, then allowing the contents to steam to draw out the salt.

White Stockings Stain Removal Tip

When washing white stockings whether silk or thread add a few drops of oxalic acid to the water. The acid will remove stains from boots and shoes caused by ordinary soap and water, improving cleanliness and brightness.

When Steaming Potatoes Methods for steaming potatoes advised

A tip notes placing a cloth over potatoes before the lid speeds cooking and yields fluffier, more mealy results than the ordinary steaming method.

The Bold Fisherman

A fisherman boasts of a grand catch saying he reeled in the tea jack king and ace of diamonds and caught the queen in a playful exchange about fishing luck.

Cure for child's illness with Cuticura soap and ointment

A Little Falls Minnesota reader describes a fever followed by a severe body eruption. The letter claims relief after using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment, with the child reportedly healed within three weeks. The ad promotes Cuticura products sold worldwide and offers a free sample with a 32 page Skin Book.

Little Falls Minn George Wolters Dept. L Boston

The Teacher Taught

Miss Dixon a society girl spent summer with country folk and plans to leave saying her visit had some good results. The old farmer replies you learned a lot and jokes she was the greenest pupil they ever had on their hands.

Dixon Ingersoll National Monthly

Chinese reforestation aimed at Yellow River headwaters

The Chinese national conservation bureau weighs a large scale reforestation at the Yellow River headwaters to reduce torrents and stabilize flow from uplands. The report admits effects may not appear within the current generation's lifetime.

Chinese National Conservation Bureau Yellow River

Dr Peery Vermifuge touted to expel worms quickly

The claim promotes Dr Peery's Vermifuge Dead Shot as expelling worms within hours. A separate note mentions Spain producing 1,422,035 tons of olives last year.

Dr. Peery Spain

Heard at the Beach Joke About Breakers and Bookkeepers

A light exchange at the beach notes a pun about breakers and bookkeepers who pour over figures. The quip ends with a remark that some men would die young if forced to work for a living.

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