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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1907
Page
3
The article showcases ribbon leather and linen belts for young girls aged 12 to 16, emphasizing linen belts laced with ribbon and buttonholed edges. Describes several styles including blue linen with crossed straps, white linen with tucks and disks, wide ribbon girdles with pearl buttons, and pleated taffeta belts with long narrow ends.
Instructions describe making an inexpensive photo frame using cartridge paper cardboard glass and a cardboard backing. The guide covers cutting a mount, placing a photo behind glass, edging with black paper or cloth, and securing with glue or tape. It also explains hanging options using string or two brass rings with paper or cloth straps.
A reader from Country questions whether hats should be worn at an afternoon card party or luncheon. The piece notes city guests remove hats and argues keeping headwear is acceptable if uncomfortable, concluding that removing a hat is not a breach of etiquette and can relieve a headache.
Six local girls wish to form a social group not literary and ask Madame Merri for a fitting name. Options include Bon Ami, Happy Six, En tre Nous, Suba Rosa, and Six or Dixie theme ideas for a secret order.
Farmers learn grindstones wear and become off true. A DIY frame with a post and adjustable holes lets a cold chisel trim the stone while turning slowly, using water to prevent heat, and a weight keeps pressure to even out uneven areas.
Practical farming guidance on orchard care and crop rotation. Use Bordeaux mixture on vines to prevent blight, harvest oats for combined straw and grain, choose manure with moderate nitrogen for orchards, clean and drain barn cellars, and consider turning meadows to improve hay yields. Alsike clover tolerates moisture and can thrive on wet land when sown properly.
Phosphorus in the form of phosphates exists throughout the plant but concentrates in the upper stem and leaves, especially seeds. It aids production and transport of protein and helps assimilate other nutrients. Low phosphoric acid yields poorly developed plants with shrunken grain. nitrogen promotes growth while phosphoric acid hastens maturity.
An Ontario Agricultural College study shows crops rely on stored soil moisture beyond rainfall. Wheat, peas, barley, and oats used water beyond seasonal rain, with ground-set trials highlighting soil moisture retention as key. The report stresses early cultivation to form a mulch and conserve moisture for drought periods.
A Farm and Home sketch describes a 14 by 5 foot road planer using 2x10 or 2x12 plank runners blades and steel edged boards. It fills low spots, trims high lumps, and maintains a good road surface with the King drag at five to ten dollars per mile per year.
A fragment discusses Priam and Cas sandra in a sharp exchange about a fatal outcome and a prophetic loss, highlighting the value of timely speech. It then shifts to advice on laundry starch, praising Defiance Starch for its stronger, thinner application to preserve fabric appearance and wear.
A simple plan lowers a bottle of aniline fluid to about 500 feet and then explodes the cap to release the fluid. The time for the fluid to surface provides a gauge of flow velocity, claimed to be as accurate as a weir. With known pipe diameter, flow rate follows.
The Scottish judge Lord Wolmer was initially said to win by three votes in Edinburgh but a correction later set the majority at 3800. It named two lords of session who voted for Lord Young and he commented that “That accounts for the two ciphers.”
It Cures While You Walk Allen's Foot-Ease is a specific remedy for hot sweating calloused and swollen feet. Sold by all Druggists Price 25c Don t accept any substitute Trial package Free Address Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy N Y.
A reflective line notes that no era will bring a man to wake and mend his wife's clothing as she sleeps, suggesting enduring neglect or distant chivalry in marriage dynamics.
An old ad snippet touts Seal Headache Capsules from Norman Lichty Mfg Co of Des Moines Ta for head pain and references Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething. It also includes a Lewis' Single Binder 5¢ cigar and a Byron quote about folly.
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