Elaborate Lavender and Laurel Green Fine Cloth Dresses
Two period costumes described in detail. The lavender dress features a slightly trained skirt with cross folds and silk tassels, a filet gui pure bodice with gold tinsel, velvet revers, tasselled cuffs, a biscuit straw hat with black and gold feather, and specified fabrics totals. The laurel green Amazon cloth ensemble includes a pleated skirt with ground-es cape, a semi-fitting jacket worn open to reveal a Tussore silk blouse, lace vest, pale tan collar and cuffs, gilt buttons, and a dark green velvet trimmed straw hat with required fabrics listed.
Practical Fashions for Youthful Girls and Domestic Wear
Advice on durable dress choices for children and young women highlighting pinafores with kimono variation as practical, stylish options. Notes on fabric, color, tailoring details, and reuse of old blouses, plus a caution about neglecting finger care and a mention of Castor for warts.
Embroidered Petticoats Rise In Spring Linens
An abundance of embroidered petticoats in linens and cottons appears this spring. Fine cotton petticoats with matching embroidery are preferred over cheap silk skirts for lasting freshness. Styles include striped Scotch gingham in blue and white with white embroidery and pale pink and white striped madras with pink embroidery on the ruffle.
Fashion Tips For Affordable Tailored Coats This Season
The article notes stylish, budget friendly coats as part of new tailored suits. It describes achieving a short waist silhouette by reshaping last year’s wraps under the arms, cutting the coat two inches above the natural waist, and hemming black strips to conceal seams.
Long sleeve gown paired with short sleeve coat in season’s blend
The design features a dark goile gown edged with dark red silk piping on the skirt band girdle and sleeves. A matching silk scarf with a tassel fastens at the side and folds over the shoulder. Velvet insets trim the jacket revers waist collar cuffs and front buttons.
Household First Aid Advice From An Old Text
A manual suggests submerging a pinched finger in boiling water to reduce inflammation quickly and warns against using an unscalded wash rag on the face, advising daily scalding.
Home made seed corn tester and storage crate plan
Instructions describe a 24 inch square wooden seed crate with 100 square compartments and a matching testing tray. The method uses numbered and lettered divisions, glass or cloth trays, and wet cotton batting to test six grains per square. Additional notes discuss ventilated storage, temperature, and pest prevention for timothy hay and worm control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leiver
E. B. Gibbs
Timothy Joint Worm in Timothy Joints
An Iowa reader asks about the timothy joint worm pest in timothy grass. The insect is newly reported, called Timothy joint worm, common in New York and eastern states and seen in central regions via eastern hay. Experiments explore its habits and destruction methods, noting winter rearing of adults across much of the western grass-growing area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Marecellus
N. Y
Ohio
Conway
Iowa
Journal of Agriculture
New York
Notuch
Timothy
Lindson River
Kansas Road Drag Improves Earth Road Maintenance
The Kansas Farmer reports that Missouri popularized the split leg road drag and Kansas improved it with a new form devised by Prof. J. L. Pelham of the Fort Hays branch experiment station. The illustration shows the drag with the rear scraping board angled at 45 degrees, marking a key design change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
J. L. Pelham
Horticultural Department
Fort Hays Branch
Hays City
Kan
Pelham
Kansas Agricultural College
Fort Hays Experiment Station
Agricultural College
Manhattan
A New Drag Farming Tool Improves Road Smoothing
The cross section of drag replaces the 90 degree front board with a front board that cuts and a rear board angled to smooth the road. The design may add an iron faced edge and helps drop material into rough patches. It demands less team work and provides better service, with both forms used at the college though the old King drag remains for quick, large-area work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College and Experiment Station
Woman Praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Mrs A Gregory of Denver writes that years of female troubles and one operation left her invalid until Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her health. The letter promotes the remedy for backache bearing down pains and periodic pains and urges other sick women to try it and write for advice in Lynn Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
A. Gregory
Lawrence St
Denver
Col
Lydia H. Pinkham
Sore Eyes and Marriage Warnings Highlight Pettit's Salve Ad
In the Atchison Globe the note links marital unhappiness to cautionary chatter among men and turn women toward matchmaking. Pettit's Salve is advertised as a remedy for weak inflamed red swollen eyes priced 25 cents and sold by druggists including Howard Bros. Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
All Druggista
Howard Bros
Buffalo, N. Y
Lewis' Factory Single Binder Cigars and Patent Medicines
An assortment of vintage tobacco ads and medical products including Lewis' Single Binder cigars from Peoria Illinois and Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething. The clippings praise wisdom and courage quotes and offer a generic medical claim about soothing gums and reducing inflammation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
For the Garden Garden Tips on Pests and Planting
The note asks about peach buds and sun or shadow effects. It praises oil sprays for San Jose scale as merited. Kansas owns a proprietary poison for prairie dogs and gophers, produced at the experiment station and sold at cost to farmers. It urges timely onion sets and longer garden rows for easier work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
State of Kansas
Also Mentioned on This Page
Timothy Joint Worm
Missouri
Atchison Globe
Froude
Morris
Dodds
NATO
Carters
Iver
Hatch, Granville &Co
Dearborn St
Chicago
Raton
N. M
Nevada
Treasury
Smith Brosnvestment Co
Tonopah
Buckley
Mek
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