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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1911
Page
7
Practical guide on making charming personal phone lists and shielded transmitters. Describes crafting a private speed dial list, decorative covers for the telephone book, and accessory ideas like a message pad and pencil. Encourages visible, tidy setups to keep phones attractive and clean.
The text explains ways to prepare lists with different papers such as heavy rough paper or India ink on cartridge paper, using celluloid sheets for the list and erasing or inserting numbers with a rubber or sponge, and describes a photo like frame construction.
The Millinery Trade Review notes wings mounted upright around the crown to suit tall or toppled crown profiles. White wings gain importance with colorful sides and visible undersides. Pointed eslip preferred over stubbier forms for bows and draperies, aligning with crown peaks and towers.
The tailor's method uses strong linen thread doubled and waxed to secure a button. A pin is placed between the button and fabric to prevent dragging, allowing the button to fasten without undue stress as the fabric wears.
A precise method describes making four diamond shaped halves from bread, spreading caviar on two opposite pieces, and adding lemon on the other two for a dainty ced tea sandwich. The result is a cool lunch suitable for hot afternoons.
Simple cross stitch design described for covers like perambulator covers and toilet mats. Uses two colors or shades of one color in flax thread filoselie crewel or ingrain cotton for a light pattern.
An Atchison County report claims over 500000 dollars in assessable property was hidden by tax dodgers last year. County assessor Robert Forbinger cites late returns after investigations and an affluent resident increasing his assessment by 18000. County Attorney Moxcey backs the effort to expose tax dodgers with warrants reportedly issued for several wealthy men.
Sheriff Branston and deputies halted a wholesale jail delivery at Winfield jail. Inspecting the main cell they found saws files and punches hidden in the bull pen. Sixteen prisoners are implicated with warrants to be filed charging felony jail breaking in district court.
Free delivery begins October 1 with three carriers and one substitute. Two regular carriers transfer from other points to Anthony. Fifteen mail boxes will be installed and maps of routes provided. Two daily deliveries to residences and three to businesses.
Arthur Johnson, 15, fired at five boys from his uncle s apple orchard in Ottawa. He says the blast was meant to scare them. Parker Mulluish, 12, was hit in the temple while Edward Ahlgren, 14, riding away on a bike, was struck in the back.
The Hogan Milling company of Junction City is awarded a 250000 barrel flour delivery contract to Minnesota state institutions over the next three months. Minnesota, famed for its large mills and spring wheat flour production, becomes the recipient of this sizable order.
Sign posted at the Riverside club on the Little Arkansas River in Wichita forbids one piece bathing suits as the pool hosts a mixed crowd drawing comments over the extreme scantness and close fitting styles leading to the new rule.
C Bertram Hartman the Junction City artist who studied in Chicago for years has sold four paintings of local scenes to the George Smith public library board. Hartman will exhibit his works in the library building where the local views have drawn wide attention.
Holton hosts the Chautauqua with ex Congressman J. Adam Bede giving the opening lecture. Local businessmen provided enough funds to send complimentary tickets to county residents outside Holton.
George Tyree, a department manager at a Wichita dry goods house, attempted to end his life by drinking poison. He acted in despair over his divorced wife’s impending marriage.
In a seaside chat, Sharpe notes Sharpe-Wilson Bays remained underwater for fifteen minutes last summer. Wise-Why quips about amphibious traits while Sharpe hedges on specifics.
A Cleveland Leader note tells how William Spill’s daughter, after mud pie play, helps her father with a dry-cleaned wear, then prays earnestly that streets and her shoes be dried clean for Jesus’ sake. The anecdote highlights childlike faith and moral exhortation in everyday life.
A fragment reads Her Method. Mistress Have you a reference Bridget Foine of held the poker over her till I got it. The line appears in a Harper's Bazaar excerpt and hints at period fashion or salon chatter.
A judge in the Sunflower State lauds Grape-Nuts as a superior breakfast food, saying one small dish equals a pound of meat and noting improved health and complexion. He cites long use, reduced pastry, and preference by his family, with endorsement from Postum Co. and a hint to Read The Road to Wellville.
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