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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1906
Page
7
A cake recipe details dissolving unsweetened chocolate with sugar and milk, beating in eggs and vanilla, then folding in flour and baking powder, baking in an oblong shell. A chocolate icing is prepared with melted chocolate and milk, spread on the warm cake, then cooled and cut. Also described is a bold lace chocolate bodice with satin details and silver bullet buttons.
Fashion notes describe new silks resembling pongees with checks and plaids not yet approved while old-fashioned foulards, lighter and shiner, may run colors and water ruin them. Tussore rajah pongee remain favored as earlier choices with plaid outfits pairing coats to darker checks. Mrs John Jacob Astor and other foreign visitors were seen in these styles recently. The typical look favors matching coat and skirt.
Embroideries for outlining patterns in net laces and for ruffles come in white cream cotton and heavy designs for wash goods as well as mauve and other shades for fine nonwash costumes. Braids show effects with tiny val enciennes lace edging and combined lace braids with radium braids. One side edge often straight while the other is serrated or waved. Rich braids feature chiffon flowers rococo embroideries bebe ribbons and are edged with quilled ribbons.
Broadcloth remains more popular than velvet with light hued gowns making a strong season statement. Princess models appear with multi ply effects and decorative devices to simulate fullness, with blue broadcloth bodice and skirt forming a single gown.
Festive occasion fashion highlights pale blue broadcloth gowns built on princesse lines for afternoon wear and theater use. A sample ensemble features pale blue broadcloth plain over hips with three deep tucks, a flat bolero collar, black velvet straps with small gold buttons, elbow sleeve fullness, a cream lace jabot, and a self tone felt hat with gold band and black plumes.
A famed beauty married to a Parisian has made red leather shoes fashionable this season. At a grand reception for a royal figure she wore cream lace with silver embroidery, bright red leather shoes with silver heels and diamond buckles, and white silk stockings. The ensemble prompted admiration for the vivid, picturesque look reminiscent of Spanish dancers.
A recent Paris produced negligee for Queen Alexandra weighs 10t of silk or of organdie or of India lawn or other sheer fabrics. It features turquoise blue color, Oriental band trimming around a wide sailor collar, down the front, at the gown foot, and repeated in the multicolored button designs.
The article notes spring outfit additions for brides including a grey velvet princess gown. It emphasizes flawless fit with no trimming, a deep square Irish point lace yoke, and velvet suspenders over the shoulders secured by silver buckles.
A reader notes fashion fads and traditional boas with Alice blue shades to match gowns. The item described is a big fluffy boa worn loosely around the neck, fastened with a small gold clasp and chain, plus a large flat fluffy muff trimmed with frills.
The text explains a shield corset cover worn with thin blouses. It notes the dress shield is buttoned inside the armhole and features an extension shaped like a shield. The extension is trimmed to match the cover and improves appearance through the sleeve.
Had heart pains and rheumatic troubles after exposure in a Missouri foundry. The worker credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with restoring health from March to June 1908, allowing a return to work in St Louis. Pills touted for blood and nerve disorders. Available at druggists or from Dr Williams Medicine Co. Schenectady NY.
A guest from the far West criticizes morals in a local hotel scene. The waiter replies, detailing a Wallah’s Danite Union lunching guests and demanding more than fifty cents, reflecting tensions and pay demands in a historical Western setting.
Cure feverishness head ache stomach troubles teething disorders and worms. Used by a nurse at the Children's Home New York. Sold by all druggists 25 cents. Sample mailed free to Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy New York.
A wavering citizen muses on George Washingtons enduring status as a popular idol. He questions whether Washington would remain in demand today, suggesting he might be beloved yet not sought as a New York insurance director.
Advertises Lewis' Factory Peoria Illinois selling Lewis' Single Binder box 5c cigars as alvafys best quality through a dealer network.
A man recalls a failed venture in which a scheme to guarantee wealth collapsed after he faced bad luck. He explains a rival created a substitute product that undercut and outpaced his own offering, ending the effort.
An advert discusses medicines by Dr. Pierce of Buffalo New York. It promotes public interest in ingredients of his Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription and offers a free pamphlet with medical endorsements. It also markets Pills and a free medical adviser, urging readers to mail for copies and stamps to cover mailing costs.
Reports from Kansas note rapid gas activity at Caney and a burning gas well affecting rail excursions. Emporia eyes streetcar plans while rural school consolidation in McPherson county gains praise. Ed Howe tours the world. Tyre lands a two cent gas contract.
A hospital article notes most patients are women awaiting or recovering from operations caused by neglect of female health. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is praised by Mrs. Pinkham and Miss Luella Adams of Seattle as a cure for tumors and other female troubles, with free advice offered to ill women.
Orchid lovers hail the rediscovery of Fairie’s lady slipper, parent to many hybrids. The British mission to Tibet rushed plants to auction rooms where two to three growths sold for 300 to 500 dollars. A later shipment arrived and today specimens sell for about 25 dollars, with American collectors already owning the parity and even blooming in St. Louis Mr. Brown’s collection.
In a clipped exchange Duke DeBlewblad offers to confer titles on Shrewdun's daughter, who refuses. Shrewdun explains he won’t engage in such deals after purchasing an acre on the bottom of Lake Michigan twenty years ago.
A woman recalls stopping contact after a man offered what she viewed as a poor compliment to her taste and judgment. She adds that his real aim was marriage, prompting her to cut off further dialogue.
Conversation reveals a hurt exchange about an engagement fallout. One speaker recalls his wife’s silence and anger while another notes his own wife was less furious. The dialogue hints at relational strain and differing reactions to disappointment.
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