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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1913
Page
3
Practical suggestions include wiping shelves with cedar oil to prevent mold and keeping water in wooden tubs to prevent cracking. For carpets with moths, soak the affected area in benzoline away from light or fire. Mice can be deterred by camphor in cupboards. To remove stove grease, rub with dry soot then apply blacking to make spots disappear.
The dining room should offer a quiet cheerful setting for family meals. Color ideas include yellow tan and old gold with blue as a contrasting note to echo old china tones.
Old brocades and tapestries are described as temporary book covers and versatile fittings for work tables cushions and needlebooks. They are said to rival leather in beauty and utility for items like telephone books dictionaries and similar uses.
Domestic note on Mrs Woodrow Wilson describing cake making and two recipes. Webster Cake uses butter molasses milk brandy sugar flour citron raisins and spices. Original Chocolate Cake details butter sugar eggs milk flour cream of tartar and chocolate filling with vanilla.
A polish recipe states one part linseed oil to two parts cream for patent leather shoes. Apply with a flannel cloth to shine and protect the surface.
The text offers home care guidance for fabrics. It describes washing dusters and stockings, kerosene drying in the open air, rinsing ecru curtains with coffee to preserve color, borax to lift leather stains from light stockings, and shaping knitted garments during drying with turning and hand-pulling checks.
The guide lists meat pairings with vegetables and starches. It covers stewed chicken with mashed potatoes, pork with applesauce, onions with roast beef, and potatoes matching all meats. It notes roast meats suit sweet potatoes and various vegetables, and suggests celery with poultry as well as lettuce with squab, game, and Virginia ham.
Advice urges airing blankets and beds each morning to remove moisture from the body. Thorough airing ensures the bed stays sweet, dry, and inviting for the day ahead.
A fragment discusses preserving white silk items such as gloves to prevent yellowing. It warns against wrapping with white fish or similar materials and mentions issues with yellowing when stored improperly.
The article argues self worth comes from internal standards not others. It urges honest self assessment, imagining being your employer, and weighing yourself to ensure your actions match your inner motives. It links self respect to external respect and trust.
An aged speaker recalls driving oxen in Mercer county and tying a cow bell to the lead ox. The ox learned to lie still at dawn to avoid the bell, proving animals can display reasoning power according to the reminiscence from Harrodsburg Herald in Kentucky.
The Judge asks if the chauffeur admitted driving twenty five miles per hour and the chauffeur affirms. The judge indicates a payment of twenty five dollars to cover the incident.
Pierre Laloup, desiring Denise, discovers her engagement to a Montreal lumber buyer after Beauchamps reveal plans for Denise’s convent education. Grief-stricken, Pierre helps with bereavements as Denise asks to marry him at the fort chapel that same night.
Patty hosts a popcorn themed birthday party for ten girls with informal invitations to meet Miss C. Cole. Guests receive popcorn necklaces, enjoy ghost stories by the fire, and dine on corn colored decor and edible corn treats. Each girl keeps a canvas bag of popcorn as a souvenir. The longest list of corn words wins a prize.
A brief tale explains how Sir Walter Raleigh allegedly weighed smoke from a pipe by weighing tobacco before smoking and ashes after. the difference equals the smoke’s weight. The simple method showcases clever measurement.
Guessing game jokes describe a dog growing during morning freedom and shrinking at night, a bay horse spared tolls by his master, and flowers that shoot before pistils appear. The light humor relies on wordplay across animal and plant themes.
Two boys face each other holding candles one lit and one unlit. They kneel on the right knee, lift the left leg, and attempt to transfer fire by lighting the other candle. The action centers on a playful experiment in flame and balance.
A primitive game for cold weather, played by two people facing each other. One player exposes hands palms up while the other places palms down about three inches away and tries to strike. The striker continues while his partner fails to withdraw in time, with turns alternating. Eyes guide escape, and a tournament can crown the two best contestants.
A Baltimore American line features a quip praising a man with a heart of gold and a grip of iron, describing him as a figure of steely resolve and rugged masculinity in a wry, period tone.
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