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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1899
Page
3
A fashion column discusses Corsets Must Go and a Paris decree shifting corset use, noting skirt styles shift toward eel skirts and princess gowns. It cites jersey cloth trends, lace trims, and how fashion reflects changing femininity while promising fall popularity for elegant silhouettes.
Cleaning tip advises washing wiffon with a mild Ivory soap solution then shaking spreading and pressing while damp to prevent shrinkage and wrinkles. It suggests ironing promptly after stretching the fabric over a board to restore a fresh look.
The guide advises dissolving gum arabic in water to restore fabric crispness and cleaning hair brushes weekly with hot water soda or ammonia, then drying bristles downward. It explains removing paint or putty haze from panes with soda solution, avoiding wet windows on bright days, dusting, and washing panes with warm ammonia water without soap.
Description of a dress and hat with French gray voile and mauve foulard trims, guipire and Louis XIV bows, baby ribbon festoons, fine pleated flounces edged in ribbon, tiny steel buckles. Hat features vandyked straw, side turned up with jet links, and rows of ribbon and feather tufts harmonizing with gown trimming. Queen.
The Marseilles quilt is challenged by new satine spreads with raised borders and sprays in grand effects resembling hand embroidery. Prices range from 2.50 to 25 dollars, with exquisite hand embroidery beyond ten dollars. Imported from England, the embroidery is done by country women near towns where the fabrics are made, in white pink blue and other light shades.
A historic kitchen recipe lists one dozen large ripe tomatoes, four large onions, three green peppers, one red pepper, two tablespoonfuls of whole allspice, one teaspoonful of cinnamon, one teaspoon of cloves, a root of green ginger, one cupful of vinegar, two tablespoonfuls salt, two tablespoonfuls sugar, and a saltspoonful of cayenne. Chop onions and vegetables finely, tie spices in muslin, Boil for one hour, bottle and seal.
A historical list describes quantities for pickling green tomatoes onions cucumbers and a cauliflower with salt water twenty four hours then boiling layers with horseradish turmeric cloves pepper cinnamon mustard seed and vinegar. The method requires rolling fifteen minutes with constant stirring.
A recipe lists ingredients for a brine pickling method including cucumbers onions cauliflower peppers tomatoes vinegar mustard sugar flour turmeric and salt. Vegetables soak overnight then simmer in brine until tender except the large cucumbers, then pour over vinegar and spices.
Digest of a kitchen note advises salting 200 or 300 items on a dish for eight to nine hours, then draining and packing in a jar with boiling vinegar. Layer with vine leaves and redo with fresh leaves if needed to achieve desired green color. Repeat until the greens reach the preferred shade.
A British dairy report shows rising imports of dairy from Britain due to slower bovine growth after 1871 95, while population climbs. Guidance on turkey incubation and hen laying follows, with practical tips from Emma Clearwater on hatch timing and diet to improve success in turkey production.
Advice from Farmers' Review on profitability, fattening timelines, and best practices for turkeys. Emphasizes market timing, early fattening by four to six weeks, feather clipping debates, cleanliness, lice control, free-range breeding, and avoiding grease while using insect powder and lice killers. Recommends dry warm brooding and avoiding overcrowding to prevent losses.
Mrs. Ju Mette Lamkin of Texas shares a method to make butter in hot summers without ice. She explains daily milk skimming, straining into a jar, cooling, and churning when ready, followed by washing, salting, and packing in jars with wet cloths.
Rural World states a method to halt horn growth in calves using caustic potash or caustic silver applied to the horn nubs before horn formation. Apply in a wrapped stick or via a dissolving solution with a wooden stopper to control droplets. Best at one week old. one proper application kills the horn. Careful use prevents injury to the calf.
Farmers warned that milk turned into pad shape should not be hauled to the creamery as it will spoil many batches. The article urges feeding such milk to hogs or poultry instead to prevent waste and protect the dairy supply.
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