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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1916
Page
2
The piece describes gift ideas for home interiors focusing on candles and candle lamps for lunch tables and dressing tables. It notes candle sticks in glass brass gilded mahogany to suit dining rooms libraries and mentions decorative shades and paper crafts for festive lighting.
The item describes a white cardboard shade with black bands and raised wax roses, a glass candlestick, and a mica shade holder. A matching lamp uses silk rope and bluebird wax decorations, with an electric bulb. Lamp linings are fabric with batting, finished with ribbon bows. tea cozies are bright, cheerful, and functional for keeping tea hot.
An attractive desk set for men or women is crafted from heavy paper and cretonne. The desk pad is oblong, made of colored heavy paper, with pockets at the ends similarly finished and covered in cretonne. The piece features a turning end and varied folds described in the fragment.
The piece describes two decorative pincushions intended for dressing tables. One features a pink satin heart cradle with a bound soldier motif, while the other is a pin tree crafted from a green cork and meat skewer in a wooden bucket. The furniture is playful and visually ornate, reflecting festive taste.
A 1920s style notice describes vanity bags opera bags and shopping bags crafted from rich brocades ribbons and metallic laces. It details a party bag formed with plate and figured ribbon seams corded edges and satin ribbon rows with a silt lining and gathered top. A second example, a handsome shopping bag, uses heavy purple satin ribbon and brocade.
A Cleveland bank clerk spots two counterfeit twenty dollar notes and a chain of passers leads to a Philadelphia bank, a Pittsburgh house, a New Orleans rent, and an invalid woman. An oculist, a boss carpenter, and Perkins the grocer figure in a sprawling case showing the reach of organized counterfeit rings. The Philadelphia batch points to engravers active in 1897, with two men involved in die work and lettering.
The article surveys government guidance for home efficiency and the role of a housewife in managing household tasks. It discusses practical tools, selecting convenient implements, and the balance of economy and comfort to improve daily living.
The article outlines simple bulb growing for novices in ordinary homes. It covers temperature and light needs, importance of choosing heavy bulbs, growth in sand or soil, and ripening and storage after flowering. It notes bulbs may fruit better in garden borders after initial forcing and warns against replanting same bulbs indoors.
The piece extols the Chinese gardener who respects earth worms, noting worms signal rich soil and help aerate it. Darwin and others are cited as explaining the worm's importance and safety from the Chinese spade.
A fragmented 19th century line hints at a Grayfish recipe tied to a government policy note. The text mentions Grayfish, household ingredients like potatoes and butter, and cooking steps including boiling fish, mixing with ingredients, and browning in a heated pan.
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