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Newspaper
Sioux County Herald
Location
Orange City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1907
Page
8
The passage describes a child’s lonely home when mother is away with dull games, silent tea sets, and strained pretenses. It contrasts imagined polish with real moments of isolation, noting the longing for mother’s presence and comforting routines in a fragile domestic scene.
A classroom style discussion explains faults in English usage such as barbarisms solecisms and improprieties. It cites examples from misused words like claim and state and warns against improper senses or forms that erode precision and clarity.
An analysis of improper usage of transpire in historical writing notes how editors misinterpret meanings for events and people. It cites examples like a governor-general leaking out and argues the remedy lies in careful reading and correction of such language.
A brief discussion argues against overusing the words state and claim and notes that while both are misused, reclaiming them may come with time. It suggests transpire remains less misused and urges preserving its original definite meaning as judgment day events are described.
An anecdotal piece traces the term blouse to a fabric from Patesium in lower Egypt and Palusium in Crusader times. It follows indigo dyed cloth to France where the garment for workers formed, later evolving into the French blouse and English smock usage.
Dear Editor outlines practical tips to lighten women’s farm work through planning and cooperation. Advice covers preparing ahead, managing chores, and smart use of supplies with specific household hacks and simple remedies.
A fragmentary historical advert discusses nose conditions and possible causes linked to circulation and blood impurities. It suggests remedies including hot water consumption and cautions about lingering effects after illnesses. The text reflects period medical beliefs and guidance.
The text promotes scalp massage nightly with fingertips and suggests old hair will fall while new growth can be good. Apple tea is offered as a sickroom drink and Verosene cleaner is advertised for brightening windows or mirrors.
A Rochester Indiana household column offers frugal kitchen tips for cleaning utensils sewing repairs and simple recipes. It includes using Bard seal ashes for knives scouring white cloth with supplio and decorating with folded napkins. Recipes describe bread pudding fried potato and milk mixtures.
A school girl recalls a mother's critique of daughters not learned in cooking and housekeeping. The piece laments gender roles, urges daughters to gain self sufficiency, build stocked pantries, and prepare meals for men while warning of divorce and hardship if traditions persist.
A compact food note offers several tomato centric dishes. It describes stewing onions with tomatoes, a sweet bitter and salt, then serving hot. It suggests tomato onion layers as an appetizer and a tomato cracker sandwich with salt and butter for a quick satisfying meal. The writer signs Sadie M Pozner from San Diego, California.
Mrs Sage recalled a pupil’s vague history answer at a winter address to a charitable society. She described an unsatisfactory method of giving and quoted a pupil who claimed England fought Spain in six wars, with the room repeating the counting as the response.
A witty squib notes that many men gain popularity despite their wives while marriage is likened to a government bond for the henpecked husband. It humorously redefines lullabies as musical pieces that will not soothe a baby.
Two pounds of lean ground beef a half pound of fat pork ground fine juice of two lemons six crackers pulverized two eggs salt and pepper to taste. Shape into a loaf place in a pan half filled with water and bake. Mrs Silva Wallace Ossawatome Kansas.
Blackberry cake recipe lists ingredients including sugar butter flour and spices. It notes jam or blackberry jelly as a filling and jam can be halved for a smaller cake. The entry appears to originate from Milb Queen Jarnagin in Noctan, Tennessee.
Advice on selecting a dog by examining teeth. Strong sharp teeth suggest a compatible or wary dog. avoid a dog likely to dislike you.
Slice four cucumbers, boil until soft, cool and strain. Mix cucumber juice with alcohol, powdered castile soap, cucumber juice, almond oil, tincture of benzoic, and boric acid. Shake well and apply twice daily with a sponge.
The notice advises lemon juice mixed with sugar as a gentle freckle remedy for children. It recommends applying the solution with a camel-hair brush multiple times daily and warns many freckle removers are poisonous and dangerous.
This guide explains brushing hair with a correct routine. Start at the center above the forehead with 20 brisk strokes on each side. Then part the hair and repeat. Brush back from the ears with 20 strokes each time for soft glossy results.
The piece extols rain water as the purest form of water and a luxury for those in towns. It notes rain water’s freedom from hardness, its ability to form a rich lather, and its gentle effect on the skin, urging urban households to value this natural resource.
A fragment notes casual remarks about leaving and travel, mentioning dusty paths and a lighthearted tone. It hints at a desire for orderly departure without heavy exertion and a playful nod to humble journeys.
A touching Heine tribute recalls the poet's dying moment in Paris. The doctor stood by as Heine whispered his last request to keep peace with his wife and place flowers on his chest to savor their scent.
A short excerpt reports a girl reflecting on fear and appetite, saying a fruit was sent in a special wrapper. The line appears in a humor column or anecdote from Home Friend.
A playful note on peek-a-boo cheese showing up in committees beyond Switzerland, sparking light discussion on regional culinary terminology and cross border expressions.
Strawberries mashed with sugar stand two hours then rubbed through a strainer into cream and frozen. Recipe yields a silky strawberry cream ice dessert with simple steps.
The fragment describes cleaning enameled ware with salt and vinegar, noting possible burning and discoloration. It mentions brass or copper items and a method to restore luster.
Experiments by a Smithsonian official show a cooled bar of eld at about 300 degrees Fahrenheit below zero emits a musical tone when struck. Solidified mercury at the same temperature is resonant and a magnesium wire tail vibrates like a steel spring.
The piece recounts the rise of Ah Fong, a Chinese immigrant in Honolulu who built a vast business empire in sugar, trade, and wealth. It traces his origins, marriage to Fayerweather’s daughter, and expansion amid Hawaii’s 19th century royal era, highlighting his finances and family lineage through Kalakaua’s reign.
The narrative details Ah Fong's rise from a miner to a wealthy magnate in Hawaii, owning lavish Honolulu residences and sending his daughters abroad for education. After King Kalakaua's death, his fortune is placed at over 36 million. He plans a China trip and signals orders to his household as his son accompanies him on a supposed months long journey. The piece notes his sister and marriage alliances, including a wife of Rear Admiral Whiting, and concludes with their departure toward Hong Kong and Beijing.
Dr Henry van Dyke writes a stirring patriotic paper on The Americ anism of Washington for Harper s Magazine October defending Washington as an American virtue and unity. He also portrays Lincoln as the first American for rejecting some conventions and offers a Creed defining True Americanism for Americans to adopt.
Samuel Turner of Springbrook Township near Scranton Pennsylvania faced a terrifying encounter on the road home from the village store. A dark form sprang from brush and attacked him, clawing and biting before he drew a hunting knife and struck the wildcat in the breast. The beast died, and Turner found it was a large wildcat.
Discussion centers on the 250 dollar cost of Bertha Krupp’s wedding trousseau. Some German papers praise her as virtuous model for brides while others view her frugality as not especially commendable. Observers note Krupp’s wealth and wardrobe abundance.
Queen Margherita of Italy in an interview with Gentlewoman defines a lady as one who controls herself keeps engagements and is not oblivious of abilities She values self denial courage of convictions and sees a lady as the complement of the gentleman as per Cardinal Newman She opposes emancipation theories and praises large families citing Roosevelt She urges European women to look to American sisters.
The writer suggests a Japanese fair as a church social idea to replace worn bazaars. Lant erns crepe decorations and cherry blossoms would set the mood, with attendants in Japanese costume serving tea and wafers on small tables shaded by big umbrellas. A dedicated Japanese goods table would complete the concept.
A historic column describes fortune telling booths at a fair using fragile eggshells and paper fortunes. It explains methods to hide fortunes inside bags, plant fortunes in a tree, and craft a counterfeit Japanese lady figure from an eggshell with ready supplies and simple artistry.
A dialogue from Il Risorgimento style shows a nephew seeking every fact about a frail uncle’s condition. The doctor pledges cure in fifteen days, while the heir presses for the full truth about prognosis and fate.
The passage contrasts early Victorian women’s emotional displays with modern expectations of restraint. It notes that women should show control over feelings, while also acknowledging social pressures to endure scenes and avoid public tears even as they remain judged by men’s preferences.
James Durkin of Manchester New Hampshire showcases a burdock plant grafted with dahlia blossoms. He grafted the dahlia sprouts onto the burdock early in spring to create a novel hybrid, a feat praised as a feather in horticultural achievement.
The Vanity Fair recounts Mr. Charles Hawtrey dining with the King then stopping in Europe where a small village lacked a barber. A local shaver, asked to shave a live man, had Hawtrey lie on his back for the procedure, revealing the man’s vanity and curiosity about new methods.
A fragment quotes a man defending harsh remarks as guidance for others. The remark prompted debate over intent versus harm in public discourse and whether urged care for recipients justifies blunt language.
A philanthropic reader from Harpers Magazine learns of a destitute Negro family. A mother and her son near manhood plus two younger children live in hardship. The old man gives $1 to buy a chicken for Thanksgiving dinner but the mother urges her son to spend the money on a doll.
A garbled collection of bay state proverbs and sample dialect phrases. The text lists crude, humorous adages and measurements of speech from rural or familiar speech, including references to sayings about luck, wit, family, and strangers.
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