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Newspaper
Sisseton Weekly Standard
Location
Sisseton, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1912
Page
7
Article advises gentle hairdressing for children focusing on comfort to protect nerves and sight. Recommends avoiding constant fringe, adjusting as girls grow, and using varied styles such as side parts with a bow to prevent monotony and damage.
A set of old fashioned baking recipes includes Wheat Bran Tread using rye flour sour milk and butter with a 35 minute bake, Boston Cookies with raisins and spices, and a Lightning Cake mixing butter eggs milk sugar flour and flavorings for quick bake.
The article describes dissolving sugar in a little hot water before adding to lemon juice to improve sweetness. It notes this method helps sugar blend faster and ensures a smooth lemon drink.
A guide to stylish skirts and blouses using serviceable goods like linen and cotton voile. Describes a diagonal front line with button trim, a waistline seam, and a decorative back seam. Provides styling ideas with lavender stripes, fringe, lace, and silk girdle details.
Practical kitchen and home hints cover vegetable peeling using a glove finger, moving heavy furniture with waxed casters, cleaning glassware with ammonia for brightness, distinguishing oleomargarine from butter by heating, and a denim work apron with two large pockets for hanging clothes and storing pins for laundry duties.
A period piece praises gentle styling for aging women with black and white ensembles. It highlights a bonnet and toque made largely of new materials as smart options for afternoon receptions church weddings and lunches.
A Manila Times note outlines careful gift giving to mountain peoples in the Philippines. Acceptable items are modest and culturally appropriate, such as beads, scarlet cloth, onions, and imitation pearls. The pearl oyster shell is among the prized gifts, with caution urged to avoid offending or misusing presents.
The York American notes that sighing signals shallow breathing and insufficient oxygen. It explains lungs respond by forcing a deep breath to restore oxygen, allowing continued activity briefly before another sigh occurs.
Fragmentary archaic verse lines describe sleep as a gentle balm, contrasting vitality with mortality. The speaker personifies dreams and nature, invoking pools, wild maiden wonder, and a palace of oblivion while sensing inner pain and longing. The piece reflects poetic archaic diction and fragmented transcriptions.
Mary and Emily reunite after many hours apart in a bustling city scene. Their surprised exchanges reveal relief and affection as they recall a long separation and the passing of years since they last met.
In tense dialogue the executives debate a strategic plan and a key concession. Dan Carter reveals he nudged through a franchise scheme and aided a revolution, then concedes his influence over Mabel and vows to marry for business, while Phillips weighs the costs of loyalty to the firm and the president weighs the political stakes.
A playful variation of blind man's bluff uses spoons and a lit candle. Children sit in a circle while one player tries to blow out the light and guess the cue giver by feeling heads and dress trims with cold spoons, then identifies Billy when the guess fails.
In northern Mexico’s inaccessible Sierra Madre ranges, the Tarahuamaris form cave settlements and small villages high above sea level. They are small in body, endure great hardship, subsist on maize, and produce tesluin from the same grain. Their language is limited to about 300 words and they cannot count beyond a small number.
The master of ceremonies leads players to imagine farmyard roles then whispers each participant the animal to imitate. A signal triggers a chorus of animal sounds as the crowd reads the room, but one performer sinks into silence while others erupt in surprised laughter.
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