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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1912
Page
3
A guidance style note on window draping using common fabrics from muslin to linen crash. Describes straight side panels, top valance, and narrow brass rods, with dust prevention by no heading. Suggests soft neutral colors for stenciling and methods to widen narrow windows.
The article advises plain dainty draperies for latticed windows using small brass rings and narrow cords. It suggests Swiss or muslin curtains with a tiny ruffle, a valance, and options for length extending below the sill. French cretonnes or poplins with borders and appliqued designs are also recommended. It notes ready made curtains are readily available and laundering is easy.
The latest Parisian bridal fashion uses a caplike tulle adornment for the hair with a fine line of roses along the edge. The veil folds over it and falls in crisp, soft folds along the dress hem. The bride’s face remains visible, a new beauty element of the costume.
Fashion notes emphasize lace in empire styles with ruffles on skirts and sleeves. White lace folds softly over sand fabrics with jabote and revers used on frocks. French touches appear in chiffon and chenille embroidery as Paris shops showcase dress accessories.
A simple heavy paper weight can be crafted from an empty wooden match box filled with shot or small stones and wrapped in silk or satin with floral embroidery. It is finished with a contrasting silk cord edge, producing a charming, ornamental desk accessory.
A severely torn nail was kept safe from further injury by a long strip of sticking plaster applied down the hall and over the finger, preserving the injured digit.
An oldhouse note explains building a four by four foot corner closet in a wall or added later. Use solid supports nailed to studs, two foot depth, curtains optional, up to floor level, with four shelves and doors. Pine or poplar can be stained to match woodwork to save space.
Chop suet carrots and potatoes, after chopping measure one cup each. Add one cup molasses one teaspoon soda one teaspoon Suit one cup raisins one cup currants half teaspoon cloves half teaspoon allspice half teaspoon cinnamon half teaspoon nutmeg and flour to a stiff fruit cake batter. Steam three hours in a covered pail. Eye Sauce combines one cup sugar yolk of egg one half teaspoon corn starch one cup boiling water. thicken then cool and fold in beaten white of egg.
A simple candy style recipe instructs boiling two thirds cup sugar with one half cup water, then cooling and folding in one half pound shredded coconut and beaten egg whites. Drop by the tablespoon onto buttered tins and bake until lightly brown.
Instructions describe plucking large feathers, pulsing resin into the down, and boiling the bird to remove the plumage. The resin is melted by dipping under boiling water before rubbing the down free.
A recipe for cream pie with milk cornstarch sugar and egg yolks cooked to a custard. Flavor with lemon or vanilla. Bake in crust, fill with the cooled cream, and top with a meringue frosting of stiffly beaten egg whites and sugar until lightly browned.
Sear four pounds rump in a hot pan or oven. Transfer to stew kettle with one and one half cups boiling water. Cover and simmer until tender about three hours. Salt 16 minutes before finish. Remove to hot platter. Thicken gravy with one tablespoon flour tempered in butter if needed.
A chronicle of events from late January to February 1862 recounts Union and Confederate maneuvers along the Savannah River and Kentucky border, the launching of the Monitor, prisoner exchanges, and British neutrality actions. It notes Morrison and Stone detentions, Trent affair outcomes, and a proposal for U.S. mediation.
Grace reveals she refused to marry Jack because he cannot wed for a year. Maud counters by noting a man who can marry anytime, prompting Grace to consider faster options.
A published anecdote from the suffragists mocks a juror who slipped from a nocturnal jury rest to milk a cow. The item suggests that a woman juror would prove the incapacity of the sex for citizenship if repeated in Washington or Idaho.
A brief échange presents a fictional clash about ownership of ideas. The editor suggests adoption of the piece while the author defends originality.
An Ohio woman recalls lifelong coffee use harming health including heart trouble and weak digestion. After switching to Postum she notes clearer thinking, steadier nerves, improved endurance, revived energy for housework, and overall renewed well being.
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