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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1911
Page
3
Dainty dresses for very young girls use flouncing muslin or cambrie with embroidered edges. A two to four year old dress features a skirt with embroidered side and a plain bodice, a beaded embroidered band, ribbon threading, insertion trims, and a small embroidery collar. Materials listed include two yards of 80 inch wide fabric.
Describes a child dress for girls six to eight with spotted muslin or lawn fabric. The skirt features a foot flounce edged with narrow lace and two tucks above. The short bodice has a tucked front and bretelles of muslin strips with alternating inser tion. Narrow lace edge and blue ribbon waist rosette complete the design.
A practical guide advising women to protect hands during housework with Vaseline, soap, gloves, and careful washing. It suggests prewashing dishes and pans, using a nail brush, and a method to soften grime by soaking pans in hot soapy water before boiling.
A fashion note describes a large chip hat adorned with a lace edged muslin trim. It lists materials: three yards 30 inches wide, three yards insertion, and five yards edging.
The ideal dressing comb is ivory or fine rubber with a fine tooth option. Fine tooth combs are less used due to hair pulling if mishandled. The best brush has fine white bristles not too soft. Thorough brushing defeats any hair tonic. Wash combs and brushes monthly, or daily care requires. For washing, fill a basin with warm water, add a teaspoon of baking soda, rinse and air dry. Store in a covered case to prevent dust and contamination.
Fragments describe a vogue for black velvet shoes and huge flat hats with low crowns. Text highlights chic butterfly bows, broader coiffures, and rich fabrics like brocade, mousseline, and velvet with colorful contrasts. Linen gains popularity with new trims and color combinations across garments.
The most attractive waist is made of black mousseline de sole with a white lace collar and cuffs. White lace bretelles bordered with black velvet cross at the front to form a large knot at the neck, with a light green changeable silk girdle.
New nets tower in color are made into breakfast caps for a girl who loves picturesque style. A model features a Tom O Shanter crown with a crinoline band a inch and a half wide, gold ribbon folds, and gold tone trim. Each cap bears pink roses or pink apple blossoms at the pointed rabot effect.
A Dallas News column laments stone age hardships and finds humor in modern comforts. It contrasts chasing antelope and cooking with stone tools to today’s grocery runs and ice cream to guests, noting how times have changed and readers should feel fortunate.
Gau tier advises adding muscular tissue gradually after age three with roast meats, eggs, creams, rice, vegetables, and cocoa. He warns against heavy milk use, sweets, highly seasoned foods, and salted or smoked fish, certain cheeses, alcohol, coffee, and tea to avoid fat, laxity, and overstimulation.
The sitter poses with guidance from a photographer. The subject tilts his head and fakes a smile as the cap comes off and he is told to sit still for the exposure. The photographer critiques blandness and expression, then asks the sitter to rise wearing a flattened hat.
Dairymen report milking cows three times daily yields more milk and higher butterfat. Proper housing and feeding improve results, with Holstein Jersey and Ayrshire cited as best dairy breeds. A month of three daily milkings can prove profitable and educate the farmer.
The piece argues that dairy business hope lies with newcomers rather than traditional dairymen stuck with unprofitable cows and outdated methods. It urges acceptance of proven better practices and higher standards to drive progress.
Cream weight varies with butterfat percentage. average weight is about eighteen pounds per gallon as fat content shifts, since butter fat is lighter than cream.
Progressive farmers rely on silos and wintering cows on silage while supplementing with protein concentrates. Oil meal cottonseed meal malt sprouts brewers grains and other feeds fill protein gaps. Farmers favor cottonseed meal for value but resist high feed costs.
The article advises safe use of disinfectants around dairy barns. It states there is no danger of using too much disinfectant and lists air stacked lime as highly effective. It recommends crude carbolic acid in warm water and a tablespoon per gallon of water, and bichloride of mercury at one ounce per eight gallons as germ killers.
An advisory cautions would be dairy entrepreneurs against entering the dairy business without a silo, implying higher risk or poor storage and management without proper infrastructure. The note stresses planning and structural facilities for success.
A Hoard's Dairyman inspired ventilation system removes foul barn air through a ventilator shaft. Fresh air enters via wall ducts near the base and ceiling to temper air before reaching animals. The coldest air is drawn from the floor to exhaust outside, with diagrams showing intake and exhaust flues.
The Jersey cow is praised for ease of keeping and rich milk quality. It emphasizes lean, muscular conformation, thick hair, strong straight back, well sprung ribs, broad hips, and a fairly large udder with well placed teats. Average weight around 800 pounds.
The text urges paying for quality to improve dairy cattle outcomes. It notes Jersey cows adapt to varying climates and can lift the mortgage, emphasizes clean clothing for milking, wiping the cow's flank and udder, and keeping cows comfortable at night in cold wet weather. It also mentions a shift among creamery men to pay butterfat by quality and praises silage experience.
Mendota resident Kort Kesster reports long battling kidney trouble, weight loss, and nervousness. He credits Doan’s Kidney Pills with relief after passing gravel stones and later several more stones, claiming a cure. Foster Milburn Co. markets Dean’s Kidney Pills at 65 cents a box.
A brief Punch caption shows an obliging shopman offering to lighten a pound of butter for a lady shopper. She declines, saying it won’t be heavy, while he promises to make it as light as possible.
The fragment mocks marriage proposals and older social expectations. A quoted line jokes about asking a father for consent and preferring to inform him directly. A quip about doctors and rent or crops hints at comic commentary on societal pressures and eminen ce.
Mrs Nathan Greaton of Natick Massachusetts reports nervous symptoms and sleep troubles during the change of life eased after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She says a tumor was suspected but the remedy restored her health and friends call it a miracle. She endorses the product and invites others to write for confidential advice.
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