Christmas Eve Turnaround for a Down and Out Bookie
Black Jakie, once a famed bettor at Sheepshead, wanders Broadway in mud and cold. He reconnects with Marie Lecourt, now in a stable home with Maude and John, and seeks a fresh start. Marie offers support and hints at a future together as they share a sober, hopeful Christmas morning.
Cretonne Pattern Suits Dresser Scarfs and Cushions
A detailed description explains cretonne patterns suited to a dresser scarf pincushion cover slipper bag and candle shade. The pattern features a red rose and green foliage on a black and white striped ground and shows construction steps for a scarf pincushion and a candle shade with hems and pinned or sewn edges.
Gauze Bags for Powder Puff Balls as Holiday Gifts
Gauze bags crafted to hold powder puff balls are a popular Christmas gift. Made from chiffon silk muslin or gauze, they feature a silk embroidery hoop, satin ribbon hangers, and tiny bows. The absorbent cotton balls are disposed of after use, with flowered silk muslin options available.
Homemade Gifts for Men and Girls by Julia Bottomley
A linen phone record case demonstrates a gift idea with a linen cover edged in black thread, four eyelet holes, a red floral spray, and a tablet inside for names and numbers. It describes construction details, stitching, and ribbon hangers for suspending the record.
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Julia Bottomley
Collar and Cuff Christmas Quaker Sets Fashionable Gift
Quaker collar and cuff sets, crafted from sheer cotton or linen, are affordable and stylish Christmas accessories. They feature hem stitching, fine lingerie lace, and small embroidered sprays, with a quaker set edged in cluny lace showcased in the illustration.
Pillow Cover and Dresser Scarf Cretonne Display
A cretonne pillow cover and a dresser scarf bordered with cretonne are shown as an inexpensive, stylish gift idea for bedrooms. The pillow cover features a full hem, black braid edging, and snap fasteners at the open end.
Calendar and Hatpin Holder Novel Desk Ornament
An illustrated page shows a calendar and hatpin holder. The hatpin holder is a moire ribbon covered pasteboard tube with brass buckles and a golf bag feel. The calendar is a celluloid circular piece with two swinging month and date dials and holly wreath decoration.
Christmas Reflections in Harlans Private War
Harlan, a cold, ruthless manager, wanders home on Christmas Eve haunted by memories of a wife who left and a child who vanished from his life. A vivid dream sequence at the fire lifts him from despair as a living child awakens him to forgiveness and a shared new calm.
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Harlan
Gridley
Jim
Market Street
Nadine
Jack Harlan
Benefits of Ripened Cream for Higher Butter Yield
Ripened cream yields more butter and churns easier with better flavor than non ripened cream. Flavor boosts price by two to three cents a pound and depends on bacteria types and warm ripening around 66O degrees. Butter from sweet cream often lacks aroma, and winter butter is usually inferior to June production.
Flavor differences in dairy ripening and starter use
The article explains that flavor variation arises from ripening and bacteria. It notes that a starter inoculates cream with proper bacteria for uniform results, either by growing bacteria in sterilized milk or sourcing milk from the cleanest dairy and souring it in sterilized vessels.
Guard Against Calf Scours
Farmers faced calf scours from last summer due to digestive issues. Unclean feeding pails and abrupt milk changes trigger it. feed calves regularly and use dry bran or crushed grain after milk. Some advise a tablespoon of dried blood in milk and castor oil every two days until recovery.
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Press Bulletin
Ohio State University
Variety of Feed for Cows and Rations
Hoard's Dairyman advises cows fed alfalfa hay and ground corn perform very well. Supplement with roots or silage, moistened chopped alfalfa mixed with corn. Cottonseed meal optional. alfalfa supplies protein. Oil meal preferred if affordable for succulent needs.
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