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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1905
Page
7
The article notes popular trimmings for cashmere house frocks including a narrow plaited silk frill in a bold Greek key design, a shallow plain yoke, and matching silk girdles and bows. It describes gray cashmere with embroidered borders and a Rouff cotton net dress with pink almond blossom patterns. A recipe to make apple compote with citrus and raisins is also included.
The article surveys velvet dresses favoring princesse silhouettes and boxed satin girdles that span most of the bodice. It highlights a plain deep red velvet dinner gown with a rose lace Bertha and notes pale blues and greens accented by pearl bead embroidery. It observes two popular velvet styles: draped front and back with one-piece skirt and waist, or elaborate trimming with a wide pointed satin girdle.
The article surveys fashion notes with the Pompadour Negligee described in Louis XVI styling featuring pink silk facings and a blue bow at the throat. It notes velvet gowns growing in fashionable favor in various forms from princess to draped designs, with lavish trims and versatile three piece velvet suits.
The description highlights charming outfits featuring a cloth skirt with a light to mid blue velvet coat, braided silver accents, and a matching waistcoat with silver cloth in blue brocade. Alternative tones include tan cloth with dark brown velvet coats and tan brocade waistcoats with pink flowers. Garments are tight fitting and versatile with matching waists or embroidered lawn or crepe de chine inserts.
The preview dresses on view are mostly from top New York houses or Paris makers. Few striking originals appear among the January offerings, which mostly serve as between season makeshifts for visitors to Florida or the Riviera.
A Paris preview highlights a blouse bolero waist style, corduroy walking suits with plaited skirts, and rain coats in Tan and Oxford. Jewelry shifts include amethysts on platinum chains, round brooches, and peridot edged with tiny diamonds. Lingerie waist sleeves favor leg or mutton silhouettes for next season.
A Paris fashion trend features running lines of black velvet ribbon on lace and net foundations. A gown styled with black lace over white chiffon showcases velvet lines ending in a semicircle of jet balls, light as a feather.
Practical kitchen hints on preserving condensed milk after opening by airing the jar, testing safe canning methods with hot water and knives, keeping inner husks on corn for warmth and sweetness, a sweet corn cabbage pickle method, rules on cooking meats, and ways to tenderize beefsteak with light oil and pressing between plates.
Twelve good sized apples are pared cored and quartered then simmered with one quart of water one cup of sugar and one large lemon cut into thin slices in a pot until tender.
Description of an evening or theater waist made from white mousseline de sole with a fitted lining, cream lace yoke, velvet bias band, soutache motifs, three mousseline de sole frills, velvet straps, lace frills, ribbon knots, and velvet-edged sleeves with lace puffs.
Pansies sown in January or February bloom through the cool fall months. Old fashioned wallflower is a perennial and blooms in spring, while a recent annual wallflower variety blooms all summer and fall with true fragrance. Foxgloves are mostly biennial and need two years from seed to bloom, so sow seed every second year for yearly display.
Blanch a cupful of almonds and dry thoroughly. Boil one cup of sugar and one fourth cup of water until it haits. Add almonds and stir occasionally. When they turn pale yellow brown remove from heat and stir until the syrup crystallizes and clings irregularly to the nuts.
Beat stiff egg whites with powdered sugar until snowy. Fold in cured quartered apples and mound lightly in a glass dish. Garnish with jelly and serve with boiled custard.
Mr. Wragg invites readers to submit new ideas for this department and offers to answer correspondents seeking information on discussed subjects. Address M. J. Wragg, 300 Good Block, Des Moines, Iowa.
The Secretary of Agriculture reports a Bureau of Soils study finding most soils hold sufficient plant food for normal yields. Differences in yield arise from cultivation, rotation, and soil physical conditions. a bulletin explains climate, texture, rotation, fertilizers, and soil management. A new physical method may gauge relative soil fertility.
Across the middle West farmers report a strong awakening at winter institutes. Attendees praise sessions on drainage rotating crops soil fertility road building corn breeding and practical farm questions. The movement grows as theory science and common sense converge to guide improvements.
The speaker notes a poor winter wheat outlook due to a dry fall sparse snow exposure and Hessian fly damage in some areas. Overall results are not expected to be bright.
To keep hens cheerful and productive in winter provide clean warm nests of hay or straw protected from wind and rain. Clean nests occasionally, replace fresh hay, remove any broken eggs promptly. A single broken egg invites egg-eating and lice. use tobacco dust or carbolic acid treated earth when cleaning.
The text advises keeping the pig warm and dry and, if possible, provide a sleeping room separate from the feeding area so the pig can build a nest undisturbed. This setup should encourage cleanliness and reduce disturbance.
The article argues that American farmers gain recognition and influence socially educationally and politically due to the agricultural press experimental stations and colleges. It notes the grange farmers institutes and the growing value of agricultural education as essential to improving farming nationwide.
A rural note extols mutual reciprocity among farmers. Members should kill their own beeves and divide the meat among neighbors rather than selling to a butcher, then buying back later at higher prices. The piece argues this practice keeps beef within the community and preserves local fairness.
A neighbor claims a simple method yields huge sweet potatoes. He removes spring ground with his sister, scatters well rotted manure in ditches, then builds ridges above the manure and plants on the new ridges. He says he has raised the biggest sweet potatoes in the country using this plan.
The passage lists three main failure causes for small farmers. First, neglecting warm winter quarters for stock wastes feed and reduces product quality. Second, not rotating crops leads to land exhaustion and weed proliferation. Third, cultivating weed crops drains effort. ongoing battle against these enemies is essential.
The article argues that healthy feeding plans produce better pork. It cautions against overemphasis on maximizing litter yields at mothers’ expense, noting future usefulness depends on proper care and nutrition during the sow’s early life.
Open air exercise boosts circulation and respiration aiding the body against cold and disease. It also improves digestion and helps organs perform their functions more effectively.
A humorous essay on meticulous care for sheep: clean yards, pure water, warm springs, and well served feed. It argues sheep demand pristine conditions and refuse filthy hay and muddy roads, urging prompt action to keep them content and productive.
The guidance states that too many shoats should not share a pen. Five or six can stay together if sized similarly, while larger groups work better in yards with adjacent sleeping pens in fall and early winter. Ensure ample trough space and even food distribution, or some will starve. Weaker members should be moved to separate quarters.
A reader asks how to seed four to five acres for early hog pasture. Advice favors oats with cow clover and timothy, plus two bushels oats per acre in spring. For early pasture sow oats thinly with rape seed and include two pecks peas to boost hog feed.
Two farmers visited town with butter for sale. One offered pressed half-pound blocks at 25 cents a pound and could not meet demand. The other sold butter in a bucket, which looked soft and watery, and he abandoned selling after little luck.
Wind acts as a drying agent shaping plant appearance and growth. Persistent prevailing wind causes asymmetric development, with trees smaller on windward edges and trunks bent leeward. Cherry plum walnut black poplar ash and some pines are wind sensitive while mountain pines and firs resist, guiding reforestation of wind swept lands.
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