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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1905
Page
3
A white cloth gown with embroidered yoke and black velvet bow is described as an attractive front-row costume with black fox edging and chiffon sleeves. The text also provides a Mock Turtle Soup method with hard boiled eggs and optional yolk paste. another blue nun's veiling gown features a front of white muslin and violet velvet accents with veiling plaits and violet velvet trims.
The article discusses dramatic changes in sleeve design, noting the decline of unwieldy wrist puffs that caused spills and dirt. It highlights broader ranges of sleeve styles, the potential for DIY lingerie blouse makers, and adjustments to shoulder seams to balance fullness above the elbow and at the waist for a more flattering silhouette.
The article presents a woman's dressing sacque design that balances attractiveness and comfort. It features a tucked yoke front for a dainty look, optional belt, and versatile fabrics such as figured Japanese silk, chalice, cashmere, albatross, fleecelined material, or silk for collar and cuffs.
Delicate models in sheer white fabrics feature exquisite all over embroidery. A standout gown uses a palm leaf motif in open buttonhole design with a fitted flounce laid flat for smooth fullness. A pale blue girdle of satin or gatin completes the look.
The article surveys summer dress trends with Kimono lines in coats and robes, lace touches, black stockings with blue forget me not embroidery, and close fitting skirts. It notes sun plaited hats, fuller shirtwaist sleeves, mercerized fabrics, imitation Valenciennes lace, and summer versions of winter directoire Louis and redingote coats. Bodices feature neck openings showing yokes, chemisette, or plastron in white.
A detailed method describes selecting rinsed rice, boiling until soft, pressing dry, mixing with butter and cheese, shaping in a butter kettle mold, egg glaze, and browning. The recipe then fills the hollow rice crust with hot oysters or fricassee, adds gravy, caps with a lid, and decorates the rim with parsley.
Practical advice on restoring color damaged by acids and keeping items bright. Suggestions include applying sal volatile or hartshorn, sponging plush goods with chloroform, and cleaning nickel with hot water, soap sparingly, then drying. A reminder that a pound refers to a common measure in cleaning contexts.
In a recently completed colonial house decorative tall candlesticks form part of the gallery railings around the dining room wall. Guidance notes: sugar one pint, ounce liquid two tablespoons, pint of liquid weighs sixteen ounces. To clean vulcanite and horn combs do not wash but brush. use a cotton strand to pull through teeth to remove dandruff.
The latest outdoor sport sweaters feature straight lines and a V-neck instead of a high collar. Large knit caps are worn with them and can pull down over the ears like old toboggan caps. Two openings in front allow the cap to cover the face while leaving eye holes visible, giving a goblin like look.
Garment description details a black taffeta waist blouse shirred at the bottom with a frill. Stole ends are shirred and edged with silk frills and buttons. Inside features venetian lace plastron and blue velvet edging with a lace ruche at the neck. Standing collar in white silk or linen.
A lace gown accessory confined to evening wear is a Tambour scarf long and wide enough to cover the head after the fusion of a mantilla and to fall almost to the foot of the gown. Double lace frills edge the entire border and serve as an exquisite frame for a pretty face. The woman who goes with frequency to the opera and theater and who desires to avoid the risk of catching cold from being hatless will find this scarf a gracefully picturesque addition to her evening costumes.
A compact guide lists bake times from thirty to forty five minutes for baked potatoes, steam from twenty to forty minutes, and boil times of twenty to forty five minutes for in skins and twenty five to forty five minutes for pared potatoes. It notes well softened potatoes are cooked.
Gold and silver gauze ribbons serve as effective trims with soft wired sashes used to drape boleros and cuffs. Readers can see ribbons fashioned into basque coats paired with thin skirts for fashionable ensembles.
Mr Wrage invites contributions of new ideas from readers of the farm orchard and garden department. He will answer inquiries and provide information on discussed subjects. Correspondence to M. J Wrage 500 Good Block Des Moines Iowa.
Practical guidance on growing pansies through heat. Emphasizes cutting back long branches in June, rich soil with well rotted manure, and careful transplanting after the fourth or fifth leaf. Advocates eastern or northern slopes and limited shade to maintain color and blooms.
Practical advice for strawberry growing drawn from potato ground. Recommend well manured soil, avoid sod, set runners from previous season, mix pistillate and staminate varieties, space rows and hills, cultivate thoroughly, and mulch with straw in winter to protect plants and boost yields.
The writer argues for a practical farm automobile priced reasonably. He dismisses pleasure cars as obsolete compared to machines that plow plant cultivate and harvest. With gasoline and electricity, a vehicle that drives farming chores and family transport will replace two horses and a man guiding a plow.
The Kansas Experiment Station recommends a pasture mix of fifteen pounds English bluegrass, fifteen pounds orchard-grass, and three to four pounds red clover per acre. Orchard-grass yields more than English bluegrass, and combined they outperform orchard-grass alone. For a permanent pasture, add three to four pounds of Kentucky bluegrass per acre to improve long term coverage and replace other grasses over time.
The speaker urges using local home talent in every school district to lead agricultural institute talks. Emphasizing participation by men and women, including women on household and economic topics, the text stresses pushing community members to share ideas and engage youth for better outcomes.
The passage argues that ignorance of others’ conditions can spare sympathy and regret. It praises curiosity as a route to improvement, noting that awareness spurs people to visit, learn from better practices, and begin betterment where possible.
The speaker urges patience and self awareness, noting signs grow bad when people fault Providence and expect constant tremors of fortune. He argues true greatness comes from recognizing modesty, laying aside contention, and doing one’s best despite praise or blame.
The passage compares a rider’s temperament to his horse. An excitable horseman will have excitable horses, while a sensible driver will own sensible horses. A loud driver will partner boisterous horses, and a slow-drawling driver will train teams that stop tardily. A horse reflects its trainer’s manners. some horses rise above their teachers, but that is uncommon.
A method to grow rhubarb in the cellar for year round pie use. Plant thickly on the cellar bottom, cover three to four inches, keep soil moist and maintain 50 to 60 degree temperature. Dig up small root pieces late in the year and replant for continuous harvest.
If raising a calf by hand start with drinking and feeding from day one. Do not let a calf suck. Calves will eat shelled corn and soon oats and hay. A fall calf will be in prime condition by spring to graze pasture.
The article advises dairy farmers on using buttermilk as hog feed. It warns against overfeeding, notes digestive issues and scours in young pigs, and suggests dilution with water. It recommends a milder mixture of corn and shorts with two quarts of mill feed per two gallons for young pigs, and cautions against feeding milk alone to older hogs.
The text argues against close planting and recommends distances: apples 40 feet, pears 35 feet, peaches 25 feet, cherries 20 feet. It notes crowded trees reduce light and air, invite fungi, and hinder profit, urging adequate spacing for better fruit and market value.
The article describes the start of butchering season in a family setting with excitement among the younger members. It notes the mother’s heavier labor, the hot stones heating, pigs squealing, and the fat removal from intestines as a key first task. The fat is cooled in water to yield pure lard.
A prominent horseman outlines methods to test walking and trotting by leading a horse away and back to judge action. He warns to ensure soles show and pads are not excessive. He explains close hock-action yields greater draft power, while wide docks waste strength and cause widening gait, a focus of Scottish mechanistic study with beneficial outcomes.
A dairyman’s convention speaker outlined four patron types. The model patron has first class barns cows feed and methods. A second type has good assets but poor methods. The third keeps good cows and barns yet ignores feed and methods to maximize profit. The final farmer has poor barns cows feed and methods and produces poor milk.
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