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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1909
Page
7
The article details how to choose and decorate fans to match gowns, emphasizing quality frames and fine white chiffon. It describes four design concepts including hand painted roses, gold spangles, stencil work with careful color, and lace butterflies with edge braids, plus step by step guidance for stencil and embroidery techniques.
Fashion notes describe negligees in white Swiss with lace and satin details. Two piece designs use a belt and broad sash, high back, and V shaped open neck finished with lace ruffles and satin bows. Elbow sleeves bear lace ruffles. wash fabrics stay cooler than silk.
The coming season will feature bright parasols and long filmy scarves paired with matching elements of the costume. Popular Japanese parasols with painted or embroidered motifs will appear alongside Persian silk pieces matching Paisley scarves. Care guidance for tan leather includes potato polish, turpentine, citrus juice, and olive oil for patent leather.
William A. Radford offers homeBuilding guidance for readers on economical square designs. He argues a balanced, compact plan yields more comfort and features without excess cost. The featured design shows an 81 by 34 foot plan with an 14 by 26 front living room and eight rooms, emphasizing practical layout over a sweeping front hall.
The design places stairs in a recessed area to save upstairs space and create a large bedroom. A prominent front shows off a stylish layout with a bright fireplace at one end and fine light from two outside windows. Pantry space is ample with built in dining room storage and wire screen protection.
The article details northern and southern corn root-worm forms, their life cycle from egg to beetle, and how they damage corn by attacking roots. It notes continual cropping increases worm numbers and recommends crop rotation as the most effective prevention. The two beetle forms differ in appearance and brood timing, with eggs laid near infested stalks for next-year outbreaks.
Advice on lowering room feel by allowing ceiling paper to extend down wall with a deep frieze and mold. Suggest plate paper on ceiling, figured or striped walls, a plate rail, and hanging small framed pictures to enhance perceived height.
The Florida Keys dwellers known as Conchs are adept guides and divers. They use glass bottom water glasses to spot fish and crayfish, spear them, and cast nets and dives for turtles. Nearby sponge grounds and occasional wrecking work provide livelihoods, making the Conch life productive in the area.
A short note explains the water test for egg freshness. It describes how an egg sinks when fresh and rises as air space enlarges with age. It also promotes sowing pumpkin seed as a valuable fall winter feed for stock, especially dairy animals, hogs, and cows.
A Des Moines area farmer earns only twelve dollars per acre from corn while a stonemason's son on thirty two acres nets four hundred dollars per acre from tomatoes. Over seven years he has invested fifteen thousand dollars in improvements, uses little manure, relies on water, and makes twenty five hundred dollars yearly on Jettuee. The piece notes the striking disparity in farming fortunes.
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