Tea Cloth for Porch Uses with Rustic Embroidery
Instructions describe a summer porch tea cloth project using home spun linen and linen huckaback. Outlined designs such as water lily motif with dark green outline and lighter green background are shown, with darning fill and Cluny lace edge dyed to match. A second color scheme uses grayish linen with dark blue outlines and lighter blue darning, lace matching the darker shade. The pattern is traced by carbon paper, hemmed two inches, and stitched with two rows of outline stitching to form the border. The final cloth measures one yard square with a two inch lace edge, and recommends good quality colorfast material and washing with table salt to set color.
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Fternoon
Blue Serge Costume Description for Womens Wear
Blue serge makes a useful costume fabric. Skirt plain with a single row of stitching at the foot. Semi fitting coat features white collar and cuffs and is fastened down the front by three large smoke pearl buttons. Straw hat trimmed with a flower wreath and two quills. Materials listed include six yards of fabric, one fourth yard of cloth, three buttons, and four yards of trimming for the coat.
Cravat with Double Ends Fashioned from Silk Strips
A new cravat style uses a brown silk strip with contrasting silk for four ends. The plain neck band crosses, then in front each end splits into two, all edges lined in contrasting color. Ends tied result in a delicate, decorative bow. length should be at least a yard.
Novel wall hung aquarium doubles as framed picture
A novel home aquarium hangs on the wall like a picture. The oblong tank narrows at the bottom and widens at the top, with a metal back frame and hooks for mounting. A landscape image is placed behind the glass, showing a brook in the foreground. gravel and plants inside stock the tank, producing a moving aquatic scene.
Drinking Water Admonition From Dental Hygiene Note
A health note advises rinsing the mouth with antiseptic and thoroughly cleansing teeth before drinking water. It warns about acids in the mouth overnight that can decay teeth and upset the stomach. The text also mentions a cold bath as a stomach tonic and general body benefit.
To Improve the Neck Massage Method
Instructions describe a neck treatment using warm olive oil and a warm compress. Begin with washing the neck, drying, and applying a hot compress for up to ten minutes. Then rub in slightly warmed olive oil with a rotary motion, focusing on hollows to soften skin and open pores.
Pea Silage Feeding of Lambs in Wisconsin
A Waukesha County firm fed 3,000 lambs on pea silage with a small corn ration for 60 to 70 days, yielding profits around 11,000 dollars. Comparisons with hay and corn feeding showed higher costs and lower gains, while silage plus limited grain produced favorable results and strong wool returns. The experiment suggests wide potential for pea silage in cattle and sheep feeding across Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota.
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Waukesha County
Wis
Waukesha
Montana
Chicago
Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
Value of Sheep and Goats in Brush Clearing
Goats clear brush and grasses but will damage standing trees if some trunks remain. Sheep effectively suppress sprouts and weeds on cleared land without harming large trees. Sheep finish off young sprouts and foliage, aiding pasture establishment, while goats risk bark damage to valuable trees like black locusts.
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Missouri
Harlem man grows persimmons for Kansas City market
J Evans of Harlem Kansas cultivates 200 persimmon trees with fruit sizes likened to California plums. He earns about one dollar per tree annually from a ready market in Kansas City. The item notes varied agricultural statistics including large pumpkins, onion yields, coal use in locomotives, milk losses, and tea imports.
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J. ©. Evans
Harlem
Kan
California
Kanaan City
Santa Clara County
United States
Japan
Mending roofs with tar and roofing paper patch
A guide explains quick roof repair using coal tar to seal a thin roof, followed by laying roofing paper and fastening with brads, then applying more tar to create a durable waterproof patch expected to last for the roof’s remaining life.
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Newt
Old Maid and the Price of Marriages in Heaven
A collage of humorous bits and quotes about marriages, fortunes, and odd anecdotes. Carnegie jokes about international marriages with a rich bride, a Boston cynic’s view of happy marriages, a six year old’s cow talk, a mother’s tale of a prayer unfinished due to a fight, and other light vignettes from social life and feisty puns.
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Finland
Andrew Carnegie
Mr. Carnegie
Boston
Blanche
Origin Of a Famous Human Food
A brain and nerve builder tale traces the invention of Grape-Nuts by C. W. Post. Through experiments addressing fatigue and mental strain the product is presented as a food restoring daily brain and nerve energy without stimulants.
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C. W. Post
Wellville
Rainfall Sparks Parlor Conversation About Garden Despair
In a sudden downpour Mrs Randall and a friend note the rain’s blessing for a dull garden. They joke about sprinklers versus real rain, admire fading blooms, and realize a baby is left outside in the yard as the shower continues.
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Mrs. Randall
Cirely
Double mood and witty quips drift through scraps of humor
A patchwork of jokes and anecdotes travels from a Baltimore theater encounter with John L. Sullivan to a nervous preacher's mishap and a London King's College study on home management. It touches on satire about youth, a minister, Bronte, and casual remarks on watches and cigars amid stray ad-like lines.
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John L
John L. Sullivan
Baltimore
Ehollyboy
John Sbhors
Sullivan
Jobe
Jack
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