Beavers Herald Oddities and World News Snippets
A bevy of brief notes from Beaver Herald touches on political figures, academia, and disasters. Mrs Eveline Wright Alien named dean of women at Lancaster University. Recounts of a minister’s drowning, prohibition faith, and a farmer’s suicide in Eaton County. International items include Anna Gould, Prince Henri de Sagan, and a Paris plagiarism note. Also mentions sunspots and U.S. gun testing plans at Watervliet.
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Frederick
Quebec
Eveline Wright Alien
Lanch Gtasford University
Paris
Prince Henri de Sagan
Anna Gould
Anna
Henri
President Hall critiqued for feminine influence on boys
President G Stanley Hall faces wide pushback after asserting that female teachers are feminizing the nation's boys. Critics say if he was right he should have instructed creation itself and argue mothers were a mistake. The uproar centers on the supposed danger of girls guiding boys' development.
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G. Stanley Hall
United States
Hall
Tim
Evening wear fashions set lines to fit the figure
The piece outlines dress trends for gowns and tea gowns, noting sleeves and silhouette lines. It contrasts full and semi-nestigre styling, highlights sleeve types like angel and singe, and mentions fabrics such as satin and crepe, with velvet for older women and affordable options for simpler gowns.
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Dame Dreaswaker
Paris
Vogur
Raffles
Shoes for the hot weather and summer fashion trends
The article previews summer footwear and accessories including buttoned oxford styles with visible stockings, strapped slippers with various heel types such as French and Cuban, plus opera slippers in black white and pink. It notes new pendants and hairpins with screw-in mechanisms, and describes cameo jewelry used as brooches or pendants, emphasizing tasteful wear for fashionable outfits.
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Oxford
da Barry
Pfashina
Hemstitch on Machine for Embroidery and Hemming
Instructions describe using a hemstitch on a sewing machine to hem garments. Cut newspaper strips one inch wide, eight layers thick, tear to form stitches, and sew through paper and fabric along the edge. Fold and sew edges to create decorative embroidery in shirt waists and hemming for shoes, pillowcases, and similar items.
Picturesque hat styles and new spring accessories
The piece describes Linck satin hats with lace underfrill in olive and cream papers, noting light and green hues and fading issues. It discusses pockets returning to fashion on underskirts or belts, hall decor for narrow entries, and advise on avoiding striped paper. It highlights spring hat shapes, smaller, and trimming with black velvet ribbon and white wings, suitable for both young and older wearers.
Trimming the New Coats Fashion Notes
The article describes evolving coat decoration with trims in braid bands and facing strips. It notes trims appear on cloth linen or silk jackets using bands and shaped pieces, with contrasting or patterned linens for linen coats and velvet or colored cloth trims on cloth coats.
Meal worms and how to deal with them in food and barns
Article explains meal worms Tenebrio molitor larvae and related pests infesting grains, meals, nuts, dried fruits, and pantry items. It covers identification, life cycle, and control measures such as strict cleanliness, proper storage in tight jars, regular bin and crate sanitation, and avoiding leftover materials to prevent infestations in households, barns, granaries, and elevators. It also notes the presence of meal moths in stored foods and recommends similar sanitation and containment. Additional notes discuss feeding young turkeys, poultry management, and culling surplus cockerels to reduce feed waste.
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Orient
Calfornia
New York City
Night of Terror Ends for Heroine and Family
A Stamford lighthouse keeper John J Geouk and his daughter were feared lost after a gale and a launch accident near Stamford harbor. A reporter reached Mrs Loplea Welchman at the tower to learn her daughter Starche and son-in-law’s safety. they were later rescued near Long Island and all is now well.
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Stamford
Coun
Loplea Welchman
John J. Geouk
Alyacainet
Ely
Mre Welckman
Starche
Law
Bari
John
Ike John
Long Island
Understanding Bone Spavin Curb and Related Leg Conditions
The article explains bone spavin and curb in horses, detailing that spavin involves hard, immovable enlargement at the hind hock region while curb is a swelling on the back part of the hind leg. It contrasts Rog and blood spavin as a soft, subcutaneous hock swelling. It also touches on stock farming and the need for careful analysis.
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Beaver Herald
Maud C. Thomas
Pub
Beaver
Hellere Sagan
Fyshe
Eaton County
Magdalena Bay
Flan Steel
Fron
Ellis
Takahira
Tillman
Chicago
Belfast
Turin
Italy
Ansunzlo
Barus
Brown University
Gould
Helen Gould
Milwaukee
Chiles
Watervliet
Taliado
John B. Smith
Himsehold
Saya
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