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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1911
Page
7
A collection of simple sauces for puddings and fruit desserts. Cocoanut Sauce uses coconut, sugar, butter and flour served hot. Duchess Sauce blends chocolate, milk, eggs, cream and vanilla until thick. Maple Sugar Sauce combines maple sugar, butter and cream in a double boiler. Peach Sauce uses peach juice, water, sugar, cornstarch and almond extract. Additional tips cover decorative table settings and casual entertaining.
A vintage piece urges opening windows to let sunlight in for health and cleanliness. It adds kitchen hacks for roasting fish with bacon and onion, keeping greens fresh, and sewing tips with white embroidery cotton for easy buttonholes in thin fabrics.
A description of a progressive dinner party format that avoids long entertaining burdens. The arrangement reduces the hostess workload and eliminates the awkwardness of a single, extended event, making hosting easier for many social gatherings.
A nineteenth century medical note cites Dr Osler endorsing milk and cow oil as a fattening remedy for consumption. It describes warm milk treatments, daily quotas of a quart, and home use to increase weight and vitality, alongside cautions about digestion and practical delivery on farms or in cities.
Mrs. Yorke Miller argues in a London Mirror piece that elopements lead to happier marriages than lengthy engagements. She cites a breach of promise case where a six year engagement ended in damages and separation.
Julie Bottomley advises practical traveling apparel for long trips with parlor cars and dining cars. She recommends a well tailored serge gown, waterproof fabric, and a stylish hat, with street hats shown as examples, all designed to stay neat and comfortable on extended journeys.
A brief description of a simple waistcoat featuring light blue armor cloth with white silk bands, fagoting, and small gold buttons. The collar and cuffs are embroidered with Union motifs and have ruffles of the same fabric, presenting a refined mid nineteenth century style.
A vintage guide advises shaking dust from discarded violet bunches, applying water color to petals, and layering with green leaves. Once dried, tones are blended with tulle or purple cord to revive the flowers to a fresh, matte look.
A reader describes using old muslin night gowns as covers for gowns in the closet. They hang the dress on a coat hanger then cover with the night gown, buttoning it to prevent slipping from the garment. Chicago Inter Ocean.
A vintage style note highlights quill or feather trimming on tailored chapeaux. A striking model features a rough black arrow hat with a high crown and rolling brim, bare except for two slanted quills in coral shade, providing color and jaunty distinction.
A historical note discusses men’s shirt sets with colored enamel buttons and patent fasteners. It explains eyelet links, back usage, and decorative centers including striped two toned patterns and delicate tonal enamel designs.
The note promotes choosing durable fabrics over cheaper options. It urges selecting good quality materials now to save later, citing china silk as long lasting and economical. A listed variety costs $1.25 per yard in a thirty inch width, noted for substantial weight.
A famed U S secret service man, Wilbur Burns, gained renown for tracking counterfeiters across the nation. From a Columbus cutter to head of the Treasury Secret Service in Roosevelt’s era, he secured confessions, arrested key engravers, and disrupted fraud networks through major cases in Philadelphia Atlanta New York and Washington.
In St Louis a man named Kelly was found guilty of attempting to extort $1,000 from Frederick Hacol Jrugte, a wealthy merchant, by Black Hand methods. The case noted delays caused by his wife’s dressing, with Judge Dyer relenting to set aside bond forfeiture after the wife arrived. The verdict followed a jury finding Kelly guilty of the extortion attempt and Judge Dyer deferred sentence.
In Chicago a new straw hat named The Armadillo for women replaces the Ding Ling bonnet. The Armadillo comes in coarse straw shapes resembling the animal’s body and mimicking mountain forms. Hats protrude above the eyes, making identities uncertain when spoken to on the street.
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