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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1910
Page
7
William A Radford explains design choices for a medium sized, affordable residence. The 6 by 36 foot cement plaster house costs about $3000, features a large downstairs living area and dining room, five small bedrooms upstairs, and a wide porch. Cement plaster with wood lath offers durability and fire resistance, with stucco siding replacing clapboards in newer homes.
This piece extols dainty hand embroidered aprons as feminine, stylish accessories for summer and winter outfits. It describes an airy apron design with lace panels, Valenciennes frill, and a blue or pink satin ribbon belt, plus instructions for transferring a design and using French embroidery with fine sorcerized cotton threads.
Pall Mall Gazette argues against diverting the Jordan for an electric lighting plant in Jerusalem and Palestine, noting Jerusalem already has lights and Damascus’s Barada could serve similarly. The piece cautions such exploitation would defile the sacred stream and prefers restraint despite modernization rhetoric.
The lawyer eyes the witness with insistence and says the statement so far is not concrete. The witness wavers but mentions a new suburban cottage.
The article discusses grape fruit as a valuable fruit with medicinal virtues, noting its rising price and common serving method. It provides recipes including grape fruit juice with rind infusion, a lemon syrup, sherbet, and a frozen dessert with egg whites and a cherry garnish.
Guidance on preserving furs year round with air tight storage and cold storage options. Advice covers cleaning, airing, brushing, and avoiding moth damage using bags, newspaper wrapping, cedar, and minimal preservatives. Emphasizes professional packing for heavy coats, rugs, and wraps and warns against rough handling and improvised methods.
A collection of domestic guidance noting how to clean mirrors with alcohol, revive tasteless apples by adding rhubarb, freshen carpets with alum water, and treat matting with salted water. It also suggests saving tea leaves for carpet care and recommends a galt to six quarts water mixture.
A recipe instructs to beat Ave eggs with maple custard until blended, add maple syrup, salt, and milk, strain into a mold, set in a water bath and bake until firm, then chill and serve. The method emphasizes a water bath bake and serving cold for a smooth custard.
A shop advertises a corset cover and drawers set in soft sheer white nainsook with scalloped embroidery. It praises a black cable net waist over Japanese silk, with tucks and bands, scalloped embroidery, and an accordion pleated ruffle, noting its suitability for an elderly wearer and versatility for many occasions.
Scrim is a favorite for summer curtains and the black satin coat of all lengths is favored. About nine out of ten gowns are collarless and black frill features in demand. New ceilings show crepelike borders while dyed linen jackets rise in style for dresses.
Inland readers can enjoy fish chowder made from fresh water fish by cleaning fillets and cooking with pork fat onions potatoes milk crackers and butter, served hot. A date nutmeg dessert with milk sugar egg is baked in a pastry plate until set, dotted with butter.
This fragment mentions using water, Ruslan tea with lemon peel and delicate sugar for flavor. It also notes that parts of baking soda and salt dissolved in water, rubbed in, may relieve pain from insect bites.
A method for making breakfast hash with finely chopped meat and potatoes, seasoned well, formed into nests, and topped with nicely poached eggs. Suggests greasing a muffin ring and using a skimmer to lift the eggs, emphasizing presentation and texture.
A recipe instructs to chop pork finely, season with malt pepper and onions, mix with bread and eggs, form patties, fry, and serve with lemon sauce.
Do not leave woolen garments wet to avoid shrinking. Use warm water, avoid extreme heat or cold, and do not dry near heat or in the sun. Melt soap to lather, rub gently or not at all, rinse in the same temperature water, squeeze without wringing, and air dry.
Instructions suggest preserving color in gingham by soaking in water with a tablespoon of kerosene an hour before washing. To restore pink to faded garments, use dark red crepe paper in the rinsing water and a trace of its color in the starch, ensuring pulp is strained from the water. The dress may require another wash before re-dipping.
The article outlines folk cures using common rock part dried in an oven and mixed with spirits of turpentine in equal parts applied as a rag for felons and a hot flannel for chest colds. It also suggests rubbing lard and turpentine in equal parts on the chest as a remedy for a cold.
A concise recipe describes chopping two hard cooked eggs, mixing with melted butter and onion juice, seasoning with salt and pepper. Add finely minced fried bacon and chopped olives for a tastier sandwich filling.
A humorous dialogue features two maids recounting a master’s reaction to a drowning incident and a joke about who invented sleep. The skit closes with a quip about William Penn founding Philadelphia.
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