What Standards of Beauty Persist Through Time
Betty Wells reflects on taste and beauty across generations, arguing there are no fixed standards and beauty is a subjective, fleeting quality. The diary entries detail domestic design choices, from chintz shades to Shaker adaptations, illustrating evolving decor trends and personal taste.
Cloves Give Zest to Various Dishes
A vintage tasting notes column explores clove use in cooking and fragrance from pomanders to baking and pickling. It includes recipes for Sauerbraten, Jellied Tomato Bouillon, Steamed Fig Pudding, Baked Eggs, and Chicken and Bacon Salad, with a decorative dine-in room description.
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Bell Syndicate
WNU
Arctic Murder Saga Shows Long Police Hunt and Trial
In 1913 at Baker Lake near Chesterfield Inlet Hudson Bay a young American Radford brutalized a native guide prompting the killings of both men. Street, a Canadian, and later Eskimo suspects faced a multi year pursuit by the Mounted Police across half a million square miles. The case expanded to two more slayings of white men and two priests as the force tracked the culprits and others involved. The pursuit cost nearly 100000 and stretched over years with the truth contested by self defense claims.
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Radford
Street
Baker Lake
Chesterfield Inlet
Hudson Bay
Arctic Circle
Mounted
Mackenzie Country
Ssts
Sinnisiak
Uluksak
The
Dominion
How to Sew Slip Covers by Ruth Wyeth Spears
Stripes dominate slip cover design with centered patterns on chairs. Learn patterning from paper templates, seam allowances, and gathers. Spears offers her sewing book and mailing address for copies, plus a reflective quote about blessings.
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Spears
S. Desplaines St
Chicago
Til
Graceful Butterfly Crochet Pattern Idea for Chair Sets
A charming butterfly crochet design features in pattern 6031 for chair or buffet sets and scarves. Include center medallion on wings and easy pick up work with illustrated stitches and material needs. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept New York NY with name address pattern number.
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Sewing Circle
Household Arts Dept
W. 14Th Street
New York
N. Y
Household Questions and Quick Kitchen Tips
A compact list offers tips on stoning raisins, varnishing straw articles, stuffing eggs, cooking dried fruit, and stretching salad portions. Stoning involves brief boiling, varnish applies thin coats to straw goods, eggs stay white when placed in cold water after cooking, lemon aids dried fruit cooking, and tomatoes can extend salad servings.
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Betty Wells
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Freda Diamond
WNN
Edith M. Barber
Arctic
J. B. Priestly
NORGE
Borg-Warner Corporation
E. Woodbridge St
Detroit
Mich
C. Houston Goudise
Isa
C. Houston
Gondiss
Towa