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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1903
Page
19
A detailed survey of new wash fabrics and trims for winter wear. Mercerized weaves, two colored ceviots, and bold plaids dominate. Zibelines, boucles, and silks reappear with varied textures, colors, and trims.
A Iowa women’s club learns practical cooperative housekeeping per Jane Addams in Good Housekeeping. The column vents ways to handle scarce help, plus tested recipes like creamed onions scalloped onions buttered Spanish onions and fried apples with onions as a flavorful combo.
The article offers practical, period advice on dishwashing and sink maintenance. It emphasizes hot soapy water, clean towels, and a thorough sink cleaning process including scalding towels, vent-clearing, and rinsing until water runs clear. It promotes hygiene and orderly kitchen routines.
At a home wedding the bride arranged a cake ceremony with a silver knife, ribbon streamers, and elaborate icing while guests received slices on six plates. The center piece held a gold thimble, wedding ring, and coin, each portending spinsterhood, marriage, or wealth for three of the six recipients.
The essay promotes baking a loaf with favors for guests instead of a cake, aided by white ribbons and mottoes. It notes a bride’s charm during cake cutting and discusses weariness among homemakers, urging steadier, less par ticular domestic routines. It suggests relaxation through simple pleasures and reading.
A collection of practical cooking guidance on vegetables and starches, flavoring alternatives, and proper technique. It covers pea and bean nutrition, pastry cooling, celery substitutes, preparing potatoes in skins, browning fat, cream stabilization, beef tea salt timing, almond milk pudding enhancements, parsley blanching for color, fowl steaming and stuffing, and a quoted poem by John TB Tabbe from the September Atlantic.
A smart durable shirtwaist suit in wood brown Sicilian mohair with tan piping and ornamental buttons showcases the latest May Manton style. Pattern No. 4487 above waist and No. 4159 skirt, sizes 12 to 16 years, mailed by the Fashion Department for 1 cent each. include name and address.
A long denunciation of British naval prowess contrasts with American ingenuity as readers discuss church social roles, fashion mores, and the impact of religion on society. A heated salon conversation explores liberalism, anti slavery legacies, and the tensions between free thought and Christian heritage.
Harper's Weekly discusses Capt. T Bentley Mott's proposal to open army commissions to older noncommissioned officers. He argues experience and loyalty justify broader access, contending married officers' wives need no special social burden and that army life can harmonize affinities born of long service. The piece notes the topic, though many avoid such frank discussion.
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