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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1909
Page
7
Artist Langford earns the Interstate exhibit prize of six thousand dollars and, while completing a portrait of Dora Manton, confesses growing affection. Dora's tender response echoes with mutual attraction as Langford contemplates a northern return and a future cottage on a sunny hillside.
A group of a dozen neighborhood friends plan a December wedding shower for a bride elect. They hide gift packages throughout the home and reveal them during a piano played by the hostess, then work on chosen items. Included are a dusting cap, dusters, bags, aprons, and linens, with refreshments of toasted muffins and tea.
The article shares tips on preserving table linens for a neater dining setup. It advises flattening or rolling items, laying centerpieces flat, and storing in a full box or portfolio. A home made portfolio from tan linen or crash covers is suggested to hold flat pieces and keep napkins clean in a drawer.
The text highlights opal matrix fad, Japanese wash silks, foliage colorings, and oversized black cherries used in designs. It notes coats for girls as straight, Parisian novelty waistlines, hematite top collars, Bella coordinating skirts with waists, crepe blouses with Irish crochet lace, and colored open-work embroidery for neck bows.
Home are dressed in bits RIGHT WAY TO MAKE FUDGE First be sure that I isn't going to bother any one to have you in the kitchen. Unless mother or cook is more than willing to have you try this recipe the fudge may not ture out well. Friday evening or a stormy Saturday afternoon to conducive to good fudge making. Butter two tin or agate pie plates. Take a saucepan which will hold about three quarts. Put In the sauce pan, before you put it on the stove, three even cups of granulated sugar, one cup of sweet milk, a piece of butter the size of an egg, and two squares of unsweetened chocolate. Two heap ing tablespoonfull of cocos will do in place of the chocolate. Stir this mi nure all together and put it on over y moderate fire. Stir it occasionally, especially after It begins to boil. Rolls ten minutes from the time when it first boils up hard. It will then have begun to sugar around the edge.
The report notes extensive oak bark harvesting across Chemboldt Mem doetne and Califorms with trees 15 inches to 8 12 feet diameter reaching 140 feet. Bark is stripped after setting fires, leaving timber to rot while railroads arrive. From 400 to 600 cords of bark are sourced annually, as harvesters target homesteads and nearby growth, squeezing out a fragile livelihood.
An old guide explains humane methods to win a canary's trust without starvation or force. By placing the cage nearby on a work table and offering choicest dainties, the bird learns to approach and take treats from your lips. Gentle calmness and consistent calling encourage the canary to reveal curiosity and companionship.
A carrier pigeon returned after twenty months to Mrs. Nansen in Christiania. The bird carried a message from Nansen confirming his polar expedition remained on track. The bird’s journey surprised the family as it found its way back to the cottage and was welcomed with kisses.
A historic kitchen instruction describes removing from heat, adding a scant half teaspoon of vanilla, and stirring briskly for about two minutes. The mix should not become stiff, then poured onto buttered plates while still creamy and not brittle.
A Texas boy asks who positioned the North Pole as he recalls Peary and Cook claiming feats. The exchange with his grandfather centers on who truly placed the pole, highlighting curiosity about exploration claims.
The piece notes that about twenty presidents were lawyers and few were soldiers, naming Washington Jefferson Taylor and Lincoln among graduates. It mentions Grover Cleveland and others as examples of presidents with college or legal training shaping their paths.
A dramatic delivery crosses ocean and plains to reach the waiting mistress, arriving one morning with the news she had long awaited. The tale emphasizes distance and anticipation as the message finally arrives.
A London paper printed a set of tongue twisting lines with playful misspellings and playful names. Readers joked about victory and prizes while lines praised humorous confusion and quirky rhymes.
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