What Smart Women Are Wearing and Cooking Tips
A mixed page of fashion and culinary notes urges smart women to bake simple biscuits with vegan milk, melted chocolate toppings, and red jelly centers. It describes black satin gowns with flounced skirts, blue straw hats with roses, and chic loungewear, plus tips for cooking onions by soaking then boiling to preserve flavor.
Latest Fashion in Taffeta Afternoon Gown
An afternoon gown described in light-colored taffeta features a deep-shaped belt and embroidered buttons. Buttons fasten tabs on the front and sleeves, with lace vest and lower sleeves. The skirt is trimmed with tucks overlaid by tabs fixed with matching buttons.
Tied Girdle Fashion Trick Described
A practical girdle method uses two and a half yards of ribbon to wrap the waist. The ribbon crosses at the back and fronts again, pins through the bodice and corset, and is tied in a bow over a hidden pin. The front bow imitates French belt styling with a safety pin as the essential detail.
Ornaments New and Trends in Jewelry Design
A survey of contemporary brooches and pins highlights new motifs such as three chicks with diamond eyes on gold bars and delicately treated leaves in fine enamels. It notes novel necklace slides, pearly tassels, and festoon pendants, alongside belt and bodice drapery details and evolving gown silhouettes. Washing tips for table linens conclude with guidance on soap choice and thorough wringing.
Cryptic Fashion Imagery From A Frayed Description
A surreal sequence describes green hats, Coque de roche 18, and bib effects with ecclesias robes and Dolly Varden sleeves. Eight inch cuffs and opalescent gauzes rival paillettes. A realistic dead rose appears in headgear clusters and a final neck fur fragment closes the fragment.
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Legion
Coque de Roche
Parisian Capes Add Warmth to Costumes in News
The smart little capes made by Parisian modistes to match coat and skirt costumes or princess robes are not often worn here though Parisians favor them. They provide warmth without spoiling color schemes or the outlines of the figure.
An Expert's Tea Rule for Fresh Water Use
The expert advises using only freshly polled water for tea and never reusing water. When the kettle boils vigorously, scald the teapot, add one generous teaspoon of tea per person plus one for the pot, place the teapot in a warm spot, and let the tea draw for five and a half minutes. Then stir and let it settle for about thirty seconds.
Dressy Cloth Costumes Feature Elaborate Trim and Embroidery
The left gown uses post cloth with appliques and banded trim along the skirt and jacket. A bolero front and shawl collar jacket, with haht embroidered edges, contrasts a second gown in soft cloth with corsage covered by paired brotelles and lace, plus tulle bands. The chemise and girdle, puffed sleeves, and rice frills complete the ensemble.
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Alma
Professor Challenges Taste Test In Cincinnati Class
Professor Burtis Farr Broom at the University of Cincinnati conducted a tasting demonstration to show how taste alone cannot distinguish certain substances. He had Miss Latta sample items while blindfolded to rely on taste, revealing difficulties in differentiating wintergreen, peppermint, and clover without smell.
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Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Philanthropist reshuffles workers to avoid rut
A prominent employer in a large staff fosters mobility and ongoing skill development. He moves employees to different roles as their temperaments and abilities demand, discharging those who remain static. He believes not wanting machines but progressive men is essential to a thriving business.
Fragmented verse fragment on echoes and eternal years
A garbled passage reflects on echoes never fading, the timeless sky, stars everywhere, and a meditation on enduring deeds and belief, with distorted lines suggesting a poetic meditation on memory and heaven.
Coroner Visits Belkirk Village Store Social
In Belkirk yesterday a coroner stopped by the general store where villagers gathered by the stove. He invited everyone to smoke, but one man abstained and asked for bread instead. The scene added a simple, rustic moment to the afternoon.
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Belkirk
Ray
Blot on State's Good Name and Prison Health Debate
A Chicago driven inquiry into tubercular deaths in prisons prompts calls for reform. Officials fear current sanitation and cell conditions threaten inmates and public health, urging prevention and systemic change. The piece cites tenements and misused resources, urging humane, preventative measures for prisoners.
Slaughterhouse horror cited as cause of death
A Cripple Creek tale recounts a Chicago slaughterhouse victim made paraplegic by shock amid ongoing killings. The piece links slaughterhouse horrors to broader uric acid poisoning and related diseases, noting similar deaths among meat eaters and warning against poor footwear and restrictive clothing.
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Cripple Creek
Cole
Armour Packing Company
Chicago
Centennial Celebration Honors Fayette Centenarian Amelia DuBois
The people of Fayette Ohio celebrated Mrs Amelia DuBois hundredth birthday with a large gathering. Schools closed for the event as Meg led children to escort the couple to the opera house for a program with neighbors taking part. Flowers gifted by children and a tribute by Mr and Mrs Duftols marked the occasion.
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Fayette
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Prolong Life Advice from Beltish Journal and Sir Herman Weber
The Beltish Medical Journal features an eight page discussion on life prolongation. Sir Herman Weber presents guidance emphasizing moderation, fresh air, regular exercise, early to bed and rising, daily baths, steady work, mental calm, and strong will to control passions and avoid stimulants.
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Beltish Medical Journal
Herman Weber
D. D
Royal College of Physicians of London
Anind
Hothouse Plants in Child Rearing Critique
An abstract from the Cincinnati Lancet Clinic argues that refined social life and overprotective upbringing create weak, indoor children. It calls for less surplus care, more free play, fresh air, and natural healing, asserting nature as the best doctor.
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Nature
Rejected Naval Academy Candidates Highlight Physical Decline
A recent Annapolis Naval Academy entrance exam showed only 1 of 25 candidates met physical requirements, while 25 passed mental tests but 14 failed physical criteria. The report links these results to rising rates of physical decadence, insanity, debility, and epilepsy soaring up to 400 percent in fifty years.
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Naval Academy
Annapolia
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