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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1912
Page
11
A mother sets a chalkboard plan with twenty chores each day for her daughters and son to share. Each child selects a duty and initials it. tasks are removed when completed, gradually taking on harder chores until all learn homemaking skills.
The current handkerchief style favors bold color for men and women with new black and brightly colored designs. Browns blues and greens appear in darker tones while scrolls and flowery sprays give way to bird and antelope themed motifs as the trend evolves.
Useful advice on cleaning coats with naphtha, whitening lingerie with hydrogen peroxide in cold water, removing white spots from furniture with hot water and drying cloth, and preventing glassware from cracking by gradual heating and cooling.
A period dress description favors a surplice bodice with soft lace and mounseline trims. Thin plaited lace at sleeves shapes the line while a lace bow with long ends centers the focal detail. Even cheaper fabrics can yield a stylish gown.
A pasty doughnut method uses sugar butter eggs and milk with cold four sifted flour and baking powder. An old fashioned cake uses sour cream cream yolks sugar and soda baked in a shallow tin. also advice on cooling bread and cake and a wire cover idea to protect baked goods.
Experiments by Touts Witthold and Northwestern University’s Professor William Albert Lacy show plants, especially geraniums, reflect room health better than earlier gauges. Plants need water and air. dry, overheated rooms distress them, warning of unhealthy living conditions. Ferns roses and geraniums are particularly sensitive indicators.
A muddled note describes adding a leaf of rose geranium to a hot crab apple jelly mixture to impart a distinct taste. It suggests a simple infusion technique but lacks clear steps or measurements.
A London correspondent reports a rising fad of expressionless women who refrain from laughter to stay young. A high priestess of the cult explains that avoidance of laughter and manual work keeps the face impassive, claiming ten years can be shaved off with strict restraint.
A fragmentary satire quotes Chamfort Rochefoucauld and Lahert on wit vanity and pride. It riffs on Cleopatra's nose and appetite as social tests, noting two classes the diners and the misers while invoking Talleyrand and Seavestre in a playful eighteenth century tone.
The narrative follows Harwell winning a race at Atwell while sensing danger. A sudden collapse traps a fellow runner named Snail in a sand pit, prompting Harwell and others to free him with a shovel. As Snail struggles, the rescue succeeds and emotional tension erupts between Harwell and a spectator, revealing a personal confession of courage and love.
The piece urges children to care for pets with regular feeding and cleanliness, condemns keeping animals merely to amuse or hear them sing, and compares cage confinement to illness in confinement to a single room, stressing empathy for trapped wildlife.
A historical note explains a coin spinning trick using a glass blowpipe tube. By directing a blast along the coin, the rotation can be sustained while the tube is positioned to keep the coin on a table. The setup mentions a softened glass tube and specific diameters to form a spinning bore.
A small circular metal tray turned face down on a table raises on the left side and vibrates when pressed smartly at the center and circumference with the middle finger. The motion is reproduced by using the left hand for support, teaching the knack of the vibrating action.
A Pittsburgh Obituary Advocate item lists 600 men’s blunders from Crorar Luoma. Reads like careless spots on life including neglecting money, failing to heed older advice, and chasing money over principles.
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