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The La Jara Chronicle

Location

La Jara, Colorado, United States of America

Date

Feb 28, 1908

Page

3

Perennials for Attractive Home Gardens and Design

The article extols hardy herbaceous perennials for home flower beds, noting their low maintenance, year to year vigor, and long display of blossoms. It advises mass planting, grouped color/height sections, and informal merging of colors for lasting appeal. It covers soil preparation, annual root division, and winter mulching with barnyard manure. Aquilegia coerules is listed as a popular example with a one foot height, white blooms, and June flowering.

Flowering plants for mass effects list and notes

A catalog of flowering perennials and annuals with heights colors and bloom months including Aquilegia Coreopsis Shasta daisy Dianthus Dicentra Delphinium Althea irises peony phlox oriental poppy Iceland poppy beard tongue Rudbeckia and red hot poker. Also includes sewing and pattern guidance for waist construction by Resecca Bosce instructor in Domestic Art.

Tritoma Pfitzerii L. M. Montgomery Colorado Agricultural College

Domestic Science: Saving Time in Shirtwaist Fit

A practical guide advises using a standard plain shirtwaist pattern on cheap lining material, having a dressmaker fit it, and marking perforations for plaits and key seam lines. It explains adjustments for shoulder length, underarm, and waist, detailing how to lengthen shoulders by splitting the pattern and spreading pieces.

Resecca Bosce

Simple home kidney remedy recipe touted by eminent authority

A New York daily cites a claimed kidney disease cure using Fluid Extract dandelion, Compound Karyon, and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla. The mix is taken after meals and at bedtime to relieve back pain, urinary symptoms, and rheumatic complaints by “forcing the kidneys to filter” wastes.

New York Bright

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