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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1903
Page
6
A jumble of misread items and sly jests from the era covers insects in Smyrna and a hat prize, hints of aristocrats and editors, dances and railings, and rumors from Europe. References include May Godet, Col Hamid, Prince Thurn and Taxis, and Whistler, with playful asides on oysters and Macedonia.
The 1903 New York city directory shows over 3000 Smithe entries and about 1600 Browns with 9000 names starting with Me. The text suggests Anglo-Saxon groups retreating before a Celtic influx as a rainless advance occurs.
The article promotes a Russian blouse dress for girls and misses, showing a versatile outfit that can be worn with a separate skirt. It highlights a Yoko effect at the front, waist fullness with a belt, optional blouse gathering, and either inverted box plait or gathered back. It suggests materials like serge mohair cassimere wools and bright braid decorations.
A mix of household guidance and fashion descriptions outlines cleaning methods for brass, woolwork, carpets, and kitchen upkeep, including carbolic solutions and white table usage. The piece then shifts to sewing patterns for Child's Box-Plaited Frock and a Girl's Voile Frock, detailing box plaits, trims, and the era’s 1860s influences adapted to 1903 styles with monograms and lace accents.
A historic costume description outlines two gowns: the first in faded mauve mousseline de soie with lace trim, ruffles, hip yoke, and pinned capelike collar. the second in changeable blue silk with three lace trimmed flounces, lace blouse, white elk yoke, silver buttons, and draped girdle in Mode Artistique style.
A catalog of practical kitchen and household advice covering pantry ants with borax, wine cleaning with hot soda and turpentine, a kitchen stool for seating, boot waterproofing with mutton suet and beeswax, and washing Japanese trays with sponge and cool water followed by Sour and a soft cloth polish.
Eton jackets draw attention in new frocks with mauve crepe de chine dresses. Modistes favor tucla with longwaisted bodices and short skirts for youngsters. Tufsore fabric proves economical as fall street wear gains lining. Velvet violet mauve toques fascinate while mauve buckskin shoes and silk stockings complete the ensemble.
A fluffy parasol designed to shade a pretty face features a yellow silk foundation veiled by chiffon frills and a large yellow chiffon rose. The edge flounce forms a V shaped frame at each rib, creating a charming irregular outline for a fashionable look.
A bath suit described uses mohair with a plaited skirt and high check neckline. Elbow sleeves adorn the blouse trimmed in white braid, and a bandana handkerchief shields hair with rubber cloth. Material required for the unit is four and a half yards of 45 inch wide fabric.
A discussion on dam nutrition emphasizes high protein foods to nourish the fetus and boost vigor, while avoiding excess carbohydrates. It warns overwork harms foetal development and stresses liberal feeding for breeding stock. A government bulletin details mange in cattle caused by Psoroptes mites, its spread, symptoms, and how severe winters worsen outcomes for young and unthrifty animals.
E. Warren of the National Wool Growers Association writes that Wyoming’s wool clip is 15 to 20 percent smaller this season due to a dry summer and hard winter. Prices have risen about one cent per pound, with broad shortages cited overseas and domestically. Warren predicts wool will be readily sold next season as hold-over stocks are exhausted.
V. B. Puller argues that choosing a bull for a thoroughbred herd demands tracing ancestors three to five generations back, not just the dam. He warns that improvement comes from inheritance across generations, not the dam alone.
In New York Produce Review Mourad describes early separator ideas from 1869 to 1875 and credits German origin for the first commercial separator. It also notes Massachusetts experiments and calls for recognizing Germany’s role. The piece then reports California Agricultural College adding twenty high bred cows, totaling thirty across Holsteins Jerseys and Guernseys, urging exposure to multiple dairy breeds for balanced student education.
Reports from Fingland say English dairymen progress is slow in meeting home demand for butter cheese and cream. Leading thinkers urge focusing on high quality for a few markets leaving cheap supply to Canadians and Australians. A medical convention notes stable air and water issues in barns and water ponds harming milk quality. United States officers raid a Chicago margarine factory for selling colored product as creamery butter.
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