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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1904
Page
3
A mix of household tips and dress guidance describes cold weather hand care with starch compresses, a long cuffed coat style in royal blue cheviot, and a lace scarf ensemble. It also covers washable shirt waists, pattern sizes, and a medicinal bath recipe using sea salt ammonia and camphor for nervous restlessness and insomnia.
The piece highlights Brussels net adaptions for present fashions, quaint cottage shaped straw bonnets for children, and lace motifs for muslin and lawn. It notes jeweled clasps on jackets, bargain lace, summer gown trims, revived linen dusters, and buckle features on hats and dresses. White net ties, wreaths, bands of flowers, and rose sprays decorate hat and gown trims.
A fragment notes old methods for bed sore care and festival soirées. It cites whisky or brandy as a lotion option and describes cleansing bands with warm water followed by cold rinse. A colonial era lotion named Morning Dew blends rosewater glycerin borax and beroin, with quantities adjustable.
The description details a silk Eton style jacket with braid trimming, taffeta and net facing, box-plaited sleeves, and relaxed shoulder construction. It specifies fabric needs for medium to large sizes and notes pattern No 4695 from May Manton, 22 to 40 bust, available by mail for 10 cents.
A described polish combines one teaspoonful powdered alum with stove polish to impart lasting brilliance. A fat heating test uses bread. browning in sixty seconds signals readiness for raw materials, while forty signals suitability for cooked meat or fish dishes like coquettes. Use ample fat and strain before storage.
A historic Red Lion Tavern near Valley Forge is described as a well preserved, once Tory switch to a Red Lion sign site. Abraham Lincoln recalling visits by Washington, Lafayette and others notes the Boones Lincolns and Hanks families nearby. The tavern hosted rum shrub and a famed Continentals mix called shrub and Copenhagen. Lincoln pointed to Daniel Boone’s 250 acre family farm nearby and the enduring ties of local Lincolns and Boones to the region.
A New York museum houses curious instruments from distant lands. A Siam drum organ uses pails in a fence pattern, with a kettle drum from Egypt and tall South Sea snare drums. A Chinese Fung Kam musical kite and inlaid lutes, ivory frames, and a French minstrel harp reflect varied musical heritage.
In parts of Russia and Ukraine the leap year tradition allows a woman to propose to a man and his family. If rejected she stays to plead until he agrees to marry, or he departs to avoid the match. The custom is described as a long standing, if bold, social pattern.
The Mechanical Review of London notes British manufacturers are losing ground in Russia as American and German output continually rise in the region.
Fragmentary poem speaks of a timeless king of the twentieth century born from ancient ages. The speaker describes a figure who may be black or white, nourished by a mother’s care, preferring the nest over storms, and indifferent to palace life or wealth.
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