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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1907
Page
6
The article notes popular canvas silhouettes as a key decor element on cushions and table covers in summer fashion. It highlights cross stitch on canvas, framed miniature silhouettes in black on colored linens, and the revival of traditional patterns with new thread colors.
A history style guide describes a washable doily using linen or spotted damask for the foundation with white linen outline and cord stitching, plus color or white cotton accents. It also gives rug care tips: lightly clean with warm salt water and a newspaper to lift dust, avoiding nap damage.
A period fashion column describes pale gray summer tweed coat and a gored skirt with blue accents, plus a white lawn blouse and blue straw hat. It offers neckwear tips including Hen collars, lawn and mull tea gowns, soft collars, and Windsor trims, advising cool fabrics and lighter stocks to avoid heat.
The piece surveys Mandarin jackets and various negligee garments with rich oriental embroidery in blues greens yellows and gold. It contrasts matinee lace and chiffon models with hand embroidered Angerie styles trimmed in real lace, noting their beauty and occasion wear while flagging magierie petticoats as extra but unsuitable for tea gowns.
A Propriety Association report outlines two years of data ending June 30 1907 on accidental deaths from medicines. Most deaths stem from nonproprietary drugs, with proprietary remedies blamed in 4 deaths and 90 illness incidents in a wide review across 80 million people.
A detailed description of a two person handseat low down barrow with reinforced wheel frame. It explains dimensions wood stock for handles joints mortises and a permanent bed with removable side boards for handling heavy loads in gardens alleys and stables. It notes improved close quarters access and doubled capacity over ordinary carts.
A Maine station bulletin on a cattle feeding trial notes that hay provides 4.40 dollars per ton in plant nutrients, spring wheat bran 11.80, fall wheat bran 9.60, and cotton seed meal 23.60. It stresses manure’s humus-building value and advises dietary choices to match soil needs for nitrogen, phosphorus, and potash, highlighting hay for humus and potash, bran for phosphorus, and cotton seed meal for nitrogen.
The article discusses packing earth for the Nile dam using livestock, a perforated roller for road packing, and cotton seed meal fertilizer costs in Connecticut showing nitrogen price changes. It warns against monoculture, notes cowpeas maturity, and advocates corn small grain rotation with clover and pasture to keep soil productive.
Worcester Massachusetts report on Mrs Johanna Harper Brown celebrating her 105th birthday. She credits hard work for longevity and urges women to avoid worry, noting her own lifelong discipline and reliance on routine meals. She was born in Montreal, moved to Massachusetts 84 years ago, and lives with her daughter on Lake Street. Her family includes 90 descendants across five generations.
A black bull terrier named Jack became a famous canine automobile enthusiast in Pittsburg. Once attached to Dr. M. W. Everson, Jack now rides with motorists, preferring calm cars and riding with front paws on the dashboard. He barks constantly and insists on wind from the open road.
In New Albany Indiana reports say Merrill A Weir native of Salem Indiana and longtime cashier at New Albany National Bank died recently. A Japanese cleaner Mokogawa found 975 dollars in a Los Angeles basement tied to the Weir estate. After allocation 100 dollars was given to Mokogawa and the rest turned into the joint estate amid disputes over a $25,000 combined inheritance and no wills.
In Wyandotte county probate court a new notice requires all marriage license applicants to state exact ages for both parties. Judge Van G Prather warns over 18 or over 21 is insufficient and affidavits must show accurate ages for proper records. The rule aims for future generations, not casual assurances.
The article recalls grandmothers cooking with currants and dried fruits, once scarce except at annual fairs. It notes shifts in high class cookery toward simplicity, mentions currant tins used in bread and desserts, and contrasts old plum porridge and florentines with modern tastes. It also touches on a dream poem, a Balzac reflection, and various brief notes on transport wagons, hieroglyphics, and a Portland lawyer.
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