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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1900
Page
3
A piece from Munsey's Notes on Gloves advises women on selecting well fitting elastic gloves, testing size by top button, and using glove stretchers. It covers reinforcing weak button attachments, oversewing seams with cotton, mending splits with buttonhole stitches, and quick fixes for black kid gloves.
The piece explains healthy hair is naturally glossy, not over dry or greasy, not prone to breakage, with good color and length. It notes some have scanty fine hair yet still healthy, urges those with normal hair to be content and to brush well each morning and evening with clean brushes.
The text argues a welcoming family sitting room should be warm with easy chairs and cushions, light and ventilated, yet often becomes a locked, overdecorated space resembling a shop. It laments wasted effort dusting bric-a-brac and fears careless movement in ornate rooms.
In Zanzibar's ivory trade tale a warehouse expert cites a toothache as the trigger for elephant madness. A 14 foot tusk with a decay hole near the base is blamed for nerve pain, driving the creature to rage and destructiveness. The claim appears in a New York Tribune account.
A home workshop article praises a dedicated sewing room with organized storage and easy access to tools. It also offers kitchen hints from a cooking school including stewed celery oysters la Marguerite and various dessert and fruit recipes with step by step preparations and serving ideas.
French explorer M. Foa recounts lions fearing wolves that hunt in packs and attack in numbers. In a dark night encounter, a party imitates wolves to scatter the lions, causing a panic stampede and leaving the travelers undisturbed rest of the night.
A New Orleans lawyer condemns a work at home swindle as the cruelest fraud, citing two young women duped into buying an outfit to make artificial flowers. The scheme promises profits, is rejected by the forewoman, and reemerges in new forms, deceiving many who seek honest income.
Clement L. Smith argues in the February Atlantic that the trend to lengthen and elaborate courses should be addressed. He urges school and college curriculums to be shortened and streamlined in length and quality to meet the evolving situation.
Dining cars are attached to all departures from Denver on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. Meals are served neatly at moderate prices, enhancing travel through Colorado scenery. For schedules and rates, contact S. K. Hooper in Denver or H. M. Cushing in Salt Lake City.
February Table Talk opens with an article by Katherine Brainerd Barber wife of an army officer, sharing practical insights into home life of Filipinos that will interest and amuse American women.
The color blood red marks revolt from ancient times to medieval unions and national uprisings. It appeared as a banner in Persian revolt 4000 years ago, Paris riots, Bunker Hill, German peasant uprisings in 1424 1492 and 1525, and as a flag backdrop for Swiss confederacy emblem in 1315.
Denver Senator Wolcott's renowned law library, valued at about 10,000 volumes, drew interest from buyers who offered $50,000 but were rejected. The collection's prestige underscores its standing within the Colorado bar.
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