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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1917
Page
8
Dorothy Dix counsels a mother on earning her 11 year old daughter's confidence. Explain that trust begins in cradle-era responsiveness and avoids moralizing or prying. Parents should share interest, resist vetoes, and join in the child’s plans to keep private thoughts and joys safe.
A reflective social piece explores how daughters fear sharing secrets with mothers who laugh at tales and reveal intimate moments. It contrasts Mamie’s guarded stance with other girls who confide, noting a lifelong breach built after age sixteen and a need for trusted, understanding guidance.
Recipes for economical vegetable dishes using garden produce. Includes asparagus, French beans, and young carrots with step by step preparation and cooking methods, stressing careful handling to keep shapes and flavors intact.
Vac two pasteboard boxes used to cover a road box and to wrap a tablecloth, with sit cardboard wide enough to slip over and folded, then covered with muslin or paper. An easy key to keep linen and saves time on ironing day.
Fragmentary fashion item list describes embroidery styles, laces, beads, and gowns. Mentions Irish lace, afternoon wear, evening gowns, liberty seals, long blouses, and slips in pink. Mentions brandish of crepes and malines fabrics.
Fragmentary notes discuss chamois bootees used for footwear in infancy and the tendency for upper parts of young shoes to wear out first. Mentions mothers’ care and English terms, with unclear context and garbled wording.
The fragment describes making comfortable booties from horsehair or kid leather with simple patterns. It advises tracing outer lines, cutting with scissors, finishing edges plain or scalloped, and applying reinforcement stitching. It mentions using chamois or kidskin, blanket stitch edging, and feather or ribton threads to secure the sole and seam.
Lamps look well in summer homes with a variety of styles. Some are Japanese wicker and others with wicker brows. The bate and ebades are tied with alt e. There are roce and tin shades and other pleasing to the eye lighting that creates a pretty, soft glow.
An advertisement touts simple home dry cleaning methods using aorite and faraline to brighten ribhors faces and silks. It claims soap and water plus two ounces of aoreite and two gallons of faraline remove wrinkles without damage, saving ten dollars per household.
At a Portland gathering of Northwestern governors the outlook for a broader liberal policy on forest canes and lumber use was discussed. Governor Bamberger said the informal talks in Portland favored federal action to ease forest resource restrictions for wartime needs.
Police armed with crowbars smashed into a rooming house at 76 West First South Street and uncovered about 600 cases of whisky worth an estimated 25,009 under prohibition laws. Landlord T. Marino, linked to bootlegging, was arrested after officers caught him moving more liquor and beer to a basement. Other seizures followed including brandy, Jamaica rum, and whisky at 352 West Second Avenue and a rooming haven run by Theodore Roscha. Additional arrests included J. Poulas and N. Mackna among others as the crackdown continued.
A garbled advertisement promises skin cleansing and restoration services claiming blemish removal and wrinkle smoothing. It touts refunds and immediate results, with unclear contact details and multiple vague claims about products and pricing.
Alicia Hoyt answers etiquette questions about proper dress for receptions and afternoon teas. The column advises handshakes between men, limited handshakes among women, hostess greeting norms, addressing wedding parties, and how to address couples with full names and addresses in correspondence.
Washington reports an agreement between the United States and Canada to suspend immigration regulations, allowing twenty thousand American harvest workers to head north for grain harvest and nearly as many Canadians to dig potatoes in Mainn. The move aims to save Canada’s grain crop by enabling cross-border labor in the upcoming season.
The document notes Canada’s labor disruption sending workers abroad to the United States and impacts on western grain fields. It cites Sanitobs Saskatchewan and Asteria fields ripening, with a 2.3 billion bushel wheat yield, the country’s second largest. Potato crops near harvest face no available labor in New England. Indian rotators aided by Maton farmers to salvage crop.
London reports August first two weeks casualties total 21,722 officers and men. Killed and died of wounds list 221 officers and 4424 privates and noncommissioned officers. Wounded or missing shows 15254 men and 21? totals.
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