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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1917
Page
10
Fashion notes describe hex lines and silk fits for blouses and gowns. It highlights blue jersey with red embroidery, gray grounds, and ornamented evening dresses with belts and tiny rose buckles. Practical house dresses require sleeves and large pockets, with color schemes of blue and tan popular.
Readers are urged to consider practical steps for making a room feel charming through thoughtful furnishing. Focus on essential pieces, color balance, and a cohesive style to create inviting spaces.
The article argues that women today rely on mothers’ methods less and on scientific testing by domestic scientists to choose baking methods and products. It praises a wheat-based baking powder endorsed by experts for purity, reliability, and superior results in cakes and biscuits, stressing economy and consistent quality.
The passage advises placing furniture to maximize comfort in a room. It suggests positioning the desk toward the window, the fireside facing the fireplace, and an easy chair near a lamp to create a cozy, inviting space that inspires love for the room and life in it.
Practical tips teach careful tack placement to avoid damage. Waffle text suggests using paper to protect surfaces and avoid hammer marks. It also mentions removing stains from cloth and cooling a room by hanging a wet dowel near an open window for gentle airflow.
A vintage recipe shows how to make a two creature cream sauce by melting butter, stirring in flour and milk until smooth, then folding in about twenty oysters and one and a half cups of sliced mushrooms. The mixture cooks gently in a double boiler, then beaten yolks are added slowly to thicken. Serve on toast with salt and pepper.
Spots on nails are caused by bruises to an irritated cuticle. They cannot be removed. prevention comes from careful pushing back the cuticle and avoiding bruising the fingernails.
A vintage classified ad urges readers to cut out a slip and mail it to Foley & Co. at 2825 Sheffield Ave in Chicago to receive a package of Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound for coughs colds and throat relief. The ad promotes Foley Kidney Pills for pains in sides back and kidneys and Foley Cathartic Liveriets as a general health aid.
The Weber County Legal Advisory Board met yesterday to appoint eleven provisional members and set up a law office in the First National Bank building. The board includes District Judge A. B. Pratt as chairman, Hon. Joseph Chez as vice chairman, Wade M. Johnson as secretary, with members John C. Tavis David L. Stine John A. Boedden H H Henderson John D. Murphy R S Farnsworth A G Horn Vi Gunnell John G Wilds T. Corn, and a twelfth member to be named today.
At a December stockholders meeting of the Montana Utah Sugar Company Ernest T. Woolley, a local mining man, bought all outstanding shares. He announced plans to rush the Framleston factory to completion and hinted at further sugar industry moves. The company, Utah’s Bitter Root venture, aims for a 500 ton per day capacity once the new plant is finished. Directors named include Willam Borge, Fred Elgerson, George Saunders, C Teebe, George Knox, B P Ellison, and James L Wrathall.
Washington dispatch reports the drive to enroll skilled labor for wartime industries in the United States. National Director Hall notes increased demand for shipbuilding trades and technical workers, as American reserves are mobilized for industrial war service.
Washington announces abandon of plan to arm all American merchant vessels for transatlantic service with naval reserves. Navy and Shipping Board agree on troop ships and select cargo vessels. most ships to remain crewed by civilian sailors. A three day drive will boost wartime fundraising and publicity for the Tuberculosis fund.
Alicia Hoyl answers etiquette questions on premarital travel home arrangements and introductions. The column advises saving expense by having funds furnished before departure, choosing immediate marriage if convenient, and having a trusted relative present. It also notes social expectations for a girl not to accept invitations from strangers and to attend to propriety.
Representatives of fraternal Insurance organizations confer with Secretary McAdoo on securing active member support for Liberty Loan drives. John J. Drum of San Francisco and Andrew Wellber of Seattle will direct war stamp sales in Hawaii and Alaska, while Mary guides Panama and the Southern district sales.
Red Cross booths open at the Little Shop on Twenty fifth Street Wriday with Carrie Knapp supervising city art education and Lopella Ranyon and Luke Wright assisting. High school students from Ogden design class create fancy candy boxes and other useful articles for sale during the Christmas season. Booths will be open again today for the second Red Cross seal campaign.
An old advertisement touts Cuticura products for easing itching and skin irritations. It claims Cuticura Ointment relieves burning rashes and helps prevent future troubles by keeping pores free from impurities, with samples available by mail.
A Topeka business man employed two negro workers for his gardens. Sam failed to appear for ten days, prompting questions from George about Sam’s whereabouts. The man claimed Sam was in the hospital after an incident overheard by the foreman. A reporter notes the story amid a collage of quoted snippets and racialized language from era sources.
An old advertisement promises over one hundred dollars reward for catarrh cures and touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a thirty five year trusted remedy. It claims to act through the blood to purge the disease and pledges noticeable health improvements after short use. Testimonials and dealer contact details in Toledo Ohio are supplied.
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