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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1916
Page
6
Woman's Realm surveys two afternoon suits a bronze taffeta and a silk pop model. Shirred waistlines and close-placed shirring shape skirts and sleeves. Hats feature white velvet and hair braid with crepe flounces and wide brims.
The article notes fichus as a demure accessory for dove gray frocks in the season. It describes styles in crepe de chine and pussy willow silk with hand embroidery, red net edges, and matching cuff details. Worth features an afternoon frock with a large crossed fichu of embroidered batiste and striped taffeta bodice.
A method to reuse silk scraps by feather stitching them into a chiffon hat frame. Using small pieces and blending colors yields a better effect and avoids waste.
The article notes the Duroc Jersey breed as prolific with large litters and calm dispositions aiding growth and profit. An experiment at Michigan State compares Duroc Jersey Berkshire Poland China and Tamworth pigs over 168 days, with Duroc Jersey gaining 2.59 lb daily at 4.65 feed per lb of gain. Descriptions cover breed standards and weights for males and females, plus two pedigree registers and the breed’s American standing.
An Oklahoma A&M College bulletin explains that careful, well balanced feeding boosts calving success and calf development. Emphasizes ample pre calving nutrition, high quality forage like alfalfa, a grain mix of corn or kafir with bran and cottonseed meal, and use of silage to maintain milk flow during pasture shortages.
Farmers should induce chicks to exercise by covering the floor with a thin layer of chaff or fine litter and scattering cracked grain in the litter. The chicks scratch for the feed and move about, promoting movement and health.
The choice of fruit tree varieties depends on climate adaptation soil and market demand. Growers should balance these factors with personal preferences to select suitable types.
Authorities say pigeons cause about 20 percent of hog cholera spread. Farmers are told to confine or dispose of pigeons as they travel between farms spreading germs. 1915 US hog cholera losses were about $750 million, with a fifth linked to pigeons.
Use for lice powder. Fill plumage of sitting hens with lice powder weekly, last time three days before hatch. Best eggs for hatching must be uniform in size. Extremely small or unusually large eggs should not be used.
A sculptor presents a work titled Purity dated 1906. The full inscription reads Purity, As She Appears Under Ten Years' Accumulation of Soft Coal Soot, suggesting a critique of urban pollution and childlike innocence eroded by pollution.
Mrs. Sarah Goodale of Preston Texas praising The Magic Washing Stick. The product is neither soap nor powder and promises fifteen washings for 25 cents. Sold by all grocers. Distributors Winston Harper Fisher Co Minneapolis.
Eagle Harbor coast guard men rescued a bulldog named Kirby from the lifecraft of the steamer 8 R Kirby. Capt David Girardin and 18 crew were lost when the vessel sank off Keweenaw Point Lake Superior. The dog leaped from the surfboat and vanished into the woods.
A brief exchange imagines a wife rebuking her spendthrift husband as he jokes of reform like the prodigal son. He says he will mend by and by, she retorts she will rise and return to her father. A witty line from the Exchange.
A compact moral remark notes the Lord disapproves of a man who allocates money to foreign missions while he owes his washer woman. The line highlights thrift and obligation over charitable giving.
Mrs. John Poter of Main Street Newton New Jersey feared a shade tree would be ruined by a woodpecker that daily enlarged a hole. She covered the hole with tin when the bird was away, but the bird now bangs the tin like a hammer. Neighbors complain and a law forbids killing woodpeckers.
Advertisement offers a free book titled Rheumatism Its Cause and Cure by Jesse A Case from Brockton Massachusetts. Claims the book is the most wonderful ever written and urges readers to write for a copy addressing rheumatism or neuritis.
A crowd welcomes Charles Dickens in Boston as he appears in America for the first time as a reader. An admirer recalls the author’s conspicuously fashionably attire and two watches, noting a gaudy taste at odds with his genius.
A playful exchange notes Pomeranians attacking in a French war report and wonders what small dogs could do against soldiers. The quip adds that fear appears when in trouble, and worry benefits the undertaker more than the actual workload.
Englewood resident Mrs. B Sheldon credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relief from change of life symptoms after costly ineffective medical care. The letter praises the product as life saving and urges others to seek advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn for any complications.
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