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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1904
Page
7
The article outlines summer dress trends with unlined skirts for walking gowns, mohair two and three piece suits, laments about fabrics like Chantilly lace and net, and popular colors. It describes dress details including pongee shirts, blouse effects, seven-gore skirts, decorative rings, and trims such as ribbons, tucks, and lace yokes.
The piece notes jumping rope as a healthful exercise, praising skipping for daily breath control and grace. It also promotes ripe fruit with ample water and proper hand care after tasks, recommending cleansing hands with acids if needed, then applying cold cream and soft gloves.
The Chicago American advises hair care with rare washing every two weeks or once a month, praising sun baths and bareheaded time. It endorses a homemade egg shampoo, detailing preparation, scalp massage, rinsing, and drying steps, finishing with olive oil for dry scalps.
A light wood shirtwaist box covered in matting and bamboo gains beauty from inside decoration. Pyrographic needle work adds an ornate touch, boosting cost while accommodating milady's sheer waists with frills and trimming.
The receptacle is the newest type and attracts the girl who likes up to date wardrobes. Cretonne remains prominent among fabrics. A shoe box shown is covered in cream and pink cretonne with divided interior compartments for footwear. It blends with light furnishings typical of country homes, as noted by Brooklyn Life.
In a rural school a second reader class explored a story about flies and honesty. The tale claimed flies keep faces clean by rubbing feet on heads, prompting the question what lessons children learn. One boy answered that it means boys should wash their faces with their feet.
An early farming note describes steam treated fodder improving palatability and weight gain in cattle hogs and dairy stock. It details a compact steam setup with a boiler bins pipes and zinc lined boxes, plus cautions on using wooden milk vessels and notes on quirky Mexican dairy methods by Lespinasse.
The article argues dairy cow production should move from chance results to a deliberate breeding plan. It notes that historically many good cows were developed by accident rather than planning, and stresses that modern business conditions require systematic methods.
Henry W Brown of Flanders Iowa reports his Suffolk cow, eight years old and unregistered, produced 24 quarts in a single milking surpassing her previous best of 18 quarts. Brown describes the cow as amused and proud during the generous milking sequence, likening her to a fountain as he fills three pails.
Farmers in the corn belt increasingly value skim milk for feeding calves hogs and poultry, preferring to keep or exchange it for whole milk on farms. The Farm ers' Review notes many hold back skim milk, arguing its value lies beyond chemical content when combined with corn, boosting overall feed efficiency.
Instructs making a simple refrigerator using two wooden boxes with two drainage holes in each, one two inches smaller. Fill the outer box with charcoal, insert the inner box with space around, seal tightly, and place a lath rack at the bottom for ice to rest on.
Instructions claim a home remedy using a quart can, a blanket, a tub, and carbolic acid to treat gapes in chicks. The method involves heating fumes to kill worms, with a one minute covering and subsequent release. Origin attributed to W C Howard in Prairie Farmer.
A Washington gossip item notes a New York Evening Post tale about a Supreme Court justice at a distinguished ex-senator's dinner. Conversation centers on vegetarianism versus carnivory with a hostess quipping about strength from vegetables and a jurist replying on a carnivorous minute jumper.
Advertises Nickel Plate Road summer tours from Chicago to East and East Coast resorts with Low Rate Short Line connections via Buffalo. Highlights up-to-date service, attentive attendants, and flexible Dining Car meals from 25 cents to one dollar.
A New Yorker who sought legal advice learns he cannot shoot a neighbor boy learning violin. The piece notes unwritten law favors wind instruments, not string music, per Sioux City Journal.
The mock exchange cites Mrs McCall and Mrs Nuriteh arguing over a discharged butler. The Milwaukee Sentinel and Atchison Globe snippets frame a witty, observational tone on language and social behavior.
National Encampment at Boston August 15 20 1904 promoted by Chicago Tribune style notice. Nickel Plate Road offers low rates with dining and sleeping car service, stopovers at Niagara Falls and Chautauqua Lake, special GA. BL train Chicago August 8 1904, reservations via local agent.
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