Useful Christmas Gifts Made by Deft Fingers
A female craft guide outlines easy to make home gifts for Christmas. Projects include a porcupine pincushion with vandyked wool work on canvas, a Dutch pincushion shaped like a windmill aid, an opera bag from book covers with pockets for handkerchiefs and glasses, and a hanging wall pin cushion from brass cart-horse ornaments. It also notes color schemes and materials like velvet, cord, silk, and bran stuffing, with simple construction steps.
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Berlin
Simple Baby Ribbon Reel and Pretty Book Covers
Trifles in the fancy work line describe a compact baby ribbon reel made from cardboard circles and decorative materials with a bodkin loop, plus steps for making decorative book covers. Instructions cover covering cardboard, stitching edges, adding ribbon ties, and finishing touches with embroidery and gilded patterns.
Christmas Presents Easily Made at Home
A guide to simple handmade gifts for Christmas including a hatpin case and a dressing-table box. Instructions cover materials, dimensions, assembly, and finishing touches with decorative embroidery and lined interiors. Also tips for doilies and intricate padded edging to enhance sewing projects.
Christmas Gift Craft Ideas for the Bureau Set and Accessories
The article outlines small, handmade gift ideas for women including a bureau basket with pockets and a needlebook, a Kodak film case crafted from cardboard and linen, and a workbag apron with beaded embroidery. It also notes a local petition to build a Selah bridge at Fourth Street, with debates on crossing routes and impact on the warehouse district.
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Selah
Fourth Street
Northern Pacific
Killed By Falling Bricks In San Francisco Palace Hotel
On Market Street in San Francisco two boys, Rod die Guneo eleven and Joseph Castro ten, were struck by bricks blown from a ruined palace hotel wall. Guneo died instantly. Castro was badly injured as police halted traffic and warning ropes stretched to prevent further danger amid high winds.
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Die Guneo
Joseph Castro
Palace Hotel
Market Streeet
Market Street
What A Girl Likes Christmas Hints For Young Men
A list of gift ideas for women including a fan muff picture belt gloves antique necklaces opera glasses hatpins veil pins oriental charms a desk clock or desk bookrack a small dog or Angora cat parasol jewel box books or jewelry and dresses depending on budget.
Embroidered Handkerchiefs and Opera Bag Craft Ideas
The article suggests marking handkerchiefs with the full first name in embroidery, padding with a thread. It describes making an opera bag from gold or silver cloth with square ring gathers and crocheted edges in gray, yellow, or green, then decorating with silk and bead embroidery.
New Handkerchief Bag For Christmas
A craft note describes a handkerchief bag made from two silk beaded disks about three inches across. The disks are joined leaving an opening at the top to hold a lace handkerchief. The compact, decorative afghanlike bag hangs from the belt and suits any color.
Coffin Bros Dry Goods Closing Out At Cost
We are making a specialty of furniture carriages harness saddles and closing out our dry goods at cost. This is a great opportunity for the ladies. Coffin Bros. 40-tf.
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Coffin Bros
How to Make a Decorative Pipe Ornament
A simple beginner project for a bachelor’s Christmas. Fill a briar or cherry wood pipe with cotton wool or bran, cover with a velvet piece, wrap three yards of baby ribbon around the stem, tie small bows at both ends, and pin the cushion part for a dainty decorative item.
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Odds and
Ikkodak
Kodak
San Francisco
Rod
Washington
Yakima Valley
Yakima
Cascade Lumber Co
Omir
G. T. Aumiller, Drayman
Rock and Sand
West Yakima Av
St. Paul
Billings
Denver
Burlington
Huet HI
S. D. Hoover
So. 2d St
Walla Walla, Wash
THE
Pioneer Limited
Overland Limited
Southwest Limited
Milwaukee
Chicago
Omaha
Kansas City
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry
H. S. Rowe
Ortiland
H. J. Manny
South Tenth St
Tacoma, Wash
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