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Newspaper
Abbeville Press And Banner
Location
Abbeville, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1908
Page
3
Reading through a New York fashion feature, designers highlight a tailored waist in natural pongee and silk trim, noting its seasonless versatility and rear wing. The piece discusses turnover cuffs with embroidery, decorative buttons, and possible striped variations, plus child blouse embellishments with red mercerized cotton initials.
A fashion note describes a skirt that drapes smoothly over the hips and flares at the lower portion. It remains a favorite for walking and remains graceful. The model can be made in three or four pieces as the front gore.
The piece describes regulation sleeves, fabric quantities for a modest dressmaking project, color trends like green and jade, and the latest silhouettes. It notes yardage needs for a modular size, trims such as chevron bands, tassels, and decorative edges, plus the influence of color blending on style. It mentions materials, widths, and fit lines for a refined social wardrobe.
The sermon by Rev. Dr. Curtis Lee Laws links Christian faith with honest work, arguing Christians must engage in worldly occupations with moral restraint. He warns wealth can tempt pride and spiritual loss, urging business leaders to remember God as the source of power to gain wealth and to use riches for God’s purposes.
The author argues that unanswered prayers do not prove God unkind and that divinely guided outcomes may come in unexpected ways. It suggests believers often recognize blessings emerging from withheld or misdirected petitions and that ultimate answers arrive in God’s timing through unforeseen circumstances.
A fragment describes using a magnet to draw iron particles from oil of sand and compares the result to heavenly, pleasing outcomes. The narrator reflects on perception, the power of the magnet, and a hopeful, almost spiritual interpretation.
A reader note argues that to swear is to take God's name in vain and to rely on divine promises requires steady faith. The text urges living with God through trials, honoring his word, and clinging to faith even in winter’s harshness, reflecting on biblical guidance.
A disjointed note reflects on life, purpose, and the afterlife with scattered references to Cost Walora Unat and a Methodist setting in Dalina Texas. It hints at spiritual guidance and a future oriented toward meaning beyond material longing.
A fragmented line suggests a moral about achieving public acclaim more easily in front of a large audience than in private, urging focus on communal effort. The wording hints at a proverb-like reflection on success and visibility within a group.
Across seven states and nearly 1400 counties the local option and prohibitory laws spread to 126 cities amid a broad anti saloon campaign. States report dry counties and townships, with Utah likely to join the trend and several others poised for enactment. enforcement battles intensify in major cities.
A Wisconsin city adopts a controversial ordinance requiring photographs of habitual drinkers to hang in saloons with notices banning sales to them. A man volunteered his image, hoping for reprieve from drink, while Atlantic City acts to enforce a Sunday sale ban amid rising public pressure. Police courts back growing rogues gallery. Nearly seventy offenders have been cited.
A faded passage recalls a temperance moment where a kind word to a drunken man saved a soul from death. The tale credits John Brough with years of preaching temperance and warns that a single word can halt ruin and restore lives.
Prohibitionists in New York City celebrate news that figuor interests plan to enter the presidential committee. Chairman Gardiner says the movement has gained traction while opponents claim prohibition would raise liquor demand.
Outlining how rabies may present in dogs, the guide notes not all signs are dramatic. A change from calm to excitable behavior with trouble swallowing and sticky whitish saliva marks the disease, along with red gleaming eyes and bursts of running fury followed by exhaustion.
The article recalls early settlers arriving for trade and prosperity as well as religious liberty. Forefathers and families brought fine apparel and footwear, laying foundations for modern trade and the American love of dress, which supports robust retail markets in New England.
Three year old Allan, taught by a aristocratic grandmother about blue blood and low birth, returns home with a bloodied finger. His mother calms him, noting the cut is not serious, while the child laments tears for having red blood, not blue, as Grandma claimed.
In Bedford Jail John Bunyan, author of The Pilgrim's Progress, speaks with a Quaker who sought him across several lands. Bunyan notes his long confinement and questions the purpose of the visitor, asserting faith and providence over a mere mission.
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