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Newspaper
Abbeville Press And Banner
Location
Abbeville, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1908
Page
3
New York City fashion notes describe guimpe blouses in silk and lace, with removable guimpe options in embroidery chiffon or lingerie fabrics. Silks pipe with velvet, belts stay straight, and sleeves trend draped and tailored. Dresses in mousseline with trimmed corsage suit many ages, with versatile shirt waists offered in linen or silk and various trims.
The article details blouse designs with fronts back basque and three quarter sleeves, and a bulmpé with hidden back closure and stock collar. It lists fabric quantities for medium sizes including lace, and outlines dressy wraps with embroidered fronts, lace underarms, and generous material requirements.
A Keswick Convention sermon by Dr. T. H. White urges making the heart the guest chamber for Christ. It links scripture on the heart with intellect, affection, and will, urging surrender to divine will through cleansing, sanctification, and dependence on the Holy Spirit to become witnesses for Him.
A short quotation attributed to Bishop Fitzgerald warns that a man who seeks excuses for neglecting religion will find them, while one who seeks religion with his whole heart will discover it, urging readers not to hinder a brother in faith.
A terse quotation attributed to Horace Bushnell appears, asserting that no prayer reaches God unless it first grips the individual. The line reflects a devotional ethic emphasizing personal grasp before divine response.
A Birmingham meeting of manufacturers revealed factory girls ran drinking clubs to smuggle alcohol into workspaces. Clubs funded by subs and company leaders were blamed for harming morals and motherhood readiness, with calls to post strict rules to end the setup. The report warned some clubs served public house interests and that coercion of workers was present.
An late night experiment annexed a drunkards train car for hours to soothe travelers. No drunks boarded the cars as scheduled. most left early or rode soberly on regular trains. The plan backfired yet claimed to aid temperance. Nebraska's liquor tax revenue exceeds Kansas by far, with state figures and barrels cited by Governor Hoch. Georgia liquor interests seek army canteen revival amid post restrictions.
Temperance notes discuss how drinking leads to poverty and Keeley cure profits, noting towns in Westchester voting against saloons. It cites Finland’s parliament women abstainers, a US agent praising tribal prohibition, and Tennessee Supreme Court upholding mandatory city prohibition for populations under 100,000.
The California Fig Syrup Co promotes a simple pleasant laxative for family use. The blend of Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna is praised for known value, wholesome components, gentle but prompt action, and physician approval. Buy the genuine product from leading druggists at fifty cents per bottle.
An ad claims Britain's per capita health cost and a guaranteed six to fourteen day cure for piles with Perp Ointment or money back. It also announces Berlin railway stations to install automatic umbrella distributors next month offering fifty cent rentals with a forty cent refund if returned within two days, per London Daily Mail.
A Staunton Virginia resident Mrs. James Long reports dramatic relief from backache and urinary troubles after using Doan's Kidney Pills in 1903 and notes lasting absence of kidney trouble by 1907. Product sold nationwide for 50 cents per tablet by Foster Milburn Co. Also cites a London Standard quip about a minister delivering sermons while mowing.
Mrs David Brown of Locke Arkansas reports long lasting eczema relief after using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills. She suffered for over two years with burning itching and sleepless nights and could not walk for months before trying the products. After three applications her condition improved and she remained free of eczema for a year with no recurrence. Swans have been known to live 200 years.
Consoling Thoughts about the young notes two classes of youth, those who do not think and those who think wrongly, with caution that right thinking depends on knowledge and early opinions prove hopeful. China hosts vast duck culture with cities and farms crowded with duck houses, duck quarters, and large hatcheries producing tens of thousands yearly. ducks are a staple delicacy and ubiquitous across the country.
A preceding letter from a prolific correspondent in Lynn Massachusetts urges women to share full details with their doctors. It promises strict confidentiality and cites thirty years of correspondence with sick women to support the guidance offered.
A reader from Allen town Pa credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing her organ ic disorder causing headaches and nervousness after her doctors advised surgery. The ad claims thirty years of use and over 3 million copies sold of an American book titled The Horse Book issued by the Government.
An ad promises a one hundred dollar reward for any cure of catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot achieve. It lists J Unzmey & Co of Toledo and urges purchase through druggists. The text includes nonsensical phrases and misquoted lines about medicines and a canary bird.
The note argues that earning a smaller salary in the country yields better living than a higher city wage. It suggests $1800 in town buys less tangible value than $1000 or $800 in rural areas. It emphasizes down home comfort and family contentment as key benefits of country life over city life.
A country gentleman spots a lantern under his window and learns the youth is courting Mary. The exchange turns comic as the man denies using a lamp in youth while the yokel quips about judging by the missus.
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