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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1911
Page
12
A historical column laments female gossip and disloyalty among girls. It argues that praising friends benefits character, while tearing others down harms reputations, noting the tendency for girls to judge peers to win male attention and social favor.
Revival of antique embroidery appears on straw scarfs and related items. The set includes scarf parasol and hat with fine straw stitching creating quaint decorative effects in soft shades. The overall look is more interesting than merely beautiful.
Instructions describe removing printed lettering from flour sacks. Soak with kerosene overnight then boil in strong suds to erase the letters. The method is offered as a general tip for making sacks usable for other purposes.
A new market hosiery item for children and women prevents garter slips and undergarment exposure during active play. The design features stockings reaching to the waist with a back and front elastic panel and buttonholes that attach to the under waist, available in brown black and white.
Family balance hinges on siblings learning to repay borrowed pocket money. The eldest sister becomes a target for constant requests for nickels and dimes, harming her budget and sparking household friction. Parents should enforce repayment to teach responsibility and preserve family harmony.
A humorous anecdote features a politician on doorstep duty asking to see a husband at home and learning the dog died from barking at candidates. The piece then shifts to home décor advice praising cushions for mission rooms, Persian tapestry, corduroy with metallic trim, and satin embroidered antimacassar style in drawing rooms.
The report highlights lavish pay for A Piatt Andrew and others while the National Monetary Commission funds congressmen as commissioners. It notes $207,130.48 spent with little tangible results and predicts abolition in the current session as exposed misuses accumulate.
A Chicago News excerpt links the decline of powdered wigs to the French Revolution and wars. It cites hair powder scarcity and taxes, plus Jacobin influence, as drivers of masculine emancipation and the rise of plain attire and hair. The author recalls Walpole's 1791 remark on generations failing to recognize each other due to altered appearances.
The Kansas City Star notes a solid alcohol lozenge innovation that fills alcohol lamps safely. Travelers can drop the lozenge into the lamp to heat water or brew tea in trains and steamship cabins, avoiding spills and fire risk in sleeping car berths.
More than 200 cygnets were reared along the Thames from Southwark Bridge to Marsh Lock Henley in the last season. The largest brood was nine at Hartford. Black swans at Goring owned by the Vintners Company also increased. In all about 500 swans remain along the stretch with the King owning the greatest share and the rest held by the Dyers and Vintners companies.
A vintage ad touts tonics to stimulate the nervous system and refresh the body. It frames the product as a rapid, effective health aid promising gains in energy and vitality for readers.
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