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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1909
Page
8
A group of capital officeholders plans a cooperative suburb named Bungalow Town on 14 to 20 acres near suburban trolley lines. Land costs around 1000 per acre with homes capped at 1000 dollars, each on one acre, enabling initial buildouts and shared purchasing to reduce expenses. Women would form a central purchasing committee for wholesale food and supplies.
Congress faces a heated issue as DC residents push to reclaim a lost Virginia portion of the original district. President Taft suggested starting a bill to restore the land, noting many sites already sit in Virginia. The move draws court scrutiny and broad political interest as Arlington National Cemetery and Fort Myer usages are cited.
A fragmentary quotation from the New York Sun describes a night entry scene where a woman pleads to release her hands, the man resists, and a subsequent voice asks for a back, plus a note about Chauncey M. DeNew. The piece recalls DeNew’s thrift and a prayer meeting where no one responds to the exhortation.
The passage notes how a party aboard mules in Mark Twain’s Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court blushes as a joke travels along the cavalcade. It satirizes the idea a mule can blush, calling the scene a preposterous rebuke to the ladies aboard.
An Ohio man reportedly traded his wife for a keg of beer, a stunt cited as a humorous example of swift fame. The remark contrasts years of toil with a single day of notoriety.
A terse exchange questions a man's judgment in the rain and hints his wife seeks to move to Arizona. The dialogue implies tensions over climate, finances, and marital decision.
A string of quick quips and exchanges on credit trust and reputation. Alderman Mulcahy weighs in on how a wanted credit line raises suspicion, a bartender recounts a free lunch tale, a spring poet with diamonds is teased as a wagon-spring author, and a young poet seeks fame via a haircut and collar. The chatter shifts to a literary club and a joking courtroom jab about voting.
The Taft administration is expected to reshape the cabinet around year end with Secretary Wilson likely to retire. Secretary Ballinger gains forestry jurisdiction over Indian reservations, easing a past dispute with Interior. Charles F. Scott of Kansas is seen as a leading candidate for the Wilson seat.
The department of agriculture in Washington runs a willowcraft program to promote willowwork. Willows were planted along the Potomac Park reclamation project and a willow plantation now covers many acres as an experimental farm for growth and propagation of willows.
A neighborhood fire at a pickle factory led to a curious fire sale as a neighbor’s wife returned with highteen bottles of tomato catsup hot mustard pickles and other preserves. The total expense was $2.05 and invites go out for friends to help consume the salvage.
A locksmith of manners features in tales of clever ends. A fisherman policeman drops a line with smooth courtesy. A townwoman seeks free medical advice by guile, while a doctor responds simply with one word: I cough, madam.
A housewife complains to an employment agent about a mis-sent maid. The agent insists a competent maid was sent, but the wife calls her impudent. A kind neighbor sees the crying girl on a cold street as the girl explains she was told to start school too early.
Women are discarding rats and puffs for natural hair with a middle part and loose back. Advice covers jewelry reuse, brushing 10 minutes twice daily, dry shampoos, keeping hair clean and dry, avoiding hot water and unsafe tonics, sun exposure caution, and not sharing combs to prevent baldness.
A sewing sketch outlines a silk and canvas wrist bag to hold knitting at work. The bag features silk and canvas sides separated by plaited silk, bound at the top with ribbon and bon. A wide canvas handle edged with ribbon completes the design. knitting is embroidered across the front.
A fashionable topcoat in pale gray silk mohair features straight lines and shapely silhouette. Trimmed with self colored buttons, turnback cuffs, and a turnover collar with broad silk trim, it pairs with evening fabrics for summer and with wool outfits in early fall.
A New York Herald April column urges graceful posture for girls in class, detailing correct sit down and seating edge techniques. It warns against slouched, awkward positions, stresses pivoting on toes, hips back on seat, and keeping feet flat to avoid spinal strain.
A reader describes a simple home dye method to refresh faded dresses. Using a piece of purkered cheesecloth and oil, wash and boil to set color, then test color with small samples. Navy blue cheesecloth can revive a bright blue dress, dipping portions to achieve even shade when wet.
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