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Newspaper
Baxter Springs News
Location
Baxter Springs, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1908
Page
7
The article outlines two jacket designs suitable for wear with any skirt. The first jacket is double-breasted with velvet faced collar and turned-up velvet cuffs, paired with a brown stretched satin hat trimmed with satin and wings. Materials include two and a half yards of 52 inch fabric, five yards lining silk, half yard velvet.
The one piece frock gains weekly popularity for home and social wear. Soft fabrics, no lining, high waist and minimal trimming define its style. gowns fold into travel bags without creasing. Skirts are short, blouses simple, gowns in pink, navy, black, catawba and wistaria satin. Alcohol or cologne suggested to enhance neck luster.
The article notes women embracing veils as fashion, citing Russian net as popular and adaptable to new imports. Black and white veils remain common, with fine mesh and small dot patterns preferred over coarser threads and larger dots, while newer miracle fabrics appear in limited colors.
A delicate blouse layout features spotted filet net over a shell, pink glace, lace yoke edged with galloon, two shoulder tucks, and pink-edged folds. Sleeves showcase tucks to the elbow with silk-edged folds and galloon at the elbow. Material lists 2 1/2 yards net, 4 1/2 yards silk, 2 yards galloon, 1/2 yard lace.
When bedridden, provide simple exercise via a trained masseuse if affordable. Schedule every other day or per doctor, with deep massage to activate organs and prevent sluggishness. If no masseuse, an amateur nurse can do careful rubbing and light pinching to start circulation. Avoid overtiring and vigorous moves. perform brief sessions two hours after meals.
Instructions advise adding benzoin to creams or lotions drop by drop to prevent curdling. In bath water the effect is not marked, and a small amount should be used to give the water a milky appearance.
R L recalls a kidney trouble with backache and irregular secretions. After consulting doctors he found relief using Dean’s Kidney Pills, the symptoms gradually disappeared. The ad cites 50 cents per box and Foster Milburn Co of Buffalo New York.
A Concord New Hampshire resident describes a severe two month itch with beefsteak like redness and swelling below the knees. After applying five or six remedies with no relief, a small amount of Cuticura cured the itching and swelling within days, enabling him to wear shoes again.
Fragmentary OCR shows a quick cold cure with a whiskey mix and dosing every four hours. It also includes scattered ad snippets for drugs, fur dealers, a Bible quote, and miscellaneous puns about gratitude and social sayings from a vintage page.
The fragment mentions Castoria as a safe remedy for infants and children, notes reciprocity and a blunt line about killing a dog, then shifts to a cloth whitening ad with a 2 oz package priced at five cents, finishing with a Browning mention and a casual question about clothing.
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