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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1910
Page
3
The article discusses midwinter fashion for girls sixteen and older, showing a trim street suit adaptable to school wear and best bib and tucker. It describes a single breasted coat, narrow plaited skirt with waist yoke, optional hobble band, and suitable fabrics like basket serge blue, olive, plum, or red, plus blue serge or cheviot options.
A detailed 5 oz double white Berlin wool tricot pattern for a sleeping sock. Instructions cover foundational chain, rows of plain tricot, loop work across stitches, heel and toe decreases, joining, and finishing with front treble stitches. Strings are made by winding wool around fingers, securing with slipstitch, and attaching tassels.
The text describes a knitting pattern where the next two stitches are worked together, followed by a loop through the middle stitch, repeated across the row. It continues with 35th row repeats, decreasing by taking two together on each side of the middle stitch until nine stitches remain. The final row uses the two middle stitches together and completes seven stitches as double crochet. Then six rounds of double crochet are worked around the sole.
A decorative scarf concept presents a two tone yet single color scheme with moire on one side and soft satin on the other, both veiled with chiffon in the same shade. Ends are adorned with color coordinated ornaments such as pink ribbon roses or violet bunches for pale mauve or wistaria tones.
Fashionable fur shops unveil oversized muffs called the barrel muff. Deep and wide openings dominate the design with minimal puckering. The revival nod cites Directoire era aesthetics and often pairs two furs of similar color with different textures for a single, clever piece.
Everett C Brown of the Central Association of Chicago was re-elected president of the Amateur Athletic Union at the annual election in New York. Cleveland will host the 1916 Olympic games and the decision now goes to the international body for final action. No dispute is expected over Cleveland.
The statement recounts Tommy Ryan disputing Paddy Duffy as the first welterweight champion, detailing 1891 bout wins in America, a 76 round knockout, and recognition as world champion after defeating Mysterious Billy Smith, plus notes on old rules and uncertain current claim. It cites corroborating bouts with Patsy Carrigan, Denny Needham, and Tommy Tracy and mentions Australia.
An American reader riffs on English cricket and American baseball, praising the English batsmen for their low shots and eye for the ball. He notes cricket’s efficiency with a falling ball and suggests teaching cricketers’ low-sweep technique to baseball pitchers to exploit spitballs, citing Australian players as inspirational yet flawed.
Syracuse University expects to field crews at the annual intercollegiate regatta on the Hudson next summer as students contribute toward clearing a $6,000 indebtedness. Freshmen join rowing with sculls and sweeps, providing Coach Jim Ten Eyck a broad pool of material.
The piece argues luck dominates baseball outcomes, shaping careers and runs scored. It weighs natural talent versus teachable skill, advising young players to study stance, balance, and pitching, stay cool, and let chance favor them. It emphasizes observing pitchers and maintaining a steady, coordinated swing to improve hitting.
News notes sketch Ban Nelson and youthful slugging, Dave Barry named manager of New Orleans Athletic Club, Attell’s days said near end while Abe continues earning. Yost’s trickery cited, Texas league leaders invite Taft for 1911, Stagg predicts strong 1911 football season. Chicago amateur scene praised as wrestling rises and officials hail local powerhouses.
An old newspaper advertisement urges readers to buy Munyon’s Cold Cure for 25 cents. It claims the remedy prevents grippe and pneumonia, eases nasal discharge and fever, and tones the system. A free medical advice offer is included with mail response from Philadelphia.
In a lighthearted exchange, Mrs Fondpar shares concern that a baby may have swallowed a spoon and humorously notes the child has not been able to stir since, prompting a playful punchline about the spoon causing trouble.
A pale intellectual young woman laments the loss of her modern society novel after a servant girl burned the manuscript sheets blown to the grate by wind. Miss Tartan comments on the burning shame.
A courtroom exchange centers on a vagrancy charge. The judge notes the defendant has no visible means of support, while the prisoner asks if his wife Mary is visible, highlighting a terse, period voice in a historical clipping.
A light note on wedding trends guests and readers discuss the newest fad in nuptials. The focus remains on the bride as the central figure and fashionable centerpiece of the ceremony.
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