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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1925
Page
6
The ad touts Tanlac as Nature's greatest tonic built from roots and herbs. It promises rapid relief, claims 100000 letters of thanks from users, and urges immediate use to end fatigue and illness.
Beloved Swedish doctor scientist and inventor Vernest dies at 104 after falling from a horse. He preached life prolongation through digestive health and wholesome food. His Essence of Life remedy in root and herb form was widely shared with free trials offered by M R Zaegel & Co. Also notes naturalist Henry Oldys dies at Rockville Maryland leaving a will praising life and gratitude to God and life itself.
The piece cites 22 000 deaths and 700 000 injuries on American highways last year with 85 percent from autos. Secretary Hoover criticizes leniency toward road hogs at a banquet and recounts a crash joke about a crimson racer overturning Smith who survives with a broken leg.
Thousands of women suffer kidney or bladder trouble without realizing it. Kidney issues can trigger back pain headaches and loss of ambition and affect overall health. Dr Kilmer Swamp Root claims to restore kidney health and invites readers to request a sample bottle by sending ten cents to Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton NY. Medium large size bottles are sold at drug stores.
A solitary quotation attributed to Benjamin Franklin notes that people fail to appreciate good health and overlook even minor sicknesses, reflecting a common sentiment on gratitude and wellbeing. The aphorism prompts readers to value their wellness amid daily life.
An advertisement touts Cuticura Soap and Ointment for sore hands with hot soaks, drying, and cleansing, plus removal of surplus ointment. It claims the trio serves all toilet needs and ends with a quotation about gold and a misquoted motto about fidelity.
Fashion notes highlight velveteen revival with bright colored short coats worn over white frocks. Long topcoats blend velveteen and corduroy in natural tones, lined with kasha. Ensembles unite velveteen coats with crepe de chine trims and silk dresses, praised as attractive and widely accepted by the well dressed.
Wide crush belts of suede are popular to wear with sports suits. They feature soft linings or none, and carry large suede covered buckles or fancy metal clasps. Suede bags of many kinds complete the coordinated look.
A fashion note describes the scarf bat as a stylish, practical addition to summer hats. Navy blue straw hats with oblique ribbon and a crepe scarf, Havana brown straw braids with floral gilt motifs, and black milan with a satin scarf lead a trend. Flamboyant floral accents and crimson roses accent various hats, with detachable scarf details and decorative ends.
Word from Paris reports nearly all dresses on exhibition include embroidery details. The dainty Paris frocks showcase bright threadwork, with designers highlighting delicate motifs and intricate stitching across evening gowns and daytime pieces.
Styles feature suede bags in plain or ornamented designs, many with metal monograms or enamel clasps. Handsome flat square or envelope shapes with straps come in tan gray green scarlet, with white suede summer options. Practical leather purses use fine grain, suede or moire linings, Russian calf color, and satin finishes, contrasting with ornate French novelties favored by Americans for spring and summer.
New and most attractive hosiery styles appear with the latest lingerie. Fashionable golf stockings feature showy stripes and checks that have grown more pronounced, with black stockings fading from use except in mourning dress. Taupe, tan, gray, beige, champagne and flesh shades pair with black shoes and any color costume.
Old time morning glory appeals to dressmakers. Paquin has adopted it as his favorite flower for spring, using it in embroidery painted designs and applied in silk and muslin on frocks. A mauve georgette and silver lace dance frock features morning glories as the belt.
The text describes garments with embroidery on bodice pockets belt and collar and cuffs in vivid colored silks or beads often using two colors such as rose and mauve or green and blue. Belts appear mainly at back or via inserted bands. Sleeves are long straight or tight with linen collars. no short sleeves and few sleeveless frocks.
The latest hatpin fashion features ornamental pins as dominant trimming on sports and street hats. Straw wool and ribbon balls provide decorative options for small hats while jeweled pins and brooches adorned with rhinestones and colored glass embellish dressier hats with floral bird and animal motifs.
The reader notes bold flower patterns in bright color schemes including red and black and black and white found in crepé de Chine and chiffong fabrics.
A brief item notes fashion captions and a skeptical line about meeting expectations. The snippet hints at reflections on clothing and social pressures, contrasting style trends with personal effort and endurance.
Hoosier traveling man in a hotel room overhears two teachers arguing after a convention session about leaving teaching. One teacher laments the struggle of finding a different path. The man suggests, quite loudly, that she could become an auctioneer.
The passage envisions a portable, well balanced woodworking mill that can be taken to lay heavy timbers and frame them on site. It notes butchers planning chopping blocks and vat makers framing timbers on benches while cutting, splicing, boring and graining timbers up to 12 inches thick, all conducted as gravity holds them in place.
Natives of the Gold coast, pocketless and scantily clad, wear a specially minted nickel with a hole to string around the neck. The coins are produced at the royal mint in London.
A brief note from the Boston Transcript suggests a playful exchange about collecting libraries and bookish wit. An honest blush is commented as no straight flush in a light column-style teaser.
A frock described in periwinkle blue crepe de chine features a very wide jabot of plaited silk as its sole trimming, highlighting a simple yet elegant design.
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