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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1908
Page
3
A fashion note details a shift from mannish lines to heavier, fussier tailor made suits for street wear. Dark mixtures, clouded stripes, large buttons, velvet trimming, and longer skirts dominate, with plaited styles declining and princess designs rising.
Fashion advice on mixing fabrics and revamping sleeves to stay current. Use matching materials for long lines while trimming with the other, update sleeves, and employ braiding to refresh last season’s frocks. Lace waists feature heavy Irish, Italian, or pieced lace with linen bands over slips.
The piece notes a growing trend of lifting the gown to reveal the smart shoe and stocking, with Parisian influence introducing low black slippers paired with colored stockings. Occasionally the heel shade matches the stocking hue, reflecting contemporary dress sensibilities.
A graceful gown features Saxe-blue ealienne fabric. The skirt sits high at the back, is very full and slightly trained. White tucked chiffon trims the design, completing an elegant wedding silhouette.
Deep yoke and mitten cuffs described with a gathered shoulder, yoke band of glace silk, silk straps and bows on cuffs. Materials listed include eight yards satin 42 inches wide, 114 yards bottom, one half yard silk, two buttons.
An advertisement extols Borax as a simple safe method to prevent typhoid by sanitizing sinks and drains. It claims two tablespoons per gallon hot water cleans pipes, softens water, whitens linen, cleans dishes, repels moths, purifies skin, and sterilizes baby bottles, while remaining harmless and affordable. A free Jingle Book offer awaits mothers sending baby details.
An estimated 1.6 billion dollars in gold lies concealed within India's Hindu ornaments and personal treasures. The article notes vast dormant capital and suggests mobilizing it could boost India's and Britain's eastern empire industrially and commercially, challenging Western perspectives on wealth.
A New York man shares a personal experience with Grape-Nuts and cream, noting rapid relief from stomach acidity and indigestion after one week and full recovery by two weeks. He reports newfound lunch appetite and improved health, praising the product and mentioning Postum Co. of Battle Creek and the Road to Wellville.
A writer in Wal lace's Farmer describes a makeshift drag using four old wagon tires linked by chains and an evener. Observed on a northern Arkansas field, the device crushes clods into powder, leaving a finer seedbed. It is inexpensive and could aid wheat or late cowpeas sowing.
A cor respondent describes a simple surveying technique using a board, a straight edge, and spirit level to measure elevation differences. By placing stakes and sighting from a fixed board, the difference in ground levels between two points can be determined, enabling drainage planning with reasonable accuracy.
Advice from the Department of Agriculture on road maintenance notes that clay roads resist water poorly but can become durable with sand or small gravel. Mixing clay with sand, crowning and rolling, planting Bermuda grass, and using fibrous mulch like sugarcane refuse, straw, or pine needles help keep roads damp and firm. Avoid ditching and ensure proper drainage, while supplemental materials aid temporary improvements on earth or sand roads.
An article advises women to raise onion sets from seed as a simple income. Plant late in ground used by early crops, prepare a firm seedbed, sow thickly in wide rows, and press with a board. Keep weeds out, do not thin, sweep soil from bulbs if covered, then let tops die or break down. Dig, dry, store cool and dry, and sell to grocers with easy markets.
Two pine pieces one inch in diameter and 40 inches long form a simple hanger with wire hooks at ends. Small screws hold 19 inch wires, two nine inch pieces complete with loops. Ceiling hooks connect by 32 inch wires, letting the lower wood hang level with the stove, useful in closets or cellarways.
The Northwestern Agriculturist urges brush clearing in fall to prevent sprouting in spring. It notes idle pastures choked with brush waste grass space, recommends brush scythes to clear fields, burn debris, and reseed with tame grass to make idle acres profitable at land prices of 50 to 100 dollars per acre.
Dairy calf prices show a decline from $30 to $13 as calves are raised on exim milk. The shift suggests scrub stock may be valued lower in the market, prompting producers to adjust expectations and sale timing.
Fayette, Manchester Iowa resident Mrs. R Crouse reports two years of backache, rheumatic pain, and kidney disorder relief after using Dean's Kidney Pills. She notes normal kidney action, reduced pain, and better sleep. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. The Wretchl a philosopher pa. Pyilogopher Willie a married man who does not wish he wasn't.
An old advertisement estate touts Halls Catarrh Cure with a one hundred dollar reward for a cure of catarrh and includes testimonials about F J Cheney and a scrip by druggists Warping HIman and Marvin. It also promotes Hall s Family Pills and a stock tonic recipe and notes tea plantation wages in Ceylon. A closing line states a successful man is not necessarily contented.
Mrs Sallie French of Pancannla Indian Territory writes that seven years of female troubles left her run down and nervous. After seeking medical help and using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she became strong and well again.
An advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a standard remedy for female ills. It claims to cure displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities backache and nervous prostration and invites women to write for free confidential advice from Mrs Pinkham at Lynn Mass.
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