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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1914
Page
16
The article promotes spring fashion centered on taffeta and home sewing. It details a blue taffeta gown with an overskirt, a short jacket with kimono sleeves, and a basque belt, plus pattern-based costing and yardage for underskirt bodice overdress and voile blouse. It emphasizes ease of home construction and budgeting under ten dollars for materials and patterns.
The article notes a revival of old fashion flat ringlets with two coiffure pictures. One shows a loose wave with a French twist and top puff, the other a pompadoured, loosely waved style ending in a coil with a central puff. Shell pins and shell combs with colored stones gain popularity alongside fake colored wigs. Julia Bottomley.
A Thacher Medicine Co advertisement promotes STELLA-VITAE as relief for irregular female health issues including weakness nervousness and depression. It offers a money back guarantee on the first bottle and a six bottle price of five dollars with continued treatment suggested, citing Mrs. D. S. Hamilton of Milner Georgia as a testimonial.
In a London Tit-Bits snippet, Farmers Dobbins and Wayseed bargain over selling a beloved cow. Dobbins asks twelve pounds, George resists, noting his wife would sob to part with the cow. They finally propose a compromise to ease the wife’s sorrow.
Miss Fannie Mostiller of Bienville Louisiana describes years of painful hand eczema and skin breaks. She reports relief and cure after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment, and notes Cuticura’s world distribution and free samples with a Skin Book offer.
An old ad touts Six-Sixty-Six as a malaria remedy with five or six doses to break fever and a tonic effect to prevent recurrence. The pitch promotes continued use and mentions 25 cents. Additional blurbs reference Comfort, Friend-Eggs, and branding for Putnam Fadeless Dyes.
A lightship remains fixed in a single spot with engines warmed yet never sails unless relieved. The craft must endure storms to warn navigators where lighthouses cannot be built. Movements are limited to sinking only when storms overwhelm the crew and ship. About six million dollars yearly funds lives and billions in commerce.
A Saturday Evening Post anecdote recounts banker James Stillman hosting British financiers in New York. They ride away in a $15,000 French car only to discover the host pedaling up a Hudson hill, prompting ironic pity from the guests. The piece contrasts the hen with the turkey and goose in holiday lore and calls for a Fourth of July hen celebration.
A fragment of a 19th century page features ads for Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills with a free trial offer, Hanford's Balsam cures and warnings about women's roles in politics, a coffee joke, and a note about railway bridges needing paint. The tone is brisk and miscellany driven.
A collage notes animal quirks from horses fearing dogs to a cow fearing hats. Included is a reference to Balaam’s ass, Esop and Chaucer, and a line about jibbing and vice. A reading of Mary ages five and her encyclopedia question threads through, with a brief quip about a burglar wanting only the baby.
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