Glittering Fans Mark This Year’s Fashionable Accessory
Glitter and sparkle dominate fan fashion this year across white gauze, black, blue, and carved ivory fans. Mother-of-pearl sticks, gold and silver accents, and sandalwood models rise in price and variety. Japanese feather fans gain popularity, while plume fans fade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indy
Debutanta
Finat
Thoas
Mather-Of-Peace
Aloufike
Grandmother
Alea Rose
Tailor Made Style for Stout Women in Fashion
A Boston Herald piece reports dressmakers advising fuller figures to adopt tailor-made gowns rather than empire styles. It promotes slim tailored coats, belts, and hats with understated fabrics and dark tones, arguing such customization yields better fit and chic for women who weigh around 162 pounds and stand 5 feet 1 inch.
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Phil
Tallormade
Vienna
Boston Herald
Wash-sStand Drapery Sketch and Simple Construction
This sketch explains a low cost wash-stand drapery using bamboo. The pole, slightly longer than the wash-stand width, is plugged at both ends with wood or brass balls. Two brass balls mount on the wall to support the drapery end, and the fabric can be arranged in simple or decorative forms.
First Woman Flies Wright Aircraft Near Wright Field
Detroit reports a historic ascent as Mrs Hart O Berg becomes the first woman to ride in the Wright aeroplane. The piece contrasts ballooning’s long romance with aviation’s practical promise and praises the Wright machine's superiority over other devices. Berg recalls the thrill of the flight.
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Mrs. Hart
Berg
Hart O. Berg
Wainscott L I Aims at Succeeding Oyster Bay as Summer Capital
Wainscott Long Island shows early signs of becoming the nation’s summer capital, with hopes of surpassing Oyster Bay in popularity as a seasonal retreat. The shift signals broader trends in coastal resort drawing power and regional prominence.
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New York
Wainscott
L. I
Oyster Bay
United States
Cure a cough with glycerine and pine oil compound
A home remedy prescribes mixing two ounces of glycerine with a half ounce of Virgin Oil of Pine compound pure and a half pint of straight whisky. Shake and take a teaspoonful every four hours. The genuine pine oil compound is made only by The Leach Chemical Co. Cincinnati Ohio and sold in half ounce vials sealed in wooden cases to ensure freshness.
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Leach Chemical Co
Cincinnati
Ohio
She Pooh A Kiss In English Humor
A brief humor exchange from an English humor line shows a playful cross talk about a kiss. She notes a kiss is nothing while he recalls a prior claim that she could refuse him nothing. Chips.
Cutiura cures baby eczema after six months of suffering
The notice recounts Mrs. Louis Beck of San Antonio Texas applying Cutiura Remedies to her two year old son with eczema that covered the face head ears hands and legs. After three months with doctors and six months of worsening symptoms the first treatment brought sleep within a week and two months later the face was clear. The account ends with a testimonial claiming lasting cure. It mirrors early 1900s campaign style promotion.
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Louis Beck
San Antonio
Tex
The Tie That Binds (Gome)
A separated couple quarrels over their little dog Trixy as the wife plans a departure. He refuses to let the pet go, she insists, and after a half hour of arguing she decides to stay and unpack to cook dinner with the dog as the guest of honor.
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Trizy
Trixy
Proved by Time Kidney Pills Helped Man Recover
David Price of Corydon Iowa describes severe kidney trouble and weakness. One week after starting Dean's Kidney Pills his condition improved, enabling him to walk without a cane and gradually regain health. He has remained well for seven years and endorses the product sold by all dealers for 50 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo. Also a brief dialogue about boyish courage after a parent-teacher moment.
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David Price
Corydon
Dean
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertising claim and testimonials
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars for any catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It cites F J Cheney & Co of Toledo and Kinnan & Marvin as endorsers and describes the remedy as an internal blood and mucous solution priced at 75 cents per bottle. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills and quips on the misuse of the word anxious.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Orm
Kinnan & Marvin
Drucwista
All Truggista
Tate Hall
Taft Vacation Spot Likely Walnacott on Long Island
The article notes Prof. Horace D Taft and Charles P Taft plan to spend next summer at Walnacott on Long Island near Georgica Lake, midway between Bridgehampton and Easthampton, about 97 miles from New York, with a golf course appealing to the president-elect.
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Walnacott
Horace D. Taft
Charles P. Taft
Taft Brothers
Murray Bay
Canada
United States
Taft
Horace D, Taft
Charles FP
Sumeer
Walnscott
Long Island
Bridgehampton
Easthampton
New York
Georgica Lake
LAME BACK PRESCRIPTION PROMPTS MEDICAL DISCUSSION
The medical fraternity debates the growing use of home remedies for lame back and rheumatism. A claimed infallible cure mixes half a pint of whiskey with Toris Compound and Syrup Sarsaparilla Compound, dosed before meals and at night. Toris is produced by Globe Pharmaceutical Co Chicago. other ingredients sold by druggists.
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Globe Pharmaceutical Co
Chicago
Eye Salve Travel Ad From Alkali Texas Plains
Readers in sand blown Texas regions learn Dr Mitchells Eye Salve offers daily relief without eye drugs. On sale here at 26 cents with constant rewards. The message links practical eye care with a broad, motivational credo from Mable about joy, peace, and self worth as the path to success.
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Texas
Mitchell
Mable
Noble Gentleman and Charity Reflections
The excerpt contrasts Ruskin's call to wholehearted work with a blunt skepticism about indiscriminate charity. It cites a harsh, testing approach to proving a beggar's claim, implying a judgment on truth, need, and moral obligation.
Alloys of Gold and Iron in Medieval Texts
Fragmentary note discusses alloys of gold and iron with varying proportions. Mentions heating to melt and mix, creating mixtures that harden or crystalize. Text contains garbled phrases and appears to be a rough excerpt from an antiquarian discussion on gold alloys.
Split Skirt Fashion and Public Sentiment Reflections
A column-like passage humorously contrasts old and new song tastes at a piano and the blunt meddling of a curmudgeon. It notes fashion debates over directoire gowns, a quip about lasting trends, and playful asides about politics and a century-old Pettit's Eye Salve sales milestone.
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Directoire
Patrice
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Detroit
Mich
NEW Summer Capital
Cutiura
Atlanta Constitution
Gome
Jack
Europe
John Ruskin
Mrs. Winslow
Hawthorne
Gia Peati
Pre
Ric
Larry
Pettit
Butale, N. P
Dodds
Carters Iver
Eveyone
Thompson's Eye
White House
THE
Brown Shoe CO
Putnam
Denver
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