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Newspaper
Casper Press
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1909
Page
2
Two fashion illustrations display moven age gowns suitable for home or street use. One uses pale gray with motre yokes and gray velvet piping, while the other features allover and bordered net with decorative ribbons.
The piece describes a trend in headwear with turbans adopting new names and styles. It notes several named forms such as Rembrandt and Napoleon, plus furs like ermine and sealskin. The drum major turban features antique gold and jewel settings, with quills and long fur on the sides.
Fashion note discusses skirts five to six inches from ground for street wear and for evening, with a few women choosing long or short styles. Mentions adapting old garments, such as salvaging a linen shirtwaist into collars and belts, and notes creative reuse of good material.
Brocade remains favored for brides maids hats with color coordination at the silk counter. Large shapes and color matched plumes suit festive occasions and post event wear. All black net blouses with sheer collar and wristbands indicate mourning style for younger women.
An advertised cough and throat remedy combines glycerine pine oil and whisky. The mix is sold as a trusted treatment and the Virgin Oil of Pine Compound is said to be produced only by Leach Chemical Co in Cincinnati.
A rich girl and a poor but honest young man clash over money and affection. He seeks tenderness. she asserts wealth while inviting his response to losing 1,250,000 dollars to test a woman’s feelings.
A claim for a rheumatism remedy mixes alcohol and syrups while a Charleston to Greenville tuberculosis exhibition expands to Columbia and Arkansas. Officials seek state funds to fight TB as other campaigns move through Colorado. Also includes a Toledo business oath and ads for Hall's Catarrh Cure and laxative tablets, plus a two part kids’ jam joke.
An old period piece promotes Allen s Foot Ease for tired aching feet and soothing rubbing night routines. It references general product uses and quirky quotes about self and world, with casual lines about loving feet and morning relief. The text also mentions a “Strategic Point” and a cable office remark in a fragmented, adlike tone.
An old newspaper fragment markets Pettit’s Eye Salve for eye ailments noting it as a tonic for weak watery eyes and mentions druggists and brokers. The text includes unrelated musings about wisdom and a married man’s sentence, ending with generic advice to not worry.
Rear Admiral Wainwright declares he will not take the 90 mile walking and riding test for officers, challenging the annual physical requirement. Navy Surgeon General Rixey defends the test as essential, while dispatches note most officers have yet to comply. The piece also recalls the early push for aero plane development by William Henson in 1842.
A Scottish resident held diary readings in the summer across Austria Germany and Holland to fund foreign missions charging ten cents per attendee. The article notes the quill Dickens used at Villa Les Montineauz where he drafted parts of Hard Times Bleak House and Little Dorrit sold for 20.
The Rev Mr Dozen complains his congregation mock him as foolish and conceited. He recalls a street encounter with an old German friend, who suggests in humor that braying like a donkey may be his only outlet for wrath.
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