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Newspaper
Casper Press
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1910
Page
2
The article describes a Wig Coat in Inverness style with double breasted fronts and fabric-covered buttons, made to suit cloth serge or tweed with edge stitching. It also features a heavy blanket serge motor coat with a panel front and back, a left-side fastening, wide turn-up sleeves, a silk motor bonnet, and specific fabric and button requirements.
Instructions outline making a decorative hat brush with a plain back, corded silk facing, and French style embroidery. It covers selecting white braid, sandpapering the wood, applying glue, and sewing a cream silk with soft embroidery and gold lace to achieve an aged French appearance.
Simple bodice with two shoulder yokes and tightly raised edges. Describes braided edges and loops, button and braid requirements, and a Wall Novelty pattern note. Mentions new veils and cavalier hats with fashion commentary.
A careful description of a dainty pincushion cover for a toilet table item named Heenble. The mattress shaped cushion measures about four and a half by six inches and is stuffed with wool or bran. The linen cover features filet or Cluny lace with satin stitch and eyelet embroidery, with a decorative top and bottom panel joined by narrow edges and finished with buttonholed loops or a plain edge.
Fringe details describe tiny cotton tassels for summer frocks in cream or white. Text notes delicate fringe used on cottons and linens, with patterns woven in white and blue, some fringes uncut with loops, and a reference to French use on chiffon and silk.
A gold band bracelet widening from half to an inch draws interest with heavy engraving or patterned black or colored enamel. The item recalls a style worn by grandparents. Also advice on organizing ribbons with separate boxes or envelopes by color for tidy storage.
A fragment discusses changes in pleated ruffles on pantalon ensembles. It notes shifts from gathers to plats, with plats laid regularly or in pairs. The shallow plaits reduce required material and simplify sewing, as the spaece demands only modest amounts.
A humorous exchange features Mrs Woenpeck-John asking for an honest hat opinion and Mr Heopeck declining, noting Mary is bigger and stronger. The quip plays on a playful marital dynamic.
The ad extols Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment to prevent minor eruptions from becoming chronic, offering a free $2 Cuticura Book from Potter Drug & Chem. It also recounts a legalist Lord of Hosts joke about a curate seeking a living and receiving a divine recommendation.
Tommy laments loneliness as he cannot find playmates among older boys. His father suggests nearby children like Johnny Jenkins and the Dobbs boy, but Tommy dismisses them. He considers Jack Spear and Willie Starlow yet notes age gaps keep him from joining.
Western economists urge abandoning luxuries while people deserve a moral right to modest recreation beyond bare necessities. Rising prices do not justify cutting essential joys, for a life beyond mere survival is valued.
An Ohio woman recalls four years of heart trouble and nervous prostration from coffee use. She switched to Postum, followed directions, and reports steady nerves, a strong heart, and pain relief. She credits coffee withdrawal and Postum with her dramatic recovery.
Bertha Steinberger, 76, has never married and has served the Kurtz family for 67 years from Germany to Castle Garden to New York. Born February 10 1800s in Helmalaiz Germany, she endured a thwarted elopement, loss of a fare, and poverty, yet stayed devoted due to humane treatment. She now lives with a grandchild of her first employer and believes servant stability comes from being treated as a human being.
Boston reports a Navy court martial for Paymaster George P. Auld over charges linked to an alleged attack on Dr. Edward Cowles relative of Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt. The case drew attention due to connections with Miss Sesler of Evanston and Miss Swift daughter of Rear Admiral Swift, and reports say the attack followed treatment of Miss Sesler.
The report says Cowles, a married man, was barred from a navy yard dance. When told his presence was not wanted, a fight ensued. Auld testified he did not strike Cowles but grappled and threw him to the floor. Some say this quarrel stems from a deeper scandal. Congress investigation is being discussed.
A Scotch preacher in his congregation recalls Jonah swallowed by a big fish after sailors cast him overboard. An old woman seated at the pulpit foot exclaims it was a whale, prompting the minister to hush her and defend the word of God.
An advertisement touts Mall's Catarrh Cure as a internal remedy that cures catarrh by acting on the blood and mucous surfaces. It claims local applications fail and credits a Toledo company with a physician backed formula. Testimonials and distributor notes accompany the sale pitch.
A garbled late 19th century classified ad fragment touts Allen's Lung Balm as an old reliable remedy and Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children. It mentions hearth stove sales, landlord and tenant notes, Piles cure claims, and a money refund promise, all in broken text.
The input is a garbled OCR text containing random phrases and mis-spellings about oceans battleships New York Run ho ene or les diasaees and a doctor knocking his own game. The readable parts provide no coherent story or identifiable entities to summarize.
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