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Newspaper
Casper Press
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1909
Page
6
In fashion’s latest whim a dove gray cashmere ensemble features a front to back panel from shoulders to hem and a yoke at the top of the skirt. The lower skirt is plaited and joined to the yoke with six inch stitched plaits. A tassel braid is added.
A vintage pattern note describes a wavy trimmed front panel of folded chiffon velvet with button holes, lace yoke outlined by Rusala braid, deep curt sleeve, and a gray straw hat with black edging and wing trim. Materials listed include eight yards cashmere, braid, buttons, lace, and fabric pieces.
An instructional note describes adjusting the width of a colorless fabric to create a Bagdad style portiere. It suggests not being dissuaded by narrowness and to combine pieces to achieve a cohesive look. The text mentions hangings and a cultural setting, referencing a library.
A fashion roundup describes a season centered on black with white accents. Black thread weaves through coats gowns and hats while white details and touches of jet add contrast. Designers embrace black fabrics for street house and evening wear, signaling a confident return to classic tones.
The piece reappears with careful finishing as a princess like frock designed to resist bunching. A newer flannel lined style adds warmth and keeps the fabric from riding up against outer skirts. The skirt features a circular fit over the hips, fullness at the knees, and scalloped reinforced hems in buttonhole stitch or crochet.
The article notes growing use of arts and crafts in decoration with Byzantine and Moyen age motifs. It highlights new hat pins as popular accessories, fashioned in square or circular shapes from greenish bronze and adorned with quaint symbols.
The article describes flax cloth produced by Canadian women in local districts for homespun use. It notes the fabric’s country of origin and suggests its appeal for domestic sewing projects. The piece emphasizes handmade quality and regional craft.
The piece recalls a funeral scene with neighbors at a dying man’s bedside and a caution about neglecting a cold. It promotes a dubious home cure mixing glycerine, virgin pine oil, and whisky with dosing advice, and ends with a humor quip by Miss Lillian Russell about aging and motor cars.
A dated advertisement touts a one hundred dollar reward for any Catarrh cure claimed not possible by Lal's Catarrh Cure and praises F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo. It also promotes Hall's Family Pills, and mentions a chalk female figurine discovery near Wilendorf. The text mixes assorted historical notes and anecdotes.
A Kentucky woman professes daily communion with the Almighty and delivers high counsel to common folk. She once visited a prominent attorney to offer a celestial message for 25 dollars, only to be told the Lord knows he has not that amount. The encounter ends with the celestial communication abruptly halted.
A woman plagued by severe heart trouble credits giving up coffee and starting Postum with reversing health effects. She details weakness, nervous prostration, and headaches, noting weight gain after recovery and praise for Postum as the solution.
Augusta E. Stetson of New York has her practitioner license revoked after an inquiry found she taught that the New York branch is the only legitimate Christian Science church there and erred in doctrine. The Mother church committee on publication announced the action while she retains church membership. By-law amendments aim to prevent recurrence by requiring careful pupil selection and moral obligation to promote true understanding of divine principle and regular study of scripture and Science and Health.
Ira G Rawn named president of the Chicago Indianapolis and Louisville Monon railroad at a New York directors meeting on October 14. He succeeds W H McCool who retires from the presidency November 1 but remains a director and executive committee member. Rawn, 61, rose from telegraph operator to IIIC executive, previously general manager and Baltimore Ohio alum.
A long list of names and addresses from Illinois Indiana Kansas New York Ohio and other states claim Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured female ailments including tumors and uterine issues. They emphasize no payment was received for using their names to prove the medicine's merit.
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