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Newspaper
Checotah Times
Location
Checotah, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1906
Page
8
Children enjoy garden parties with flower theme crafts, costumes, bouquets, and games. Invitations feature Dresden style motifs inviting floral dress or flower symbolism. Month flower list from January to December guides wreaths and boutonnieres. Activities include dancing, street piano music, and a floral conundrum scavenger game with numbered clues.
An apron shower for a bride elect proved most enjoyable as guests donated materials for various aprons. Ten aprons were completed by five hours of sewing, with a tea and snacks served. A recipe book for the bride was also presented, containing contributed recipes and space for notes. MADAME MERRI.
The article surveys button styles from metal to pearl and bone with novelties. Some are fully covered while others highlight a central figure or flower. A Dreeden effect with tiny flowers gives a dainty appearance.
The porch becomes a favored summer sitting room as shops unveil new designs and materials. Rustic birch store pieces appear, with some heavy awkward items and many pretty chairs and table legs on display.
A garment description specifies serge holland drill or red twill fabric with knickers and bodice cut in one, a cross-cut sailor collar bound in striped material, bound sleeves, ribbon knot, elastic knees, short circular skirt bound with striped material, and a pointed waist band. Materials list includes 3.5 yards of 46 inch fabric and 1 yard striped material.
Practical hair care guidance from 19th century advice column recommends hat avoidance, egg shampoo with rainwater and rosemary, and nightly scalp massages to stimulate circulation. It warns against sharing brushes, suggests careful comb hygiene in baths, and offers a distilled wash with vinegar glycerin and plant tinctures for thinning areas.
Light stockings look sporty to the uninitiated but women are adopting them. Many successful women invest in gray silk gray cotton and gray lisle stockings with matching gray shoes. Feet appear neat and part of an all gray costume with pointed toes and dull finishes favored this year.
The text urges never neglecting lungs and starting work with breathing exercises. It promotes sending purer blood to exercised parts, increasing strength, health, and longevity. It advocates deep breathing, open windows, and daily exposure to fresh air as a fountain of youth.
Eight ounces of precipitated chalk and eight ounces of orria root powder combine with two ounces each of white castile soap and borax. One ounce of powdered myrrh is added with rhese preparations to form a historic tooth cleaning compound.
Margaret E. Sangster urges working poor women to value honest work over desire for better circumstances. She praises self reliance, professional excellence, health, and modest dress, and honors mothers who guide daughters in earning and sending earnings home.
A charming negligee shirt design blends tailor made practicality with dressy appeal. Illustrated in handkerchief linen with French embroidery, it features a front closing with six buttons, a small pocket, a turnover collar, elbow sleeves with deep gauntlet cuffs, and fabric options in batiste gingham pongee or mercerized cotton.
A historical note describes wedding protocol with the bride entering with her father, the groom and best man arriving shortly before, and both parties waiting by the clergyman. Guests attend during the ceremony, with the bride traditionally carrying a bouquet.
Policeman Flynn, prompted by his wife's sarcasm, leads a raid on a basement fence operation. He plans a split team to corner the gang, then descends a hidden chute to surprise the criminals, returning singed with stories of a dramatic takedown and a bold post mortem display.
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