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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1908
Page
6
The article describes breakfast caps as elegant head adornments made with lace ribbons and satin. It details a favored model with a Tam o Shanter crown, wide lace edging, and a large butterfly bow. Instructions cover crown size, ruffle width, and ways to hide joins with net, lace, or ribbon.
A Victorian style domestic note advises keeping lingerie tidy in a divided box with compartments for corset covers petticoats and ribbons. Recommends weekly sorting removal of ribbons washing and careful folding to preserve garments and avoid wear on top items.
The dress features a gathered skirt with a plain front center, a wide hemmed foot, and three lace insertions creating a transparent back. A matching kimono shows lace trim, a low neckline, elbow sleeves, and insertion edging with small crosswise frills. A rose pink panne waistband completes the look. fabric needs include 5 5/8 yards of 46 inch material and about 22 yards insertion.
C William Beebe and his wife, both naturalists, prepare to explore the Essequibo river in British Guiana. They will hire guides, voyage in a canoe-like house, and study birds and animals in their native habitat for about two months, with possible further upstream travel depending on conditions.
Harper's Bazaar notes aprons return for girls up to age 12 or 14, tailored to development. French mothers favor decorative linen aprons with embroidery, while American mothers seek practical, easy to clean fabrics for economy and growing style.
The piece lists simple routines such as daily light dumb-bell exercise for posture, egg shampoo as a gentler cleansing, camphor in grease to reduce excessive facial hair, and cautions about blinking and eyesight. It provides a dandruff mix using vesorcin ether olive oil and alcohol, plus a nightly scalp friction treatment and weekly hot soap shampoo, and a skin lotion recipe with Cologne lemon juice elderflower water.
Opera and theater wraps spark debate among designers with focus on cloaks over coats. While kimono influence fades to Spanish cloak, Chinese and Japanese elements remain evident in overall fashion.
A Medical Record writer explains gargling method with the patient seated and guided by a physician. The process involves water in the mouth, a backward head tilt, tongue protrusion, and controlled attempts to swallow followed by slow exhalation and gargling until instructed to stop.
In Wreston two freight engines and crews clashed in a low speed duel that ended with one car setup derailments near Croton. Engineers Dempsey of No 28 and Culhane of No 11 shouted and fought the throttle as trains 28 11 and 5 moved. Both engines finally split cars and ditched them. Culhane later returned to Wreston while both men remained in service with a reassignment for Culhane on the western division.
A political economist argues for work, while Miss Cayenne counters that many people hinder rather than help when attempting to work. The brief exchange appears in the Washington Star.
A concise view argues a state comprises a governor two senators a share of representation in congress and a host of minor offices. The remark reflects a debate on political structure and the balance of power in state governance.
An automatic two part device, one on the locomotive and one on the track, can halt fast trains without driver or brakeman intervention. It connects to signal points at curves and gates, triggering brakes and warning the engineer when activated. It has been tested between Vienna and Krems at 62 miles per hour.
Six year old Joseph Bradley wandered onto Pennsylvania railroad tracks south of Pottsville and was run down by an engine. The driver and fireman stopped after the engine passed and found the boy lying on his stomach between the rails unharmed, in tears but unscratched.
A Salem Virginia man aged 81 credits Dean's Kidney Pills with freeing him from long kidney trouble. He describes years of back pain, constant misery, and discolored urine after a heavy lifting incident. After trying various remedies, the pills reduced his symptoms and he now reports full health. Sold by dealers, 50 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Cures for hot sweaty feet with callouses and swelling offered by druggists. Price 25 cents. Contains address for Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy New York. Do not accept substitutes. Traditional remedy marketed as foot comfort aid.
A quip notes that when some women cast bread upon the water it returns in the form of bread pudding, a whimsical reflection on generosity and surprise outcomes.
Fragmentary text asserts a "Bromo Quinine" compound touted for cure with worldwide reach and a signature remedy claim. Details are unclear and lack verifiable context or dates.
A man values others’ perception of his correctness more than securing actual correctness. He seeks to appear right to others rather than truly being correct.
A reader recounts three summers of eczema for a brother and cites a full recovery after using Cuticura Ointment. A Indiana mother credits Cuticura Remedies for curing her grandson and preventing relapse, with dates August 15 and September 2, 1907, noted by Mrs. Sarah I. Lusk of Coldwater Michigan.
Uncle Lafe Hume of Columbia cautions against naming a boy after oneself. The text notes how father and son gain various nicknames over time such as Big John Ragged John Old Tom and Little Peel Head while the boy is called brother babe boss or Maunch. It argues giving a nickname early is wiser than a self named namesake.
The business model sells flour on credit to women who act as principal traders. They resell in small lots to native bakers, who are also women. West Africa’s staple foods include corn, sweet potatoes, yams, plantains and bananas. Trader education boosts adoption of essential commodities.
A Pennsylvanian credits Grape-Nuts with curing acute indigestion biliousness and restoring vitality. He recalls a doctor recommending the food after persistent illness and notes rapid improvement within a month and lasting benefits. The ad ends with a pitch for Postum Co Battle Creek Michigan and the slogan There’s a Reason.
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