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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1912
Page
3
A feature on elegant spring hats highlights a pressed hemp shape with silk facing and velvet trim, adorned by two long ostrich plumes in blue gray and rose gray. A lavender hemp variant pairs with gray blue rose silk, while a Paco braid hat adds green velvet piping. The designs emphasize simple lines, varied brims, and tasteful floral clusters.
Breakfast robes show ornate flouncings and ruchings of lace with satin rosebuds. Caps of lace and matching shoes complete the outfit. House frocks use white satin and pink linon with lace flounces, while simple dresses feature tulle collars and satin trims. Skirts touch the ground and sleeves reach the wrists.
White lingerie frock features a fichu and tunic hem in filet lace with white ball trimmings. A white taffeta hat adorned with roses completes the ensemble.
The Sun of Baltimore reports a striking ensemble seen on two local girls. One wore a severe ink blue velvet suit with a velvet bonnet trimmed by a large coral satin bow, complemented by a set of black furs.
Delicate penny dolls of china form clever pin cushions for travelers. They resemble ballet dancers with colored satin trims and sachet scented cotton fluffs. The cushions hide needles inside, hang by ribbon loops, and serve as ideal steamer or bon voyage gifts.
A woman discovers you can crochet linen thread lace on round doilies by stitching narrow hems with a long machine stitch. She adds a daisies and leaves wreath and finishes with a two inch torchen like lace edge. The result is charming and easy to make for gifts.
The piece notes shoe fashion with white suede or glace kid uppers on patent leathers and new combinations such as tan uppers on black and black uppers on tan. It mentions white buckskin on fabric and low shoes or boot parts in tan or black velvet or suede stitched with narrow silk ribbon in a diagonal effect.
In Jerusalem, Jacob H. Spafford of the American colony sails a motor boat around the Dead Sea noting fertile ghors and an oasis at Engedi. He highlights Masada as a formidable fortress, the 500 foot salt mountain Jebel Ushum with a cave and a carved shaft, and the rich Ghor-el-Mizra where the apple of Sodom is found.
Harper's Weekly describes Swiss customs where cheese denotes family rank and age. Hard cheese from Zermatt is used in ceremonies, with new cheeses made for births and marriages. guests toast the couple with cheese pieces drawn aloft.
Lloyd Moulds from the farm bought the old Northside water tower for 26 dollars after being persuaded by con men. A policeman arrived in time to recover the money.
New York police arrested Victor Wells after finding him bound by a 1,000 foot moving picture film wrapped around his body. He is charged with robbing a film company's plant.
A Virginia woman describes dramatic health improvements after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She cites relief from long hemorrhages back pain and fatigue and promotes the remedy to other suffering women. The promotion notes the product's long history and promise to answer letters confidentially.
Mr. Bacon frets over a hash he prepared, declaring something is missing though he cannot identify what. Mrs. Bacon proposes various possibilities while the couple debates the dish’s needed fix.
A grizzled clerk questions a young office boy about truth telling. The boy clings to his lie and retorts that the boss sends truant youths away as travelers when they grow up, exposing the rift between honesty and consequence.
A dramatic exchange unfolds as a sheriff arrives to seize a farm claimed by a husband and wife. The husband argues the deed is in the wife’s name while the wife has eloped with the hired man, complicating the seizure and legal claim.
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