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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1908
Page
7
The piece praises new jewelry showing odd originality and beauty in semiprecious stones and Celtic motifs. It notes affordable options, describes settings in dull silver and gold with stones like tourmaline and opal, and cites standout rings and a malachite scarab ring in a snake seal.
The piece notes separate coats of brocade silk worn with busts of voile velvet or face cloth. The basque like coats follow dress color schemes and can complete a gown without a fitted bodice. It highlights bridge and tea coats in brocaded silks satins and panne with vibrant tafetta flowers.
The article notes handsome embroidered nets sold at trimming counters offer fine coat trim options for velvet satin or cloth. Heavy gold or silver filet nets in color or monochrome are favored for elaborate evening coats. Paris makers also export entire embroidered net evening coats and dark toned afternoon coats.
Instructions on identifying velvet orientation by shade, pinning with pinheads up, fine needle tackings, removing stitches from back to front, machine stitching against the pile, raising pile after seams, using velvet on the work pile to prevent marks, and improvised pressing with a flat iron between bricks when a velvet iron is unavailable.
The trottoir skirt for street wear is notably shorter than last season. For trailing skirts the popular model remains the circular and its modifications.
A sketch shows a washable leather underpocket worn beneath a dress skirt. It uses two strong webbing straps and a webbing waist belt with a buckle. Designed to carry money and small jewelry as a flat compact receptacle for valuables during travel.
A welcoming verse invites a guest to a hospitable home with comfort and calm. The speaker asks the guest to use the scepter of hospitality while attendants serve, hoping peaceful, joyful stay and relief from pain and fear during the visit.
Instructions emphasize careful corset fitting as gloves for the body. Start with abdominal hooks while lifting the torso and tilting the head back to shape flesh correctly. After front hooks, lace from eyelets below the waist to tighten the bottom more than the top.
A traditional leather chair polish combines vinegar with twice its amount in boiled linseed oil. The mixture is said to restore the leather to its original luster.
Astronomer Percival Lowell cites proof Mars hosts life and an irrigation network of canals. Wireless taps along the Atlantic beckon whether Mars is calling Earth, fueling debate about intelligent beings and interplanetary contact.
Scientists warn a bread famine looms if wheat production cannot keep pace with rising demand. Thompson cites limited arable expansion and identifies nitrate of soda as a key fertilizer, while Crooks notes atmospheric nitrogen can be tapped via electric arc.
John Peterman of Butler Pennsylvania cites hornet nest behavior as a winter forecast. Hornets build high for warm winters and on the ground for severe cold, while corn husks also signal mild weather. Fifteen Danish journalists from the Copenhagen Politician arrive in New York aboard the steamer Oscar II for a month of U.S. sightseeing.
Field Marshal Oyama now lives on half pay in a small house in Tokio west end. He avoids any heroic public activity and conducts himself as a quiet elderly gentleman.
A humorous exchange notes England’s fear of war and jokes that Alfred Austin might write an ode about it. The witticism plays on national bravado and literary celebrity to lampoon politics and culture.
Mrs Caller complains about her current cook's behavior and antics. Mrs Homer shares she is now cooking herself after a prior cook allegedly took items sufficient to stock a small grocery.
A tall loose-jointed man pauses before an aristocratic looking storefront with a swell front and a conspicuous sign painted on its plate glass window.
A man confronts a shop sign about wearing garments indoors. The dialogue lampoons signage and modern fashion, ending with a quip to hire an intelligent schoolboy to edit the sign. The exchange, recounted in Chicago Tribune style, highlights misreadings and social satire.
A brisk scene in a shop where a rushed customer asks for a suitable gift for her husband avoiding sports history or biographies. The clerk offers a light, non-expensive option titled How to Manage a Talking Machine from Tit-Bits to fit the brief.
A Washington Star excerpt describes a candidate whose charm and courtesy win crowds. He shakes hands firmly and jokes with listeners, asking about their well being, while his frugal handling of expenses draws praise. The piece emphasizes demeanor over intellect in defining the candidate.
A literature class discussed the poem Skeleton In Armor as the football captain quips that the team needs beef rather than a desirable specimen. The exchange centers on football and university life with a touch of humor.
A man asks about a sermon and receives a vivid, flirtatious reply. The young speaker mentions blue eyes, wavy hair, and dimples, then clarifies it was perhaps something about the Corinthians. The exchange mixes casual humor with a biblical reference.
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