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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1908
Page
2
The Well-Informed world favors a simple laxative with known value Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna. The California Fig Syrup Co. emphasizes ethical manufacture and genuine quality. Available at leading druggists for fifty cents per bottle.
A concise reflection on moral repair, noting that achieving vindication for wrongs is often simpler than reconstituting virtue within a person or community after harm. The saying frames judgment as a hurdle to ethical renewal in public life.
A general observation notes that many individuals feel inclined to accept guidance from unfamiliar or unknown advisors, highlighting trust and perceived expertise as key factors in decision making.
Advertisement reflects early 20th century marketing promoting Garfield Tea as a purifying laxative. Mentions Crescent Creamery Co of St Paul and a narrator about hearing loss and dollars. No clear news event, but a sample of period commerce copy and social attitudes.
Miller & Holmes of St Paul advertise daily cash for cream with prices and tags. The note urges writers to write for current prices and tags.
A St. Louis architect notes Rome’s old height limits on tenements and palaces. He cites Augustus era rules capping tenement heights at 190 feet, broader streets after Nero, and the economic spread beyond walls as ceilings averaged just over two feet.
A Washington woman credits Postum with restoring her health after years of nervous weakness. She stopped coffee, drank Postum, and regained energy to care for her family and run her household. Her letter, shared by the Postum Company, touts improved mood and vitality.
The article outlines boys and girls dressing in Russian blouses and suspender or guimpe dresses, with bright linen tones for morning wear. It notes striped ginghams and plaids, white party frocks with color sashes, and flowered organdies as pretty options for dancing school, plus ribbons and sashes in coordinating hues.
The piece discusses spring and summer dress details emphasizing sashes and sleeves. It notes minimal sash elaboration on simple frocks and highlights sleeves with Japanese influences and new fringe and bretelle trends. It covers materials like mousseline de soie and beaded embroidery and mentions side wear with chiffon and muslin gowns.
A practical gift for a man friend describes fashioning a pipe rack from cardboard. It explains a foundation cut to hold multiple pipes and suggests materials like art serge linen or Roman satin for the cover.
The card describes making a tobacco rack 18 inches long and seven deep with a strained fabric front and linen back. A 22 inch by 2 1/6 inch strip forms pockets, dried to firm the piece, with corded upper edge and loops at corners. End ribbons and a central bow suspend the rack.
The article highlights dainty belts and Irish point lace collars as flattering accessories for smaller figures. It describes a high stock lace collar, satin elastic belts with jet cabochons and open jet buckles, a crushed silk belt with triple shirrings, and a steel studded belt with a curved back line, noting advantages for slender figures.
Hatpin trimmings emerge as a major modish eccentricity among French women. The hatpin outfit becomes a wardrobe necessity with boxes of pins ranging up to twenty five, including bird, floral, bow, and veil varieties. The embroidered novelty decorates hats as a flower like pink chenille rosebuds part of the morning look and purple chematis in the afternoon.
The piece highlights flowered cretonne waistcoats with plain backs and white buttons, a gay spring trend. Women favoring the unusual wear taffeta floral vests with ponies and cutaways to complement spring suits.
One new spring suit features a waistcoat of plaited white voile lined with taffeta. The vest adds a refined touch and is described as more attractive than its simple appearance.
The piece discusses exercise levels affecting fat, skin care with glycerin and water options, and habits for clothing care. It also describes throat muscle strengthening through puffing cheeks and blowing lips.
The piece warns against taking large quantities of tooth powder at once to prevent air exposure and absorption. It also advises consulting a physician for ear buzzing or thumping, emphasizing ear health and the delicacy of hearing.
A Harper's Bazaar writer notes lingerie dresses as single piece garments with stitched or braided waistbands and no waist seam. They feature a finished belt attaching the waist to the skirt, with variations like Bretelles or Ottoman armholes and sleeves visible through or below the armholes.
The spring fashion features a tailored girl’s tie design with suede and glazed leather butterflies. Each piece uses four wing shapes with perforated oval cutouts to show contrasting color. Available in pairs of tones including dark purple with violet, brown with tan, and blues with greens.
Cretonne trimmings in bold chintz patterns arrive on cotton and linen frocks for morning and casual wear. The heavy linen borders imitate cretonne designs with large roses and green leaves, signaling a striking but potentially daring fashion shift.
A practical method to press bias bands for dresses uses two or more long pins fixed in press board with spaces between them. The bias runs under the pins, turning and flattening evenly as you press. This technique saves time, allowing several yards to be prepared quickly.
A fashion note describes the modesty fold as a popular neck treatment for new gowns. An ecru crepe de chine dinner dress features a pink chiffon fold with embroidered seed pearls in the square neck front and back. Another gown uses a Persian velvet fold four inches deep as a decorative vest with elaborate silk and gold embroidery.
The article describes a trend in fashion bags including a soft leather model with large jade rings as top handles, and silk versions with Chinese-inspired embroidery. It notes bead bags in white or black with pearl mesh and heavy gold thread, and highlights evening bags with embroidery, paillettes, steel beadwork, and jet crystal combinations. It also covers cut steel trimming on belts and elastic belts, plus wide belts in varied colors with decorative borders and buckles.
The front shirt waist buttonholes should be cut across rather than up and down. When cut vertically the waist tends to come undone and cannot be kept buttoned.
The lettered accounts urge avoidance of unnecessary operations for women and praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a life saving alternative. It documents two women who credit the remedy with restoring health after medical advice favored surgery. The message promotes the product as a standard treatment for female ailments and invites inquiries to Lydia Pinkham in Lynn, Massachusetts.
A humorous exchange about items marketed for summer boarders. The line suggests souvenir postcards featuring the pigsty and hen house as novelty keepsakes for guests staying at a rural property.
J F Hennen of Milan Missouri reported relief from a long itching rash after trying Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. He recalled a leg infection during flu and pneumonia that threatened blood poisoning and was cured after using the Cuticura treatments three times. May 13 1907.
Teacher Tommie explains Home Rule while Tommie the cook demonstrates practical steps. The brief dialogue covers governance ideas and community rules, highlighting how everyday routines intersect with larger political concepts.
A fragment from Ohio records states J. Cheney swears he sent a partner of F J Cuszany & Co of Toledo to pay one hundred dollars for each uncured case of catarrh using Wann's Catarrh Cure.
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