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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1908
Page
2
A critical panorama describes a certain wife or mother who blames fate for small injuries and ignores personal responsibility. The piece depicts her as constantly sighing at life and listing excuses for not pursuing health, social life, or reading, while deeming others happier as lacking character.
A packing case is transformed into a portable dressing table with removable lid, caster feet, and full drapery. Inside the case custom shelves and pegs hold hats, keeping them dust free and uncrushed, while a center opening in the curtains allows quick selection of each hat.
A homemaker can beautify a bedroom with a white lawn set embroidered in colored shadow work featuring wild roses and bow knots. The set includes bureau and dressing table covers and a pillow cover, with curtains and bed valance optional. Stenciling unbleached muslin offers another easy decorating option with water color paints.
A dainty stock or jabot idea enhances a simple blouse. Use a half inch colored velvet band at the collar base with a small stiff bow, two velvet ends, and lace plaits to create a delicate, home made adornment.
Cretonne and chintz once reserved for chairs and home furnishings now decorate women as waistcoats hats and parasols. French modistes also use it under evening gowns with sheer fabrics for artistic effect. Embroidery can add individuality by highlighting motifs in the design.
A homemaker describes making a bottle housemaid doll using a stone beer bottle filled with sand and corked, covered with a stocking, and dressed with gingham fabric, black worsted hair, and sewing details. The doll functions as a door stop while resembling a housemaid.
White serge frock features a plaited skirt with a stitched band above the hem and sleeves integrated with the blouse. A heavy lace yoke and stock are accented by narrow bands and pale blue velvet facings. The sash is blue satin Tib on with gold-tipped ends.
Fashion notes revive dotted fabrics as a dominant summer trend. Borders and groundwork feature contrasting colors in pongees and dotted challes, with large and small dots used to create bordered effects on skirts and yokes. Lightweight fabrics like batiste and Swiss show dots in varied sizes for dresses and shirts, with ring dots popular in afternoon frocks for a self-made wardrobe.
A new satin majestic fabric for fall wear offers good drape color range and finish with a low price to spur quick sales. Mirage silks producers prepare new lines. satins move to early fall delivery and noted silk brands remain in demand. Summer lines improve as tussahs pongees and shantung silks gain traction with strong prints like foulards.
The piece discusses mixing green cloth with green linen in outfits. A green cloth skirt paired with a long skeleton coat of green linen shows the cross material trend. It notes linen’s cooler feel and a cretenne collar and cuffs with pink green and yellow accents.
The article describes new collars that connect lace stocks to waists using half inch ribbon lattice. Four uprights hold the lattice: two at the back and one on each side, with gold tassels at the lower bow.
A smart brown linen suit features an over skirt effect created by deep tucked points. The bodice is richly adorned with soutache braid and tucked sleeves with a braided high stock. A white rammetto straw hat trims the ensemble with brown ribbon loops and green grape clusters.
Woman's Life advises washing flannel pieces before cutting to prevent shrinking. It warns that garments may shrink after a few washings, making them too small. Always allow a seam larger than pattern, even where seam allowances exist.
White canvas shoes can be transformed into pretty slippers by painting a Dresden style small flower design. The finished shoes become ornate slips ers suited for evening wear with light chemisette dresses. Requires artistic talent in the family to complete the look.
Henry B. Macfarland, president of the District of Columbia, explained to Chicago’s City Club how Washington’s federal district design, begun by George Washington and formalized in 1878, fostered national leadership. He described governance by three commissioners and the district’s evolution from a penniless federal entity to a symbol of sovereignty with an educated, active citizenry.
A woman eager to buy many plants receives brisk gardening advice from a market stall vendor who claims gardening is simple just dig holes plant and take credit when nature helps. The exchange ends with her purchasing plants.
A brief proverb notes that agreement is prudent because legal disputes incur high costs. The saying frames law as expensive and encourages avoiding courtroom clashes.
Lake City Minnesota resident Hiram Center reports kidney trouble with pains in the back dizziness nerves and eyesight issues. He credits Dean's Kidney Pills for full recovery and good health after using the product sold widely at 50 cents per box by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
The article explains that in Syria and Palestine from April to October there is little rain yet crops like watermelons tomatoes and cucumbers thrive. Farmers rely on moist subsoil beneath a dry surface, sow seeds at six inches depth using a plow attachment, and plow shallowly to keep moisture from rising to the surface while roots spread in the damp subsoil.
Reported by Lothrop and Johnson patent lawyers listing patent awards. Names include H C Gile Oldham S D grain shocker J W Raper Bryant S D tender for agricultural implements Reubin Schultz J Neubauer Wells Minn quack glass puller H Strom Hillsboro N D excavating machine F T Vail Minneapolis Minn automatic vibrator for telegraph keys J A Wanous Minneapolis Minn toilet article.
In a humorous exchange Mrs Blimber frets over hosting thirteen guests with only a dozen knives and forks. The line highlights her anxious mood and the odd dining superstition.
An old druglist touts a product named Marine Eye Remedy promising to cure eye ailments and strengthen weak eyes. It claims to relieve eye pain and to be gentle, selling for 50 cents.
In a spirited exchange, one person boasts that several ancestors lived to a hundred, while the other retorts that their forebears were not “rounders,” delivering a measured, humorous clash over lineage and longevity.
Universal cure claim for fits, St. Vitus dance and all nervous diseases is offered by Dr R H Kline of Philadelphia. A free trial bottle and treatise are advertised from 931 Arch St. The promotion urges readers to send $2 for a trial.
A reflective quip notes how stage life might deprive a man of a good wife by bringing a poor actress into his circle, suggesting a social commentary on theater’s personal costs.
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