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Newspaper
Clinton Plaindealer
Location
Clinton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1907
Page
7
The article urges mothers to stay informed through reading and outside interests to earn their children's respect. It cautions against overwork, promotes balance and listening to children, and offers fashion notes on amber beads, parasol stripes, and mid summer hats with pale colors and delicate trim.
A faded description details a linen gown with lavender linen, trimmings of lace, and white batiste sleeves. The design features a lace yoke, tucked squares on the sleeves, and a skirt with three folds and tabbed hems.
A compact critique of fashion dictates shaping waistlines and sleeve length. The piece notes a shift from short sleeved, sheer waists in cold weather to fully covered garments with long sleeves and gloves, reflecting stricter modesty standards.
The article notes less sweeping due to disease concerns and offers a method: wet a newspaper, tear it into pieces, scatter them to absorb dust as they are pushed along in front of the broom. It emphasizes precautions around coughs and germ spread.
The article denounces warming tests on a infant skin by nipple squeezing and condemns mothers moistening a napkin with the tongue to wipe a baby's mouth as unhygienic and dangerous to health. It emphasizes strong language against these practices.
The note counsels avoiding debt for purchases and urges price awareness and reliable shops. It warns that only good quality items are bargains and highlights January July and August as prime times for deals. It cautions against fleeting fashions and advises buying with a plan.
A beauty specialist describes grooming habits including facial care and body shaping, noting skin whitening, eye brightness, lip color, and facial wrinkle removal. The piece also comments on fashion trends with beads and patterns, mentioning varied bead styles and the contrast between precious and inexpensive options.
The text advises calm care for patients with mindful self care for nurses. It emphasizes proper food and stated hours of rest, kindness and tenderness, soothing human comfort, and avoiding air drafts while noting fire as a ventilation test.
A brief guide suggests saving witty clippings to brighten days for invalids and passing on small scrapbooks for bedbound readers. It notes using oxalic acid to clean hats, warns it is poison, and advises safe storage away from children.
A fragment describes a Dame a smart short kianre coat with wistaria embroidery on front back and sleeves. Monde lace appears in evidence as a favorite of the second empire. Parasols show hand painted and hand embroidered effects with striped designs noted.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox argues in the Philadelphia Bulletin that physical science and metaphysics unite to redefine womanhood. She predicts a threefold modern woman: strong body, vital mind, radiant spirit, destined to lead tomorrow.
The sketch shows a double breasted coat in fine black kersey or tan gray covert options. It fits snugly to 14 inches below the hips with velvet collar and two rows of front buttons plus stitched seams for a tailored finish.
A home guide advises keeping doors windows and shutters closed in daytime to exclude wet street air. After sunset the house should be opened to let a cooling breeze sweep through during the night.
Boston club women explore a "silence room" and report miracles from auto suggestion. Silence becomes rare and highly valued for those living near the bustling, whistling environment, valued above all else.
The note touts hot apple tea as a remedy for pimples and promotes preparing and consuming apples all day. It claims apples aid the stomach and have beautifying qualities, urging frequent drinking.
A home tip recommends dipping brooms for a minute or two in boiling suds weekly to keep them tough and pliable. This method helps carpets last longer when swept with the broom.
Indiana police face a murder mystery after Mrs. Josephine Griffin, found unconscious with bruises, was thrown from a buggy near the county infirmary in South Bend. The driver and rig fled. no trace found. She could not provide details about kin or home. The only known fact is her name.
Charles Webster his wife and their 2-year-old son perished in a house fire near Mentone. Daughters Dolly 10 and Mable 5 escaped after Mrs Webster reportedly poured kerosene on a stove causing a flash that ignited her dress. The husband died rescuing her as the baby and home burned. The girls made two failed attempts to save the infant.
Five thousand people gathered at Wolf Lake to honor the onion crop, the region's main agricultural product. Indiana congressmen C. Gilliams James Watson and J A Adair spoke, praising the crop as growers reported it met expectations.
Susie Bell a colored servant while cleaning a chicken in Evansville found a diamond valued at 175 dollars. Her employer allegedly kept the gem until she consulted an attorney. The stone was eventually turned over to the servant who may keep it until the owner is located.
A freight train collision near Chiserstown Wards killed Roseos EL Pebern of Romorond. Richmond residents Joseph Moyers William Owens Frank Calkins Josend AS Goran Michael Bosworth and Laie Showalter of Middleton were injured. Responsibility unclear.
An incident at a Sullivan hardware store involved a man trying to use a revolver after asking for cartridges. The firearm misfired, the clerk had supplied cartridges, and a fire incident followed involving Maud Swarm and Mrs Stillwell, with deaths reported in the ensuing scene.
A major fire devastates the town of Larwill, destroying multiple businesses and causing extensive damage to the commercial district. Local firefighters fought the blaze with little relief as crews worked through the night. Investigators began surveying the scene for causes and potential renovations for affected structures.
A series of early 20th century incidents include drownings on Myansville and Riddles Juke seas, a perished brake inspector for the Chicago Cincinnati and Louisville line, and a fatality on the Pennsylvania railroad near Thuwerstown. A factory superintendent Edward F Pabrhele dies in Evansville. A Baltimore and Ohio line robbery at Syracuse nets $2.75 after criminals force entry with Colt automatics.
The banks report lower defaults and sustained trade, with heavy securities speculation and erain affecting confidence. Despite drawbacks, demand remains strong in heading industries while production and distribution hold and currency shipments pressure deposits. Bank clearings rise 13.6 percent from last year. failures inch up in Canada and locally.
A dense list of dates and events from 131 to 1904, noting battles such as Blenheim and Liernitz, political shifts including the formation of New Brunswick and changes in leadership, explorations, and disasters like the Valparaiso earthquake. Names include Edward V, Duke of York, Marlborough, Nelson, and Nansen, among others.
A dense listing describes grain and livestock prices with regional references such as Indianapolis, St Louis, Detroit, Milwaukee, Cincinnati, New York, and Toledo. Prices cover wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley, sheep, hogs, cattle, lambs, butter, and eggs with various quality grades and unit measures.
The article notes Theodore Roosevelt cited Oyster Bay for presidential distinction, cites George Washington’s two day stay, and mentions Prof BE Clasten Wealand, a deaf member of a lodge, joining the Whaiehts of Pythinas with sign language learned by initiating committee. It also discusses coal reserves versus consumption rates and projected lifespans.
Speaking at the International School Congress in London Dr Sir James Creighton-Brown linked first love to cerebral arousal and dormant association centers. He challenged fish as brain food, urged balanced digestible diets, and recommended frequent small meals for brain workers of all ages to ensure adequate protein intake.
The Minneapolis Kansas City and Gulf Railway Company is incorporated in Oklahoma with 50 million dollars in capital to build a double-track electric line from Minneapolis to Des Moines Kansas City Wichita Guthrie Oklahoma City Dallas and Galveston.
A Louisiana resident earns a living by cultivating mint, while in Jersey City another woman uses painting sighs as her trade, illustrating differing self sufficiency livelihoods.
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