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Newspaper
Clinton Plaindealer
Location
Clinton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1907
Page
7
A discussion of a novel women’s fashion device claims to replace garments with a wearable strip that fits around a clothes line like a belt. The piece mocks social norms around female appearance and dining etiquette, suggesting the device enables easier hosting and curbs the need to dress for dinners while a husband travels.
A long, curiously misspelled reminiscence offers household etiquette on hospitality. It urges kindness toward a husband’s family, modest gifts, careful storage, and polite conversation avoiding politics or religion with guests. It includes fashion notes and practical tips for keeping doors and cupboards securely arranged.
Instructions describe presenting fruit on a large round flat dish or fruit bowl, using natural leaves for garnish if procured. Fruit should be passed to guests with each person receiving a portion.
A reflective editorial on household strain and frugality. It argues that none of the common fixes pay off and that balance and proportion remain the best ally for a tired marriage and home life.
The article outlines a white Serge suit with ideal summer resort wear features. It mentions a plain shirt finished at bottom with three decorative buttons and a jacket in a fiehu style with a double cape effect crossing at the front and fastening under the arms at the waist. A shaped collar with three buttons and short sleeves with lace ruffles completes the ensemble.
The passage discusses flawed ledgers and filing systems for bills, suggesting a need for clear organization. It shifts to speculative commentary on English and American women, contrasts schooling and leadership roles, and notes divergent household expectations.
A parent guidance note urges mothers to govern themselves before guiding children. It emphasizes calm behavior, avoiding iniquitous phrases, and modeling politeness, gentleness, and disciplined attention to small incidents. The advice stresses daily example over formal instruction.
A tired man returns from a long office grind to a home life marked by a frowzy wife and slipshod routines. The passage sketches worn emotions and strained domestic rhythm through a single haunting domestic snapshot.
The article offers remedies for coughing and eye circles, stressing fresh air, wholesome food, sleep, and avoiding tight lacing. It describes a home-made toilet powder with starch and geranium oil, and notes eye circles may signal nervous fatigue or internal illness requiring medical attention.
A suburban homeowner revamps a nondescript dining area by enlarging a southern casement window and using the new space to place a long buffet. The altered room becomes brighter and more usable, demonstrating how window changes can modernize a small apartment.
A reader notes that flies avoid old-fashioned woodbine or Virginia creeper and will not enter doors they are entwined around. Another remedy suggested is a dose of fine black pepper mixed with brown sugar and moistened with condensed milk, which is easy to try.
The piece notes the backward-tipped hat craze waning abroad while the firm-hat look gains traction. It observes the current preference for hats set firmly on the head both there and here, signaling a shift in headwear fashion.
J A Benner, a 72 year old Kansas auctioneer, recalls Abraham Lincoln as the best man he ever saw. He describes Lincoln as courageous, good to all, and respectful of every worker. Benner recalls riding with Lincoln, Leonard Swett, and Judge Davis on trips between Urbana Mattoon and Danville, noting no one drank gifts on those journeys.
Restoration plans for the Holy Rood Abbey near Edinburgh receive about 40 000 pounds or 200 000 dollars in guaranteed funds. The ancient site linked to King David I and St Augustine’s canons includes the Chapel Royal fragment and notable royal tombs such as David II, James II, James V and Magdalen.
A garbled tale shows Tord Chesterfield claiming he is not driving out but rehearsing his funeral. A bemused driver’s remark contrasts with Chesterfield’s eerie smile as he clarifies his odd purpose amid a Pittsburgh Press snippet.
Edward Soover a former Chicago restaurant worker, driven by repeated jokes about a stickpin theft and police pursuit delusions, was taken to an asylum after fleeing to his parents in Shipshewana. The incident follows holiday teasing by coworkers in Warsaw.
At the annual national camp meeting at Yellow Creek Lake a large gathering, about 9000 people from twenty states and several foreign countries, decided not to change the Saints’ plain attire, maintaining the longtime custom despite efforts to alter it.
A touring car carrying Mr. and Mrs. Don Hawkins Mr. and Mrs. A Ostendorf and a chauffeur from Indianapolis wrecked at Dayton. The car skidded and somersaulted landing bottom side up at an embankment foot. Mrs Ostendorf and Lawkine pinioned under the car. Hawkins legs crushed. Ostendorf head badly cut. The party had been visiting in Chicago en route to Indianapolis.
Farmers from surrounding country join a saloon fight in Warsaw fueling a boycott of merchants who sign a remonstrance petition. The dispute will be discussed by the Council Act as northern Indiana interests push to wipe salvos from the city.
Robbers entered St Marys Toman Catholic church in Greensburg for the fifth time in three months and after taking the mite box set fire to the church causing damage. Trood hounds tracked the arsonists for three blocks before losing the trail. In Toledo a man named Flad S308 Josepha Shetran aged 35 was found dead on the Lake Shore tracks near Nillsburg. He had 338 in bank certificates.
A jumble of incidents from Terre Plante to Anderson reports a youth suicide after a failed wire examination, a severed finger ending a musician’s career, a collapsed tri state fair project, a violent domestic attack and a jail stay, plus a missing boy and a troubled family case. Fire destroys eleven Reynolds buildings causing major losses as emergency actions unfold. Senator James A Ben emwasyles appoints Henry Baldwin Lewis as cadet to West Point. Ruth Clayton, a centenarian, leaves a large family legacy.
A compact chronicle listing battles, political milestones, and notable deaths from 100 to 1908. It references events such as Aljubarrota, Lens, Isly, and Santa Fe, plus figures like John Dudley, Buckin ghham, and Napoleon, alongside cultural moments and disasters.
War Department officials in Washington examine powers to authorize the Isthmian Canal Commission to incur an $8,000,000 deficiency to avert a delay in canal construction. Also noted: EK C Hazar Co New York seeks receivership for liabilities around $260,000.
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