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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1913
Page
3
Women embrace net and tulle to create customized summer attire with high and low gowns girdles sashes guimpes parasols hats collars and trims. The movement boosts market variety from net by the yard to net by the piece fueling individuality and a flood of shop windows and ads.
A historical note contrasts present dress with earlier styles. It highlights shifts from voluminous skirts and towering bonnets to simple hats and minimal hair dressing. The washing glove is praised for its rising importance as a fashion accessory and daily care item.
A low cost novelty for home and bazaar workers, a fly rent that becomes a bright ornament hung from gas brackets. Requires few materials: sheils, baby ribbon, silver paper, some Seoccotine, and a brass ring.
Lucy Merton accepts Stephen Woodbridge after a year of uncertainty as her fiancé James Tucker contests the match. Woodbridge, 35, had planned to provide for the orphaned girl by buying and improving her late father’s farm, but Lucy ultimately chooses the neighbor she loved, marrying him the night before society’s expectations would have prevailed. The piece blends a human drama with period fashion notes about furs and mourning wear.
Dame Fashion notes a costly season as women must keep up with up to date furs. Ermine and moleskin lead the choice with wider muffs broader scarves and fuller cloaks. Prices for pelts soar and coats mix fur types.
The notice urges timely submission of articles for publication and warns that late arrivals reduce chances of printing. It emphasizes busy midweek days and that press runs occur Thursday afternoon, advising submitters to avoid Wednesday afternoon or Thursday deadlines to ensure inclusion.
The thirty second annual reunion of the Sixty Third Indiana Volunteers will be held at the fair grounds in this city on Thursday August 21. Veterans, wives and friends are invited with well filled baskets. Claude Philpott will give the address and a strong program is planned. Bible school meets Sundays at 10. The pastor’s vacation address will be Adrian Michigan, then Yorkville Michigan care of Midland.
An advertisement from Clinton Me. by E B Chamberlain touts Bucklen’s Arica Salve as a universal pain killer for cuts, bruises, burns and skin injuries. It claims rapid relief and compares it favorably to other remedies, selling for 7.25 cents at Irvin’s drug store.
A new time card took effect Monday on the Wabash road with changes to east bound trains No 34 from 7 52 to 7 48 a m No 2 from 1 40 to 12 24 a m No 28 from 6 20 to 6 02 a m and west bound No 3 from 1 22 to 1 42 a m No 9 from 9 07 to 7 48 a m On the Towpath morning service runs Attica 8 00 reaches Covington 8 56 departs Covington 10 50 arrives Attica 11 40 afternoon Attica 4 05 arrives Covington 4 45 departs Covington 4 30 returns Attica 5 45.
A reader testifies that Dr Hobson's Eczema Ointment cured a fifty year tetter battle. The advertisement claims complete relief from burning itching and smarting skin through a 50 cent remedy available at druggists or by mail PFULFER CHEMICAL CO. St Louis MO. Philadelphia PA.
Clifton Heights resident E V McKee lit a cigar in 1969 marking Bryan’s 1896 defeat by McKinley. The unlit smoke was tossed to the floor and later saved by Thomas Gaffney in an envelope for future burning when a Democratic president is elected.
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