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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1911
Page
2
A fashion column notes browns will lead the season with rough woven fabrics flecked with white. It highlights tailored suits with jacket lines on coat style, dark brown braid trimming, cuffless sleeves, and plain skirts. The piece links color shifts to autumn leaves and rich textures across spring to winter wardrobes.
A compact note on three simple home crafted utensils with low cost. An illustration shows a knife base made from a wooden box. A supporting bar holds a bright hardware blade and a brass handle obscured from a bromine source.
Braided rugs in round and oval shapes in whites blacks and lees with a faint rose weave are offered for bed room fireplace areas in a winter style. College students will delight in rugs designed especially for them with college color combinations and optional insignia woven in. Not expensive.
The New Sleeves notes that dress and coat sleeves remain small and gearless dress tops will persist into spring for formal attire. The style is described as graceful and widely admired by fashion sources, with continual appeal expected.
The article discusses hat box designs with ornate printed panels and rose colored borders. It notes demand for stylish boxes, the value of wooden frames with protective mats, and the practice of sending rare prints home in such boxes. It describes pasting prints to the covering material and finishing with braid either sewn or pasted for durability.
A run of cosmetic and grooming items is listed including dental outfits with brush and powder, mouthwash, dental floss in rubber cases, sponge rubber trays and mats, bone tools with leather case, and a perfume of manicure sets. Prices range from a few cents to forty dollars for tortoise shell sets, with mother of pearl outfits and animal shaped clothes brushes also advertised.
Hat trimmings shift from flowers to feathers in Paris fashion. Black and white ostrich plumes top the list with willow curl styles, while paradise aigrettes also trend in the same shades. Many well-dressed women reject feathers linked to slaughter.
Ornamental caps of varying kinds gain vogue as the old ladies dress cap, once the mark of aged gentlewomen, makes a social comeback. Availability spans fine white lace and ribbon decorations in delicate shades.
Washington dispatch notes eastern lawmakers including Senators and Representatives from Ohio Indiana New York Pennsylvania and New Jersey are expected to travel to Rome to push for the International Parliament Union peace conference. It discusses party prospects for 1913 and the likely leaders and candidates amid tariff reciprocity postal savings and other major issues shaping the Republican and national scene.
Bran questions Mr Underwood calling him tainted with protection and delays a tax payment. Mr Asad criticizes not accepting steel and union schedule as protection for return work. A Supreme Court election response from New York and New Jersey announces the Standard Oil Company has faded from activity. The American Tobacco Company is pursuing dissolution plans.
The fragment discusses civic and religious themes with references to virtue, temperance, and societal decay. It mentions the need for self-control and critiques decadence, aligning with 19th century moral tracts. Names and proper nouns are obscured by OCR errors, yielding a dense, unclear mosaic of phrases.
The piece argues timid and self conscious individuals hinder peace of mind and achievement. It cites O S Marden on self analysis as empowering when directed outward, noting many youths fail to pursue their dreams due to fear of judgment and hypersensitivity, leading to cowardice in facing the world.
An advertisement urges prompt use of Fuleye Honey and Tar Compound to cure coughs colds whooping cough bronchitis and throat chest lung ailments. It claims to quickly and decisively restore vitality and resistance and notes the product is sold by all druggists in The Republican stationery department.
A captioned quip notes that some equate severity with virtue and crave solemn forms, while irony laughs at the idea. The New York Press quote warns against trusting those who never laugh.
Thousands suffer kidney trouble without realizing it. A simple test with water shows signs like brick dust sediment or milky appearance. Symptoms include frequent urination, back pain, or urge to pass urine. The remedy promoted is Kilmer's Swamp-Root claimed to support kidney and urinary function.
An old advertisement promotes Jericho Leaves from The Jericho Leaves Importing Co. of Buffalo New York as a cure for constipation. It describes the product as a pure vegetable remedy, sold for twenty five cents the package, with refunds if not satisfactory and a mail order emphasis. It targets readers with bold claims and mentions delivery and pricing details.
A London County Council education committee report notes a Peckham boy aged nearly three who has learned only two or three letters and forgotten them. He cannot write or calculate. The committee decides to expel him from school.
A London Hospital note explains that dichotomy in medical press means the division between a surgeon or specialist and the practitioner who refers a patient, illustrating how the botanical term has been borrowed to describe this professional separation.
General Benjamin F. Butler popularized red and green side lights for ships, first used on the Hudson River in 1862, aided by his interest in a lights factory.
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