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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1919
Page
4
An old advertisement touts California Syrup of Figs as the best and safest laxative for children's stomachs. It promises "delicious fruity taste" and full dosing directions on each bottle, urging mothers to rely on the California label for trust. It also carries a social slogan about poverty and police.
Bayer insists on Bayer Tablets of Aspirin with proper directions for col ds pain headache neuralgia lumbago rheumatism and other disorders. The genuine aspirin is Bayer manufacture with a nineteen year physician trusted pedigree and tin boxes of 12 tablets cost a few cents. The ad notes the Bayer trademark as monoacetylsalicylic ester and cheeky line about a fussy man.
The Chicago American notes a revival of panniers and vertudgin small bustles in high society wardrobes. It describes lace fringes fading while cock feathers and monkey fur trim gain popularity. New waist cords use hand painted wooden beads and jet embellishments remain stylish.
Nothing makes a prettier salt for a growing girl than tweed. Ball tassels finish the soft girdle of coats. Dark blue satin and gabardine form a pretty combination. Navy blue black and tan shade fall colors. Buttons and girdles remain trimming essentials. Children are now more simply dressed than ever with ribbons on collars cuffs and belts. The blue serge dress should be the schoolgirl’s wardrobe base with several frills plaitings and soft bows on girdles.
The text compares American and French dress styles, noting American dresses becoming ankle length and gowns with trains, while French designs remain just below the knee. Ready-made American outfits are described as eight inches from the floor, with tailored suits and dresses lengthening accordingly.
The piece notes home dressmakers can imitate designer silhouettes with straight long blouses and optional waist definition. It highlights satin and lace options, cross stitch embroidery details, bell sleeves, and chiffon foundations. Emphasizes choosing fabrics and tailoring suited to individual figures and basic hand finishing.
Milliners forecast that ostrich feathers will gain popularity as autumn nears and that prices for ostrich feather trims will rise, with other dress articles also likely to see higher costs.
The article shows a simple method to craft a lamp mat or fern stand mat from a small carpet remnant. By trimming the border into a diamond center and surrounding it with border pieces, then sewing and backing with coarse canvas, you can create square or oblong mats from old dining-room or bedroom carpet.
A fragment explains removing shine from clothing by sponging with pure vinegar boiled. The method suggests rubbing vinegar into the material to remedy shine that develops after wear.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a small box laxative that cleanses liver and bowels to relieve head dizziness coated tongue bad breath and sour stomach. It claims Cascarets never gripe or sicken like salts calomel or harsh pills and works while you sleep.
Captain Lindsey Polk defends American hotels, telling New York that European hotels are inferior to ours. He recalls a Paris ad praising a hotel as “as good as the best American hotels” and mocks a critic who complains guests demand costly conveniences.
A new portable telephone table folds to smaller dimensions for easy room to room moves. The notice adds a quip that any man who buys a mule is sure to have a kick coming.
President Fairfax Harrison of the Alabama Great Southern railways laughs off old jokes about poor service at a Richmond luncheon. He cites a traveler who missed a train and heard the porter boast about punctuality, calling it the most punctual and a traveler’s annoyance on that line.
Prof. C. H. Lees demonstrated material responses to rapid temperature shifts. Iron and marble withstood cooling to 630 degrees Fahrenheit and recovered without cracking, quartz shattered, and silica glass remained intact, illustrating differential thermal behavior.
A Kansas City Star anecdote notes that age does not shield against breach of promise and that poverty remains the certain barrier, underscoring social fault lines in marital expectations.
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