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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1900
Page
3
Practical directions for handmade gifts using fabric, ribbons, hoops, and sachet techniques. Instructions cover a collar bag from a 30 by 30 inch cloth, a handkerchief holder, a decorative sachet box, and a necktie case built from shoe boxes and silk.
A kitchen craft article guides making a fancy candle holder from a tin candlestick crape paper and baby ribbon. It describes wrapping the stalk and shade with crape paper, adding ruffles, gluing to a paper circle, and attaching a small brass shade with flowers.
A Ladies Home Journal writer suggests easy college color themed gifts for male relatives. Practical ideas include a pocket letter case with initials and embroidery and photo frames in Princeton orange and black or Yale blue to suit the recipient and his college affiliations.
After the oriental styles and colorings, dark tabourette covers are in vogue. A square garnet felt makes a table cover. a fringe four inches deep forms a border with brass rings and cross stitched yellow silk to create a striking effect.
Simple craft suggestions for useful homemade articles that can serve as Christmas gifts. Each item is described as easily made and suitable for presenting to a gentleman, offering practical and thoughtful options for holiday giving.
Instructions describe making a heart shaped pin holder from cardboard linen and vel vet with a mushroom top cushion, plus a card pack bag from muslin and silk plush. Projects include a blotting pad cover with violets and ribbon, using embroideries or painted designs for decoration.
A pleasant herb drink that acts gently on the stomach liver and kidneys as a mild laxative. Prepared as tea from herbs and marketed as Lane's Medicine. Lane's Family Medicine moves the bowels daily. Price 250 and 500, sold by City Drug Store.
In Horace Mann’s studio an unstable man rushed in and urged a duel. Mann refused, saying he is a Mann by name and a man by nature, and that fighting would be unfair. The intruder pressed, insisting they fight as men.
An advertisement claims Chamberlain's Pain Balm soothes lame backs sides and chests and relieves rheumatism. It promises prompt relief after one application and notes sales by L. J. Williams, a local druggist.
A mother notes a young man’s grasping disposition after a caller. A sister and a small boy recall Lou’s engagement and the boy’s eagerness, with the child insisting on time as the scene turns on the proposal and reaction.
Sober folk let coughs run until medicine fails. Kemp's Balsam pledges cure with a positive guarantee. First dose shows effect, price 25 cents. Trial size free. Sold by City Drug Store.
A sleepy Irishman snoozing on a city churchyard bench is told to move by a constable. He quips that the tombstones have slept longer, joking about their longer rest. The humor hinges on quick wit and the Irish ribbing redolent of old times.
The Ladies' Home Journal suggests prudent servant gifts that mix usefulness with ornament. Useful items like linen covers umbrella pockets and decorative cushions are recommended to honor servants and encourage tidiness while avoiding overly lavish expenditures. A warm wrapper aprons and a small purse with money are noted as reliable, timely gifts for cooks.
A historic note describes a German remedy first prescribed by Dr Krause, praised as marvelous for curing distressing cases, promoted in America before antipurine was discovered. Price 2c. Sold by City Drug Store.
A young woman recalls meeting a charming literary man on a train who claimed to be a bookmaker. Her relative quips that his self description suggests he writes books, though details were not clarified. The exchange ends with a playful double entendre about the nature of his writings.
A vintage advertisement promises relief from headaches to cancer by regulating bowels using Cascar e ts a candy cathartic. It claims gentle natural movement for 10 cents to start and warns to beware of imitations.
South African species such as the weaver, gardener, spotted collar bird, and lapwing exhibit social behaviors. Nests are built in colonies under umbrella-like roofs or ornate bowers for meetings and defense. Lapwings host dancing parties with paired birds joined by a third, marching to drumlike calls.
Renick Hamilton of West Jefferson Ohio suffered 18 months with a rectal fistula and was told he would die without a costly operation. He cured himself using five boxes of Bucklen's Arnica Salve, touted as the sur est pile cure on Earth and the best salve in the world. Priced 25 cents per box at City Drug Store.
A captain asks how a volunteer was captured. The lieutenant explains he once played college football and tried to dash around the end to score a touchdown when ordered to charge, but the game of war is played differently and he could not return.
A raspy ad hawks Secreds Candy Cathartic as a guaranteed cure for constipation and liver sluggishness with a money back offer. The prose shifts to a brief, satirical dialogue about wealth and spending, mentioning millionaires and humanitarian spending.
An advertisement invites readers to obtain a free trial bottle of Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lungs from druggists, promising cure and relief for coughs, asthma, bronchitis, and consumption. It also mentions improved hooks and eyes with broadened central eye portions to prevent lateral movement and enable separation only at the widened section.
Advertisements tout Krause's Cold Cure capsules as a 24 hour cure for deeply seated colds with no business interruption. The product is described as pleasant to take and giving a clear sensation, priced at 250 and sold by City. The clipping also notes plant stems thickening in dry air and cites a Chicago News quote about seizing opportunities.
Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets offer quick relief or money back. Sold in handsome tin boxes at 25 cents. Available through L. J. Williams at Central Pharmacy.
The Detroit Journal notes the widow skips the usual mourning period for her late husband, commenting with a dry quip about barely having a semicolon this time.
A fragment hints at preferences for gifts that balance charm with practicality. Readers note a wish for items described as fluffy yet genuinely helpful, suggesting a blend of comfort and usefulness in present choices.
An Egyptian contemporary notes dramatic change as the island is ringed with golf courses. He quips that the world is no longer a stage but resembles golf links, highlighting rapid cultural and recreational shifts.
A fragment describes symptoms such as headache pains in many body parts feverishness pimples and sores as signs of impure blood and suggests taking a product to purge it. The text promotes a remedy claiming it will cleanse the blood and restore health.
New and elegant dining cars on all through trains with service a la carte. Through Pullman and family sleeping cars to Chicago. Three personally conducted weekly excursions to New York City and Boston via Chicago or St. Louis. For rates and info apply to any ticket agent or to 8. K. Hoorur, G. P.
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