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Newspaper
Farmington Enterprise
Location
Farmington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1910
Page
7
A detailed guide by Julia Bottomley on crafting roses from ribbon for millinery and decorative use. The piece explains petal sizes, assembly, centers, foliage, and color schemes, with tips for patterns, stitching, and finishing touches.
A small girl’s house-dress described in navy wincey features a band across the back and front connected by shoulder straps. The straps have pointed ends with butters sewn in, the dress is gathered and cut to the strap, and the foot is turned.
A brief sewing note outlines fabric needs for a lace yoke: two yards of wincey 42 inches wide and one half yard of lace.
A new linen lace bodice design features a shoulder strap and three long upright strips of wide linen lace at the bust. Each end shows a large embroidered flower in coarse cotton floss, repeated on the sleeve, with petals weaving around the lace join. The center lace strip extends lower, creating a pointed trim silhouette.
All tucks and trimmings around the sleeve are in good lines for the season. They suit slender arms, offer a route for lace or embroidery in the sleeve region, and reinforce the sectional sleeve impression.
Fashion note describes turbans with jeweled fronts and forehead touches inspired by oriental headgear. Straw turbans feature tall gilt hats and tailored lines, with spring facings of brown or black velvet providing contrast.
Ruth, a weary, self sacrificing elder step sister, accepts a proposal from Mr. Marr after a moonlit river outing. She confesses to her sisters she adores him and plans a new life beyond her suffocating duties.
Mrs Catharine Keats of Findlay Ohio says kidney trouble left her in three years after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She describes back ache and general fatigue before relief and notes continued health for three years. Doan's sold by dealers at 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Assemblyman John C Hackett recalls a Rockland county banquet where he joked about being the worst public speaker. A lanky guest interrupts to claim he is the real worst speaker, then agrees to a guest demonstration before the assemblyman continues. The anecdote is attributed to the Cleveland Leader.
Privileged visitors to the Bank of England are shown the oldest known bank note for £556 dated 19th Xber, 1699. The note bears memoranda indicating payment in three instalments and reveals engraving gaps left for the Gate and other serial marks.
In a Kansas City Star casual mock dialogue Mrs Oldcastle and a hostess discuss church crowding and preacher Doctor Goodman. They quip about sermon style especially the preacher’s habit of splitting infinitives and the Epiaacoppi analogy as a humorous church scene unfolds.
Gruet is described as very unobservant, leading to a contrast with another person who notices different details. The dialogue suggests a disagreement in perception and awareness between the characters.
An 1909 testimonial describes a severe widespread itch that began on the hands and spread over the body. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment, itching subsided by April 1 and disappeared the same day, with the author crediting relief to the products.
An old advertisement from Chicago promoting Murine Eye Remedy with claims to soothe eye troubles. The copy features lines about eggs and memory, a slogan You Will Like Murine, pricing at 60 cents, and a quotation from Charles Gounod.
A fragmented historical snippet references "an ounce of prevention" and "a pound of cure" in a mixed line of oblique health remedies and everyday wit. It mentions sizes 330 and 600, a mother's slipper, and various items like seeds or gums, with a note that even truthful men exaggerate occasionally.
A fragmentary passage describes a man in a high backed chair near a portrait reading a self portrait as BE. H. Smith, provoking the farmer to joke Regular fools these city folks. The piece shifts to an ad about deafness caused by mucous in the Eustachian tube and a Hall’s Catarrh Cure offer.
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