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Newspaper
Fayetteville News
Location
Fayetteville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1900
Page
7
A collage of quotations and product pitches from periodicals. It features a quirky misquote about a parent guiding a child, a casual claim that electricity can be produced from water with a cheap capsule, praise for Hostetters Stomach Bitters, a schoolroom joke about the golden calf, Adams Pep, and a brisk quip about Diggs Frigs.
A mix of nostrums and fashion notes appears. Hood's Sarsaparilla touted as a blood purifier amid health claims. A long list of children and ladies garments follows, with dress fabrics, hats, coats, bonnets, and accessories. A brief item explains wampum’s use and meaning, then a joke exchange about married men.
Clara Kopp reports how Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound aided Cuina Kerr of Rockport Indiana after years of back aches nervous tension and irregular menstruation. Kerr praised the remedy and urged other women to seek Mrs Pinkham's guidance citing her own health improvement and experience. Thompson's Eye Water is also referenced as a remedy.
Summer threads and embroideries dominate the season as domestic needle workers pursue decorative dress trimming. Crepe de Chine embroidery via applique yields tidy garments. ribbon embroidery on gauze gowns returns with quick, petal motifs. Large silk rose motifs with interlined petals elevate formal wear, while simpler herringbone trims add air to silk waists and skirts.
Prep M pines and Valenciennes lace feature as trim for thin summer gowns with Cluny lace designs on summer toilets waists and lingerie. Silk warp fabrics, embroidered batiste, taffeta, crepe de chine, and cloth appliques shape the season. Kilts and side-plaits on skirts vary in stitch length. Abstract notions of lace manipulation and revived novelties dominate shops, with striped Japanese silks and massed fabrics offered in multiple colors.
The Agricultural Department expands its role beyond seed distribution with a road building bureau proposing steel track wagon roads. Two parallel eight inch wide steel rails with side flanges would form tracks on standard highways, allowing large loads and low repair costs. A first class road costs about 3500 dollars per mile, with preparations under way in several states.
A New York World editorial lauds Colonel John Jacob Astor for completing two and a half miles of road between Rhinecliff and Rhinebeck, calling it a public service yet lamenting private funding for public highways. It argues New Jersey and Massachusetts show better state local cost sharing, improving country roads toward civilization.
H B Worrell, chair of the Good Roads Commission and L A W representative, reports progress toward a comprehensive plan for Pennsylvania wheelmen. The effort prioritizes equalized taxation and seeks state aid beyond township levies, with ongoing data collection from multiple states. The work will continue for some time.
A Boston schoolteacher laments the challenge of teaching students the concept that rivers rise in mountains and flow toward the sea. She notes many children have never seen a flowing stream and confuse rivers with ocean currents, requiring vivid imagery to convey springs, descents, and sea-bound rivers. The excerpt ends with quotes about a new shell at Washington and a quip about a calloused conscience.
Advertised as a reliable malaria remedy, Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic contains iron and quinine in correct proportions. Claims to outdo imitators, with the iron serving as a tonic and quinine driving malaria from the system. Sold nationwide with no cure, no pay, at 50 cents.
Tondon County Council is urged to approve a 135000 expenditure to preserve the building at 17 Fleet Street known as the Palace of Henry VIII and Cardinal Wolsey. Investigations show the structure dates to 1610 and served as Duchy of Cornwall office then. later a tavern and long a barber shop frequented by barristers.
A new waste gate automatically maintains reservoir levels. Pivoted on both sides of the outlet, it features a pocket attached at right angles to be lifted with overflow. Water weight overbalances the gate, allowing it to open and release excess.
A collage of old ad snippets promotes Allen's Toot-Ease for foot care and a Grovys Tonic for chills and fever, plus various quips and product pitches. It highlights druggists selling powders, tonics, and dyes, with scattered humorous lines and endorsements from different locales.
In a dimly lit room at two a.m. a refined burglar requests Miss Arabella Cletimer’s valuables including diamonds, cash, stocks, and bonds. Miss Cletimer sobs and hints she may appeal to her father for mercy as the judge weighs the audacious intrusion.
An electrically driven saw is praised for surgical use with a three foot shaft, flexible spiral coil, and a right angle bevel to align with the shaft end. It has seen extensive adoption in major city hospitals, increasing delicacy and reducing fatalities compared with the traditional handsaw.
Fragmentary verse notes a present description and questions how it was marked The groom implies a label was applied and a bride consultation hints at a price reduction or marking for sale or gift context remains unclear
A traveller’s narration in a mountain pass prompts a youth to question a mountain’s yawn. The exchange ends with no further interruptions as the tale of Cumberland Gap lingers in the air.
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