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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1912
Page
8
The article describes skin care methods for freckles and sunburn including hot water packs, massage, and home remedies with cucumber juice and milk mixtures. It provides recipes for a cucumber milk cream, essence, and preparation steps, plus advice on rust dermatitis and chickenpox pittings.
The article shares basic cosmetic advice such as using cucumber cream to whiten skin, adding alcohol to wash water, avoiding hot water for facial washing, and applying elder flower water as a pleasant lotion. It also covers nail care, scar reduction with cocoa butter, and a camphor benzoin rosewater lotion for pores and whitening.
Moire ribbons in many varieties remain popular says the Dry Goods Economist. Changeable molten narrow widths with black cable edges are prominent. Narrow cord edged taffetas are favored, used in millinery as box plintings and crown outlines. Taf feta ribbons with wide maire stripes in pastel shades are featured for sashes and girdles in summer gowns.
A Sunday school class of about twenty girls ages fifteen to eighteen pledges 35 dollars by Christmas for a future hospital. Suggestions include a lawn fete with a circus, a play, and light refreshments to raise funds before winter. The advisor emphasizes perseverance and departmental oversight.
The article encourages a lawn party to bid farewell to a longtime resident. It supports mixed gender invited guests including boys and girls, suggests lanterns and cables for festive lighting, and recommends simple refreshments like ice cream small cakes fruit lemonade or punch. Contests and croquet are proposed activities.
A reader questions proper conduct after a casual street meeting with a previous coworker. The piece weighs social expectations and whether it was appropriate for him to invite a drink and then depart for work without accompanying her.
An anxious reader asks if a girl may allow her escort to hold hands or kiss her fiancé during confidential talks. The columnist says these actions aren’t wrong but urges young readers to think first and act cautiously, valuing restraint.
The guide notes proper table manners noting that prongs of the fork rest up when finished and that food may be moved to the dinner plate with a fork or spoon. It also covers eating vegetables with gravy from the side dish and reviews a miswritten sign resembling in care of.
The article extols roses as the most beautiful flower and urges widespread cultivation. It explains planting methods including on own roots versus budded stock, cites Rochester nurserymen supporting budded roses, and gives practical tips on planting depth soil, drainage, and timing with emphasis on sun and shelter for best results.
A patent style description outlines a cow stall device featuring a central bar L to prevent crowding and guide droppings onto a platform. The design uses boards, strips, and hinges to create adjustable partitions, hanging swings, and gutter chains to hold cows in place and allow head movement during feeding.
A chaotic report describes a traffic incident where a car tore through a crowded area injuring several, including a woman who died. Police investigations focus on the driver and possible escape attempts as witnesses recount the chaotic scene and damaged vehicles.
The readable fragments reference a fatal incident involving a sister and others, with garbled names and phrases. The text mentions a death, possible police or court context, and scattered references to people and places without clear, coherent details.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a fall from a bridge causing injuries as bystanders and responders react. The text mentions a person named Forte and a route near a roadway with uncertain details and garbled wording.
Readable fragments show cattle hogs and hogs prices, livestock auction terms, and totals like 8500 and 4479.75. Mentions white meat, heifers, calves, sows, bulls, and hogs with per unit and total values. references to packers and shippers and farm sale context.
A destructive blaze in Tonopah Nevada wipes out two key business sites and damages others with total losses near 200000 dollars. The fire origin remains under investigation but started last night in the Wythinstall area. The Tonopah Daily Bonanza owner and editor W W Booth suffers the heaviest single loss as his plant is razed.
A literary lady sits beside a materialistic scientist at a society dinner. She asserts Adam as the father of all, but he gently corrects her. She later writes to a friend in embarrassment accusing Eve of being the mother of all living.
A testimonial claims Grape-Nuts and Postum coffee improve sleep, digestion, and nerves. A woman reports stopped vomiting and bloating after switching, and her mother notes improved digestion and well being. The ad touts brain restorer effects and endorses The Road to Wellville by Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan.
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