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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1914
Page
11
A millinery lesson on creating a dressy midsummer hat using a crepe covered frame and lacy tuscan or hair braid. The design shows a left raised bandeau with scalloped edge, braid over the crown and brim, tuscan buttons, and sprays of wild roses with velvet ribbons. Not for everyday wear, but for formal summer occasions.
Readers see a wide array of summer footwear from comfortable walking boots to elegant pumps and brocaded boots. The feature highlights fashion, practicality, and the rise of women’s shoe choices with comfort and style at the fore. It notes varied styles like the easy joint walking boot, patent coltskin pumps, and cloth topped brocaded boots for evening wear.
A biblical parable shows ten lepers healed by Jesus, but only one returns to thank the divine physician. The sermon urges universal gratitude, compares leprosy to sin, and stresses personal, spontaneous acknowledgment of mercy as essential to healing and faith.
Instructions say pecan meats peel easily after placing nuts in boiling water for 20 or 80 minutes. When cracked the meats lift out intact and whole with little effort.
To avoid blacking your granite kettles, dampen the bottom of each and rub with soap. The black will rub off as if by magic.
A farmer describes transforming one acre into a productive fruit and vegetable system. Peaches pears plums quinces apples grapes currants and berries supply canning and fresh fruit for two months. The garden includes chicken run, diverse beds of strawberries raspberries blackberries and grapes with careful mulching manuring and crop rotation.
In a village market, Farmers Dobbins and George haggle over a cow. Dobbins asks for twelve pounds, George refuses, noting the cow’s value and the upset it would cause the wife. A sly compromise emerges to tempt the seller with a reduced price.
A 1913 testimonial by Miss Mildred Dennis describes eczema spreading from scalp to back and chest. She credits daily use of Cuticura Soap and Ointment for two months with a full cure and notes the product was sold worldwide with a free skin book offer.
An advertisement urges taking Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills at bedtime with a free trial box offer. It lists a New York address and promotes a variety of dubious remedies from named vendors and claims cures for constipation and other illnesses. The text also includes unrelated aphorisms and filler ads.
A letter from Mrs Rena Bowman of Ironton Ohio describes improved health after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports regaining energy and being able to work, and says her daughter also improved after using the remedy.
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