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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1908
Page
7
A dress accessory feature presents two coat designs: a close fitting double breasted style and a loose slip on version. Both suit alpaca, serge, or Shantung with decorative braids, lacing, and coordinated hats or crinoline. Materials listed include fabric yardage, lining, buttons, braids, and tassels.
Fashion guidance describes new wide collars called fyron Byron or Peter Fan with linen ties. It recommends four straight linen pieces forming bow ties about five by twenty eight inches, with careful cutting, buttonhole finishing, and white embroidery avoidance.
Burlap is shown transformed into desk pads, handkerchief boxes and picture frames with embroidered silks. One green set uses wood brown tones. finishing on cardboard makes pretty, effective pieces. These items cost more in stores but can be made at home as a rival to silk and tapestry work.
Smart trousseaus feature dotted Swiss fabric replacing plain muslin. One set includes a nightgown and chemise in empire style with beading and a satin ribbon bow. A matching full-length matinee with wide sleeves and an immense lace collar completes the ensemble.
The fad features slender gold bands with a large semi- precious stone matching shirt studs. Mountings include pearl, corn, lapis lazuli, jade, amethyst, ruby, turquoise, topaz and more. Prices range from 69 cents to three dollars depending on quality.
Hair combs with ribbons rosettes and clusters of curls are being shown. They are designed to weave through the hair and secure with small buds and trailing foilage to create decorative styles.
A girl can treat a grease stain on a frock using French chalk. Apply chalk thickly to absorb the grease, place blotting paper over the area, and press a warm iron over it to draw grease into the paper. Wipe away chalk with a silk or muslin rag. the spot should disappear.
Indiana brief items report a Kokomo lineworker Clarence Beardorf, 21, found dead hanging by a life belt on a pole with 2700 volts detected after insulation burned. Also Evansville note of engineer John Van Horn stopping a speeding train to rescue two children after mistaking them for roosters.
Fairfield schoolhouse near Hendricks and Marion counties was blown up with dynamite. Both Fairfield and Friendswood had condemned buildings and a feud over which school to use preceded the demolition. Little remains of the site afterward. In Washington Indiana Hamlet Dillon was shot by his brother in law HI Tale of Kentucky. Dillon survived with poor prospects for recovery. Hale surrendered to police after the shooting.
The Richmond Manufacturing Co. in Richmond Indiana, maker of vehicle lamps and bedsteads with $125000 capitalization, is placed under receivership by the Dickinson Trust Co. Assets total $50000 while liabilities stand at $140000, blamed on the economic downturn and fierce competition.
A Cloverleaf interurban car carrying nine members of Company K Second Regiment Indiana National Guard from Auburn to Camp Benjamin Harrison derails after an operator crash. The engineer stopped the westbound train in time, one man injured, and traffic delayed three hours.
A blaze in Oakland City Indiana endangered the entire town's commercial area with telegraph and telephone lines down. Loss estimated near 340000 as several business houses were threatened and firefighters battled the flames. In Evansville Indiana Mrs Nannie Carden, 35, once employed in several local stores, was sentenced to one year in the women's reformatory at Indianapolis. The woman is said to be prominently connected.
City court heard numerous complaints filed by policemen Tink Yer Winch and Waley against twelve saloon keepers for Sunday closing and other violations. Nearly 100 charges may be based on obtainable information. Six injured in Michigan City interurban collision. a Cleveland man suffers a fractured skull and may die.
Dairymen should raise high producing heifer calves from best cows rather than buy cows. A Illinois study shows milk value from raised calves covers feeding costs, and a single strong sire can transform a herd, boosting future milk production and profits.
Union City Indiana reports John Kelly aged 65 a well known farmer died after battling a forest fire near Spartanburg his country home until exhaustion overwhelmed him.
Indianapolis officials report county recorders from across the state will meet to organize and set a uniform fee standard for tasks across the 92 county offices.
Mrs. James C G Deathe was found dead in the bathtub at the North Jefferson Avenue home, Indianapolis. The report notes illness of her husband in Rockwell City Iowa and mentions life insurance theories as is common in such cases.
Spencer county farmer Louis Cowhead near Pvansville dies by his own action amid despondency. Officials say mental distress was the likely cause of the rash act.
The joint board of miners and operators in the block coal district adjourned after a settlement of differences that threatened a strike by the miners.
Mrs. Richard Wat, wife of a city councilman in Newcastle Indiana, was tossed by a Jersey cow and struck by the enraged animal. She suffered internal injuries after being tossed over a fence while milking the cow.
Captains Morrison and Hare die aged 74 in Fort Wayne. Morrison led state maritime efforts and Hare served as vice president of a local council, leaving a notable legacy across Indiana.
A fire in Jeffersonville Indiana destroyed a hay barn and its contents belonging to Alban Luly of Middle Road three miles away. The barn and logs were valued around $1,000 with no insurance. Local fire departmentInvestigations pending as no insurance coverage.
Mrs Josephine Gordon a widowed washerwoman near Evansville burned her savings of a lifetime when she set a fire in her Penek store and burned up 225 dollars hidden in the oven. Factories are closed in North Verdon as a drought grips the area leaving the city almost helpless with no water to sustain industry.
Loose shoes tire the horse and can cause lameness especially on hard roads. Prevent by taking the horse to the blacksmith occasionally to examine and tighten the shoes.
It is advised to mow pasture weeds at the start of summer to prevent cows from eating them. This will keep milk free of weed flavor and give grass a chance to begin replacing the weeds.
A New York farmer reports a Sweet Haunt apple tree that yields at least three bushels yearly for 19 years, with consistently delightful fruit. The piece also offers notes on choosing a breed, exercising brood mares, and providing shade for laying hens.
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