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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1910
Page
5
Advert sees corset covers priced around two dollars with fine mull and nanamak fabrics. Backs are specially shaped to reduce bulk, offering a graceful line. Some slightly soiled pieces cited, with elaborate needlework and lace details, regular prices listed as two and three fifty, now discounted to about nineteen dollars?
Readable text shows a porch pet sale pitch with garbled OCR. The readable fragments indicate a special sale for porch pets, listing mock prices and limited offered items. No clear dates, locations, or identifiable entities are present.
An accumulation of short lengths of linoleums and inlaid linoleum pieces is offered at deep discounts. Varieties include Landemer patterns valued up to 108, with special prices per square yard. cork linoleums with designs, regular 6 and 8 cents, offered at 29 cents per square yard.
Advertises fabric basics with heavy discounts on absorbent crash and muslin items. Lists regular prices and bold specials for brown or white crash, linen crash with red border, unbleached muslin, white muslin, and cambric muslin, emphasizing value for needlework and household needs.
Combina tions and corset covers with lace or embroidery trim are featured in a special sale. New models include Carnot Cover and Drawer and French combinations with hand embroidery. Prices range from 0c 26 96.50.
Ad list shows a Saturday sale with clothes props and domestic goods. Items include laundry baskets folding ironing boards and tubs with low prices. Also mentions a widow purchase option at 1.26, with emphasis on bargain specials and value-focused offers.
An ad teases Rave A linen dress ready for the first hot day with a bold line about rare June weather. It promotes Trio Linen garments in violet and pink opal, offering a regular 50c price cut to 39c, urging readers to buy today for immediate wear.
A detailed guide for women on embroidery and decorative cord making. It explains selecting leftover colors, winding skeins on paper reels, and crocheting cords with tassels to decorate work bags, curtains, or borders. The piece ends noting it targets women who do embroidery.
In a country home discussion, Mr Justwed and Mrs Justwed debate visiting friends and the loneliness of women among town acquaintances. Homer plans inviting Smirth-Jones and neighbors while Mrs Justwed balks at Frothingtons and potential guests, fearing social overload and changes to domestic life. The scene ends with a hint of upcoming visitors and tension over hosting duties.
Instructions describe a method to force cyclamen bloom by digging a hole, placing the pot in soil, watering with autumn dampness, and moving to a sunny window. Additions of Epants entry and arsenic are mentioned to hasten bloom and kill pests though wording is unclear. The passage ends with stray personal remarks.
The text advises study of linens for spring and summer, warns against moth afarchment, notes linen’s crisp finish when starched and ironed, and warns against wear. It instructs dampening, drying completely, ironing on the wrong side, and using vinegar in rinsing water for blue linens. Also suggests dipping greens in indigo, hanging to dry, and using a large roll for pressing to avoid stiffness.
A brief instructional excerpt on starching and ironing fabrics to improve appearance. It notes using hot water starch for even thickness, drying and dampening before ironing on the wrong side, and careful edge alignment. It also mentions cleaning copper with lemon and wiping surfaces dry to finish.
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