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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1907
Page
14
A wide display of sheer shirt waists appears in shops for spring. Lingerie blouses use Irish crochet and Valenciennes lace, with eyelet embroidery on batiste and net fabrics. Designers feature panels, hand embroidery, and fancy sleeve appliques signaling a fashionable, delicate season.
A fashion note on spring children clothing highlights square Dutch necks, one piece Norfolk dresses with pleated backs, trimmed cuffs and belts, and soft gray shawn frocks. It promotes home sewing, thrift through markdowns, and affordable hats in grays and tans for the season.
The display of broad brocade ribbons and floraled taffetas signals a renewed favor for ribbon and silk trimmings. White gowns give way to colored accents, while narrow belts and sashes shape the empire look. Lingerie nets with bold ribbon bows, lace trimmed morning dresses, and antique buckles reappear as stylish details.
Doctors agree life spans could extend with new knowledge, noting ages 50 to 60 as a critical decade. The period demands proper body care, while Electric Bitters is pitched as a tonic to revitalize organs after 50. Dreier & Bro. druggists guarantee the 50 cent remedy.
Shape an ugly forehead with soft waves of curls and a half wreath for dressy occasions. Restore dull tortoise shell combs with rotten stone powder and a chamois leather polish. Single flowers worn on the left near the front are larger than last year. If the scalp is dry and hair brittle, nightly oil rubbed in will improve texture.
The Otsego Journal promotes Dr Kings New Discovery as the best remedy for coughs colds and lung throat diseases. Gilbertsville NY firm Dreier Brothers Drug Store offers price 50 cents and one dollar with a trial bottle free. A German invention features a mechanical man with 306 compartments and multiple electric motors.
An old newspaper ad promotes regular daily routines likened to sunrise and sunset. It touts Dr. King and New Life pills, with a Guaran teed by Dreler & Bro., druggists, for 25 cents.
A column offers practical home tips including repurposing marble slabs for pie boards and bathbrick scrubbing to restore kitchen surfaces. It also covers cooking notes on fish dishes, milk heating to prevent sticking, rust stain removal with cream of tartar, canary perches for foot exercise, and quilting with wool batting covered by cheesecloth for sanitary ventilation.
A card certifies all druggists may refund money if Foley's Honey and Tar fails to cure a cough or cold. It claims the product stops the cough, heals the lungs, prevents pneumonia, and contains no opiates. The genuine version comes in a yellow package from Dreier & Bro.
The article notes that Siberia, far from barren, increasingly proves capable of producing immense stores of human food and challenges the stereotype of the arctic as sterile. It emphasizes growing agricultural potential in the region despite its harsh climate.
A historical note describes Pineules a non alcoholic resin medicine from pine forests used for bladder and kidney issues. Sold by Rhoads drag store with a thirty day supply for one dollar and a guarantee.
Practical guidance for mothers on feeding temperaments during teething, stressing regular gentle feeding, avoiding force, and adjusting milk with water or peptonizing if indigestive. Advice includes hygiene, rest, splash baths, and cautious use of ice, with warnings about thumb sucking, teeth eruption sequence, and when to seek a physician for swelling or persistent symptoms.
Special notice proclaims Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs and lung troubles is not affected by the Pure Food and Drug Law. It contains no opiates or harmful drugs and is recommended as a safe remedy for children and adults by Drefer & Bro.
The report notes Joseph Chamberlain’s health is now fairly good yet his memory loss may prevent him from ever returning to public life. This assessment contrasts recovery with lingering impairment, signaling lasting impact on leadership prospects.
An advertisement warns that more than half the population over sixty suffers kidney and bladder disorders often from enlarged prostate. It promotes Foley's Kidney Cure as a remedy, citing Rodney Burnett of Rock Port Missouri who at 91 regained health after two bottles. Drejer & Bro.
Japan has bought and is buying large numbers of Normandy horses for the new cavalry regiments of the empire. Prize-winners at trotting races are preferred. Many horses of the Breton breed are also being purchased for Japanese service.
Bee's Laxative Cough Syrup with honey and tar is suitable for children, contains no opiates or poisons, and complies with the National Pure Food and Drug law of June 30, 1906. It treats croup and whooping cough by gently moving the bowels. Guaranteed and sold by Rhoada's drug store.
A fragment from a devotional line asks if fortune is good or ill and pleads for divine blessing. The speaker seeks near guidance to brighten a journey through night into day, ending with a note of faith in blessing.
Advertisement for Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup claims it sweetens the stomach aids digestion stimulates the liver and bowels without irritation. It cures biliousness and habitual constipation without nausea or griping and urges customers to remember the name and refuse substitutes. iWreier & Bro.
Miss Lillian Tyson, manager of the Bon Ton theater in Philadelphia, begins giving free tickets to orphans in city institutions, messenger boys, and school children. ManZan Pile Remedy offered in collapsible tubes with nozzle for convenient at seat application, relieving bleeding itching or protruding piles. Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. Sold by Rhoady drug store.
An old newspaper advertisement touts Dade's Little Liver Pills as a remedy to clean the system improve complexions brighten eyes and inspire happiness sold by Rhoads drug store. The copy uses moralizing lines about living in the present and fortune guiding fate.
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