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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1907
Page
6
The article discusses the Virginia curl trend competing with the marcel wave, noting rolls placed at the crown, nape, behind ears, and within pompadours. It suggests hairstyles should suit face shape, with pompadour front for mature looks and parted styles for youth, while stressing flexible personal styling over fixed rules.
The article argues good taste in hair arranging lies in practicality and study. It urges young women to observe diverse head shapes and features in department stores, comparing everyday coiffures to theatrical styles, and notes the variety of hair types and shades for practical, real-world study.
The article describes Spumer furnishings in New York stores offering a range of summer bedroom pieces. It highlights bedsteads, washstands, chairs, desks, and dressers in Circassian walnut and cream caned beds, with prices from three to two hundred dollars. It notes draped dressing tables, fabric options like dimity and China silk, and DIY ease with white lawn materials.
Lace coats and wraps remain popular for spring, seen in recent French imports. Black lace jackets on chiffon gowns create a chic finish, while white lace coats pair with many dress styles. Some wraps are sewn as one piece with the dress. others detach for versatility. Prices vary with lace quality, but white or black coats offer lasting value.
Elaborate lace coats and jackets are described as versatile additions to summer gowns and tea frocks. The article highlights lace wraps, boleros, and embroidered coats in black white cream and dyed laces, noting styles like short three-quarter back coats with various sleeve lengths and the use of iridescent pailettes. It also mentions machine lace imitations and cautions on quality. Bee's Laxative Cough Syrup is advertised with honey and tar for coughs.
Swedish railway waiting rooms are equipped with couches and porters who wake sleepers ten minutes before trains depart, ensuring passengers reach platforms on time. The service mirrors European rail hospitality, aiming to reduce missed departures and improve traveler comfort.
The salve that acts like a poultice is Pine Salve Carribolized. No other salve so good for cuts burns boils and chapped skin. Ask about it. Price 25 cents. Sold by Rhoads' drug'store.
The article describes a one piece snug slip for stout women worn under dresses and with shirtwaist suits. It explains boning at the waist, using whale bones, and options for necklines sleeves and lengths. Materials suggested include silk, percale, calicoes, nainsook, torchon, Valenciennes, and cambric.
A guide on creating vivid window boxes with geraniums petunias nasturtiums marguerites and lemon verbena heliotrope and fuchsias. It advises buying small plants or slipping cuttings rather than full plants, proper watering and sun, and suggests starting with bulbs like hyacinth jonquils and crocuses before summer flowers.
The article describes Hamburg embroidery as durable for everyday wear and suggests using it as trim. Patterns are designed by Mrs Jane Foard and published by The Independent Peerless Pattern Company at 197 West Twenty-fifth Street New York.
Robert R. Watts of Salem Missouri describes a long struggle with kidney disease, losing flesh and energy despite doctors and remedies. He reports complete recovery after using Foley's Kidney Cure, urging others to attend to kidneys promptly, noting summer heat and excess drinking as common triggers. Dreier & Bro advertise the remedy.
The 1906 production of Indian corn in Portugal and colonies reached about 20,000,000 bushels, a large crop that limited the market for foreign corn and affected demand.
Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup is recommended for women and children due to its mild action and pleasant taste. It does not nauseate or gripe like pills and ordinary cathartics and aids digestion while stimulating the liver and bowels without irritation. Dreier & Bro.
The amir told his return from India that Freemasonry contains nothing against Mohammedism and warned displeased Mullahs there is no conflict in the craft.
The advertisement states Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs colds and lung troubles is not affected by the National Pure Food and Drug Law because it contains no opiates or harmful drugs. Drefer & Bro. endorses it as a safe remedy for children and adults.
Open with remedies and food tips for cooking and cleaning including saturating paper with castor oil to make it transparent and drying. Salt improves cakes and candies. Benzine removes ivory smoke stains with a brush. Boil peach kernels in milk for custard flavor. Flour lift with cornmeal keeps mush from chicking. Alcohol cleans lamp chimneys to remove grease. Brown willow covered porcelain replaces old buffet baskets.
War against Consumption urges nations to fight the white plague and promotes Foley's Honey and Tar as a safe, certain cure for coughs colds and consumption. The ad urges asking for Foley's Honey and Tar and to insist on it, by Dreier & Bro.
A Home Notes tip invites readers to try drawing with eyes closed. Begin at the ears and outline the pig without looking, then open eyes to view the result. Emphasizes playful self‑instruction and imagination in art practice.
An advertisement touts Man Zan as a collapsible tube remedy for piles that soothes itching bleeding and protrusion and promises a refund if it does not relieve symptoms. It emphasizes precise application with a nozzle and notes sale at Rhoads drug store.
Mr. and Mrs. C C Crowell of Blair donate an eighty thousand dollar residence as a home for superanuated preachers and deaconesses of Nebraska. The building sits twenty five miles from Omaha, extending a lasting charitable bequest.
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