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Newspaper
Fulton County Tribune
Location
Wauseon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1916
Page
4
A fashion piece discusses new silk coat styles for both long and short cuts with white net gowns and refined trims. It notes flowing belts, piping, and buttoned accents, plus a selection of dark colors and rich silks suited to street costumes and formal wear. The article also mentions Birmingham’s gas meters costing nearly 940,000 pounds.
Spring blouse offerings feature dalntinst cotton fabrics and elaborate embroidery. Descriptions praise new model details, embroidery by hand and machine work, and the potential for early purchases or at-home completion, highlighting elegance and practicality.
The piece notes Westmoreland County residents claim Washington was christened at Old Yeocomico Church while lacking parish records from colonial times. It describes the hexagonal church near Yeocomico Creek, its wartime history, artifacts like the marble font and sun dial, and mentions figures such as the Lees and Carters connected to the area. Washington's name is praised by Lincoln and Rev Archibald Campbell’s historical role is noted.
Return of Tunica styles described with diversity in fabrics and cuts. Overskirts remain voluminous while tunics range from rounded to pointed outlines. Trimmings include ruffles, embroidery, and subtle tucking details across various gowns and skirts.
A fragment describes ribbon binders for lingerie made of eatin rittun about an inch wide. They are long enough to go around piles of Breht drenses or lingerin. A single enti rosa hides the jonetich and orm ments the pile with a knot and eye under it.
Flower notes advise careful storage of munMcomers in collars or suitable places to aid flowering in living rooms. Warns against fertilizer, overwatering, overreacting, overcrowding, and draw from mistakes. Suggests rotating plants, avoiding excess water, using insecticide for soil pests, and inspecting roots for decay with powdered charcoal to seal rot.
Poetic plea urging divine aid to keep the nation from entangling alliances and foreign wars. It contrasts past war hatred with a call for peace and a prudent, honorable course. The piece appeals to a higher power to sustain freedom and restraint amid global strife.
Narrative on the 1777 Valley Forge encampment. General Howe retired to Philadelphia on December 9, Washington moved his dispersed army there on December 11. Describes harsh winter, scarce food and clothing, frostbitten soldiers, disease, and the arrival of Baron Steuben who stabilized the camp. Includes Washington quote about world peace.
A reflective note urges turning to the nation’s birth hour to honor a founder with patience munificence and hope while facing current perils. Quotations from Worth While and Hugh R. Howels praise good resolutions and good feelings as precious guides.
A cave dwelling Iota witch and her two daughters enraged the sea with a storm kettle. The good daughter stirred opposite to fate, freeing a mermaid transformed as a mortal. A chariot rider nullified the cat and spared the sisters, while offering escape with a final moral about labor ethics.
A playful method shows a clenched fist held with the thumb up to form a cartoonish face. A nose and eyes are crafted from cardboard between fingers, with a pink tint added between others. The setup is completed by wrapping a cloth around the hand to finish the illusion.
A brief guide describes moving the little finger to simulate speech or singing as a ventriloquism stunt. Amateur performers can create a humorous facial device using shoe buttons for eyes and a tuft of cloth for hair, recently patented.
The piece argues that true popularity among women comes from respect for parents and kindness, not reckless social defiance. It states men respect a girl who treats her mother well and foresee a good wife in a daughter who embodies such qualities.
An old game suggested as a substitute for solitaire by James M. Kane of Doylestown Pa in Popular Mechanics. Players toss a card from a fixed position into a small basket or hat set at a distance. Holding the card as shown and tossing as demonstrated, accuracy can be surprisingly high.
A Topeka inventor has created a pocket sized toy motor sold for a quarter to replace pricier play motors. It runs from a battery and a belt, offering a simple, affordable option for boys with a voltage of imagination and a string belt. The piece also includes a quick humor sketch about Sunday school lessons and a jigsaw puzzle on the Sabbath.
A Horist explains essential house plant care emphasizing drainage and soil mix. Do not let pots sit in water or soggy soil. Water thoroughly then drain completely and avoid stagnant saucers.
A western reminiscence recounts a man who paid a Brule Sioux chief for a wife who turned out to be white, then settled in the prairie. Additional notes touch on women smoking in hotel lobbies, Mexican quail introductions and elk and deer stocking plans, diplomat cynicism, concert opinions, and a quip about a judge granting divorces.
A humorous exchange centers on a pale blue bottle mistaken for milk. The Milkman dismisses the complaint, noting he has told ten customers the same and that the long wait times were part of the lesson. The palm reader joke adds a note of time wasted and personal growth.
Canada shows rapid economic rebound with high bank clearings and record wheat crops. Subscriptions for a fifty million dollar loan closed at 110 million, signaling strong faith in postwar prosperity. Winnipeg leads western markets, rivaling major North American cities in financial activity. optimism remains despite wartime disruption.
A vintage advertisement extols California Syrup of Figs as a pleasant, gentle laxative for children. It claims the product cleanses the stomach and bowels without griping, aiding feverish or colicky pets, and offers a 50 cent bottle with on-bottle directions for all ages.
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