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Newspaper
Fulton County Tribune
Location
Wauseon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1919
Page
7
The United States Shipping Board introduces a new uniform design training for sailors, resembling Navy outfits with minor markings. The outfit features pocket hints and two brown stripes on the collar, marking a distinctive look for the wartime crew.
Disjointed clipped wartime relics describe a Cantigny combat scene and a soldier defending a pasture. A soldier clings to a shell of grenades and a demon foe, while references to a Studente Textbok and Home and Children care appear amid fragmented notes. The text mixes WWII era themes with unrelated vignettes and stray names.
A globetrotting roundup details varied inventions from adjustable reclining chairs with large casters to versatile motorcycle carburetors using gasoline or kerosene without adjustment. It notes a new three color letter press, adjustable chair extensions, and a box design for striking matches. Other items mention German Emperor income, inland waterway notes, and a novel glass tube gage for fluid rise and fall.
The piece surveys spring dress trends with fabrics like gabardine, tricot, serges, tricotine, tweed, and silks, noting no drastic material changes yet. It describes a shift toward a more contoured silhouette, tailored summer suits, straight slim skirts with back slits, one piece frocks in light colors, and various cape models, plus ornate ribbons and a satin trimmed straw hat as standout accessories.
Miss Vern Baxter of Terre Haute declares Pepgen a splendid tonic after months of nervous dyspepsia. She explains it restored her stomach and strengthened her nervous system, enabling her to eat freely without pain. Pepgen is advertised as available at leading drug stores. The text also includes unrelated humorous snippets and a local dialect encounter in Kansas City.
Indian designs in ribbon colors present delicate hues for women outing hats. Weper tones create Panama hat looks while ribbons offer Roman effect. Polka dot motifs suit hat trimming in larger widths, with two tone and grosgrain options in pastel and deep contrasts.
The piece argues aprons can be stylish and flattering for various wearers from bride to housekeeper. It highlights different fabrics and styles, from pink striped designs with bibs to practical checked gingham with belts, and urges tasteful partnerships of color and form.
The article highlights ruffles from one half inch to three inches used to edge girdles, fichu collars, sash ends and aprons. It notes colored organdy edging silks, a navy blue and white foulard with organdy trim, navy organdy at the hips, and chemisettes in white betiste with lace on frocks.
The latest fashion notes describe vest collars, tailor-made suits, and plain silhouettes. Descriptions cover tridescent embroidered tulle for evening robes, broad brim spring hats, waist and cuff collar ideas, skirts hanging six inches from the ground, Buster Brown voile waists for sport wear, and long tight sleeves on simple woolen frocks.
Mothers should outfit girls 4 to 8 with bloomers to match dresses and favor bloomers over petticoats for most outfits. Cotton voile and pongee fabrics lead summer fashion, with pongee sleeveless frocks paired with white or colored quimpe. ostrich feathers decorate directorate hats. tailored blouses feature crepe de chine, georgette, and wash satin with high collars and ribbons. A simple method cleans braid on collars using a drugstore preparation and a Turkish towel to absorb dirt.
An old remedy for gray and faded hair is revived as Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound. Easy to apply with a comb or brush, it darkens hair, adds lustre, and is marketed as undetectable. Also includes a light humorous exchange about a political bet in the household.
An old ad boasts Boschee's Syrup for fifty one years as a cure for coughs bronchitis and lung troubles promising good sleep and easy morning excretion while a batch of light jokes and quips about hard work lawyers and orphaned children follows in a clipped, miscellany fashion.
An advertisement touts Gold Medal Haarlem Off Capsules as a universal remedy for backache kidney bladder and related organ troubles. It claims fast cleansing of kidneys improving blood and a potential cure for stones and rheumatic pains with a money back guarantee from your druggist.
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