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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1909
Page
4
The item describes a stylish blouse featuring a pointed yoke made from embroidered strips with French knots and Irish insertion. It notes linen lawn blouse fabric, Cluny laces, Valenciennes, embroidered bandings, and net trims in Oriental colors as spring novelties. Provides yardage guidance for sizes and materials.
A description of a handmade yoke fashioned from small gown fragments joined with decorative stitches. The result resembles a jigsaw puzzle where pieces do not align perfectly, suggesting an improvised home craft effort.
Embroidery remains a key feature on the latest gowns. Designers praise original personal touches as a way to distinguish simple frocks, noting hand embroidery’s cost and uniqueness keep it favored by fashion minded women.
Describes footing as an attractive durable trim for lingerie and four inch wide plain and point d esprit ruffles for drawers. Explains finishing drawer edges with a seam beading and attaching the gathered footing ruffle on its own thread.
Bordered effects common in new fabrics captivate shoppers with distinctive charising appeal. The trend emphasizes attractive, eye catching edges that draw in the average woman.
The article explains a blouse with front and back tucked to a shaped yoke and an invisible seam sleeve design. It notes a gown that can be worn with a high waisted skirt or belt and highlights a bias back in a loose coat causing undesirable effects.
The fad for mandarin styles extends to gowns coats capes and matinees with the mandarin shoulder gaining popularity in fashion.
A fashion note extols foulards as timeless style pieces. The piece praises a foulard frock as a versatile wardrobe asset and suggests pairing with various outfits for polished looks.
An estimate suggests Wisconsin contains about 2,000,000 horsepower of unused water power capacity. The figure highlights statewide opportunities for hydroelectric development and energy optimism.
Foot ease powder promises relief for tight shoes and various foot troubles including corns and ingrown nails. Ad extols sample offers and nationwide drugstore availability, with a focus on convenience and quick results.
A New York publisher promotes Maria Ward Brown's Memoirs of Dan Rice as a comprehensive portrait of the comedian known as the clown of our daddies. The 500 page illustrated volume covers jokes, anecdotes, show life insights, and half a century of notable contacts, offered postpaid for $1.50 from Book Publishing House, 184 Leonard Street, New York.
A Camden New Jersey woman testifies to back pain headaches and weakness improving after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Erie Pennsylvania residents also report five years of female troubles resolved after trying the remedy. The ad asserts 30 years of cures and offers free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
An old advert lists Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething pain and wind colic with a 25 cent price. It also promotes Domestic Eye Remedy and Marine Eye Remedy as physician endorsed products, aiming to reassure readers under drug laws.
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