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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1913
Page
2
The notice promotes a circular bib slip-on garment with no pins, a generous pocket, and adaptable fabric options like linen gingham madras or percale. It offers 9 sizes from small to large and states medium size requires 158 yards of 36 inch material. A printed pattern is mailed for 10 cents to Grafton Sentinel, Grafton, W.
Text describes a range of collar designs with a capy collar featuring a back that is wider and deeper, options in slate gray blue pink violet and stripes, and tied accessories. It highlights a knotted tie with hanging ends, possible violet striped silk or dotted satin, and two tone or magpie black and white tie trends.
Young girls embrace mannish waist shirts in striped or solid silk and crepe de chine. Styles are sharply masculine with minimal adornment, though some add lace jabots or neck bows. Front buttoning remains the simplest and most popular feature.
A fashion note contrasts fine crepe and cotton voile fabrics shown in stripes dots and checks. Senator Gardner recalls a Capitol Grounds baseball moment praising resilience after muffed plays and urging not to fear criticism. The tale ends with a boy encouraged after a rough muff.
A buxom widow continues her late husband’s wholesale meat business and makes her trusted manager John Jinx her husband. John, illiterate, learns to sign receipts with Settled John Jinx. The couple marries after the formalities and John signs the register with Settled John Jinx.
In Paris, synthetic diamonds surfaced bearing marks of genuine stones and attracted offers to dealers at attractive prices. Tests by trade experts showed slight differences from natural diamonds, though some experts claimed the stones were genuine. The piece suggests the secret of synthetic diamond production is nearly fully solved and could soon compete with manufactured gems already sold publicly.
Chicago superintendent Ella Flags Young says seat height causes early round shoulders. She notes few children enter primary grades with poor posture but many develop it by fourth grade. She argues health and comfort trump strict desk symmetry.
A Chicago Post excerpt describes a day in a shoe store where a Black woman, called auntie, requests a pair of very old shoes and asks the clerk to stand aside while she tries them. The clerk offers to move, and the woman explains she is wary because white folks raised her to fear men. the scene highlights racial dynamics and everyday bias.
A humorous exchange fills nearly half a column as Mrs Exe praises a penny’s many uses while Mr Exe counters with a list of things a penny won’t do. The playful dialogue captures genteel newspaper whimsy.
Charles Brown recalls McElroy the light hearted purser of the Titanic. Marshals testified to McElroy's calm humor as water rose and the end neared. Brown praised McElroy as merry and brave with a final joke about breakfast.
The passage discusses how some vices allure individuals despite moral concerns. It argues these habits tempt due to their perceived natural appeal and concealment from both divine and human judgment, suggesting people would avoid them if they fully understood the consequences and risks of punishment.
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