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Newspaper
Hamburg Reporter
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1913
Page
6
A recent bride received a pretty bridal shower on the lawn of an old fashioned home. Guests joined on the porch then gathered around tables and chairs with rugs, fruit punch, and an arrangement of wrapped gifts hung in trees. The bride cut the parcels, recipes and household items noted, and a six o'clock supper followed before escorting the honoree home.
Revival of archery at eastern resorts with beachside courts and games. Girls wear middy suits and blazer coats in pink green red and striped patterns. Hostesses arrange match games with prizes and picnic refreshments, iced drinks. Saturday afternoon events fit working men free time as open-air entertaining becomes popular this summer.
Mid-summer gatherings described as informal afternoons with telephoned invitations. Guests arrive in warm weather clothing including women in lingerie and men in flannels or duck trousers. tea and ices are served.
The piece describes tea dances held in drawing rooms porches and lawns with four to seven hours, buffet refreshments in dining rooms, and formal large affairs with invitations for Tea in the Garden or Music at five o'clock. Informal dancing of the tango turkey trot and Boston is allowed when danced properly, reflecting individuality and modest limits.
A famous Newport hostess hosts a Mother Goose party with guests hidden as characters from the beloved book. Centerpiece features a large Tack Horner pie and 24 celluloid birds, with honey sandwiches and tarts as refreshments. Suggestions for costumes appear in an illustrated Mother Goose with color preferred. The author’s burial place is noted in Boston.
Madame Merri outlines a game where players sit in a circle with a blind man at the center as the teacher. Each player receives a well known song cue or vowels and when signaled, sings their word while the teacher guesses who speaks. Two guesses allowed.
Crepe and wash silks remain popular and practical for travelers. The double frit is common, with narrow blue outlines and side fastenings. Buttoned collars and cuffs, long shoulder lines, and a choice of purple gray blue rose yellow brown stripes appear in mannish waists. Fined net and rose waists are praised for easy laundering and coal durability.
For children's dresses a thin white cotton crepe with inserts of baby Trish lace medallions forms a dainty combination. The item emphasizes delicate fabric and decorative lace details suitable for young wearers.
The article details a visiting dress with a plain skirt and elaborate trim of fouiard or brocade, a tabard bodice edge trimmed with gatin, satin bow at waist, and a cost-gatin hat with flowers. It lists materials: blue and white checked skirt fabric, blue coat cloth, buttons, and trims with yardage.
A description of an unusual one piece bodice and sleeve pattern with a back closing and shoulder tucks. It notes suitable fabrics such as voile and batiste and gives fabric yardage for a medium size 34 to 42 bust, instructing readers to request Pattern 4272 from the Pattern Department with size and pattern number.
Pattern 6800 offers a summer utility suit with front opening blouse and large collar. Trousers feature a straight open leg to the knee. fabrics include linen, khaki, plain Kingham, serge and flannel. Sizes 6 to 12 years. medium needs 2 1/2 yards of 36 inch or 3/4 yard of 87 inch contrasting fabric. Send 10 cents to Pattern Department with name address size and pattern number.
Michael J. Gibbons of the Medal of Honor Legion spoke in Portsmouth about a Fourth of July parade disrupted by automobiles. He retold a city man’s narrow survival dodging an electric truck a roadster trolley car and a taxi only to be struck by a descending monoplane while seeking safety. The aviator quipped about the pedestrian’s rights in a grim punchline.
The Old Grads recounts that Yale reunion attendees wore buttons with their names for recognition as circles grew harder to identify familiar faces. Many alumni return altered by years and even bearing changed names, especially at women’s colleges where name changes add to the challenge.
Germany builds subsidized motor corps for passengers and supply trains with government purchase at fixed prices. The Volunteer Automobile Corps, led by Prince Heinrich and Duke Adolf, pledges service in wartime with pay and uniform. Berlin medical authorities debate Friedmann's serum for tuberculosis amid rival claims. Kaiser discusses military expansion with Gen. Von Falkenhayn as Russia adds balloon incidents near Marienwerder. Foreign office denies US protection demands for foreign interests in Mexico. A Hamburg lecture notes Americans becoming more German and vice versa. The Seydlitz cruiser sets speed records at the Baltic yard.
A fragmented ad style passage contrasts a mother’s wish for “modern improvements” with a prosaic reply. It markets products like Red Cress Ball Blue and Beotulogy Syrup for teething while noting wealth spreading to others. The tone mirrors early 20th century consumer copy.
Mrs Bertha Underwood reports a scalp eczema covering the scalp ears and body that itched bled and disrupted sleep. After six months with little relief she used Cuticura Soap and Ointment twice daily and within a month was completely cured. Ad for Cuticura products with free samples and Skin Book.
The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis estimates over a million consumptives in the United States with at least one third unable to obtain home treatment. Most cases threaten family health and deserve special hospitals. Currently capacity limits would allow accommodation for only one in eight or ten cases. Removal of infection foci requires more and better hospital and sanatorium precision.
Mandre de Touquieres, a Parisian reform leader, told reporters before leaving for France that money does not chiefly drive American marriages. He noted love matches are common, and recalled a New York debutante who joked that marriage mixes love with a little money.
A fragmented street scene presents a suffragist mother and her boy debating wages. The boy asks about the wages of sin as the mother quotes a limit of eight dollars weekly, capturing a period voice and curious, moral exchange.
A doctor notes a wife observed Postum users showed better outcomes than coffee drinkers. The writer recalls switching to Postum two years after marriage, discarding coffee and tea, and reports relief from digestive complaints after using Postum. The ad promotes Regular and Instant Postum and urges readers to experiment with serving size.
An insect harming apples in French orchards bores into fruit causing it to wither and fall leaving many orchards denuded. The notice also touts Tyree's Antiseptic Powder for skin troubles exciting summer irritation. 25 cents at druggists or sample mailed by Tyree, Washington.
A group of old ladies knits and shares birth weights. One recalls weighing three and a half pounds at birth. The others gasp. Another asks if she lived, and she replies that she did and fared well.
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