OF INTEREST TO THE WOMEN By May Manton
A fashion column from May Manton offers sewing tips and patterns for women. It highlights practical garments, fabric choices, and step by step guidance for home sewing projects.
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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1916
Page
7
A fashion column from May Manton offers sewing tips and patterns for women. It highlights practical garments, fabric choices, and step by step guidance for home sewing projects.
Agnes Morley wakes to troubling thoughts about Philip Hale and Bainbridge. A telegram reveals Miss Morley’s aunt has been operated on and doing well, prompting a plan to visit the hospital. The morning paper carries a shocking headline about an importer shooting Bainbridge. Agnes faints after learning Philip Hale is involved.
A child sized robe design uses flannel and eiderdown options with washable materials and adjustable closures. The pattern No 9220 covers ages 2 to 8 and mailed patterns cost fifteen cents. City Amateur basketball league opens as a five member commission meets to set league size and structure.
A simple ad claims four ounces of plain liquid argon applied at night dissolves dandruff completely. By morning most or all dandruff may be gone with three or four additional applications. It promises instant relief from itching and glossy hair.
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture reports 1917 wheat sown area at 1,373,500 acres up from 1,338,000 last year with gains in Bedford Bradford Crawford Elk Erie Indiana Pike Tioga York counties. Rye seeding at 263,400 acres and buckwheat yields at a record low with 480,000 bushels nationally.
Butter dropped three cents a pound in Pittsburgh and storage eggs fell several cents per dozen while fresh eggs declined five to seven cents due to a nationwide boycott and government probes into alleged illegal food combinations. In Easton, Rose Marshall, stepmother of Grace Marshall, was found not guilty after a twelve year solitary confinement case near St. Michaels Maryland by Judges Adkins and Hopper. Washington reports efforts to purchase Monticello continue in Congress.
Dr Lewis claims a free prescription can restore eyesight and reduce dependence on glasses. A man reports reading without glasses after using Bon-Opto tablets dissolved in water and used as an eye bath twice daily. The article notes the remedy strengthens eyesight by about 50 percent in many cases and is available at Harrisburg druggists.
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