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Newspaper
Humeston New Era
Location
Humeston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1908
Page
6
An article describes footwear trends with green suede shoes, sheath boots, and ornate beading. It notes autocratic control over women’s dress, then details varied lasts, edge trimming, wide soles, and shapes including Vassar and Louis XV heels. It forecasts popularity of beaded spider slippers for winter.
An instructive note describes a white spotted muslin dressing jacket with a V shaped yoke, embroidered edges, gathered top, puffed sleeves with ribbon threaded bands, and lace trims. It lists materials including muslin, butted, narrow lace, insertion, and ribbon. Also includes a tip on mending stockings to extend wear.
The article notes figures and stripes dominate short skirt walking outfits with bright bands of self-material used as trimming for add texture and style.
The piece argues beauty starts with expression not features, noting a cheerful expressive face draws smiles while whining or ill mood spoils interactions. It claims good nature brightens the eyes and skin, whereas a cross disposition furrows brows, adds crow’s feet, and makes one look older.
The article describes velvet belts and urban fashion trends with white cloth and ornate belts. It notes Parisian women wearing them at races, predicting adoption elsewhere, detailing belt width and velvet shaping, and mentions inventory and display notes at a shop counter.
The o se green hats have moved from boys to girls with enthusiasm. Some hats show pheasant wing decorations, similar to Alpine wear. The hat is worn for school in summer style, matching ray coat suits and said to suit better than stiff or floppy headgear.
A detailed proposed piggery layout describes a hot building about 50 by 16 feet with two pig rows flanking a central passage. It notes cement troughs, doors opening to yards, movable partitions, and 20 to 30 plus pigs capacity. Emphasizes roomy sow quarters and feeding from the passage with multiple fixtures and bins.
A memorial service for the late Freiherr Speck von Sternberg drew German and United States diplomatic figures to Washington. President Roosevelt and senior officials attended along with military officers, many accompanied by wives, all in formal attire and bright uniforms.
Convicted briber Blake testified in San Francisco that after arrest Frank J. Murphy offered 15 600 net to Ruef’s aides and a third party to pay Blake, with his wife to receive 160 a month during his prison term, as part of the bribery plot connected to Abraham Ruef’s case.
This piece covers practical hog feeding from farrowing to finishing, stressing tight but not rigid care for the sow, gradual diet changes, and using high protein feeds like wheat products and oil meal. It also discusses worm powders, disinfectants, and economical louse control, ending with notes on ducks, hens, and horse hay needs.
A Jersey City report claims widespread registration frauds with at least a thousand false sections in lower wards. Investigators cite canal boat registrants and numerous false names from lodging houses as evidence, with parties blaming each other for the scheme.
Richmond on October 30 reports Matthew Morten secretary of the Manchester water department fatally stabbed himself in the heart amid a department scandal. Superintendent Charles H. Sharpe faces indictment for misappropriation of lands and Morten had been to testify against him, with exposure to likely provoke his act.
In St Louis Missouri on October 30 Interstate Commissioner Harlan leads a hearing into terminal rates for St Louis and East St Louis lines including tolls ferries barges and related arrangements. The probe aims to relate terminal charges to through traffic and is entirely initiated by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The other item notes Cordelia Bothin’s murder conviction appeal and a poison candy case in Dover Delaware.
An illustrated tilky style poultry house features a sliding window and a cotton screen that drops into the opening. Pens measure 12 by 13 feet with the coop beneath the propping board. Rough boards, tar paper, and cheap shingles form the exterior, with plastering optional inside.
A northbound Chicago-Duluth passenger train jumped the track near Augusta Wisconsin on October 3 injuring several passengers and trainmen but causing no fatalities. The accident halted service for about an hour as responders assisted victims and cleared wreckage.
A Boston couple uncovers boxes of old love letters while sorting through papers. The husband bluntly suggests discarding them as junk, angering his wife who pleads to keep the letters as cherished memories of their early devotion. He reluctantly agrees, calling them too soft to keep.
Mrs Willem Geeding of Attica Indiana writes that her infant son suffered repeated itching sores before three uses of Cuncura Soap and Cuthcoura Ointment cured him. She reports no scars or lingering illness and recommends the remedies to others suffering the same.
A pupil in a Chicago public school reports an amusing morning exchange where a primary teacher boasts of her quietness, a seven year old counters with shoes, and a boy quips about shows. The piece includes a witty telephonic exchange and a reflection on nature versus human progress from the Philadelphia Bulletin.
A fragmentary remark quotes a Speaker asking what follows when women are removed from a coeducational college. A voice from the audience answers with a cryptic shout about Success Magazine.
A New York woman details how her 71 year old grandmother, long deemed dying from stomach consumption, recovered after beginning Grape-Nuts. The patient started with a teaspoon, progressed to larger portions, gained strength, and remained well without medicines, impressing the doctor. Battle Creek, Mich.
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