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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1896
Page
7
In summer light eye and skin tones require subtler shading. Cream complexions with pale pink hints and lips tinted with Catusna are recommended for everyday wear while rouge remains a focal point for certain occasions. Specific variations depend on the individual and event.
Mrs Moot Loomis Todd, an astronomy writer, was the last to speak with Kate Field before Field’s death. Todd planned to travel to Japan with her husband David C Todd to witness the total solar eclipse, while Field expressed continuing interest in the Alberst eclipse expedition.
A New York Times quotation notes dressmakers offering club gown services for women presenting papers or speeches. It highlights the desire to be protected behind a table, the need for perfect attire during long, scrutinizing moments, and the moral support a small table provides to a speaker.
A midwestern style advisory notes that sun exposure during long rides reddens the face. It urges pre-application of protective cream or lotion to prevent sun damage and avoid greasy skin with proper use. A cold facial bath is discouraged before riding in sun and wind.
A household tip explains layering cotton batting between two sheets of wrapping paper above a pitcher. Form a circle, seal ends, and cap with pasted cover to tightly fit over the pitcher. The cover excludes air and preserves cold for long periods, proving useful in sickrooms for milk and water pitchers.
An item describes a simple wardrobe box made from plain pine with cambric lining and denim or cretonne for seating and storage. Fragments mention parish meeting suffrage debates, and a stray note references a Maine vote and local civic discourse amid unclear garbled phrases.
A Juneau tale recounts Dick Willoughby’s roving life from the Mackenzie to Bering Sea. He preserves curios and gold bearing minerals, and recalls a rare elf seal robe tied to Hoonah chiefs. An 1879 copper island expedition yields a fur robe with two oval reddish marks, said to be a historic heirloom hold by Sitka and Hoonah people.
A fashion column details hats, silks, belts, and summer jackets with notes on bird of paradise plumage and English serges. Anecdotes recount a trader Willoughby and Hoonah squaws delivering a chief’s funeral robe across perilous seas to honor a dying Hoonah leader.
A mixed page notes medical testimonials and health advice including a rheumatism cure for James Anderson of Indiana Pa from W S Daugherty, ex Prothonotary. It reviews Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil for burns and pains, Dr Fowler’s Wild Strawberry extract for bowel complaints, and debates cold vs warm baths for athletes with physiological cautions.
Distressing kidney and bladder diseases relieved in six hours by the New Great South American Kidney Cure. This remedy shows prompt relief of pain in bladder kidneys back and urinary passages in male or female. It relieves retention of water and pain in passing it almost immediately. Sold by Herrick Bros druggists Indiana Pa. 90096.
In Cincinnati Tribune style a Kentucky man and an Ohio man recount a tale of a cowboy racing a college graduate from a saloon to another five miles away. They debate the plausibility of saloon distance in Texas as they lean over Newport bridge railing.
An old advertisement touts Dr Bull's Pills as invigorating for misery and low energy. Mrs Jennie Black of Angvia Indiana is cited praising the pills after using them as a tonic. Fifty pills cost 95 cents, with samples available from Meyer Co Baltimore, and a note to leave substitutes alone.
Bushnell University offers four degree programs with an academy for boys and a ladies institute and music school on a thirty acre campus with ten buildings. Address for catalogue is registrar Wm. Gretzin, Lewisburg, Pa. An advertised “Mystic Cure” promises rheumatism and neuralgia relief in three days at 75 cents, sold by Hetrick Bros and Tou Bilde.
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