24 Dec 1910
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Newspaper
Ironwood Times
Location
Ironwood, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1910
Page
1
A garbled Ironwood Times column lists diverse notes from aviation woes to fashion future, civic quirks, and oddities. It mentions airships, tariff talk, the hobble skirt, electricity as a New York sensation, police fly cops, and a parade of colorful anecdotes about Queen Victoria era curiosities, global fashion, crime, and science.
The piece notes that fluffy neckpieces and ostrich boas elevate hats and scarves, appealing to women. It argues furs are a good investment as prices rise over seasons, valuable skins remain scarce, and durable, stylish fur garments prove cost effective long term. Long neck pieces and muff fashions stay in vogue.
An article from 1910 promotes plumbing evolving into sanitary engineering. It outlines a five year apprenticeship starting as a helper, advancing to master plumber, foreman, superintendent, and finally potential ownership. It highlights licensing exams, extensive study in mechanics and heating, and cautions about weather and job availability while emphasizing strong earnings and status within building trades.
A guide on selecting bathroom rugs notes the need for colors to stay true and suggests cork mats turkish toweling style heavy rugs and handmade options. It describes a corac basket canvas rug with plush center embroidery wheat cotton threads and various patterns from all over to borders with plain centers.
A guide on creating hat facings using silk or satin, with steps for pattern sizing, basting, folding edges, and securing with stitches or bindings. Emphasizes careful workmanship, full crown facings, and updated fabrics like tulle and chiffon.
The article notes barbaric splendor in today’s dress highlighting coral and cameos, with iridescent fabrics in tailormade gowns. Multicolored embroideries echo moyen age style, and barbaric belts rival Bavarian belts, made of panne velvet with deep points and boning.
New scarfs made of chenille claim to ward off cold more than Arab wearers would expect. Colors include navy blue, old blue, amethyst and other fashionable hues with chenille fringes and Persian borders. Prices range from 14.75 to 1.50 dollars.
It's the old and much abused trade of plumbing, placed on a scientific basis, and it offers splendid opportunities to the ambitious boy who longs to take up a good trade. How he can start it and how he must spend his first five years. The possibilities after his apprenticeship ends. Positions that will pay from five dollars a day to thousands of dollars a year. By C. W. Jennings.
The Rochester Post Express notes two renowned grandmothers visiting the country: Mme Sarah Bernhardt and Ellen Terry. Bernhardt remains energetic despite age, while Terry, now chiefly a Shakespeare lecturer, is praised for her expressive features and velvet voice as a leading English speaking actress.
A grandmother describes severe eczema on her head, two doctors unable to help, then Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment, leading to relief in six months and restored hair. A separate testimonial notes eczema on feet easing after using Cuticura. The piece includes a brief joke about skepticism and belief in the product.
Recent experiments at the University of Kansas show the average person can taste quinine when one part is dissolved in 62000 parts of water. Salt is detected in water when one part in 40 of the NaCl is used. Sugar is tasted in 228 parts of water and common soda in 48. In nearly all cases women could detect smaller quantities than men.
A Michigan woman recovering from a long illness credits Grape-Nuts with restoring her health. After months of indigestion weakness and loss of appetite she began eating Grape-Nuts and soon felt renewed energy. Her stomach numbness and nerves stabilized and she regained interest in life and work.
English aviator Grahame-White spoke of nerve strain and fear before departing England for the aviation meet in Boston. He described the tension of fearing engine failure, broken stays, or a snapped wire and how the rush of air and altitude amplify the danger.
The exchange hints at a rapid decision point where Speed. Kuicky contends they moved too fast while Rockot concedes that the psychological moment was seized just after the split second. The fragment suggests a tense race or competition hinging on timing and mental edge.
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