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Newspaper
Jackson Herald
Location
Jackson, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1909
Page
2
A sweeping miscellany covers Halley's comet trade, Korea and Japan, European politics, and imperial China. It notes Bulgaria's crisis, a Toronto singer's blindness, Count Zeppelin plans, Princess Victoria Loulee as colonel, and China's move toward an imperial assembly. Philippine rains set record figures, plus a ten year old NY burglar thwarting thieves. A wary Greek war and Mars changes finish with a daring aviator’s mission.
The piece argues young women should view housework as a worthy professional path. It stresses dignity in domestic service, praises training and respectful address, and frames homemaking as a form of ministry guiding women toward leadership in their own homes.
A business girl speaks on being standard sized and how fixed measurements cut alteration costs. She notes ready made clothes fit better, less need for tailoring, and mentions past experiences with altered suits, strikes, and a costly three piece set. She jokes about savings from standard measurements and features.
The article notes cotton seed moved from despised nuisance to valued commodity. Once laws barred its spread to protect streams and cattle, today it fetches 25 to 40 dollars a ton. It highlights its uses as salad oil and animal feed, praising its value as horse rations and its positive effects on animal health through long term feeding.
A shortened excerpt on self mastery and charm urging strong will, self belief, and divine discontent to attract love and success. It warns against controlling others and warns that taking from others deprives both. Adelaide Keen in Nautilus is cited.
The new coiffures are simpler and more restrained than the plied-up curls and collars of late fashion. They slim the head’s appearance, with many chignon styles appealing when closely following the head’s curves and a bright ribbon encircling the hair.
Jewelers display new vanity boxes worn on long chains. Each silver piece holds a powder puff and tiny possible contents hidden behind locks. Boxes are ornate with hammered gold and jeweled lids, described as very pretty and costly.
The article describes a new flannel blouse for girls who suffer in winter. It notes soft fabric with gray and black stripes, front fastening with silver buttons, a white embroidered collar, and a black velvet bow secured by a long bar pin.
A note on painting tan shoes black may extend their use through winter. The process is simple, with the dyeing cost described as minimal and the finish serviceable for the season.
Practical advice on keeping eyes bright through digestion light exposure and massage. Cautions about eye cups hot baths and bath sequences to protect heart health skin integrity and avoid wrinkles. Emphasizes moderation and hygiene in care routines.
Describes a navy blue coat with panel front and back, braid covered buttons and loops, silk edge band, silk collar and waist band, alk trimmed sleeves with braid buttons, right front wrap fastened by press studs, and a matching dark blue velvet hat with gray feather. Materials listed include four and a half yards of fabric, silk cords, loops and buttons, and eight yards of lining.
A historical remedy recipe claims a snapshot cure for colds using whiskey glycerine and Concentrated pine compound. Instructions prescribe shaking bottle and dosing a tea spoonful to a tablespoon every four hours, noting the pine product is sold in half ounce air tight bottles labeled Concentrated.
A brief exchange finds Jonea bragging that she pays nothing for coal while Bmythe asks if she pays much. Jonea says she lives near the railway and uses her son to make grimaces at engineers of all the trains, implying a dispute or taunt connected to the rail line and fuel costs.
H A Krutekoff of Chicago describes a painful skin eruption spreading from hands to other areas with intense itching and sleepless nights. He details trying many products before using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills, which stopped licking in days and cleared the eruption in about three weeks.
A Stockholm based investigation finds 1.61 percent of eight to fifteen year olds with tuberculosis. If applied to U S schools it implies about 73 700 affected children. Only 11 open air tuberculous schools operate with nine more proposed leaving four tenths of one percent of needing children without treatment.
An excerpt from a London school essay discusses clothing as essential for all. It contrasts scant attire among natives and savages with heavier coverings in cold regions, noting that Eskimos wear more clothes to withstand the chill. It mentions skating seasons, health risks from exposure, and gendered dress cues like hats and frocks.
A Memphis wife recounts her invalid husband’s cure by stopping coffee and using Postum. She cites weight gain, resolved stomach and heart issues, and improved health after a year. The tale notes boiling guidance and promotes The Road to Wellville and the phrase There’s a Reason.
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