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Newspaper
Jackson Herald
Location
Jackson, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1910
Page
2
A stream of misheard science and social witticismsCritics lampoon aviation, butter dishes, and living costs while speculating on steam radiators and a future where machines do all work. References to Greece, Russia, and a Nicaraguan revolution frame a garbled parade of ideas about every day life.
The fragment discusses English sparrows, movement against mosquitoes, and vague notions of effort, play, and pitching. It weaves terms like Hirudgery and Sune mon without clear events or names, leaving a hazy snapshot of sport and nature echoes.
Andrew Carnegie recounts how he earned his first ten thousand dollars by borrowing a few hundred dollars, paying back five dollars a week, and later reinvesting in railcar ventures. He recalls early jobs, a Pennsylvanian railway deal, and eventual entry into the Pullman Company while expressing a desire to stay alive for more opportunities.
Dr Dantel K Pearsons of Chicago plans a general distribution of his fortune on April 14, the ninetieth birthday, with more than 500 letters pouring in. He has given away 4,000,000 over twenty years and funded 47 colleges. He favors gifts to western colleges and southern poor areas, aiming for lasting, non contentious endowments.
The senate committee to investigate the high cost of living will be chaired by Senator Lodge with members Callinger McCumber Sincot Crawford Simmons and Clarke of Arkansas. Senator Elkins declined the chair due to workload, and Vice President Sherman announced the committee lineup after discussions on the chairmanship.
Topeka society women announce Mrs F Watson for city commissioner under the new five member commission form. If she leads in the primary and wins the general, she will be nominated. Backing comes from Federation of Women’s Clubs and other local groups. Mrs Watson, wife of a nurseryman, is a past federation president and social figure.
A historical sewing note explains making a bow-knot with French or Valenciennes lace, combining Valenciennes lace with needlework, selecting sheer materials for lingerie blouses, and transferring designs via carbon paper. It covers seeding stitches, brick-like seaming, tucks, and finishing with a box plait back, promising next week’s cuff design.
Modern dress notes suggest introducing color to white gowns with satin rose corsages and ribbon rosettes. Embroidered patches in soft mercerized cotton decorate lace spaces, shaped to fit square circular or floral forms. To keep firmness, attach lace to white leather or mull and trim excess after color work is finished.
Everyday hatpins for daily wear feature silver shafts in shades and varied heads. Long pentagonal, met agonal, rounded and cable forms appear, with chased de vie details. Many are set with stones like jade, carnelian, coral and lapis, with pearl or pearl matrix, surrounded by brilliants.
A quaint frock design describes a remnant fabric with hematched embroidery at the hem. The top gathers in a Mother Hubbard neck, edge finished with a toe frill. Sleeves in bishop style are confined with bands trimmed to match the neck.
Advice on gifting hat pins suggests buying two inexpensive pins to match and wear in Palma, rather than a single expensive pin. It notes rhinestone pins are especially fashionable and warns against pairing one costly piece with none to match.
A vintage pattern description details a heavy tweed two piece costume with a plain skirt, semi fitting coat featuring a panel back and scalloped edges, velvet collar and revers, felt hat trimmed with ribbon velvet and quills. Materials listed include seven yards tweed, two dozen button studs, four and a half yards velvet, sixty four yards lining fabric.
A fashion fragment notes a waist tie worn beneath a jumper, forming a long narrow cravat tied at the neck with an ornament. The untied ends are finished with pendants, creating a decorative neckpiece.
A Wisconsin and New Orleans testimonials claim Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured severe female troubles avoiding operations. Ad touts decades of success and free expert advice from Mrs Pinkham in Massachusetts.
In a clipped exchange a storekeeper dismisses the claim of counterfeit items, noting they have not been stocked for years and questioning how such counterfeits could appear in the shop.
The Congregationalist surveys two distinct takes on election doctrine. Beecher’s phrase presents a playful paradox about whosoever will and whosoever won’t. A colored divine offers a parable explaining how divine and human choices seemingly resolve a tie through election.
Miss Cynthia M. Wesson of Springfield Maas presents Bryn Mawr College with 7000 pounds to improve the swimming pool. A Bryn Mawr graduate of 1909, she was active in athletics and the funds will advance swimming program facilities for students.
A Western city chief bookkeeper credits Postum with curing stomach neuralgia after years of coffee and tea. He recalls pneumonia left dyspepsia, mental strain from long hours, and says Postum, a food beverage, improved his health and mood, with no other remedy needed. The letter promotes Postum and invites readers to look for The Road to Wellville.
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