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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1909
Page
4
A guide for crafting a summer porch tea cloth using rustic textiles like crash and linen. It describes a water lily motif outlined in dark green moss with lighter green background, color schemes in grayish linen, suggested borders, and steps for tracing motifs, stitching, and finishing with Cluny lace. The project emphasizes easy making, colorfastness, and washing tips.
A historical tailoring note describes blue serge fabric for cuffs and body, white cloth for the collar and fronts, a row of buttons, straw hat trims with a wreath of Cowes, and material quantities: six yards serge 44 inches wide, one fourth yard wide cloth, four yards coats buttons, and an ask for coat fabric
A novelty balanced self contained home aquarium is designed to hang like a picture on a wall. The oblong tank is narrow at the bottom and wider at the top, with a vertical wall bracket and a picture frame surround. It holds a landscape insert, gravel, vegetation, and fish, creating a living wall display.
A health note urges proper daily water intake and two glasses before breakfast. It warns against drinking water before mouth cleansing to avoid night acids weakening teeth and stomach. recommends a cold bath as a tonic for the stomach.
In Paris the trend toward paletoned pastel gloves rises for smart afternoon attire while white gloves see fewer wearers. The shift highlights evolving style preferences among urban shoppers and fashion watchers.
Missouri’s 1008 wool crop totaled 5,712,071 pounds from 842,648 sheep, worth 1,906,922 dollars after washing and scouring. If all wool had been made into uniforms, it could clothe an army of 297,028, with half wool and half Missouri cotton yielding 595,000 men. The output required 67,000 100-pound sacks and filled 350 railcars, a two and a half mile train. The article notes Pike County roads as vital assets. It also reports State Hospital No. 2 near St Joseph to gain a streetcar link, with a petition for a right of way circulating and franchise attempts renewed. The Mexico Intelligencer was sold to a stock company led by Rufus Jackson.
Morgan Lotter of Moberly is credited with inventing a non puncturable tire for autos and bicycles and sold the patent rights to International Rubber of Troy N Y for 50000. The invention is said to solve a long standing manufacturing puzzle after two years of work. Also noted is a court action where Equitable Metropolitan and Principal Life Insurance’s bid for a re hearing on a license issue was overruled. they plan to appeal to the U S Supreme Court. Cornelive McCaffrey, a Stillinga general store proprietor, died suddenly of heart disease amid flood excitement.
A garbled mash of jokes and ad copy features dialogue about marriage, starch, and housekeeping. The snippet riffs on Old Maid, a doctor quip, Defiance Starch claims, Mrs Pippin, and homemaking tips with slogans for Red Cross Ball Blue and Sewin' Single Binder cigars.
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