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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1909
Page
7
Describes multiple historical coats in blue serge and fawn cloth with semi fitting fronts, tucked fronts, and velvet collars. Hats include straw and Litin or silk trim, with roses and feather mounts. Lists fabric needs, widths, and button counts for each design.
A semi princess line linen dress features a plain panel from shoulder to hem with side tucks. Tucks run along the sleeve and skirt hem with trimming. A wheeled yoke is edged with braid and a galoon-walat band extends to the panel. Hat and accessories coordinated with chiffon roses feather and straw. Materials listed include nine yards linen and various braids ribbons and trims.
A concise essay argues brains as the key to happy homes and efficient housework. It urges system over tradition, warns against drudgery, and claims brains render scrubbing and dusting wasteful while traditional duties can constrict a woman’s freedom. The piece stresses balancing intellect with culture to avoid the house shaping the woman.
Imported gowns use silk covered cord trimming, an exclusive look not sold in shops. Make at home with soft cotton cord and bias strips of messaline satin or taffeta, braiding the design onto the gown. If stamping is impractical, trace on tissue, stitch the pattern, then braid through and pull out the paper.
Guidance on hemming light-weight wool items recommends hand stitching with split silk abort needleful for a neater hem. It avoids tight tentering and uses fabric ravellings to achieve a perfect match. A hidden stitch remains undetectable even if a stray stitch passes through.
In a recent Alabama town, a funeral oration by a preacher drew attention as he reflected on a departed brother. The speech noted mixed opinions of the deceased and offered a grim, understated consolation that he is dead, prompting local chatter.
A quip from Everybody's Magazine contrasts a child guessing a grand concept with a simple answer. A Yale examination asked for the office of the gastric juice and the paper answered The stomach. The anecdote shows the bias of educated guesswork versus plain fact.
An advertisement touts Hal's Catarrh Cure as an internal remedy addressing the blood and mucous surfaces, claiming local applications fail. The pitch includes testimonials, pricing, and competing cures, with lines about other health products and moral quips mixed in.
For thirty years Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has been marketed as a remedy for female illnesses. Letters from grateful users claim relief from organic female troubles and related pains with endorsements from husbands and physicians. The advertisement invites sick women to write for free advice at Mrs Pinkham Lynn Mass.
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