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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1915
Page
3
The passage notes many women long for children and suffer curable derangements. It states that the following women were restored to normal health by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and invites readers to write and ask them about it.
Quotes from mothers across the United States praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for use before childbirth. Testimonials mention building up the system and helping ensure healthy babies, with names and towns listed.
A wonderous brides bouquet of line and china shower cheer shows Red Cross Ball Blue ad praising American made product. The blurb lists Dr Pierce's Pellets for liver bowels and stomach noting one pellet for laxative three for cathartic with wholesale grocers ad copy.
Advertisement claims the remedy relieves delicate feverish children by cleansing the stomach and liver and easing worm complaints. Touted as pleasant and effective, it is advertised as used by mothers for two years with free samples offered through A and Olmsted of Le Roy New York.
A rough faced officer drags a small child through busy streets. A passerby woman, moved by pity, kisses the child and condemns harshly those who harm kids. The officer angrily asserts the child is his own.
A French writer jokes with an American businessman about Paris sights. The American claims to have seen the Louvre in an hour revealing the vast size of the museum. The anecdote plays on the contrast between famed monuments and the Louvre’s labyrinth.
The article suggests homemade boleros and decorative collars as attractive holiday gifts. It describes options in chiffon crepe georgette and ribbons, with examples like a pink georgette bolero with silk lace, a standing collar, and plain lace collars with turnover fastenings.
The piece highlights women embracing short skirts with higher trim boots and varied designs. It notes satin pumps for evening wear, gold and bronze accents, two tone leathers, and machine stitching as decorative trends, plus high street boots and refined piping on pumps.
Silk skirts appear full with scalloped and sawtooth edges sometimes bound in silk and contrasting colors visible with every movement. Tulle overskirts match the silk bindings and create graceful curves. Picot-edged ribbons adorn hems while taffeta coats use ruches and frillings. skirts are corseted for fullness and will stay wide, with high boots often pairing with short skirts.
Women who cross stitch their lives away now work on rag rugs using coarse canvas and heavy floss to decorate the ends of rag rugs and add a touch to little girls dresses napkins and crochet hats.
Readable catalog note notes bobbins available in white and black for standard machines. Sizes range 50 to 120 with either grainy or dull finish thread. Prices: nickel per 200 yards box or 55 cents per dozen boxes. Also lists notions like buttons hooks and eyes snaps waist tape linings and rubber corset lacers.
A brief tip suggests trimming neck and armholes and adding new sleeves to extend a baby's dress life. The method aims to enlarge the garment for comfort until it wears out.
A historical note explains a metal end used as a bodkin to thread through fabric casings and secure with a double knot. It references clothing for a small brother and the lower parts of larger boys and mothers’ waists, detailing a simple, practical fastening method.
A judge remarks on the value of reputation, noting a man reputed to spend fifty thousand dollars yearly as evidence of his standing. The exchange emphasizes belief in character based on wealth and conduct.
The article explains Switzerland's universal military training system. It outlines schooling starting at age eight with cadet rifle practice, weekly training from sixteen to twenty, a twenty-year start in recruit school, then annual service and continued defense lines. The system keeps a 300000 strong force to deter aggression and uphold neutrality.
Police officer George Allen a former acrobat chased Barney Fenning a circus trapeze artist through Lehigh avenue near Frankford. Fenning seized a butcher knife and scrambled atop a signal pole as a riot call went out. Allen pursued along Readings elevated tracks and finally nabbed Fenning after a tense stunt and foot chase.
A group of English Quakers aiding wounded soldiers in France shows cool courage and tireless devotion. Among them is a witty descendant of a famed family who once joked with a jewel laden lady, suggesting she add another breastpin to stay warm.
Michael O Hara, a skilled farm hand, travels to Cork under strict orders to guard his ticket. At the station, a ticket collector tears the ticket in half and returns one piece, prompting O Hara to strike, calling the man a villain as he suspects the other half was being stolen.
A nine year old girl Nora corrects her father who mistakes her knee cap for her elbow. She insists she bumped her patella and not her elbow, highlighting children learning new terms. The exchange shows parental confusion with modern education.
Seek the good and strong in every person you meet and honor it. Do not dwell on faults but imitate virtue where found, and your own faults will lessen as leaves fall in their season.
The kindly old squire treats village pupils as he performs actions to hint at a proverb. He lies down and is raised by others to symbolize Union is strength, then a child shouts Let sleeping dogs lie, earning a quarter.
An old advertisement touts Cuticura Soap and Ointment to clear dandruff and itching, claiming pure fragrant emollients for skin and scalp. It invites readers to sample by mail via Skin Book and provides the Beview address for department XY, noting availability everywhere.
A Scottish station scene as thousands pass through the Red Cross hospital train on tour. A countryman jokes the vast carriages will reach France, noting that after two hours many crowds leave unfilled cars still.
Mothers urged to examine each bottle of CASTORIA to ensure it bears the signature of uniquely spelled authentic author and to trust a remedy claimed safe for infants and children for over three decades. Children cry for Fletcher's Castoria.
A brief exchange notes a husband’s fear that a matinee isn’t suitable for his wife. He quips that if she wanted to attend she would indicate her interest, implying she would not choose the show. The line plays on expectations and social norms of the era.
A Detroit Free Press quip questions affectation as a driver boasts three extra tires on a car that rarely leaves the garage area.
Advert shows Ball Blue laundry product favored by laundresses for bright white clothes. Mentions availability from grocers and general ad claim. Notes merchants may require larger or more quarters for storage.
A curious ad notes Marine Eye Remedy Co. Chicago promotes Eye Remedy and a war illustrated book as gifts while mockingly warning that a man's future may be spoiled by his wife's social success. It asserts that people who give themselves away are not necessarily charitable and ends with a light jab at social vanity.
A humorous exchange reports a man arrested for taking notes at a lecture. the twist is that the notes were bank notes taken from another man’s pocket, highlighting banking crime in a light, local tone.
A fair customer complains in a shoe store that No 4 shoes pinch, while a prior pair labeled threes never troubled her. The salesman speculates the threes may have been marked down.
Many use Grove's Tasteless tonic in fall to fortify against winter illnesses. It contains quinine and iron in tasteless form and purifies blood while strengthening the whole system. Price 50 cents.
An Auckland man claimed a ginger ale bottle contained benzine and he drank half of it. An officer advised him not to smoke for a few days as a precaution after the accident in a re enforcement draft camp.
An advertisement promotes Anuric from Dr. Pierce for kidney and urinary troubles. It links weak kidneys to back pain, rheumatism, gout, and dropsy, urges water testing to detect kidney issues, and offers a free evaluation by Dr. Pierce’s staff. It notes Anuric is sold by dealers in 10 cent trial packages.
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