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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1910
Page
7
Minneapolis readers are urged to publish a testimonial praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. A Minneapolis woman claims rapid recovery from female troubles after use, urging others to seek Mrs Pinkham's confidential advice in Lynn Massachusetts.
A collage of vintage patent medicine ads and a humor vignette. Dr Pierce’s Pellets boast health claims while Winston’s Soothing Syrup targets teething pain. Red Cross Ball Blue promises laundry freshness. A joke about a landlady and a one year old child closes the snippet.
Embroidery guides describe making corset covers and nightgowns with a front design intended for buttonholes and eyelets for ribbon. The article covers transfer by carbon paper and French embroidery using fine mercerized cotton, providing half the pattern.
A columnist warns women against excessive ornamentation in dress. The piece argues restraint in trimming hats and gowns, urges saving fabric scraps for future use, and insists refinement comes from avoiding overstatement rather than material abundance.
Curiously described wooden beads in natural or dark shades used to form cabochons for hats or drape eastern turbans with coarse net. Beads dyed to match gowns lace raffia felts and accessories like handbags buckles and clasps are suggested for decorative use.
A frugal maker describes fashioning a satin lined bathing hat for 20 cents from an old hat. She molded the shape on a hot dish, added black satin and a front buckle made from a ten cent white chamois piece. The result imitates a 30 French hat.
Pekin displayed a blue and white striped silk or foulard fabric with a perfectly even pattern. The exhibition focused on skilled weaving and fabric quality from Pekin artisans.
Clothing note describes a green cashmere fabric used in a tailored style. A softly trained skirt features a hem trimmed with silk of the cashmere color and light embroidery details.
A detailed description outlines a black ninou blouse with a matching jacket trimmed in embroidered silk and dull gold thread accents. The outfit features a velvet collar and cuffs, a fine straw hat with a feather, and specifies materials: 8 yards of 46 inch fabric, 6 yards lining silk for the jacket, and 8 silk ornaments.
Paris dictates the plain sunshade for tailored suits and morning dress. Silk or silk and cotton parasols match costume tones with one home made decoration of three hemstitched tucks near the edge. A simple hemstitched trim yields Parisian style for about half a dollar and an hour’s work.
The fashion note describes a pongee bolero with a wide shirred pattern applied across the garment. The shirring appears throughout the bodice and skirt, sparing only the upper sleeves, creating a lightweight dainty and comfortable look.
In a humorous exchange Squilbob and Squilligan discuss a rival as a potential magazine poet. Squilligan quips the man is clever yet impaired by poor digestion that would keep him from hunger. The banter portrays character traits with wit.
Overwork and colds weaken kidneys and the whole body suffers. Dean's Kidney Pills are advertised as a remedy for sick kidneys. A testimonial from Mrs. George Lajoie of Caro Michigan credits the pills with restoring health after doctors failed. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
In a comic exchange, Mrs. Torkins jokes about Prohibition troubles with bootleggers. She quips that men are stupid and suggests forcing everyone to wear low shoes as a solution, reflecting light local humor.
A Brooklyn woman reports her niece suffered severe eczema for five years and kept awake from itching. After using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent, the child improved quickly and has had no eczema since age eleven. The letter includes a prior photo and notes previous failed medical attempts.
A humorous Life magazine quote argues in favor of letting a wife have her wish since it costs nothing. The exchange features a speaker noting he never denies his wife and that granting wishes incurs no expense.
A Coca Cola advertisement urges readers to drink Coca Cola to cool fatigue and thirst, claiming it is wholesome and refreshing as water. It promotes 5c bottles or fountain service, and offers a 1910 booklet with baseball records and Casey at the Bat for a 2c stamp to The Coca Cola Co. in Atlanta.
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