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Newspaper
Le Grand Reporter
Location
Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1914
Page
8
A historical guide on crafting stylish waists from lace chiffon net silk and embroidery. It explains using a ready made dressmaker dummy with proper neck and waist measures, choosing simple nets or lace for foundations, and draping chiffon veils and embroidered voiles for a fashionable finish.
A discussion of vacation hat styles highlights two straight sailor shapes and a decorative lacquered ribbon design. It notes durability, festive ribbon accents, cherries as decorative motifs, and the role of trims like fringed ribbons while suggesting practical, home-made customization with salvaged millinery materials.
In Butte Montana insurgent miners clashed with sheriffs deputies at the Western Federation meeting hall. Explosives shattered the building and gunfire wounded several, two fatally, as crowds scattered while authorities debated state troop involvement. Charles H Moyer and Ernest Noy are named figures amid a broader confrontation.
Daley, a Iowa banker, gained a fortune by discovering a coal mine in Kentucky after trading a patent for a worthless land parcel. He had previously secured a patent on a check rein attachment, later paying taxes on the land until his investment reached 900 dollars. An offer of 200,000 dollars was refused as he travels to Kentucky to assess the mine.
G R Buss, county agriculturalist, reports fewer cholera cases this year among Scott county stock raisers. Vaccine from the state laboratory at Ames gains use and shows promising results. About thirty five total cases in the county, concentrated in Davenport and Princeton townships, mainly affecting young stock. Germs persisted over winter under host houses, attacking weaned pigs.
Recently appointed postmasters in Iowa include Talmage in Union County and Bert B. White succeeding Frank Thompson, plus Wightman of Calhoun County with Julia M. Gaffney as vice, William G. Barguson removed, and William B. Elsner reappointed Postmaster at Nashville in Jackson County.
George T. McFarland an early Story county planter and long resident near Gilbert and State Center died at 83 in San Francisco at his daughter’s home.
Neola Augusting Piersche, 30, one of sixty men rebuilding tracks for Rock Island, slept under bank cars to escape heat and made a bed beneath gravel cars. A train on the aide track shoved forward, Fiorsche was decapitated in the incident.
Six new rural school houses are planned in north Tama County as part of a consolidation effort. The project aims to improve facilities across the region and serve more students efficiently. Details on locations, funding, and timelines were released by county education officials.
Thirteen year old Sarah Shaffer of Los Angeles becomes a tiny heroine when her five year old sister shatters her elbow. Dr Edward G Wiley, chief police surgeon, guides her on the phone to apply a splint. Sarah assists at receiving hospital and ambulance speeds to the Shaffer home with the patient.
Miss Jeannette Gilder critiques the mustache cup at the Bad Taste exhibition in New York. She notes spiritual as well as material bad taste and envisions a spiritual bad taste show. A noted fortune hunter boasts of marrying for money, imagining a western girl with a vague fortune to aid his family.
A 1911 letter from Maurice Iowa describes a five year old girl with a watery blistering facial eruption misdiagnosed as ringworm. After trying Cuticura Soap and Ointment per directions the rash improved steadily and fully cleared in three to four months.
Mr Briggs scolds Mrs Briggs for posing as a widow while away in Florida. She admits the deceit, saying she did it for Johnny’s sake to ensure he had a good time and was treated kindly by others. Briggs remains angry but acknowledges her motive.
A quirky quip from a Puck excerpt mocks a man named Ashton Allred for seated restraint on a streetcar. The narrator parodies self restraint and pride, contrasting churchlike behavior with public transit etiquette in a humorous aside about tights and propriety.
A damaged excerpt shows a weary man recounting leaving a job at a Western town mill. He explains he quit after realizing the work was draining his spirit and making him tired. The fragment hints at personal struggle and sense of loss.
A historical warning notes that many mothers used paregorics and laudanum to induce sleep, risking poisoning and death. It explains narcotics like morphine and opium are illegal for children without warning labels, and promotes Castoria as a narcotic free alternative, ensuring the signature of Charles H. Fletcher.
An Atlantic City pier vignette recalls General Sickles as brave yet theatrical. A veteran reflects on his black youth, a rescued marriage, and a sharp army reunion anecdote about men who undervalue their wives, noting the jewel of a wife vs. the danger of pride.
A young suitor asks for the daughter’s hand and is asked to name a price. He quotes ten thousand dollars a year for her upkeep, but the father balks, noting another suitor could manage for five thousand. The exchange ends with a humorous remark on cost.
A foreign observer said the game was interesting and he was impressed by the crowd, remarking he had not seen such a large gathering where no one danced the tango.
The report on This Language of Ours was investigated and found to be a confirmed rumor. Officials say the claim had circulated but proved untrue after review.
A curious remark on a baseball batter of the Four base club. The speaker notes an unaccountable trait about the man and, knowing his wife, wonders why he chases nine home runs with such zeal.
A playful exchange where Tommy jokes about spending one third of a sum and "$3 represents the sixths of the remainder" leaving a puzzled response and a punny twist.
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