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Newspaper
Lemmon The State Line Herald
Location
Lemmon, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1908
Page
2
A fragmented fashion piece cautions stout women against longitudinal pleats and overtrimmed blouses. It discusses how tucked, pleated, and gathered designs influence fit and comfort, noting that balanced silhouettes with controlled pleats flatter various bodies and ease wearability.
A garbled OCR note discusses buttons and trimming on coats and gowns. It references showy front buttons, plain options, and miscellaneous attire details, mentioning Mother Jorn and various unspecified garments in a period voice.
A fashion piece discusses waist designs using a range of fabrics from chiffon to velvet and silk fringe. It highlights variations in material quality, plaiting, and color to achieve a slimmer waistline, noting effects of different textures and trims. It emphasizes careful coordination of waist styling with skirts and outer garments.
Advice emphasizes choosing breathable materials for children's garments and thorough washing. It warns against damp undies, urges frequent changing of undergarments, favors white underwear to avoid dye irritation, and notes Colton fabrics offer varied textures. It also suggests inspecting skin and garments when a baby is unsettled and keeping warm wraps for cold weather.
A garbled notice discusses sewing practice and equipment handling with warnings about dangers from needles. It mentions proper timing of tool use, trimming, cleaning, and keeping a dress fit while avoiding harm. The text references safety steps, ribbons, and tying techniques for careful sewing.
A fragmented report notes gradual shifts in headwear popularity and color choices for the season. It highlights dotted Swiss fabrics, lace accents, and Swiss-inspired patterns with tones of yellow, cream, and white shaping new style preferences.
Advice on bedroom decor favors dainty orderly rooms with unornamented walls and plain backgrounds. Recommends clean carpets, light washable fabrics, minimal upholstered furniture, and color schemes of white with pale blues greens or pinks to create a calm, dust-free sleeping chamber.
A period note describes pretty new cushions covers for hanging pillows. It highlights an open net or thin design improving visibility and allowing motifs to show through while keeping the outer cover removable and fashionable. It discusses materials, embroidery, and harmonizing patterns with wreaths and interior decor.
Partial readable lines describe expanding the chest and raising shoulders, with unclear terms and misspellings. The fragment mentions breathing or exercise steps and cautions about timing, but most details are illegible or garbled. The source lacks coherent instruction or identifiable entities.
Aged guidance describes sleeking hair before shampoo to see split ends clearly. It warns against glossing with smoothing and recommends regular trimming with scissors. For ordinary care, follow simple routines and consult a hair specialist if serious loss or balding occurs.
A reader notes that fine china creamer lips always retain a drop of cream after pouring, which drips onto the lunch cloth. A friend proposes a simple, practical fix to prevent stains and keep cloths clean.
An edges-blue cashmere dress features a gathered waist skirt, wide taffeta band, and cross bust bodice with lace edging. Three quarter sleeves end in silk lace bands. Materials listed include 46 inch fabric, 14 yard silk, bodice lining, and net lace.
The text provides a recipe like face rub using cocoa rosemary jaamine and two ounces measures with steps to apply and massage the right cheek using a left hand brace at the mouth corner. It describes six passes over each cheek with upward outward rotary motions and three diverging lines of manipulation per cheek.
An obscure, fragmentary OCR line discusses rubbing butter on tinder side of a pitcher and a crow, with unclear outcomes. The text hints at practicability concerns and a stray phrase about a Try-House herbaper, lacking coherent context or identifiable events.
A compact vanity bag described as ale brown morocco with options in other colors. Four by four inches, it includes a write up wax coated mirror powder puff and a pouch for small change handkerchief a flexible slide chain handle and compartments for a memorandum book and pencil.
When sewing quickly a loose belt should not halt work. Apply a drop of machine oil, turn the wheel briefly, then resume with the belt tightened.
Horace Seaver, veteran Illinois Central engineer, claims a protective spectral presence guides No 15, the Big Fone express from Kankakee to Chicago. He recounts a 1880s incident where a ghost warned of a burned bridge as the train sped at 60 miles per hour, saving 1,000 sleeping soldiers aboard.
Buffalo Scotty recalls a childhood on a Wilmote farm and a drift into railroading. He describes a strict father, the pull of whistle blasts, and years living as a hobo. He notes repeated robberies, camps, and a reluctance to return home for marriage.
A mineral coal train on a steep Perthshire Inverness border route coupling failed causing 21 wagons to derail and surge down the gradient. The driver, leaping clear, escaped unhurt as the runaway sequence ended in a hillside wreck beside the line.
The Brazilian rail system is described with the federal government owning and operating 1287 miles of lines and owning four lines totaling 724 miles, leased to private operators. State governments hold 110 miles under public ownership. Private ownership and operation account for about 000 miles.
Mrs Delia Meanes of Maysville Kentucky reports kidney pain backache dizziness and swelling improved fully after using Dean's Kidney Pills sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. The ad ends with a random dialogue about a man named Paul and a friend.
In Concord New Hampshire on May 14 190 the writer describes a long suffering episode of constant itching lasting about two months. He recounts visits for beefsteak colored lesions and swelling with no sleep for weeks until onset of severe itching on the fourth of Culfenra and eventual relief when symptoms subsided and discharge stopped.
A historical note on the belief that ships must always point north and how modern steamers counteract magnetic currents with counterinduced fields. It discusses the limitations of compass accuracy aboard ships, the role of dynamic power sources like dynamos, and the mythic idea of devils guiding the needle.
A reader letter recounts childhood coffee use and health concerns, noting nervous spells and sleeplessness from coffee. The writer credits Postum as a substitute and urges others to switch, claiming improved well being and urging readers to try the product with the slogan There’s a Reason.
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