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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1915
Page
7
The article describes new dress models for girls six and under featuring wash fabrics like cotton and linen for year round wear. It highlights lightweight indoor styles, lighter outerwear, easy laundering, and practical pockets with front closures and buttons, noting color variations and decorative details.
Guidance on washing chamois gloves with tepid water and white soap, rubbing, rinsing well, drying in a towel, and rewearing. Use a clean cloth on fingers to assist the fit, mold to hands, and finish by drying over a flame to keep soft and pliable.
Observation notes a girl preferring to sew on her own buttons rather than have her mother do it. The detail suggests a shy, self-reliant mood and hints at early romantic or domestic experimentation in small-town life.
A advice column by Julia Bottomley on using accessories to refresh plain day dresses. Neckwear millinery and girdles let a busy woman vary her look for cafe dinners theater or tea. A tailored gown with coats offers easy daytime variety, while elegant blouses and lace cuffs add polish. The piece underscores versatility of small touches in fashion.
The article notes ancient Greek and Roman brides wore yellow veils, while modern brides are thankful to avoid it. It mentions pale veils without artificial coloring and the white halo as more flattering. It adds Persian brides still wear yellow veils.
A witty exchange contrasts marital roles with family sums as a husband questions assets while a wife pivots to managing daughters. The quip highlights gendered expectations and domestic balance in a sharp, period tone.
A terse prohibition order bans all wet goods in the town with stern wording. A resident queries if an exception can be made for extra dry items, highlighting local enforcement and public sentiment.
An 19th century anecdote recounts Mrs Enderly swallowing a button while preparing to sew. Her husband Judge Enderly reacts with indifference, prompting her to lament his lack of concern and demand specifics about the button. The tale ends with the quip about his interest in the button’s type.
A fragment notes references to Fils Marer rings and Bismarck Cigars in German press circles. It mentions Buelow and Hindenburg linked items and a notice of one month imprisonment for violating alcohol prohibition amid colorful, anonymized branding attempts.
An old advertisement claims hot baths with Cuticura Soap and gentle Cuticura Ointment relieve eczema rashes and irritations in infants and children, even severe cases. Free samples by mail with a book offer. Address postcard Cuticura Dept XV Boston. Sold everywhere.
An Irishman reads the notice Your King and Country Need You. A passing Englishman teases Pat and asks him to volunteer. The Irishman replies he will, if the Englishman goes too, joking that Kaiser will seek peace and think the British are rising from the dead.
A British period piece recalls wartime letters and home front humor. A Vicar reads a parishioner’s son at the front while Mrs Codling retorts about his trench conditions and a guard crew mutters about saving lives in a buoyant, comic tone.
A Scotchman meets an Irishman in the country and discusses a passing motorcar. The Scot hates the smell while Paddy says he likes it because, when he smells it, he knows the danger is past.
A young man visits his father to seek approval for a reform campaign. The father praises his daughters and, in a humorous exchange, reveals the reformer has stirred the neighborhood by making people feel miserable about their pleasures.
Fragmentary OCR text promotes Groves Tasteless Ton ic claiming to drive out malaria and build up the system with iron. Mentions old iron, tasteless form, and a call to work, with stray phrases about oysters and September season.
The Village Joke Smith struggles with sleep as comic banter circulates about restlessness. In local chatter, Cy proposes a remedy while humor dries the tension, reflecting a lighthearted, small-town exchange.
Doctors diagnosed the cable of that crass widow as hay fever. They claimed half a million of iron in water affected taste and made water unpalatable. When a woman has a headache it is natural but when a man has a headache it is usually acquired.
Kaneas withdraws from the race for United Senate amid weeks of campaigning and growing questions about candidacy. The move clears the field for remaining contenders as observers weigh implications for the party and upcoming elections.
A famed botanist roams a country road seeking a mystery plant. He spots a pale pink specimen in a cottage garden and asks a country boy for its name and family, eager for a specimen to study. The boy nods toward Higginses’ cottage as the exchange ends abruptly.
The passage relays a chaotic utterance by Pat Hoogan as a man named Fra Flantigan or Mike allegedly falls from scaffolding and dies, followed by a collapse of Mrs Flannigan and further exclamations about presumed death and relief.
Optimistic remark clashes with grim realism as war weariness grows. A veteran pessimist counters that the conflict cannot endure indefinitely, warning that stalemate and exhaustion threaten long delays and rising strain on home front morale.
A small Bordad cafe nicknamed Tabby Cafe has been named after a local street. The quirky origin ties the shop to its neighborhood roots, drawing curiosity from residents and visitors.
Letters from five women endorse Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as preventing serious operations. The letters were unsolicited and published with permission, cited as convincing evidence by the newspaper.
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