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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1915
Page
2
Bruce Martin, a self important youth, brings a rare weeping tree to Cherry Dortle and her father. After a nightmarish detainment by thieves he reforms, returns home to love, and uproots the weeping tree replacing it with a hopeful rose bush and brighter fate.
In a damages case over a sheep dog, Lord Coleridge slept through key evidence until a countermove provoked laughter in court. The witness’s remark about an old exhibitor dog on the bench jolted the judge awake and the defendant won the case.
A life insurance company analyzed last year’s paid death claims and found cirrhosis victims were insured for about $8,000 on average while appendicitis claims averaged over $4,000 and diabetes was high. Typhoid fever and tuberculosis hovered around $2,100. The text notes humor about premature explosion of a blast and cites Youth's Companion as a source.
The London county council says it uncovered the site of London’s first theater built in 1576 by actor James Burbage father of Richard Burbage. The location near Shoreditch is marked by the Curtain Road school site and ties to the Curtain theater known as a school of English drama.
A report from Rietfontein South Africa details a catastrophic drought in Waterberg and Africa, noting Lake N'gami and Lake Rudolph dried to marshes, no running water in large tracts, and widespread wildlife collapse. The article describes extreme heat, barren soils, and altered animal behavior as species flee and adapt.
A home craft feature promotes scrap baskets as practical gifts and decor options. It describes a stove pipe style basket made from strong cardboard wrapped in creamy linen, embroidered with flower sprays and finished with lace. Directions cover materials, assembly, lining, and decorative variations using cretonne, tapestry, or lace.
The writer describes choosing a round coat model for ease of creation, noting its dull rose, green, and Indian yellow tapestry with lighter rose silk lining and gilt gimp edges. Estimated costs for an ordinary basket include cardboard ten cents linen twenty cents transfer design five to ten cents lining ten cents and silks about fifteen cents.
The article lists numerous color families and specific shades favored for fabrics and outfits. It details purples from royal to amethyst, mauve hues, reddish purples like mulberry and garnet, grays near battleship, greens with gray cast such as Russian and bottle green, and blues including Submarine blue and Grenadier. It notes usage across velvets, satins, and evening silks, with lighter blues and greens for afternoon wear and tailored pieces.
A compact dark brown silk needlework case folds neatly for travel. It includes elastic-held scissors, three small needle packets, two large card pockets, and storage for tape and darning wool. Strong silk cord handles and a press-stud tab secure the compact design.
Frocks this season favor black marquisette with white silk military braid. The skirt features horizontal lines of broad braid, whose unstitched edge stretches slightly to stand away, creating a light, elastic effect.
The season offers shaded silk stockings with fancy embroidered stripes matching the stocking color. A variant features vertically striped white silk with vertical embroidery in black or a chosen color.
A note describes a simple home recipe for camomile tea using ten cents worth of flowers steeped in boiling water. Flavor with sugar and lemon juice if desired for insipid tea.
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