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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1905
Page
15
The piece notes chic color combinations like chrysoprase and Parma violet with subtle contrast. It advises trimming Parma violet peau de soie crepe with chrysoprase buttons to add a green touch. It also warns men against tight hats as they hamper scalp blood flow and hair health.
A theater gown features a black lace skirt with deep flounces and a belted coat cut out at the front to reveal an unlined square. Black satin sections hold large red rose appliques on the revers and corners, with a velvet girdle buckle, short ruffled sleeves, long gloves, and a white felt hat crowned by red roses.
A Philadelphia Record piece satirizes a fashionable student at the Academy of the Fine Arts who hides a busy life beneath couture. It contrasts her outward Parisian polish with practical, discreet possessions and ends with a meditation on how women’s time is valued in society and at home.
Hair care tips advise washing weekly with luke warm Castile soap and brushing or massaging three to four times daily to improve scalp blood flow. Heredity and midlife pigment loss drive gray hair. heat from curling damages hair. The fashion section highlights summer gowns, lace veils, hats, espadrilles, linens, ginghams, and new ribbon motifs with bold color accents.
A Pathfinder essay critiques John D. Rockefeller’s fortune, arguing wealth is transitory and that the money-getting faculty is the lowest human trait. It contrasts Rockefeller’s immense wealth with simple pleasures and declares the tramp’s freedom preferable to riches.
A brisk riff argues that American beauty trends favor brunettes, tracing ancestry from German settlers in Pennsylvania to present heights and darker complexions. The author predicts future American women will be 6 feet tall, with black hair and bronze skin, a striking brunette ideal.
Harper's Magazine lauds Champlain as a noble figure among early American history. The piece highlights his navigation skill, business acumen, leadership, humility, piety, and ability to gain trust from kings, nobles, merchants, and indigenous communities, portraying him as a decisive statesman and observer.
Leslie learns to play the game of Artists while Meyer von Bremen’s Putting on the Finishing Touches is a favorite. In a playful exchange his mother warns him to dress, and the reply turns on the idea of finishing touches becoming a pun.
The Berlin ground value is reported to be worth twice what it was in 1887, indicating a substantial rise in land values over the period.
A curious practice in Fulburne near Cambridge rings bells to mark hours and the date. At noon on the 31st the bells strike 43 times, signaling both time and calendar.
A clergyman returned from Manila lectured in San Francisco noting a municipal parade there included a company of city rat catchers marching with traps in hand. He described the display as part of the procession and illustrated local attitudes toward urban pests.
Mrs. P. Brunzel of Everett Washington reports long lasting back pain and sleepless nights. After using five boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills she states the pains and associated difficulties were relieved. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo New York markets the pills with a 50 cent price per box.
The note recalls a World’s Work anecdote about Thomas Edison, valuing time, buying a stem-winder watch for a dollar and a half, breaking its chain, oiling it, pocketing it, and discarding it after it stops working.
Antoinette Brown Blackwell of Elizabeth New Jersey the United States first ordained woman minister will celebrate her eightieth birthday on May 20 She plans to attend the National Woman Suffrage convention in June at Portland Oregon indicating her ongoing public leadership in suffrage and reform efforts.
Popular Cars The PoneHartford and Pope tribune gasoline cars meet the needs of a large class of users. They are simple in construction free from complication and efficient with prices from 500 to 1600 dollars. For illustrated catalogs and descriptive matter address Dept A Pope Manufacturing Co Hartford Conn.
Prof Classen of Technical High School Aix-la-Chapelle has developed a method to extract alcohol from sawdust. Cellulose is treated with gaseous sulphuric acid to form glucose then fermented into alcohol. A ton of sawdust yields about 50 gallons of crude alcohol or 25 of absolute alcohol, with potential to exceed 30 gallons. The process could supplant older methods and uses remaining sawdust as briquettes fuel.
Thousands of county children were invited to a day at United States Senator W. A. Clark's mountain home near Butte Montana. The senator provided the entertainment and even turned over the local streetcar system for the youngsters.
Fox-hunting is waning in England with causes cited as the rise of automobiles and hardship from the South African War, which claimed many hunting men.
A testimonial claims switching from heavy meats to Grape-Nuts cured stomach and kidney ailments, improved nerves and brain function, and boosted daytime work stamina. The ad, attributed to Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan, promotes reading The Road to Wellville for more reasons.
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