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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1905
Page
6
World c Women highlights trendy color combos like Chrysoprase, breen and Parma violet with a touch of green. It suggests soft silk rags for curling hair and warns men against tight hats that restrict scalp circulation, risking hair loss per Prof A P Knight.
A black lace gown featured a flounced skirt and carved front cutout to reveal a square. A belted lace coat carried red rose appliques at the shoulders and sides, with satin panels and a wide velvet belt buckle. The ensemble included elbow length sleeves with two ruffled cuffs and long gloves. A white felt hat adorned with red roses completed the look.
A Philadelphia Record feature portrays a popular Academy of the Fine Arts student famed for a Parisian look. Beneath a tailored suit she conceals multiple waists and a collection of grooming items stored in her sleeves, revealing a vanity-driven, meticulous handling of fashion.
The article explains gray hair and baldness result from pigment cell failure and heredity. It advises weekly washing with warm water and Castile soap, brushing three to four times daily, scalp massage to boost blood flow, and warns that heat from curling damages hair and accelerates loss.
A reflective piece examines in a domestic voice how morning visitors disrupt a housewife’s work and schedule. It argues women undervalue their time and should assert boundaries, noting that extended, lingering callers compound annoyance more than mere interruptions.
Serge is pronounced all right for walking gown. From tip to toe the summer girl will be embroidered. Narrow Irish lace vies with Valenciennes for smartness. A white linen parasol bordered with colored batiste is good. New belts of open eyelet embroidery over colored linings. Hats tempt a season rush with transparent Neapolitan in black white and colors. Spats of white linen and pique may replace cloth ones. Embroidered batistes linens and etamines are in vogue. The prettiest lingerie waist is the baby style with lace yoke and high cuffs. White wearers add red bow and slippers. Gingham varieties trimmed with gingham bands. Linen braids and galons with heavier ginghams. Glove handkerchiefs are tiny batistes worn inside gloves or bags. Hats dip down over eyes with wide brims at back. Rib bons evoke white floral fields in bands of silk.
The Pathfinder editorial argues John D. Rockefeller's fortune nears half a billion dollars with a $6,000,000 monthly income. It claims wealth is transient, wealth cannot be fully enjoyed, and compares Rockefeller's wealth to a tramp's freedom, urging higher aims beyond money.
The author argues that Americans, from German Palatinate settlers to present, will evolve into a tall brunette race. He cites Christopher Meyer and early Pennsylvania settlers as blondes who later produced generations with dark hair and eyes, predicting future Americans, including a 6 foot tall brunette woman with Indian bronze complexion and strong classical features.
Harper’s Magazine portrays Champlain as a premier early American figure. A patient observer and skilled navigator he united royal backing with civic leadership and humane governance. He combined business acumen with religious devotion and a pragmatic view of mysticism and superstition.
Leslie plays Artists while learning and cites Meyer von Bremen’s Putting on the Finishing Touches as a favorite. A morning quip has his mother telling him to dress, and he retorts that he would then be putting on the finishing touches.
A historical curiosity in Fulburne near Cambridge England features bells that strike the hours and also the date. At noon on the 311st the bells would ring 43 strokes marking the day.
The ground value of the city of Berlin is reported to be worth twice what it was in 1887, signaling a significant rise in urban land value over the period.
A San Francisco clergyman recently returned from Manila described a municipal parade there featuring a unit of city rat catchers marching with traps in hand.
Mrs P Brunzel of 3111 Grand Ave Everett Washington says fifteen years of back pain kept her from restful sleep. After using Doan's Kidney Pills she felt relief after the first box and continued to five boxes, noting quick relief from aching pains and other difficulties. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York. Sold by all druggists 50 cents per box.
The World’s Work notes that he buys a stem-winder for a dollar and a half, breaks the chain, oils it, pockets it without a glance, then after it clogs, places it on a lab table and strikes it with a hammer before buying another.
Rev Antoinette Brown Blackwell of Elizabeth New Jersey the first ordained woman minister in the United States and possibly the world will celebrate her eightieth birthday on May 20 She plans to attend the National Woman Suffrage convention in Portland Oregon in June
The Pope Manufacturing Company of Hartford announces Popular Cars, The Pone Hart ford and Pope tribune gasoline cars and runabout built for a large class of users. They emphasize simplicity, efficiency and low prices ranging from $500 to $1600. For catalogs and descriptive material, write to Dept. A, Hartford Conn.
Professor Classen of Aux-la-Chapelle Technical High School outlines a method to produce alcohol from sawdust. Cellulose is turned into glucose using gaseous sulphuric acid then fermented to alcohol. A ton of sawdust yields about 50 gallons of crude alcohol, with potential 30 gallons or more. remaining sawdust serves as fuel.
Thousands of county children visited three miles southeast of Butte Montana for a day hosted by United States Senator W A Clark. The senator paid expenses and turned over the city street car system to the youngsters for their enjoyment.
Fox-hunting appears to be waning in England with causes cited as rising automobile use and hard times plus the loss of many hunting men during the South African War.
A man recalls long stomach and kidney troubles from a meat heavy diet. After switching to Grape-Nuts he reports relief from heartburn and indigestion, repaired kidney pains, steadier nerves, sharper thinking, and greater work stamina. The ad claims recovery is gradual and creditsPostum Co Battle Creek Michigan with the product and the book The Road to Wellville.
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