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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1911
Page
7
The article describes DIY lap robe making for different seasons. It covers materials such as linen crepe crash linen serge and taffeta in various colors and patterns. It explains construction details including borders seams lining and edge finishing for practical use.
The article describes making elegant perambulator lap robes using covert cloth striped worsteds and mohair, with suede or glace kid binding. It details sizing checks with a warm iron, sewing, and tacking to linen linings, plus various trim options like hand embroidery, soutache, monograms, and ribbons. It also notes gendered embroidery such as forget me nots for boys and pink rosebuds for girls.
A traveling woman keeps lawn or organdie square covers in her bag to shield cherished clothes from night dust. She folds a fresh blouse inside a square and covers corsets with another. Lawn chosen for its compactness vs linen.
Describes summer wear including lawn drawers with lace edging and a camisole with all over embroidery and beading. Details fabric needs for drawers, camisole, alpaca dress with Greek key beading, and a walking costume in grey tweed with buttoned tabs, hat in royal blue, and required materials.
Letters from Christina Reed of Peoria and Ling PeyRowx of New Orleans describe relief from chronic female ailments after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. The testimonials claim avoidance of surgery and swift improvement, urging others to try the remedies.
A courting couple debates marriage in a humorous tale from Mack’s National Monthly. The man yields and agrees to wed while the woman keeps up a sly deferral, insisting she has changed her mind to avert social penalties. The parson’s questions reveal a playful reversal of expectations.
A dialogue reveals a former war correspondent who, after years of idleness, laments his decline into homelessness. The man explains his past in Manchuria and how inactivity led to his current destitution, reflecting on lost purpose and dignity.
A grim anecdote contrasts a woman's loss of both arms in a railroad wreck with the idea of life without limbs. The dialogue touches on gendered fears and the challenges of daily adjustments after disability.
Diogenes searches for an honest man and jokes that a true one would advertise a summer resort plagued by mosquitoes. The line riffs on virtue and transparency in a witty fable tone.
A smoker notices a vintage Lewis' Single Binder cigar in an original tin foil package priced at 5 cents. An inscription warns that a wise man may forgive but only a fool forgets.
A Mississippi town hosts a revivalist who, drenched from rain, borrows a suit. Returning to the sitting room, he is struck on the head with a big family Bible by a woman who mistakes him for her husband. She snaps, Take that for asking him to stay all night. The scene comes from Lippincott's Magazine.
The exchange notes the city cleared the land of all items except the mortgage. The Countryman confirms the remaining debt is the sole item left unresolved.
W A Armstrong of Corbin Kansas describes a severe summer skin eruption that spread over his back for three years. After using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent for several months he reports marked relief and full recovery with no remaining skin disease signs. Free samples offered by Cuticura Dept 27 K Boston.
Two ladies at afternoon tea compare their husbands feats of endurance. One claims her husband dived underwater for two minutes without surfacing. The other retorts her first husband dived five years ago and has not yet come up for air.
A seedy wanderer asks a woman at the gate to help a “poor old sailor” he claims to have followed for 16 years. The woman at the tub doubts his tale, noting he does not seem to have ever caught up, and returns to her work.
The joke pair features two dentists trading lines about pain and lighting. The first claims his work is painless and patients fall asleep during procedures. The second counters that his patients want photos to capture expressions of delight on their faces.
Bridget Foined holds the poker over her till in a scene from Harper's Bazaar. The fragment suggests a tense domestic exchange or fashion period setting with unspecified reference.
A Los Angeles Herald urging public belief in open air cures for tuberculosis quotes Adolphus Knopf. The remedy, says the article, is fresh air twenty four hours a day, ample food and water, cleanliness, and open air schooling for children to combat consumption.
A widow announces engagement to a man she has known only two weeks. A friend questions the haste, but the widow says she will know him better after a couple of years of marriage, defying sentiment with a practical plan.
Advertisement urging mothers to examine every bottle of Castoria for safety and authenticity. Notes Castoria has been in use for over 300 years and bears the signature of a trusted remedy. Ends with reminder that children cry for Fletcher's Castoria.
The catcher complains of tears after a cheer from the grandstand stops play. He wipes his eyes and asks what caused the interruption before the game resumes.
A Sacred Heart Review excerpt presents a dialogue where the English invader claims peace and love for the red men, and the Indian answers that the outsiders venerate the ground they tread on. The exchange frames colonial attitudes toward land and indigenous peoples.
Cole's Carbon salve relieves burning itching and skin diseases instantly stops burn pain and heals without scars. Available at drugstores for 25 cents or 60 cents. Free sample request addressed to J W Cole & Co Black River Falls Wisconsin.
The dialogue shows Howell insisting on pursuing what is due him while Powell tells him to stay put as an automobile is expected to arrive within moments. The fragment hints at a tense confrontational moment likely from a crime or dramatic scene.
A brief, witty note mocks aging and the saying time flies with a cheeky line about placing the old man in an airship, inviting a smile at the vanity of youth and the inevitability of age.
Use Allen's Foot-Ease to shake into shoes for tired feet. It relieves stings from coins and bunions and makes walking easy. Sold everywhere 25c. Refuse substitutes. For trial package address A. 8. Olmsted Le Roy New York.
A brief note highlights how instrumental music can provoke a response from neighbors as it reshapes conduct and social boundaries. The observation suggests music style and volume influence community dynamics and noise concerns.
Vintage advertisement for Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup aimed at teething pain. Claims to soften gums reduce inflammation allay pain and cure wind colic advertised at 25 cents per bottle. Contains typical period wording and product claims.
A compact humorous note highlights men who feel envious when hair appears to regain the upper hand. The quip plays on vanity and fashion trends without naming individuals or events.
A vintage note promotes the Lewis' Single Binder straight 5e cigar as built to satisfy the smoker. It asserts beauty is costly, implying premium value and desirability in its product pitch.
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