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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1909
Page
7
An Illustrated Milliner feature describes two popular Curly Locks hairstyles. For young girls, a fringe with frizzed hair and braids, plus a ribbon band and bow, creates a quaint festival look. For older girls and adults, a mass of pinned curls with corkscrew strands and pearl ornaments offers an elegant high-fashion style.
Fashion notes describe Lie-de-yin face cloth with plaited Russia braid arranged along a patterned trim at the seat. Additional trims include looms and a braided coat design anchored by the braid at the front.
The passage details a clothing pattern from the shoulder downward with a deeper lower edge. It describes a front cut with tabs over a black velvet waistcoat, braided edges, a black weaver hat with feathers, and specifies materials: seven yards of 48 inch width fabric, one yard velvet, three dozen yards Russia braid, two dozen buttons, and 444 yards silk for coat lining.
Beaded fashion items and accessories feature large beadwork on gowns wraps gloves and opera bags with stockings also adorned. The text notes leisure time for women to design beadwork and to purchase bead boxes in a variety of colors at low prices.
The article describes the flat coiffure favored in America, with many names and varied methods. It highlights that the key is a completely flat look, with styles ranging from braids wrapped around the head to ropes of hair forming a circle. Hairpins must be hidden except for four large shells.
The article advises encasing party flower stems in a tubelike oil silk cover to protect the gown. It notes chamois covers absorb water and tinfoil wrapping can discolor the dress. It suggests tying stems with a ribbon green to avoid pinning and using loops under trimming to prevent damage.
A delicate un obtrusive pattern yields a shadowy effect ideal for black and cream ensembles. The black shadow lace overlays black net with a white satin underslip while cream lace enhances pale evening gowns with a soft, elegant contrast.
Fashion notes highlight suede gloves as the preferred choice for smart women. The article describes suede as a heavy textured option with wide back stitching, worn during the day and in pale golden tones for evening wear.
The article highlights Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta as prime homesteading zones with yields from 40 to 60 bushels per acre for pats and 20 to 30 bushels on cultivated land. It notes rail lines rail access and government support spurring towns schools churches and elevators, urging American readers to consider moving north to become wheat producers.
A sensational medical claim offers a home remedy labeled as the most effective cough prescription. It prescribes wild cherry bark, cardiol essence, and white pine syrup to relieve acute cough or bronchitis with hourly dosing and cautions that it can cure all but consumptives within a few hours.
At 2 17 a m a woman hurries John awake to check the kitchen door. John the inner guard responds with the proper sign and confirms the portals are guarded in a United Presbyterian setting.
The smoker finds Lewis' Single Binder a rich mellow tasting cigar that smokes and tastes better than most ten cent cigars.
A saying notes that exchanging money for experience is a fair exchange yet often met with resistance. The quote highlights the value placed on experiential wisdom over mere financial cost.
Classic family remedy promotes coughing relief with Allen's Lung Balsam. Sold in 25c 50c and 1.00 bottles. Dealers carry the popular tonic claimed to cure where others fail.
A humorous exchange notes a wife making the biscuit while a husband asks about heavy chores with Mr. Jiggs replying that the wife handles it all. The light dialogue highlights gendered domestic roles in a cartoonish, period voice.
A rector asked "Who art then" in Eltham church. An officer in uniform entering the church replied he was the reciting officer of the Sixteenth Foot and, with his wife and daughter, wished to meet the local clergy and gentry.
A note from The Sunday Magazine explains a cultural practice in Japan where people avoid sleeping with their heads to the north because the dead are buried that way. Many private homes display a compass diagram on ceilings to inform guests of proper orientation.
An advertisement explains mixing Rough on Rats with food and placing it on boards under floors to kill rats and mice. It notes price 25 cents and 95 cent boxes, and lists E. S. Wells of Jersey City, New Jersey as the source.
A courtroom quip follows a judge’s charge about stealing a doctor’s watch. The defendant admits a desperate dilemma after finding the prescription called for “a spoonful every hour,” and he had no timepiece available.
A. E. Hatch of Cleveland Ohio testifies that two applications of Unet Resinol gave faster relief from dry eczema than other remedies. He offers to recommend the product widely. The piece also includes a humorous cartoon exchange about domestic complaints between Mrs Boges and Mrs Woggs.
A jumble of ads and notes mentions salesmen commissions, Boston department items, and various products. It includes a claim for Hamlin Wizard Oil relieving throat conditions and Lewis' Single Binder cigars, with promotional language about Fletcherized compliments and self-beating.
Cure claims promise relief for itching bleeding or protracted piles within two weeks with a money back guarantee. The ad frames treatment as swift and risk free, noting refunds if not cured. It also uses a sensational line about a dentist facing danger to attract attention.
A humorous Chicago Record-Herald note depicts Eve lamenting fig leaf fashion as Adam consoles her. The exchange jokes about clothing and social talk among women, set in a playful early 20th century tone.
Caution against mercury containing ointments for catarrh and endorsement of Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio. Internally taken, no mercury, targets blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free. Sold by druggists. Price 75 cents per bottle. Also recommend Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A witty exchange notes a woman’s travel in progress and her panatella shaped cigar. The banter playfully contrasts Kipling’s saying with a flippant remark on appearance and a travel moment.
Dr Déetchon’s Relief for Rheumatism is said to ease severe cases in hours. The remedy supposedly removes the cause and the disease fades after a first dose. Available from local druggists.
The note suggests doctors quarrel and mock each other while endorsing Dr. Pierce's Pelicts as a remedy for constipation. It claims constipation causes many diseases and that treating the cause cures the illness, presenting an easy to take cure.
Advertisement claims a one day cure for a cold using laxative bromide quinine tablets. Druggists refund money if it fails and E W G Hoy's signature appears on each box. Also notes that some morals resemble best clothes worn only on extraordinary occasions.
An aged ad copy touts Perry Davis Painkiller as a reliable remedy for lumbago sciatica and pleurisy stitches priced at 25 cents. It also promotes Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething infants noted to soften gums reduce inflammation and ease pain in a 25 cent bottle.
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