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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1918
Page
7
A farm woman credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after prolonged distress limiting her ability to work. She urges others with similar troubles to seek the remedy and contact Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co for guidance.
Soft skin care guidance promotes Caticora Soap for night and morning face washing and Caticora Ointment for pimples. Free samples offered by mail from Caticora Dept X Boston. Soap 25 cents Ointment 25 and 50 cents.
On a hot October day James X. Oylekan struggles with a math puzzle and a missing clue. He discovers a pocket hole and an astonished realization about a letter his wife mailed a year earlier, then pats himself on the head at the odd turn of events.
The fragment mentions Renegn and Bess with positive social ties. It notes June referencing Chicago News and a wry line about a person who stays out of debt jail and politics being above average. It also states Poland lost 3.5 million people due to the war.
The article describes a mid season thrift win in fashion with a thin striped flannel suit designed for economy. Coats feature six pockets to carry small bundles home, enabling one delivery run to replace multiple trips. It notes colors, blouse pairings, and Parisian design origin for practical daily wear.
The article recommends figured and flowered chintz curtains for informal dining spaces and suggests heavier printed linens for larger windows. It notes darker wall tones suit silk hangings, and cites Chinese patterns to pair with Colonial furniture. For side curtains it favors silk crepe or rough Shantung silk, while small rooms may use thinner silk. For more formal dining areas damasks brocades and velvets are advised. Net curtains may be unnecessary.
A description notes a waist of heavy white silk featuring a large collar of box plaits folding closely at the neck and down the fronts ending in a square lower edge. A large black taf feta cravat tied in Idopa and long ends completes the look. Cuffs are box plaited with deep turned back frills.
A fashion brief notes coats favor straight-line silhouettes in velours and broadcloths with semifitted shaping achieved by side and front belts or back panel cuts. Higher quality coats use fur for collars and cuffs, with a velours coat featuring cross-bar tucking and a rich Hudson seal collar.
An advertisement touts Irreez for hard skin and calluses on feet with a few drops from a tiny bottle. It claims easy removal by lifting with fingers and mentions corns, promising pink healthy skin afterward. The blurb ends with a boastful wartime image from Stars and Stripes.
Hand stitched adornment adds distinction to inexpensive dresses. Cross stitch animals rabbits kittens lambs cows and other creatures ornament borders on child garments with geometric even spacing and conventionalized designs.
A fashion roundup describes shirtwaist frocks with self material sashes, jersey dresses trimmed with lace, and low necklines. It highlights georgette frocks with tucks, black satin sport coats, fur trims, organdie collars, and navy georgette blouses with embroidery. mentions hats, veils, and chiffon oriental prints for day wear.
Velveteen is washed with soap and warm water then rinsed in clear water. It is dried afterwards.
Private Alfred Shurman of West Point, serving in France, recounts his first battle in late July. He approached the quartermaster for new khaki breeches after a Hun shell blast blew out the seat, proudly showing the shredded garment as proof.
A vintage health ad urges women not to fear aging and to keep kidneys and bladder clean. It promotes Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a remedy to drive poisons, reduce uric acid, and maintain vigor, suggesting continued daily use for lasting wellness and a guaranteed imported brand.
A sharp exchange contrasts romantic sentiment with practical needs. The Egetist quotes devotion while a Boston Transcript quips about Efe’s speech resembling a book or autobiography.
A note emphasizes caring for Castoria with its 80 year mark. It also mentions Sammy Young, Fingland’s oldest parliament member, aged 96.
An advertisement promotes a lemon and Orchard White mixture as a cheap freckle sunburn and tan lotion. It instructs squeezing two lemons into three ounces of Orchard White to create a quarter pint of lotion for facial and body use. The copy touts rapid fading of freckles sunburn windburn and tan and asserts harmlessness.
A marine helps manage the crowd at a patriotic parade when an elderly man nearby grumbles about the soldiers. The man reveals he belongs to the army of peace, not the army of earth, prompting the marine to quip about being far from his barracks and easing tension as the crowd laughs.
Advertisement claims catarrhal deafness is incurable by local means and can only be healed by a constitutional remedy. It describes inflammation of the Eustachian tube as the cause, and promotes Hall's Catarrhal Deafness with a $100 reward for any cure failure, offering circulars from F J Cheney & Co in Toledo Ohio.
A pair of aphorisms on romance contrast wedding dates and bridal pairing with the vanity of appearance. The first hints at romance yielding meaningful milestones, while the second notes that attire disguises true character regardless of a woman's looks.
A humorous exchange about a wife tolerating daughters practicing music and the relation to harmony. A punchline about noisy chickens and Leghorns closes the vignette. The line about optimism comes as a final witty reminder amid the dialogue.
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