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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1915
Page
3
A detailed carriage of knitting a baby bonnet using rabbit yarn or saxony wool. Instructions cover size selection, stitch count, ridge length, surplice shaping, and decorative options with satin, silk, ribbons, lace, and embroidery. Includes color ideas for boys and girls.
A guide to evaluating cretonne quality before buying noting wear tests by rubbing a fabric sample and checking thread integrity. Darker backgrounds are more serviceable. use a reliable pattern, pin and fit carefully, and cut arms with right sides together to avoid waste. Cretonne typically 30 inches wide. a full sofa cover requires six yards.
The instruction describes a fabric layout that runs up the seat and back of the sofa and over the sides and arms. It requires careful pattern matching at the center where pieces are joined to ensure a seamless finish.
The article advises starting skin care on the first chilly day to prevent chapped hands. It cites causes such as insufficient drying after washing and extreme water temperatures, recommends tepid water with borax, quality soap, and cautious drying. It also suggests nightly lemon rub with cold cream or mutton tallow to keep skin smooth.
A vivid portrait shows the city’s skaters, contrasting velvet and silk frocks with the practical outdoor rig worn by the true skating girl. The piece highlights functional attire over mere style.
The guide warns against shiny fabrics like satin that emphasize curves and prefers dull materials. It advises cohesive dresses, avoid contrasting belts, recommends stripes over checks, cautions on high collars, and urges skirts to touch the ground with a close fit at the hips and a flared foot to reduce apparent hip size.
A train wreck near Shop Creek killed Philip Corlew a Honey Bend teacher and Della McElfresh of Barnett both injured others report Coffeen fire destroyed a large block including the newspaper plant and several stores at Coffeen state officials announced resignations and new appointments at the state board of administration a Perry county courthouse janitor position was filled a holiday ptomaine poisoning outbreak near Blue Mound left four near death and a Chicago stockyards report cited a drop in livestock value due to foot and mouth disease other items include a fatal stove polish explosion in Witt a jewelry theft arrest in Fort Wayne and various local incidents across Pinckneyville Pana Danville Centralia Bloomington and Springfield
Mount Vernon celebrates fiftieth anniversary with Rev Joseph Crosme officiating. A Murphysboro lineman Frank E Simons killed from a 35-foot pole failure. Western Union operator M F Rose dies after four decades at one post. Springfield rep elect Harold Kessinger ill with typhoid. Chester lynching case suspect Allen Russell jailed. Anna hospital shifts increase staff by 50. Vermilion county road survey to pave 170 miles at $1.5 million. Harrisburg jurors selected in Walthews Lakatos case. Champaign mail delivery halted over house numbering. Chicago wills detail modest bequests and charitable gifts. Urbana University religious statistics show 9121913 figures with 163 students. Orthodox dominance and list of denominations.
Advertising copy extols Cascarets as a nightly cleanser for the stomach and bowels. It claims the product removes sour food, bile, and toxins, prevents headaches and indigestion, and works while you sleep for a dime per box.
In a Journal of the American Medical Association report Dr Samuel G Duson describes an experiment dividing a stream into two ponds. A protected pond with goldfish thrived with mosquitoes while an unprotected feeding pond for ducks had no larvae. Ten mallard ducks in the protected pond destroyed pupae within a day and most larvae within two days.
Celestine once adored her bulldog with passion. After TJ’s death she consoles herself by marrying a bulldog type of man, balancing grief with a new, similar temperament in her spouse.
A reader describes suffering effects from heavy coffee use including sick headaches and rheumatic pains. She quits coffee after six months and switches to Postum, reporting relief from rheumatism, steadier nerves, improved digestion, and weight gain. Product ads note Regular and Instant Postum, price 5c and 25c or 30c and 50c, with brewing details and claim a reason Postum is sold by grocers.
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