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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1911
Page
7
A guide for home sewers on light hot weather attire. It describes a bedroom kimono, discreet gowns, and dainty sacques in inexpensive materials. Illustrations show a white dotted muslin belted dinner sacque with embroidery and lace. Materials suggested include curtain muslin, madras cottons, and silkolines at low prices.
French knots replace beads in voile and marquisette blouses with a soft, appealing effect. The instructions describe drawing the needle through the fabric, twisting silk two to three times, and slipping the needle back to form a knot held tight by the twist as it is pulled through.
Combinations of materials dominate tailored suits with petticoats and tunics in one fabric and collars cuffs and reverses in a second. Velvet facings accent deep collars while contrasting tones unite two colors of one material. A blue serge and black satin pairing recurs.
The stylish top coats feature a wide sling sleeve and a broad cuff showing the reverse side of satin. Made often from reversible cloth, they present direct but harmonious color contrasts while recalling medieval fashion.
Article describes two juvenile games: Aunt Sally using a carved wooden head to break pipes for points, and a French originated trick game called Brother I am bobbed. In the latter, two brothers are blindfolded, one trained to mislead the other while a knotted handkerchief delivers taps and the ring coaches with misdirection.
In a brief exchange, a father and son ponder circus danger. The line, cited from Woman's Home Companion, casts the calliope as the fiercest element of the show. A playful reflection on performance and family chatter closes the snippet.
A Modern Linguist describes an English lesson on adjective formation with ous. Students hear examples like hazardous and contemptuous and are invited to create their own. Reginald volunteers and quips that pious is full of pie, prompting lighthearted amusement.
A quoted office boy asks to leave early for a funeral. The man responds cynically that the funeral will be the home team, implying a game or match will occur instead. The brief exchange captures office humor and sports culture in Yonkers.
A fragmentary exchange shows two boys discussing behavior after a doctor advises the mother to increase exercise. The snippet appears in a Woman’s Home companion context.
A playful verses about Eddy wasting a morning with a teddy, refusing to be ready or learn. The child is described as naughty, with hints he might grow into a steadier student if he studies more.
A New Jersey inventor introduces a Y shaped double penholder that holds two pens and allows drawing two or three lines at once, with one or two extra lines produced by double pens. The resilient metal design prevents scratching during use and suits bookkeepers and ledger work.
A land tortoise found near Poughkeepsie on the Hudson bears an 1854 date and initials cut on its shell from David B. Sleight who found it near the race site and added his own marks before releasing the creature. The piece also notes the wide variation of the game Ty spy and its global presence.
The National Association states that despite 31 states with sanatoria and 114 municipal or county hospitals in 26 states, public provision is far from enough to stamp out consumption. East of the Mississippi most states have sanatoria, with 38 total nationwide. Massachusetts leads with four, while Connecticut and Pennsylvania have three and Texas two. Private philanthropy still bears the bulk of care beyond these institutions.
An OCR fragment lists Dr. Pierce’s Pellets promising easy ingestion and bodily relief for stomach liver and bowels while bragging of a quick borrower and never striking twice. It also advertises Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething claiming pain relief and wind colic cure at 25 cents per bottle, ending with a reference to a silk stocking girl.
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