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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1911
Page
3
The article showcases affordable fragile textiles like embroidered batiste for young girls and households, praising light airy gowns that tolerate care and occasional pressing. It highlights an Empire slip dress in white handkerchief linen with lace and embroidery, and suggests variations using muslin Swiss marquisette or gandy.
A Paquin suit in dark blue serge features an asymmetrical overskirt revealing a dark blue and white striped linen band. Linen trims the lapels and sleeve bands while brass ball buttons fasten the cutaway jacket with embroidered design on the serge.
Quaint doll workbags feature a pasteboard round bottom with a sewn bag body. A doll head with bonnet and neckpiece rests at the top, creating the look of a Civil War maiden, sometimes with pinked ruffles for effect.
Do you know that walking skirts are a trifle longer than last season The queen of England has forbidden the hobble skirt in court The satin scarf is graceful and useful for spring The empire waistline in tailored suits is very modish
New bath slippers marketed as sanitary not artistic are made of raffia with blue or pink crash lining. They can be scrubbed inside and out when soiled and left to dry in the sun.
A compilation from Centralia to Bloomington details local incidents and actions. Concussions in Severs case. Mattoon frees the lunch in saloons. Dixon caps saloons. a fatal stove explosion in Peoria. Urbana courthouse burglary. a fatal crash near Nashville. pirates in Des Plaines. Joliet soldiers in Civil War records. Freeport park district ballot. a dead girl in Sterling. Rockford burns tragedy. Ottawa liquor dealers elect a new president. baby smothered in Minner. Freeport orphanage plans. Stringer family poisonings. Bloomington education board building plans. Joliet dynamite injuries. Jacksonville school for the blind commencement. Kankakee injunctions. Danville drowning. Aurora insanity petition. Duquoin robbery on train. Murphysboro man dies. Kewanee syrup cap accident. Bloomington hospital site race. Decatur contest for insane hospital location.
In Washington the senate passed a resolution to submit a constitutional amendment for direct senator elections by the states. The Bristow amendment preserving federal control was approved 44 to 44 with Vice President Sherman casting the deciding ballot. final passage stood 64 to 24.
Washington reports that subpoenas have been issued for a number of prominent men to testify in the Lorimer inquiry. A special officer from the Senate sergeant at arms will serve them in Chicago amid secrecy. Listed to be summoned are Lee O Neill Browne Edward Hines Edward Tilden Clarence S Funk and other figures connected to the alleged fund for Lorimer.
ResInol Ointment can be depended upon for eruptive and irritable skin diseases including eczema herpes fetter barber’s itch and simple rashes. It stops the pain of burns and scalds immediately and provides relief from itching piles. Available at all drug stores.
A light quarrel between two personas mocks financial readiness for marriage. The exchange hints at social pressures around money and suitability, with a punchline about earnings determining readiness.
A brief note observes the earnest contest between two women to determine who will pay the car fare, illustrating quiet social bargaining and daily life.
Mrs. Orville Rock of Paw Paw Michigan credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after extensive hospital treatment and an attempted operation. The letter urges women to try the tonic before opting for surgery, claiming decades of use as a standard remedy for female ills and wellness restoration.
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