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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1910
Page
6
The Home Department reviews fashionable lingerie detailing Dresden ribbons as a feature of French underwear and pink ribbon rosebuds used on bridal and needlework. It notes prices, trims, and varying fabrics for mourning and day wear including petticoats, flounces, and ready made pieces.
The illustration shows a white lawn princess style dress for a girl aged fifteen or sixteen. It features a tucked bodice with front and back lawn panels decorated with embroidery and inset borders. The description highlights the fashion details and finish.
A description of a dress featuring embroidery bordered with tucks along the skirt hem and long close fitting sleeves. The garment is trimmed at the top with draped liberty ribbon bands fastened at the panels with ribbon knots.
The note envisions new vests for the coat suit offering a natty look and convenience. It mentions mufflers inspiring the idea and a summer vest continuing from winter wear, both tied at the neck. A white pique false waistcoat with gilt buttons costs 50 cents, while four would require more work and the same material cost.
Pongee silk can be washed rather than dry cleaned if done correctly. Use lukewarm pure soap suds, rinse multiple times without bluing, avoid rubbing or heat, and air dry in the sun before ironing on the wrong side. Do not sprinkle or dampen all at once, and avoid ironing over damp cloth or on the right side to prevent gloss. For color embroidered frocks, test a small piece and consider gasoline washing or dry cleaning if colors run.
Chicago report details the arraignment of Frank B. Carson, a hotel carpenter, on a $1,800 theft charge after Miss Jennie Trautman uncovered the missing payroll money. Detectives say Carson confessed and led them to the concealed funds in his tool chest. At other Illinois locations, surveys of gas and electric projects proceed, unions face injunctions, and local fires and conventions unfold.
Chicago report details Charles A White testifying about a $1000 payment from Lee Browne to influence a vote for William Lorimer as U S senator. Prosecution reveals witness George W Myers and H J C Beckemeyer also received payments. trial actions, indictments, and procedural rulings summarized with names, dates, and places.
A short club secretary of diminutive stature endures a summer round watching a long driver repeatedly drop balls near him. He remonstrates, but the visitor replies that cutting the grass would reveal him. The anecdote ends with a quip about visibility.
The heiress confronts Baron Fucash accusing him of breaking his word. He candidly replies that his status as a foreigner compels him to speak with a certain amount of broken English.
Hudson Ohio letters from mothers acclaim Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for improving health in run down women and girls with painful or irregular periods. The company notes thousands cured and offers free confidential advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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