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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1908
Page
3
The article highlights morning or afternoon wear with front or side front openings, prominent closures, and visible plaits. It notes straight-seamed skirts, girlish bodices with Dutch necks, lace guimpe detail, and jabots on the left, plus fashionable embroidery frames for easy mending and keeping fabrics flat while repairing.
A concise guide advises embracing aging without fear, using physician endorsed preventives, avoiding youth-targeted fashion, staying engaged with current events, and maintaining kind, sympathetic guidance. It stresses dignified retirement, simple graceful attire, and preserving personal appearance through steady effort.
A bride to be should provide herself with at least six hats with four large. The directoire going away gown hat should be on the poke or der and have strings. Include one dark velvet plume trimmed large shape and a net or lace hat, plus two simple close-fitting shapes and a tailored Newport suitable for rough weather and motoring.
A triangular Parisian display features a two section frame with old gold plush and a Louis XVI galon dividing line. It includes satin ribbon bows, a wall suspend loop of gold cord, and a crimson carnation accent on one side.
A period article offers simple remedies for skin and nails. It recommends nightly complexion care, daily warm olive oil for digestion, lemon juice and glycerin for sunburned hands, cornstarch and glycerin paste, and buttermilk to remove tan and freckles.
An unwashable garment should be aired for about an hour before returning to the wardrobe. Clothing worn for long periods, if not aired, collects strong odors. Air and sunshine disinfect and purify, so we should utilize them.
A step by step description explains constructing a small induction coil using iron core, magnet wire, and a vibrator driven by a flash lamp battery. It details winding counts, parts placement in a box, shoe plate, sleeve ring, and a cork switch to deliver an electric shock when activated. The device fits in a pocket and is concealed in clothing for a theatrical effect.
The article notes seals are intelligent and trainable, rivaling dogs and cats as pets. It highlights the British coast seal as highly capable, easily tamed, and trainable to follow commands, despite being less valuable than the South Seas cousin.
A man and a seal entertained beachgoers at Scarboro with a cart fashioned like a hybrid vehicle. The crowd dispersed as the tide rose, leaving the pair alone the seal cuddled against the man who claimed the animal knows and loves him, understanding every word.
Report from a liner’s ladies cabin shows all travelers ill except one woman and a cat. The woman pets the cat and says poor pussy, the feline responds with a tail salute, then a nearby passenger declares in choked tones that the cat is a private cat.
A neighbor counsels Uncle Jerry Peebles that the wild nephew may reform with time and nature. Uncle Jerry retorts that time and nature produce limburger cheese, framing a humorous clash over aging and outcomes.
A Yonkers Statesman item recounts a humorous dentist encounter where the patient’s chatter leads the dentist to demand quiet before filling a tooth. The brief social vignette reflects local character and wit.
A student guides two fair cousins through Christchurch College in Oxford, points out the picture gallery the library and the Great Tom bell, then throws a stone shattering a second-story window where a furious dean appears. The scene ends with the student leaving one seat of learning for another.
Magnetic studies of the extinct Puy de Dome in central France reveal the entire mountain behaves as a magnet with the summit acting as a south magnetic pole. Remarkably, observations at Germany’s Kaiserstuhl indicate its summit hosts a north magnetic pole.
Nat Anderson of Greenwood describes five years of dull backache and worsening kidney trouble with disordered secretions. After repeated examinations and failed treatment he credits Deans Kidney Pills with relief, gain in strength, and no lingering kidney symptoms. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
In Willie Brook's story The Solar Ma chine a Yankee lawyer Hi Biddle discusses smoking as a habit he doubts helps health yet admits its pull. He offers a cigar and recalls Bill Doolittle living on ten cents a week with cheap meals, arguing the cigars curb appetite and reduce daily intake to one or two.
Distressed president informs anxious directors that the cashier has fled. The scene captures a tense moment as officials await bad news in a hurried meeting. The tale hints at a banking or corporate crisis with a dramatic departure.
A cattleman recounts severe nervous spells and digestive trouble tied to coffee. After switching to Postum two years ago he reports better sleep, no palpitations, weight gain, and improved health, crediting the drink with saving his life. The letter endorses Postum by the Battle Creek company with the slogan There’s a Reason and a prompt to read The Road to Wellville.
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