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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1907
Page
6
A fashion note highlights two fresh hues Amadou tinder and Congo soft bronze for tailored gowns. It praises soft textures and colors shaping winter modes, detailing circular skirts, bias trims, and sleek boleros with lace braid and embroidery accents across coats and waistcoat styled jackets.
Gray remains stylish in fashion, with taupe and smoke hues appearing across fabrics. Monotone gray and black ensembles are deemed chic by Paris experts, featuring black lace detailing from neck to skirt and a turquoise-bracelet buckle accent on a black panne velvet girdle.
The article argues home made dresses beat ready made for fit durability and cost. It advises careful pattern choice, warns against overly elaborate patterns for heavy fabrics, notes one piece dresses for all girls under sixteen, and highlights Japanese kimono influences for children’s garments as easy to make and stylish.
A style note highlights a coordinated rainy day ensemble. A brown theme dominates with matching shoes rubbers cloth uppers umbrella wrist bag and gloves. Brown straw hat with quills and a stiff linen collar with a heavy brown silk veil complete the look.
A roundup of developments across Illinois municipalities highlights civic actions, school updates, local business openings, public meetings, and community events in multiple towns and cities.
Miss Florence Levin of Monroe Wisconsin was abducted from Freeport and taken by two men to Rockford where she was married to Lee R Miller at a Warren hotel. Warrants issued. Miller and his partner held for the grand jury.
United States Marshal Buchner arrests Ida Armbruster, a young woman from this county, the first such case in Illinois for mailing an alleged obscene postcard. The incident highlights growing concern over risqué mail and legal action thresholds for obscene material.
Douglas county will erect a memorial arch at the courthouse park in Tuscola to honor Civil War soldiers and sailors. The $12,000 project, designed by Newton A. Wreiss and James M. White of the University of Illinois, features white terra cotta, a bronze portrait of Stephen A. Douglas, the county seal, and large bronze bastieliefs.
A string of local items covers court actions and weddings. Miss Anna Shine of Aurora challenges a suggestive postcard noted by postal authorities. Miss Armbruster faces grand jury in $200 bonds. Grace Seeger and Samuel Wolf wed after a telephone romance in Greenville. St Vivent’s college dedicates two new buildings in Cankakee under Father Conway and church leaders. Mount Pulaski clears a $2,000 church debt at dedicatory services. The arch stands 27 feet high and 24 feet wide.
Peoria reports James Taylor steps down after long service as state mine inspector since 1886 to join a coal company controlled by James J. Hill. He will base operations in Tabor Alberta with family not relocating this time. He earned a profit of one million dollars on Canada coal lands and will receive a $25 000 stock grant after year one. Pekin notes rural mail carrier Benjamin Eller logged 77 000 miles in six years using horse and buggy with only six absences.
Mrs Pauline Ferrell aged 82 years suffered a left jaw dislocation due to a vigorous yawn. The strain on her ligaments and tendons is said to make keeping the jaw in place difficult and recovery uncertain.
Government funds rewards to railway officials and workers who invent useful devices for railway practice. Last year the fund paid $3,750 to employees.
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh in all stages and acts constitutionally. The ad offers $100 for any case it fails to cure and directs sending for testimonials. Sold by all druggists for 75 cents. The copy also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
In Washington a naval officer recalls the late Admiral Walker who urged sailors to wed and mocked bachelor life. In New York a ship-broker meets him. Walker jokes about marriage while the broker replies that a belt keeps him busy raising money for his wife’s bills.
A pair of house martins built nests against an attic window of a farm each year. Last spring a sparrow moved in first. When the martins returned they found the sparrow’s nest blocked. A boy disturbed the nest and found the sparrow dead on her eggs, the martins apparently walling her in for daring to occupy their home.
A Wisconsin woman credits Geape-Nuts with ending six years of nervous headaches and weakness. She says regular summer meals have reduced headaches, eased nervousness, and she gained 5 pounds in one week. The notice promotes Postum Co. and the book The Road to Wellville as reading.
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