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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1915
Page
9
A guide to crafting a linen phone record cover with buttonhole stitching, eyelet holes, red flower embroidery, and a tablet for names and numbers. Also describes a dresser scarf and cretonne band used to mount a pincushion, highlighting the page's decorative patterns.
The article describes cretonne designs for a dresser set including a scarf pincushion and candle shade. It notes a red rose and green foliage on a black and white ground, with sparing use of the pattern and details how the cushion and shade are constructed and finished.
Inexpensive cretonne makes the most effective pillow cover for beauty in bedrooms. A matching dresser scarf uses scrim with a bordered edge to enhance furnishings.
The article describes Quaker collar and cuff sets as fashionable dress accessories suitable for Christmas gifts. Made from sheer cotton or linen with hem stitching and delicate lace or embroidery, the sets are affordable and pictured with a clung lace edge.
Gauze bags designed to hold individual powder puff balls become a popular Christmas gift. Made from chiffon silk muslin or gauze, each bag is gathered over a silk covered embroidery hoop with satin ribbon hangers and a rosette. Puff balls use absorbent cotton and tiny bows match the colors, while flowered silk muslin options exist for decorative hangers.
Guthrie speaks on the power of hope for believers in Christ. He urges that being made new creatures, with names written in the Book of Life, grants grace in possession and heaven in prospect, fueling actions and steadfastness. The hope is described as shared between earthly life and heavenly reward.
A Shakespearean maxim warns readers to distrust those who have broken faith before. The line emphasizes caution and moral consequence in personal trust.
An advertisement style quip urging accuracy in claims about remedies. It condemns deceit while promoting Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as original liver pills from forty years ago that claim to regulate liver and bowels. A mock dialogue follows about family debt and aging parents.
An ad touts Laxative Bromo Quinine as an improved quinine blend that avoids nervousness or ringing in the head. It claims a better effect than ordinary quinine and urges buyers to request the full name with E. W. Grove’s signature, 25c. Also includes a brief humorous exchange.
Advertising copy touts Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children as a remedy to cleanse the stomach and aid the liver, offering immediate relief for delicate and cross children and as a worm remedy. It claims thirty years of use by mothers and a free sample sample with address A. 8. Olmsted Le Roy N.Y. at druggists 25c.
A brief humorous exchange notes that cats dislike water yet a sea cat may enjoy it. The line appears in a Baltimore American item as a light quip.
An observed collage of lines mentions Denison's Coffee promising satisfaction, a claim about the mosquito symbolizing proportion in troubles, a Marine Eye Remedy Co advertisement from Chicago for an illustrated eye book, and a note that Russia dedicates 1,836,737 acres to sugar beet culture.
A humorous exchange about a daughter’s future and a mother’s concern over a salary sparks a lighthearted dialogue. The Steady Company provokes a quick retort about women’s pay while a witty quip on self conceit closes the gag. The country club joke follows with Grumps on the house committee, meant to sharpen the satire.
An advertisement extols Anuric from Dr. Pierce for kidney trouble backache and dropsy. It explains how weak kidneys fail to cleanse blood, causing pain, fatigue, and urinary disorders. Readers are urged to mail water samples to Buffalo for free analysis and to buy 60 cent packages of Anuric.
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