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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1908
Page
6
Tips on selecting fall wraps to extend summer frocks, advising neutral colors and color matching with wraps rather than gowns. Includes jacket ideas for a striped skirt ensemble, details on a brown French serge jacket with soutache braiding, fabric quantities, and care for wool and mohair dress goods to avoid a glazed finish.
The passage argues that relying on others leads to uncertainty and delay while doing tasks oneself reduces worry. It uses garden party invitations and lace collars as metaphors for personal sufficiency and independence. The overall tone elevates self reliance over waiting on others.
A guide notes wives can sew inexpensive, fluffy underwear by combining machine and hand work. Long seams and hems on the machine, insertion lace and finishing touches by hand. All seams should be French seams to cover raw edges. dainty pearl buttons preferred. Mohair coats are rising in popularity for motoring wear.
A quaint coiffure features a left side part, waves away from the face, and a rounded Grecian knot at the back. Soft curls frame each side, projecting and expanding the style, with room for flowers, ribbons, and real garnitures.
Instruction on drying woolens by air without wringing to avoid shrinkage. Note on rhinestone initials replacing buckles as a fresh trend in footwear.
A 14 year old set up a lemonade stand at a busy streetcar intersection. He used an umbrella as a canopy and a box as a counter. He sold an effervescing lemonade for three cents a glass and earned a neat profit in the first week.
A reader instructions describe drawing a fish on blotting paper, cutting it out, folding along dotted lines, and placing in shallow water on a platter. The toy fish should squirm when activated, illustrating a simple paper craft with a water reaction.
A playful at home auction game uses beans as currency and a cheeky catalogue of items traded for humor. Each item hides a common mischief or pun and invites guests to bid with wit.
A fragment evokes a vivid image of a freckled boy named Billy with a turn-up nose brick dust hair and dirty clothes capturing a street child’s rough appearance and modest demeanor.
A moral plea condemns cruelty to animals and urges human humility as a guest on earth. It argues that animals are not wicked but hungry and that patience can turn to retaliation, warning children who torment beasts and calling for humane treatment.
A magazine asks if dogs share humanity’s flaws, noting man’s faults from deceit to crime and contrasting with a dog’s supposed fidelity. It ponders whether saying “Man is the dog’s most faithful friend” would be fair or insulting to dogs and humans alike.
E W Walton of 717 Van Ness St San Antonio Texas recalls summer and fall 1902 catarrh with deep cough night sweats and chest pains. After trying various remedies he used Peruna and symptoms faded with health improving markedly. He credits Peruna for curing bad colds on several later occasions.
A humorous exchange shows a captain asked to appear for inspection at ten. He replies he must postpone until tomorrow because he promised his wife they would use the cannon for a churn today.
Mrs. H. F. Budke of LeSueur Minnesota reports a two month old baby developed a facial rash that worsened to full body eczema. After seven months of conventional care the Cutiura Remedies used for two months cleared all signs of eczema and left the child as fair as a newborn. An April 15 to May 2 1907 note accompanies the letter.
This excerpt contrasts active outward energy with inner restraint. It argues true strength lies in keeping calm under pressure, while untamed action shows lower strength. The calm person accepts control, not dullness, and avoids being dragged by impulses.
Distemper cures advertised for all ages of horses and dogs with pills and liquids. Spohn Medical Co claims over 500000 bottles sold last year and offers bottles at 50 cents and one dollar. Agents wanted and free book available from Goshen Indiana. Also promoting Lewis factory cigars with lemonade slogan.
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