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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1911
Page
3
The article discusses seasonal blouses with unusual cuts, textures, and colors. It warns against excessive contrast between bodices and coats while praising bold, unconventional styles and compact girlish silhouettes as the prevailing trend. Graphic emphasis on artful garment making and modern fashion expression.
A fashion note describes color coordinated outfits with browns grays and purples titled coronation and shows waists in crepe and marquisette. It highlights new textures majest textiles lace nets jabots revers and jumper styles with accessories like gloves hats and shoes matching the palette.
The piece discusses seasonally preserved styles with emphasis on a harmonious contrast between bodice and coat suit. It notes that color or trimming should match while the waist fabric differs, except with all white blouses, to maintain a balanced sequence.
Practical guidance for hosting a low key porch thimble party with friend guests. Emphasizes informal invitations, a circle seating setup, shared sewing supplies, light refreshments, and gentle mingling to foster congenial chatter. A graphophone and musical performances add charm.
Readers are guided to dry rose petals in sun, crumble, and blend with cassia buds or sandalwood to create a fragrant sachet. A touch of rose essence completes the powder for filling sachets to scent lingerie and gowns with a subtle, refined perfume.
Description of a fashion waist in violet marquisette featuring a beaded black mousseline yoke. The guimpe and sleeve bands are white lace, with a black satin girdle completing the ensemble.
In Murphysboro a Negro held in Carbondale was brought to jail and partially identified as the assailant of two women at Birmingham Landing Missouri. One victim Mrs Sullivan remained unconscious while Miss Garris revived and provided details.
A new nail accessory described as daintily dazzling will soon be sold. A fillet style is dusted with diamond powder, giving a look of strings of gems in the hair. The item is marketed for young women to wear as mothers display diamonds.
A Chicago reader urges women to insist on Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after a clerk refused it. The ad-style note extols the product as a standard 30 year remedy for female health issues and a cure for many suffering women.
A dialogue fragment shows a lover asserting love while claiming six months without violent acts toward the partner’s younger brother. The exchange hints at trust, sacrifice, and looming tensions within a troubled relationship. No further context is provided.
Fragmentary quotes expose social tensions as a mother pleads for discipline while a manager’s son is labeled troublesome. A sharp line about pursuit hints at gender norms and dating expectations, reflecting crowded household talk.
A Boston woman chronicles health gains from Grape-Nuts food after a spine injury and years of headaches. She says regular use eased constipation, headaches, and sleep troubles, noting better overall health at 63. The letter credits Postum Co. and invites readers to read The Road to Wellville.
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