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Newspaper
Russiaville Observer
Location
Russiaville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1913
Page
9
A Tennessee farmer who feared railroads as cyclone-like threats opposed a railroad right of way through his land. After condemnation, the road was built. On the first train day, neighbors coaxed him to view it, and he admitted it caused no harm though he quipped the train came through endways and would have busted the cows if it had come sideways.
A bystander quotes a tense exchange about art and body image in London. The painter insists the work seeks the subject's soul rather than her figure, prompting a charged discussion.
A fragmented 19th century notice markets Mrs Winstow’s Soothing Syrup for teething with claims to ease gum inflammation and wind colic. A jocular aside about judging a cook by her references appears, reflecting era humor.
A Bovina Center New York mother reports six years of poor health improved after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She now handles work and child care, endorsing the product and recommending it to other women. The advertisement notes the medicine is made from native roots and herbs, contains no narcotics, and offers confidential personal advice from a woman.
An article on women’s auto fashion notes veiling chiffon headgear as a chic and practical trend. It describes goggles worn with a two yard chiffon veil attached to soft caps and bonnets, with optional turbans for an oriental touch.
The piece urges utilitarian yet stylish children's dress focusing on simplicity and comfort. It stresses freedom of movement, durable soft fabrics, and warns against cheap materials, endorsing linens, pique, chambrays, and ginghams in lively colors.
Cubis designs appear in new corset materials while black and white footwear remains popular. Crown dent felts suit country wear. chamois yellow coats appear for girls. White chinchilla sports coats are valued. gold and green blends rise in favor. Lace underwear in net styles. high neck collars for fall coats. Draped coats and simple straight cuts suit different uses. bead and coral coated coat chains trend. Corsets imitate a natural silhouette as rigid lines fade.
Inexpensive glass beads provide color to white outfits with long chains forming a V-line. Prices range from 50 cents to 1.50, and beads come in green jade shades as well as yellow red and blue for stylish accents.
One piece dresses suit children from one to twelve years old. They slip from the shoulders easily, and pinafore frocks are simple to sew. Guimpes allow frequent changes to refresh outfits and should extend to the waist on summer dresses. Home sewing is easy and cheap compared with ready made. Fabrics include lawn, batiste, swiss, dimity, lace, and nets, with care to avoid faddish looks. colors should be clear and bright, especially tans, buff, greens.
The piece notes the emergence of yellow malines as a fashion focus for the coming month with outfits featuring marine net accessories. It describes hats with ruches, neckpieces, and evening scarves in yellow tones paired with white, the daisy motif on parasols, and long unhemmed scarves two to three yards in length creating an ethereal wrap.
To color fabrics mix one gallon water with either half a cup vinegar or two cups salt or two tablespoons alum or one tablespoon sugar of lead. Salt yields browns and reds, vinegar pinks, sugar of lead lavenders, and alum blues. Test by soaking overnight then drying and washing to prevent fading.
The wrist ribbon nearly replaces straps on fashionable bags and appears on leather and silk models. Ribbons suit hot weather and can be renewed when wear thins, says the Washington Herald.
Prices for these concert buckles range from three fifty to seven dollars per pair. The item description highlights French brass filigree with Bulgarian color settings.
Pattern 6307 offers a simple tailored gown with a front vest, center closing back, and a one piece skirt with high or normal waist. Sizes 34 to 42 inches bust. medium size uses 51 inch yards of 36 inch material. Send 10 cents to Pattern Department with name, address, and pattern number.
The Pattern Department requests precise specifications for designs including size and number of pattern elements. Submit required measurements to the paper desk for cataloging and potential publication.
A quotation attributed to A C Benson from Joyous Gard argues that true saints remain unshocked, distressed by events but not shocked, warning that shock often signals vanity and a yearning for others to see one's high standards.
A couple asks about project timing and housing plans. The contractor pledges fall completion and the family plans to vacate in October, then questions where they will reside next winter.
A former radical thinker on government ownership settled into a business career after marrying a girl whose father brought him into industry, signaling a shift from public debate to private enterprise.
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