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Newspaper
Russiaville Observer
Location
Russiaville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1913
Page
7
Fashion notes describe popular parasol styles for the season including dome and tub shapes, aeroplane silhouettes, and flowered silk options. Black satin with bright silk linings, long carved handles, and bold borders in pompadour silk are highlighted alongside flowered and plain silks with lace or scroll trim.
A reader shares a careful method to clean a soiled white silk coat lining without professional cleaning. Steps include basting seams, removing and washing in lukewarm soap suds, rinsing, pressing under cheesecloth, and reattaching lining precisely to avoid puckering.
The article notes a change from bulky bustled silhouettes and towering hats to simpler headdresses and minimal neck support. It highlights the washing glove's rise in importance as women demand frequent rubbing and care as part of everyday attire.
A dainty home bazaar item can be crafted from shells at low cost. The fly rest uses shells, baby ribbon, silver paper, Seccotine and a brass ring to form a bright ornament suitable for hanging from gas brackets or similar fixtures.
A new suffragette mesh bag is introduced as a light practical durable model. It features two separate compartments when opened, highlighting its functional design.
The article notes winter train accessories fading from evening gowns and, for summer frocks, sashes made of satin taffeta or ribbon with fringe or embroidery finishing long ends. Paris jewelers showcase hatpins with pearl centers and tiny brilliants. Headdresses feature slender jewel bands and side clusters of plumage. Color trends shift toward bold bright mixes as public grows accustomed to green orange red purple blue cerise and coral with bright browns.
The pattern 6090 features a front closing costume with a turn down collar and four gore skirt. It offers em pire or regulation waist options and comes in sizes 34 to 42 inches bust. Medium size needs about 5% yards of 36 inch material and a half yard of 45 inch material. Send 10 cents to Pattern Department with name address size and pattern number.
A growing movement opens milk stations in numerous cities including Al bany Baltimore Boston Buffalo Chicago Dayton Detroit Hartford Honolulu Indianapolis Kansas City Lawrence Lowell Milwaukee Newark New Bedford New Haven New York Peoria Pittsburgh Providence Rochester St. Louis Springfield Waterbury Wilkes Barre Worcester Yonkers Utica. Stations are rooms with ice boxes desks chairs and tables often in ordinary stores or schools staffed by a nurse with a physician on duty at times for bottle feeding mothers.
Stratford Iowa mother recounts seven year old son’s severe facial ringworm. After failed ointments he used Cuticura Soap and Ointment for about a month and his condition fully cleared. Advertisement invites readers to request Cuticura samples and Skin Book from Boston.
A easy to construct frock described with dotted Swiss fabric and insertion trimming. Pattern 6070 offers sizes 4 6 and 8 years and requires 1% yards of 36 inch material 4% yards of insertion and 5% yards of edging. Send 10 cents to Pattern Department of this paper to procure.
Pathfinder describes wireless lighthouse stations at Brest France that automatically send warning messages to ships every few seconds without human aid. Clockwork devices trigger signals at intervals of ten and thirty seconds, allowing ships to identify each lighthouse.
A Mississippi senator’s daughter is playfully teased by a black servant who insists she out resembles her father. The exchange turns on a misheard compliment and a humorous correction to the speaker’s meaning.
A humorous dialogue notes a wife finding running the house easier after the cook quits. The exchange implies the cook was the main disruption, with the rest of the household now more satisfied.
Joe Cannon of Hardin County Ohio reports finding his missing ring after a janitor, cleaning birds nests under the courthouse eaves, discovered the ring woven in a nest. The item had been misplaced in the yard during a prior search.
Mercury fumes in quicksilver mining cause constant salivation and rapid tooth loss with poor appetite and early death. Chloride of lime used by bleachers damages enamel. Phosphorus in matches injures many workers especially women and children. Soda factory exposure softens teeth and breaks them near gums. Leipsic doctor notes bakers risk tooth decay from flour dust forming acidity near dentine.
Harper's Weekly describes a unique Arizona jail in Cliffton, Graham County. The rockbound complex is carved into quartz with four large apartments, heavy masonry vestibule, triple steel gates, blast-windowed walls, cement floors, and fifteen foot rock barriers. No prisoner has attempted escape.
A girl apologizes for delays while a young man with a taxicab estimates the fare at about three dollars. The exchange captures a small urban moment with casual humor and streetwise dialogue.
A humorous quip on legislative process about laying bills on the table to "disly" them, reflecting a playful take on earnest debate and wordplay in public discourse.
Evening coats for young girls use nets silk crepes and embroideries in silver pearls and moonlight beads. The garment body sits in a deep hem of brocaded satin or ribbon below the hips creating a restrained fullness seen in current fashions.
Naybor asks to borrow the lawn mower again from Subbubs as he admits not bringing it back after lending it last fall. Subbubs confirms no return and the exchange centers on the missing tool.
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