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Newspaper
Russiaville Observer
Location
Russiaville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1908
Page
5
A fashion store announces daily pages of new fabrics and garments arriving from fashion centers. The Thalman and Levi showcase fresh season pieces as shipments arrive, promising an early glimpse of Dame Fashion approved designs and urging customers to visit soon for first selections.
Local store unveils a wide range of New Fall Suits with Directoire influence in mannish cuts and bold trims. Also showcased are Directoire gowns, hipless form‑fitting gowns, lace net waists, embroidered linens, sheath skirts, and numerous color options plus discounted children's and ladies sweaters and assorted back‑to‑school supplies.
A department suit promotion highlights a high priced ensemble in chiffon broadcloth and worsted fabrics. The new 3-4 length empire back coat features large lapels and premium tailoring.
Fall underwear notes urge early purchase of medium weight garments. A full line of hand-finished and trim Merode and Harvard underwear and Union Suits, vests and pants priced at 30c 50c 75c and 1.00 with specials at 50c and 1.00. Recognized brands emphasize quality and value.
New arrivals of fashionable dress fabrics feature 56 inch chevron striped suitings at 1.50 per yard and 50 inch plain Broad cloth from 1.09 to 4.00 per yard. Imported and domestic suitings in bright colors and mannish effects offered in great selection at low prices.
New novelties in silk include 20 inch Latin messaline in shades Canard Cataroba elephant stone green and more at 75 cents per yard. A completed line offers self colored figures dots stripes plaids brocade and Persian effects priced around 1.00 yard. Also new Chevron striped silks with high satin finish highlighted.
Classified sale notice lists fall bargains in basement with items like hot water bottles rubber at 50 cents fountain syringes 47 cents Ivory Soap cakes and sea salt castle soap in handy sizes plus fly paper tangle foot sheets. The text reads as a damaged ad fragment.
A patient nearly drowns as a dentist’s apparatus traps her mouth. she signs for help while the tale of Tamagno’s embalmed vanity and Mark Twain doubles is recounted. a church groom’s narrow escape from widowhood and a zoo trip ending in a child’s preference for monkeys round out the clippings.
A frightened bride misplaces cards and misidentifies gifts, asking clerks and a jeweler to help name owners of items bought for a wedding season. The tale combines humor about mistaken gifts with a side note on Rossini’s alleged laziness and a quick anecdote about Donizetti.
London evangelist Gypsy Smith, now touring the country, reports great success and has accepted an invitation to return to the United States in about two years to conduct another evangelistic campaign.
The report on the American Tract Society shows in its eighty second year that 30,000,024 copies of its periodicals have been issued.
The best duckling pen is movable to prevent disease. moving to fresh quarters reduces infestation and protects young birds. A portable design helps keep ducklings healthy by avoiding stagnant areas.
A simple nursery game uses a long floor stick as a goal and paper fans to blow bubbles from a start point. At a signal bubbles are blown and players use the fans to push them toward the goal. if a bubble bursts before reaching the goal the player may blow again.
A British court sentenced a mute woman to imprisonment amid the historic punishment of pressing to death for silence. The sentence ordered the prisoner naked, bound in four quarters, with iron and stone laid upon her body as she endured increasing weight until death.
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