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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1911
Page
7
A vintage advertisement urges readers to take a desert spoonful of Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna to relieve headaches colds indigestion pains constipation and sour stomach. It promotes the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product with the company name on the front of every package.
In a light anecdote from The Sunday Magazine Captain Archibald Butt, President’s military aide, is awakened at nine by a call canceling an eleven o’clock meeting. He jokes that telephoning is a bad Washington habit and notes the practice of inviting by phone.
A playful exchange at the masquerade reveals a flirtatious moment as one character compliments the other's costume while suggesting they would be lovely in any disguise. The dialogue hints at hidden feelings beneath formal wit.
A widow explains how quitting coffee and using Postum improved her health enough to pass a life insurance medical. She suffered heart trouble headaches and neuralgia, but after switching she gained flesh appetite and heart strength, enabling insurance approval seven years later. There’s a Postum company name and a promotional tagline.
Striped nets and muslins appear in window treatments as casement curtains gain popularity by dispensing with blinds. Vitrage from France remains a trend, with roses and soft borders on new muslin curtains. Velvet hangings in Persian tones offer a costly but stylish finish, while portiere materials include brocades moires and tapestry.
A beginner project to craft a fern display stand using a small wooden box, flat cut twig slats, and nails. Assemble sides around the pot, add legs, then finish with dark oak stain or gold paint. Moss fills the box space, and a suspended basket uses wire or twine through side holes.
The piece advises short women on using stripes to gain height with long revers on coats and wraps and simple cuts. It promotes the use of a high heel and the long train in evening gowns to add stature, noting small women can gain several inches in appearance through these style choices.
Fringe styling appears on girdle and tunic trims for lingerie gowns. Knotted silver braid stands out, with long strands spaced apart, while Indian fashion stripes and crochet beads offer varied color. Home sewers can copy most fringe trims, saving money and creating originality.
New models arrive from Paris as major shops display spring and summer goods. Fresh frocks feature very short waists and quaint jackets with abbreviated peplum frills below the empire waist. Fabrics include plain and figured silks and two tone ensembles pairing one tone silk with a figured material.
The ad links spring tiredness and skin eruptions to impure blood and urges immediate treatment. It promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as the remedy, claiming improved sleep and reduced fatigue after use.
An old pharmac_Ad claims Paxtine Toilet Antiseptic cures catarrh including head nose and throat inflammation. It promotes a month long home treatment, powder form, in water as spray or gargle, sold by Paxton Toilet Company Boston. Also brief ad blurbs on hats and tobacco with a stray quip.
Fashionable stationers report women tire of smooth papers and seek heavier rougher finishes. New papers have been introduced to satisfy demand, appearing more masculine yet not as handsome. Whites preferred to colors, sizes similar to before.
An advertisement extols Golden Medical Discovery for stomach liver and blood issues. It claims known composition with a full ingredient list on the bottle-wrapper and sworn attestation, and promotes Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets to regulate and invigorate stomach liver and bowels.
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