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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1903
Page
5
The piece details popular sash fabrics like satin liberty and mousseline taffeta, with favored widths five to eight inches and colors pale blue and nile green. It notes elaborate bow styles, rosettes, and butterfly ends, plus matching accessories and the rise of louisine.
Paper rugs emerge as a summer novelty. Though made of paper, they look richly patterned in color and are described as easy to sweep light and durable. Available sizes span 18 by 36 inches to 9 by 12 feet.
Utility boxes gain popularity as comfortable seating for summer homes. They come in cretonne burlap or matting covers and some newer models serve as organized spaces with multiple divisions for shirts and other garments.
Tourists abroad mail souvenir cards to American friends showing places they visit. Stores sell card albums designed to hold these keepsakes, priced from 60 cents upward.
Among the prettiest materials for summer curtains are snow-flake dimities, selling ready-made from $1.25 up. Their effect is dainty and cool for homes seeking light, airy drapes.
Boxes of assorted color stationery are pitched as a novelty helping the summer girl express moods via gray paper for low spirits and pink for rosy views, among other color choices.
An advertisement promotes Botanic Blood Balm as a cure for ulcers eczema scrofula and blood poisoning. It offers a free sample from the Blood Balm Co Atlanta and claims the product purifies blood heals sores and brings healthy skin, with a local Sedalia distributor W E Bard Dru Co. to contact.
Those seeking hotel or private accommodations for the International Christian Endeavor Convention in Denver July 9 to 13 should contact Rev. B. F. Martin at 306 West Fifth Street or call 702 Bell. J. W. McClain is the Missouri Pacific agent. Monarch Laundry offers modern, complete laundry service under CHAS VAN ANTWERP, Prop., Phones 183.
A special fare applies at six dollars or less plus 50 cents for points. Sales run July 3 and 4 with a return limited to July 7. Contact the Katy agent for details.
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