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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1904
Page
7
A hostess impresses guests with a gold thread table cloth center and white silk lace border. Ferns in a dark blue china dish flank a peasant relief motif while dull silver colonial candlesticks with iridescent glass shades frame the setting. A recipe-like note describes making a paste to seal meat tarts baked quickly.
The Eton collar reappears this spring on bolero and jacket bodices, replacing collarless styles. Seen on white duck and sea green linen English tennis suits in Florida courts, the linen collar gains a feminine touch with Valenciennes lace edging and a bow at the open space.
A dainty luncheon menu can be created with a nine inch satin ribbon bearing a floral emblem and the word Menu. Another option uses a swan shaped deckled cardboard with Menu at the top and the bill of fare beneath, parts joined by a ribbon loop.
The article describes an Eton jacket with full sleeves and drop shoulders, featuring brown broadcloth with brown and white braid trim and a white braided vest. It notes embroidery, brocades, lace, and wide bands, plus pattern 4686 in sizes 92, 94, 86, 88, and 40 inch bust. Fabric amounts are listed: 4 yards 21 inches wide, 3 yards 27 inches wide or 2 yards 44 inches wide with 34 yards of resting, 6 yards of braid and 3 yards of face trim.
A fragmented recipe describes eight cold boiled potatoes, celery, two white onions, lettuce, and mayo. It instructs to wash and drain lettuce, line the salad bowl, break up lettuce centers, mix with remaining ingredients, and fold in mayonnaise before serving. Garnish with olives and chopped eggs.
The article describes a seven gore skirt with a box plait back and tucks, suited to season fabrics. It highlights novelty sage green voile with ecru lace trimming, adaptable to other materials. Sizes 22 to 30 waist, pattern 487 offers 9 1/2 to 5 1/4 yards fabric choices and lace applique options.
A rough recipe describes combining lima beans celery peas and brussels apricots with cauliflower potatoes carrots and onion. After boiling and cooling the vegetables mix with lettuce and season with salt and pepper then toss with a light maize sauce just before serving.
The coal scuttle bonnet in white satin trimmed with white roses is described as the quaintest headwear for children. Designs vary, but the Gretchen shape, noted for its simplicity, is especially popular for matching little coats and wraps.
A Bretonne style sailor hat described for a London setting features a green gedda brim, a green and white plaid silk braid crown pleated along the edge, and emerald green velvet rib bon around the base. Each side bears steel buckles holding pairs of small winings shaded from green to white.
A description notes that sleeves remain full below the elbow for now, but summer dresses will feature half length sleeves. Some designs may feature fan pleats starting at the elbow for a lighter, breezier look.
A new textile named yolle blends cloth and treme de chine style, appearing among the latest fabrics for the spring season with a delicate cross between traditional weaves and airy texture.
Readers of this paper are invited to complete a May Manton pattern coupon with ten cents and mail it to E Barrison & Co at 65 Plymouth Place, Chicago. The offer promises prompt shipment of the pattern upon receipt of payment and coupon.
A reflection on starting anew with steadfast heart and shared humanity. The piece contrasts noble resolve with the ruin of drink, recounting a father’s downfall and the ensuing tragedy. Dr. John Lind Say Withrow condemns strong drink for debasing all that is noble and Godlike in a person.
In this sermon style note, Moody cites Solomon on woe from wine and warns that strong drink masters lives. He recounts drink’s corrosive effects, urges children to avoid alcohol, and laments sober men ruined more by drink than by war, urging youths not to taste strong liquor.
A Los Angeles Times excerpt discusses new temperance efforts in Sweden. Workingmen form strike unions to abstain from spirits for a year, contributing sevenpence monthly to aid pledge keepers. Railways provide free warm milk to enginemen and guards in winter. A year ago twenty railway men formed a total abstinence club, now 1300 members. King Oscar orders no champagne for christening battleships.
A Christian minister recounts a shocking scene John B. Gough shared about a congregant who returned home intoxicated. The boy stood on the doorstep and cried out Papa has a, revealing the harm alcohol causes to families and humanity in stark terms.
A hospital ward warning lists ten rules on alcohol dangers. It states alcohol predisposes to most hospital diseases, harms organs including stomach liver kidneys and heart, worsens illness, impairs appetite, and can lead to “idiots” and epileptics among children of alcoholic parents.
A public message urges boys to renounce tobacco and alcohol, stressing discipline and self control. It highlights the long term costs to mind and body and calls for striving toward manhood through abstinence until adulthood, citing Charles R. Barrett on social dangers and the poor outcomes of dissipation.
In Health, a contemporary article condemns rising female indulgence in alcohol. It attributes causes to greater female independence and discusses strain, failure to cope, and women turning to stimulants. It notes Dr Heywood Smith reports five times as many women as men in English reformatories for criminal inebriates.
Dr. Wolfe’s view in the Nineteenth Century linked cancer with inebriety. The Quarterly Journal of Inebriety notes high cancer mortality in districts with heavy spirits use, arguing that alcohol lowers vitality and fosters toxemic conditions favorable to cancer development.
London April 11. Rumors of a Russian reverse on the Yalu lack confirmation. Tokio reports a possible clash near Kiuhongcheng but no details and several correspondents say no engagement occurred. Russians reportedly withdrew across the Tumen and Yalu, with speculation Corea is evacuated as part of Kuropatkin’s plan. Some fear Japanese fortification in Corea awaiting a Russian attack. No reliable naval news. Japanese activity at Yalu described, with troop disembarkations at Yongampo. Main doubt remains whether the main attack will be near Port Arthur, where Russians are said to have dug a fortified moat.
Paris reports a St. Petersburg correspondent says Admiral Makaroff departed Port Arthur Friday morning as a Japanese squadron was seen in the vicinity. Rumor of a sea engagement circulates but no official details are available.
Makino, treasurer of the Imperial Japanese Exhibit association, reports being accosted by a highwayman in western St Louis while en route from a drug store to the Japanese commissioners’ residence near the world’s fair. The thief fled when a policeman appeared, and Makino says he was not robbed.
Articles of incorporation filed in San Francisco outline a railroad from Marysville to a point in Honey Lake valley near Susanville. The proposed line would span about 200 miles.
New York April 11 Gen Juan Francisco Sanchez Dominican foreign minister who has been in the U S three months sailed for Santo Domingo securing formal recognition of the republic by the United States government.
Floods on Fountain creek in Merrimac Indiana area cause about 25000 dollars in losses to farmers. Two thousand acres of wheat are reported destroyed.
Terre Haute April 11 miners in tie vote to end strike as Jackson Hill area reports mixed sentiment and ongoing talks. Local officials expect results soon and miners may return to work if conditions meet the agreement terms.
Kilgore O April 11 A remarkable case in which John T Riegie suffered persistent kidney disease after several doctors failed to help. He read an ad for Dodd's Kidney Pills and claimed they cured him completely, praising the remedy. Also notes a vast 21,000 acre farm owned by David Rankin, and a 330 pound turtle at Port Louis from 1810. Includes satirical Russian jam pips seeds note and Persian army quirks.
An Ohio infantryman of the 17th Infantry serving in Cuba and the Philippines describes a chronic stomach and bowels illness deemed incurable by doctors. After years of treatment he credits Grape-Nuts cereal with restoring health, gaining 40 pounds, and enabling him to work hard. The account, attributed to Postum Cereal Co, Battle Creek.
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