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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1925
Page
11
Tailored two piece suits regain prominence among fashion trends as new styles emerge. Velveteen and satin skirts pair with coordinated blouses, while plaid fabrics, velvet trims, and tinsel textiles appear in ensembles. Flannel and balbriggan offer sport and utility options with varied necklines and collars. Julia Bottomley.
Old magazine piece blends Teutonic lore with practical tips for tree trimming. It advises decorating to emphasize growth points, balancing surfaces, and lighting gradation while avoiding tip-heavy ornament placement. It also notes toys as decor and stresses the artist's role in a unified effect, then shifts to a Dreamland Christmas tale with personified seasonal figures and the North Wind promising songs and a white Christmas.
A mother asks why her three year old Mary is crying. Mary sobs that she has mud on her new slippers, explaining in a shy stutter. The light domestic moment captures a child’s attachment to new footwear and a mother’s gentle response.
A Thuringia prison at Ichtershausen near Arnstadt houses 400 inmates in facilities for 520, with a local court inside. Four staff and two convict representatives decide misdemeanors, sentences are often lighter, and inmates may buy outside food. Wages are low but savings average 15 marks monthly, up to 40 for skilled workers. Living conditions are pleasant, with regular gymnastics and occasional Turner competitions.
An ad claims Bond's Pills cure cold symptoms by starting the liver to remove bile and germs. It promises waking up well after taking one pill at bedtime with a price of 25 cents.
Don and his mother travel with grandfather to a town where he preaches. After dinner at an inn a stranger invites them to dine. Don asks for a pot of ale, thinking inns always serve ale as he recalls Robin Hood’s men.
A brief advertisement urges using Cuticura Ointment for pimples and blackheads, wash with Cuticura Soap and hot water in five minutes, and maintain clear skin with daily use. It also notes Cuticura Talcum for daily toilet purposes.
Paul Chabas deplored the plight of brains in a five academy session of the Institute de France. He argued intellectuals, painters, sculptors and savants have been forgotten while menial workers improved. Cha bas reviewed the institute's 180 year history and its leadership. A local ad promotes Dr Peery's Dead Shot worm medicine at 372 Pearl St. N.
The article explains old practice in nails where a thousand nails of given size weighed six or eight pounds, leading to the terms six-pound and eight-pound nails. The phrase evolved into six-penny and eight-penny nails, reflecting weight rather than monetary value.
Potatoes are the largest single world crop among vegetables and now exceed rice or wheat in production. This humble tuber is grown in greater quantities across temperate and cool climates worldwide, becoming a key food source globally.
In this meditation on human limits a speaker notes that a true ally may grow tired with time and eventually sit down while still standing by in spirit. The passage reflects on loyalty, perseverance, and the fading stamina of those who bear burdens alongside others.
A quip notes that all men start ignorant and many fail to outgrow it, suggesting drinking wisdom via sage tea as a humorous path to insight.
An advertisement touts internal relief from rheumatism by improving blood quality. It promotes 8.8.8 as a remedy to destroy impurities and build millions of red blood cells, claiming break from pain and restored mobility once the blood is rich and healthy.
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