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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1920
Page
7
The article notes women won suffrage after a long campaign and now face exercising new voting power. It emphasizes education through women’s clubs to inform themselves and others about worthwhile issues, urging support for reform and understanding party platforms. It highlights time, dedication, and organized effort by women to influence local and national affairs.
Drawn thread work, long popular for household linens, fashionably adorns summer cotton dresses. An inventive maker uses blue ratine to create drawn hems and waistline details, with pockets and collar enhanced by stitched lines. Exquisite lace collars, combining seven or eight lace varieties, fetch up to 40 in downtown shops.
A nostalgic poem reflects on the front seat as the coveted perch from childhood to adulthood. It contrasts past joys of riding beside the driver with modern shifts in seating and the enduring lure of watching the road unfold ahead.
A column surveys dream eating folklore noting two schools disagree on outcomes. Eating with others signals profit and pleasant surroundings, while attending a dream banquet warns of secret enemies. Food types like broiled meat and oysters carry specific fortunes, with meals at dream banquets linked to travel or moves.
An old advertisement montage promotes Cuticura remedies for itchy scalp and dandruff with nightly ointment application and morning shampoo. It urges daily use for clear skin and soft hands. A second ad hints constipation signals bodily imbalance and promotes Wright's Indian India Pills to restore regularity.
A marine supply captain inventories water carts in France and calls for the capacity of a cart. Private Wilkins searches the top cavity and disappears inside the water cart, reemerging with the remark that the capacity is nowhere to be found. The scene ends with a quip about blackening others.
A little girl lonely for a sibling prays for a baby brother. Her mother encourages patience. When a nurse brings a newborn, the girl joyfully frets that God will answer all her prayers as she holds the baby, then asks if God will answer all such prayers.
Edward visited Betty as his mother went to the club. They grew tired of playthings and each other and Betty suggested they pretend they were having a good time.
A reflective quote notes that being the first to detect one’s own error offers scant comfort. The remark emphasizes personal accountability and the sting of self-awareness in missteps.
A railroad engineer recalls a two year old leg wound after refusing amputation. He credits Peterson's Ointment with full healing, claiming it cured piles eczema old sores and skin problems. He endorses mail orders from Peterson Ointment Co. Inc. Buffalo N Y.
Advertised cure Eaton ic promises to remove stomach acids and gases by taking tablets that neutralize acid and improve digestion. Claims include rapid relief for bloating indigestion sourness and gassiness with a money back guarantee. The copy cites half a million users and urges readers to buy from any druggist.
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