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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1910
Page
6
Fragment from a column remarks on choir timing and a man's behavior before a sermon. The piece critiques hype and perceived sanctimony, noting a dry voice and self righteousness in a humorous or critical tone.
The article describes outfits for girls aged ten and six to eight, including pastel blue serge skirts with deep hems and sacque coats, trimmed hats, and sailor style dresses in butcher blue drill. It lists fabrics and quantities such as four yards serge and four yards drill, plus trim details like white drill collars and black silk sailor knots.
Craft note describes weighted yarn boxes to prevent wool from rolling off. Boxes are cretonne or silk with a top hole for yarn, filled with shot for stability, and scented with heliotrope powder. Lined with silk or sateen, round or square tops, twine boxes repurposed as yarn holders for neater work.
A home method describes ripping the front seam on both sides and removing steels. Soap jelly is made from yellow soap dissolved in boiling water and added to warm water. Soak corsets five minutes, scrub with a nail brush, rinse in warm water, air dry, then iron inside and reinsert steels for a like new finish.
Advert reads fashion update on leather belts with gilt heraldic ornaments in patent leather. Belts described as brilliant but advised to pair with full length gowns rather than suits of linen or serge.
A faded blue face cloth walking dress features a deep point yoke, edged by a strap, and a plaited lower portion. The bodice has braided cloth straps, a lace yoke, and braided fabric with black panels in folds. Straw toque trimmed with ostrich feathers. materials listed include seven yards of cloth, lace, braid, panne.
The article describes net shirring over colored satin rattail as a fashionable home method for embellishing lingerie dresses. It notes hand sewing prevents mis-stitching and highlights shirring as a technique to draw in the full skirt at the knee or below, a late panier development.
James R. Keene, a noted horseman and financier, says horses have comforted him without affecting business. He recalls a father who praises a two year-old thoroughbred over his newborn, contrasting maternal pride with the mare’s age and value.
An English farmer and his young son walk to vote when a heated budget dispute with a friend escalates into a fight. The boy, alarmed, consoles his father by shouting to hit the rival in the watch, noting it would cost him something.
A dialogue about natural equality of men contrasts with parental bias. It notes that every parent believes his baby superior, challenging the notion that all born are equal. The exchange highlights subjective bias shaping views of inherent equality.
A mother writes that changing their children's diet to fruit Grape Nuts with cream Postum and balanced meals improved health and strength. She notes less meat and coffee, more vegetables and dairy, and reports a teething baby recovering after Grape Nuts with milk. The letter promotes The Road to Wellville and the ailment reasons.
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