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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1904
Page
7
Fashion notes describe new stole collarette designs in mole skin and Persan jamb cloth with ermine trim and black silk accents. Patterns require 14 1 2 yards of 27 mm width. pattern 4609 fits medium size. Moonlight dresses feature layers of chiffon gauze and Liberty silk in pale tones, with a spectrum from moonlight blue to white, plus autumn whites and winter sparkle.
Eacups presents a box plaited white lawn guimpe dress in rose cashmere with corticelli silk. The suspender frock for 6 to 12 years features detachable color choices and a playful, practical design to hold the skirt in place.
A vintage recipe describes soaking tapioca overnight in a granite kettle then cooking with apples. The method includes butter salt nutmeg cinnamon sugar and water until tender. It suggests pairing tapioca with rhubarb strawberries or raspberries and notes cooking on the stove beginning November first.
The seven gored skirt remains in vogue with a lower flare and optional inverted plaits or habit back. It uses nut brown hopsacking with velvet piped broadcloth straps and cor ticelli silk stitching, sized for a 27, 24, 20, 28, 30, and 22 inch waist.
Violet is a favorite color and velvet ruchings trim frocks. Jeweled clasps and painted wood buttons are noted. Velveteens resist wear while laced ribbon effects remain in vogue. Walking skirts touch the ground. hats feature riveted steel arrows and big brown fur with orange decoration. Coat lengths reach forty five inches.
Stiff linen collars show growing ingenuity with each week as designers create options that dispense with bows or ties. The newest and prettiest styles feature V shaped extensions offering a fresh, collar-first look.
A 115-year-old Texas resident, Saac Brock of McLennan County, is shown in Waco with a stick from General Andrew Jackson’s grave. He praises Dr. Hartman’s Peruna for health, recounting a life of climate resilience and long illness with grip. He notes improved vision as his only current issue.
An offer to obtain a free book on catarrh from The Peruna Medicine Co in Columbus Ohio. Readers are instructed to write promptly if Pernna results are not satisfactory and to send a full statement of their case to Dr Hartman who will provide his advice. Address Dr Hartman president of Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus Ohio.
A product note for a white crepe de Chine waist with cream lace bertha and shirred yoke. Describes sleeve shaping and material needs for a 14 year old, including yardage and lace amounts. Pattern No. 4414 in sizes 12 to 16 years offered by mail for ten cents.
The piece notes that wearing hats could cause hair loss. It reassures readers that those with less wealth who envy richer sisters should find comfort in their own healthy hair, implying hats may harm scalp condition while wealthier women endure headwear.
The best material for an everyday skirt is twilled taffeta. It is firm, noiseless and soft enough to be unpretentious. A black twilled taffeta skirt, tight-fitted and plaited at the foot and lifting two inches from the ground, is a modest and profitable purchase.
Advice on glove material and care. French kid gloves stay fresh longer than suede. soft elastic kid is preferable to hard leather. If hands overheat while wearing kid gloves, breathe into them after removal to prevent hardening.
The description covers a box plaited guimpe and skirt with suspenders in two sections. It notes how the back suspenders overlap the front and attach to the belt with buttons. Size options include 6 8 10 and 12 years with yardage for guimpe in various widths.
The article outlines children’s fashions with pale green accents for sashes and hair bows to match white frocks. It details French style one piece frocks with long waists and short skirts, including plaited side and box plaits, belt details, and trims of bright plaid silk and white braid.
Changeable velveteens resemble the finest Lyons velvets and show exceptional depth, especially when one color is black. Several choices are offered at 75 cents a yard.
Readers can obtain any May Manton pattern shown by filling blanks in the coupon and mailing it with 10 cents to E. Harrison & Co. 65 Plymouth Place Chicago. Pattern will be mailed promptly.
The quote suggests universal emotion, noting that tears arise from deep feeling rather than apathy. It hints at empathy across cultures and times, linking sorrow to human connection and experience.
An old advertisement touts a one day cure for colds with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets and a money back refund if it fails. It also markets Lewis' Single Binder cigars from Lewis' Factory in Peoria Illinois.
Berlin town council primate schools committee proposes spending 10,000 marks annually for eight years to decorate classrooms and corridors with simple frescoes depicting German history. Experiments will first be conducted in three selected schools.
A substantial monument marks the resting place of Bret Harte in Frimley churchyard Surrey. The two and a half ton white granite slab carries an Aberdeen granite cross. Harte who wrote Heathen Chinee and Luck of Roaring Camp had lived in Frimley before dying in May of last year. Fir trees surround the grave.
Yorktown Ark January 11 physician Leland Williamson M D declares Dodd's Kidney Pills superior for kidney disease backache gout rheumatism and related conditions after twenty years in a malarial area. He says the remedy restores kidneys and purges poisons from blood and always works in his practice.
An advertisement extols Defiance Starch as the best starch for every home and claims 4 oz costs 10 cents with more value than any other cola water starch. The note adds a proverb about fools and a remark on discovering the wrong tack only after sitting on it.
A pithy saying noting human laziness as a moral critique, implying even unlikely creatures would act if compelled by effort or need. The line underscores a dry, humorous philosopher's observation about motivation and consequence.
Modern domestic advice praises All Up to Date Housekeepers for choosing Defiance Cold Water Starch, claiming it stretches 40 percent longer for the same price, framing modesty against prudence in household chores.
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