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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1909
Page
7
A guide to building a child's wardrobe cabinet from packing cases with shelves, doors, cretonne panels, pink sateen interiors, brass hinges, and a sash rod for hanging garments. Costing a few dollars, the project suggests trimming, painting, and decorating with floral fabrics for a dainty, affordable nursery storage solution.
The piece discusses four inch empire girdles made of sequins for spring gowns. Used on satin dresses, they suit light and dark fabrics and pair with high waist silhouettes. Homemakers can craft them, choosing iridescent colors to match fabrics while noting soft house fabrics are best.
A six by four inch basket with handle is sold for children's sewing outfits. It comes with white enamel finish and a silk lining. A small scissors, ribbon, and a silk pin cushion plus a thimble may be included.
Instructions advise adding bluing to starch for black wash dresses and petticoats to produce a deep blue finish. The tip promises the garments will look nicer and avoid the dull gray tone common with ordinary starch.
Describes a blouse of tulle featuring large dotted fabric and shirted frills. It finishes at the neck with a collar of Trish lace and has deep lace-trimmed cuffs.
A new pongee ribbon with oriental motifs appears in multiple widths and colors. The soft pliable ribbon enhances Panama hats with fringed bows, dresses blouses, and cuffs, and can be used for panel effects and collars. Some designs feature gold silver or bronze thread accents.
Ellen Spencer Massey frames a national crusade against the Payne tariff, using legal and organizational clout. As a founder of the American Red Cross and dean of the Washington College of Law, she has secured rights for married women and children, support for kindergartens, and major educational reforms, signaling a strong, active effort to tax policy in the capital.
An unsigned ad endorses F J Cheney & Co of Toledo as trustworthy over 15 years of dealings. It promotes P s Catarrh Cure and Yalis Family Wills for constipation, listing Druggists and wholesale distributors in Toledo.
Benjamin Ide Wheeler, president of the University of California, is chosen to occupy the Roosevelt professor chair at Berlin University. German educators praise his blend of American college life and ethics and expect him to illuminate American ideas during his stay, especially on Pacific coast issues and Japan.
The head master and three pages in the bridal procession of Hastbourne College England dressed as scholars. They wore black satin knee breeches buckled shoes scarlet silk gowns with white shirt fronts each carrying a mortar board hat and a scarlet-bound prayer book.
An OCR fragment lists Castoria as safe for infants with a 30 year claim and features lines about signature usage. It includes a joke about a piano stool and a humorous exchange on playing. Also promoted are Allen's Toot-Ease for feet and shoe ads. Ends with a balloon story joke about space rates.
Red tired eyes relieved by a remedy compounded by experienced physicians. The copy touts Marine Eye Remedy Co. Chicago and urges readers to see the illustrated eye book at druggists. A scene of a bridegroom in the yard at dawn is described to evoke romance.
An old advertisement touts Garfield Tea as a remedy for constipation liver and kidney issues. It claims eye relief from irritants and promotes general health, urging purchase from druggists and noting Howard Bros. of Buffalo N Y as supplier. The copy ends with a moral about insisting on one's own way and a cryptic jab at the serpent’s inducement.
Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, long time German secretary of the navy, drives a rapid expansion of Germany’s naval power. His reforms and torpedo program push Germany toward first class sea strength, unsettling Britain and fueling fears of a new arms race, with echoes suspected in this country.
Canadian timber man and railroad builder Donald D. Mann built or bought a mile of railroad almost every day for 12 years. He helped create the Canadian Northern railway and led other ventures with his partner owning most stock. A boyhood hop venture left him $23 earned, spent in town, shaping a lifelong spendthrift image.
Paw Paw Michigan and Chicago Illinois women credit Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing long standing female ailments. The testimonials claim doctors warned of necessary operations, yet the remedy restored health and eliminated tumors and related symptoms.
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