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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1909
Page
7
An account extols the modern automobile for short country trips with plentiful space. Leather and wicker hampers hold plates, cups, cutlery, sandwich and cake boxes, a wee stove, and provisions. Hampers suit six travelers and come in various sizes. some include thermos bottles and a flower holder is shown.
The article asserts that separate lingerie waist styles are out, favoring all in one or matching fabric waists for tailor suits. It notes summer’s heat requires unlined or lightly lined waists for comfort and mentions lace and net options as cool, while tailored ensembles will keep lingerie looks in for general wear with long sleeves and fine embroidery.
Washable ruching may be made at home and likely to wear better than store bought. Use two widths of footing edging, baste edges with a quarter inch top, gather into tiny plaits on a narrow band. Finish by hand or on a machine ruffle and pinch up after washing. A fluting machine adds a neater look and is affordable for lace edges and shirt front trimmings.
A cherry colored net gown features wide satin bands embroidered with archaic flowers in gilk and crystals. The design uses panels down the back and front, a girdle and hem, with a lined cherry satin lining tighter inside. A stole panel of cherry satin with floral embroidery accents the tulle princess style.
French pique fabrics in rich colors are being sold for upscale outfits. They aim to replace cretonne hats that failed last season. Many high fashion hats now feature silk, crepe, shirred maline, or shirred chiffon facings, with the last two especially popular.
Describes a girl’s walking costume in pastel blue face cloth with a plaited skirt edged by braid and buttons in groups of threes. Includes a matching coat with side slits and braid edging, velvet facing on the collar, and a pastel blue straw hat trimmed with silk flowers. Materials list: seven yards cloth 48 inches wide eight yards braid about four dozen buttons one-eighth yard velvet four yards coat lining.
A fashion trend this season features a wide band of fabric facing the hem on the inside. Care is needed to avoid a clumsy look as few Petticoats are worn, giving skirts a limp bottom. Plaited skirts offer a contrasting option for those who dislike the new style.
The piece notes little difference between certain evening cloaks and winter negligees in burnous style. A Greek trim along the edges adds Grecian evoke, and the garments flatter tall women, suggesting an artist's draping rather than cutting.
National Lead Company offers a free Houseowner's Painting Outfit No 49 with a guide to proper painting times surface conditions materials and color schemes plus an adulteration detector. The ad urges buyers to ensure white lead kegs bear the Dutch Boy trademark as a purity guarantee and to rely on National Lead Company if their dealer cannot supply.
A reflective piece arguing that history varies by narrator and perspective. It notes how King figures and events are seen differently across cultures and regions, and claims history’s appeal lies in its shifting interpretations rather than facts.
Attorney Charles Pettijohn urges Judge Pritchard to spare his client who pled guilty to larceny, arguing the man is father of twins and stole to feed his children. The judge replies he will consider the plea when the attorney becomes a father of twins.
Mining engineer Howard DuBois recounted a South African tale to Tech men about salting a diamond mine. A man discovers eight rough stones on his property prompting frenzied offers before the host’s wife asks where the other two might be. The rest remains to the imagination per the Boston Record.
A terse dialogue presents Dusty urging a safer, shorter cigarette break and a preference for quick, restrained smoking style. The exchange highlights a rough, humorous Western banter tone with rustic speech and friendly mockery.
A Huntsville Alabama woman credits years of stomach trouble and insomnia to coffee. After a long trial with doctors, she stopped coffee and switched to Postum with four months of use. She reports better sleep and appetite and urges others to try Postum, noting a hoped health improvement.
The Passamaquoddy, about 450 members, preserve ancient customs with Mary as a leading entertainer in tribal dances. She wears beads and heavy silver ornaments for Corpus Christi and the January Christmas tree Festival, avoiding glass and preferring tobacco. Her husband, Chief Sopiel Selmore, died years ago near age 100, leaving the tribe without a recognized chief.
Mary Selmore Mitchell or Selmore, queen of the Passamaquoddy at Pleasant Point near Eastport Maine, approaches her 103rd birthday. She is the tribe’s oldest member, fluent in English and French, and well informed about village life, often meeting visitors.
London reports a Krupp built airship defense gun designed to destroy dirigibles. The 65 millimeter shell, nine pounds, initial velocity 1,841 feet, fires at 60 degrees reaching 18,150 feet. It carries inflammable charges to cause Zeppelin gas bags to explode on impact.
The article highlights Boston's playgrounds begun in 1902 and the Playground League's self governing boy volunteers. It also advertises Murine Eye Remedy for irritated eyes used by students, claiming medical approval, no harmful drugs, and free eye books from The Murine Eye Remedy Co.
An office boss criticizes a bookkeeper as a young Buffalo Bill appears, then the office boy searches the street for the procession and laments the surprise of the boss hiring a kid.
A flirt at the ranch asks about notches on a gun. Cactus Sim says they were earned by men who thought them smarter. The exchange ends with a quip about notching a parasol handle.
A vintage notice urges careful examination of Castoria bottles claiming safety for plants and children. It highlights the familiar “The Kind You Have Always Bought” and notes over 30 years of use under signature Ogee PLA.
A humorous exchange contrasts car driving with harming others as a setup for an Allen’s OOT-IASE advertisement. Mrs. Matilda Holtert of Providence endorses the product, claiming relief for sore tired feet. Sold by druggists for 2 cents. asks today.
A fragment presents the Lover praising virtue and beauty while the Cynic questions the number of girls, citing fashion taste as instinctive. A note suggests pain and shelling reflect local inflammation easily treated by Hamlin's Wizard Oil.
An old classified style snippet advertises a daily fly killer promising thousands killed and season-long effect, plus a Brooklyn address for ordering. It also cites Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething pain and notes a proverb about hiring gardens and birds, ending with a humorous quip about marriage.
A brief dialogue from Illustrated Sunday Magazine where Mrs Benham urges forgiving enemies and Benham recalls kindness shown to the minister who united them in marriage. The exchange reflects a moral tone on mercy and reconciliation.
A reader reports relief from ulceration and other female troubles after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad claims cures for displacements fibroid tumors ulceration irregularities backache and nervous prostration and offers free advice from Mrs Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts.
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