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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1913
Page
7
A humorous reminiscence recalls a boy who served as a golf caddie for a full week last summer. The exchange reveals a playful oath and the mentor like tone of an older golfer addressing the younger helper.
A caller requests a subscription to reward the tenant who killed a book agent this morning. The businessman agrees, offering ten thousand dollars to support the cause.
A reader explains health improvement after switching from coffee to Postum. She suffered spins irritation and nervous trouble for years, tried doctors, and found relief after using Postum. She notes better sleep appetite and energy, and mentions an acquaintance who disliked Postum but now considers using it. Instant Postum is advertised as convenient with pricing in grocers.
Motor wear hats emerge as soft, wire free and durable with crinoline bodies. Fabrics show gray taupe brown blue and natural straw with bright trims in red green and blue. Veils of chiffon, accordion plaited edges and elastic neck ties create stylish, comfortable headwear praised by Julia Bottomley.
Fashion notes praise small touches in women's dress using corsages muff ornaments and velvet flowers. Holly berries and fruit accents appear. a compact red berry bouquet tops the trend. Velvet flowers and bright ribbons finish collars and muff styles with Irish medallion accents.
A historic notice outlines a new Russian coat described as three quarter length with fur edging. The garment is held in at the back and sides featuring a patent leather pelt style.
A simple casement drapery idea using sheer casement cloth or similar fabrics like voile or wash silk. Drapes are shirted at both ends on brass sliding rods fitting into grooves for French or American windows, easy to launder and keeps interior private.
Harper's Bazar notes the season introduces many new materials for sawns with evolving colors and effects. Brocade dominates fashion, sought by dressmakers for street suits, elaborate evening gowns, and wraps.
When ferns yellow and palm leaves look dry apply two tablespoonfuls of olive oil at the roots. Repeat monthly to restore strength and vigor. Expect richer dark green foliage and noticeable improvement. Smaller plants need less oil.
Flounced skirts are quickly made with bordered fabrics and work well in embroidered batistes linens and dimity muslin frocks. The 1913 flounces differ from earlier seasons and are cut to add only a semblance of extra width to the skirt.
Tailored skirts are being made over a close fitting lining that reaches to the knee. This design dispenses with the need for an extra petticoat.
The fragment shows Smith and Jones with contrasting ideas on consolation and money. It notes friendship as consolation and money as a barrier when broke. The crux centers on social attitudes toward wealth and support.
An advertisement claims constipation causes and worsens diseases and that Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets thoroughly cure it. It markets the product as a favorite family laxative with the slogan weight on the leaf.
Instructions state corn should be placed in a sieve and rinsed with cold water just before popping. This prevents water from pooling on kernels and results in faster popping, larger lighter kernels that are more flaky than usual.
A Otterbein Indiana man with 25 years of kidney trouble writes that after failing to improve with doctors he used two boxes of Dodd’s Kidney Pills and recovered. He praises the remedy and recommends it to others. The ad offers Dodd’s Kidney Pills 50c per box from Buffalo NY and free household hints music and recipes.
The fragmentary teaser quotes a line about a woman being a delusion and a playful remark on hugging delusions. It then references Mrs Austin's Bag Pancake advertised to grocers. A final line mulls over proof in the amount left over.
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