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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1910
Page
2
Scattered observations drift through a humorous column: aviation buzz, census notes, marriage and fashion quips, food bites, jokes about education, crime, and urban life. Mentioned are aviation prizes, hair exports, autumn flowers, college policies, and travel duties, all framed in a breezy 1920s voice.
The article details Oriental influence on hats and turbans, highlighting lavish evening turbans with faux jewels, fur trim brims, lace hats with fur collars, and velvet turbans as cost effective options. It notes heavy fabrics like brocade and gold tissue, tinsel nets, and decorative feathers, with velvet still leading the season.
The article advises shoppers to buy ready made garments at bargain prices if the material and cut justify the purchase. Enhance value by regenerating lace with tulle or net frills and restitching seams by hand. Add an individual touch to avoid seeing the same gown on another woman.
Cream flannel jacket finished with blanket stitch in old rose silk and satin ribbon. Simple pattern suitable for a home dressmaker.
The most economical and satisfactory method is to buy a ready made waist with machine embroidered design and add hand embroidery over it. This saves stamping padding and making the waist. A blouse embroidered in this way will deceive the most expert needlewoman.
Two simple handmade gifts, a divided slipper case and a sewing bag, use bright scraps of fabric. Materials include silk, satin, denim, or pink crotonia with green braid, plus interlining, braids, rings, ribbon, and optional initials. Slipper case needs 7 8 yard fabric. sewing bag 1 1 2 yards plus braid and rings.
Paris women embrace new knitted chenille caps in red and bright colors. Light warm and flat with no trim, they suit skating and travel wear this winter. The style began when a little girl sold dolls caps at the Paris races.
A columnist advises home hosts to favor simple, well prepared foods over elaborate dishes for male guests. It argues that restraint saves time money and effort while better pleasing men.
A slender woman should wear the sash with a pump or obi bow at the front. The folds form flat loops with a wide stiff ribbon, making the effect very becoming and easy to wear while remaining highly fashionable.
Instructions advise cutting away bald fabric from garments and retaining the buttonhole strip to reuse as a fly in new garments. This preserves material and reduces labor by reusing existing components.
Kentucky farmers can boost corn yields by choosing better seed and improving soil care. M C Rankin, state agriculture commissioner, cites experiments showing potential twofold gains in a single season and notes Kentucky trails Iowa and Kansas in average acre yields. Mountain regions, says Hugh McKee, offer ideal apple orchard possibilities, with rich soils and favorable conditions for profitable apple cultivation.
Governor Willson seeks action by the board of control to bar penitentiary convicts from lunacy inquests without professional examination by court physicians. He asks the attorney general about offering a reward for Arthur Miles's capture. Legislature may fund a hospital for insane criminals after repeated asylum escapes. Providence reports a fatal mine explosion claims 11 lives, with bodies unrecoverable due to gas. In Danville Mrs Sam Gaston incidents end with fire injuries to two children. Rockport sees 17 year old Everett Baker kill 16 year old Bernice Hill with a shotgun accident during a hunt.
Jefferson county taxpayers face an extra 160000 dollars in state and county taxes after the court of appeals upheld the 12 percent increase authorized by the state board. Judge Miller’s injunction was dissolved, requiring collection of the additional levy from all taxpayers.
Frankfort D. B. Cornett, secretary of the state railroad commission, releases the last annual assessment of railroad tangible property. Total mileage value stands at 50,975,971 with a 684,068 gain for the year. Other property is valued at 6,904,415 with a 149,520 gain. Total mileage 3,625. total gains for the year noted as six miles. The rate clerk Roy prepares statistics on gross and net receipts for all Kentucky railroads for the year.
Russellville hosts State Farmers Institute in Logan county December 2-3 with an interesting program. Frankfort reports a 21-year-old William Baker shot in the right foot by accidental discharge while climbing a fence. Louisville notes a Market Street cellar grate electrified, Edward Ellenga hurled unconscious. Compton plans a new newspaper Olio with Erwin Elam editor, first issue around December 15. Acton man dies instantly drilling out a dynamite charge. Frankfort’s Onward dam Blush dies of distemper at fair grounds. Lexington notes H M DeStoes resigns from fire department to pursue gospel ministry. joke about changing fire fighting to spiritual. Morganfield reports a large farm fire destroying barn, granary, and buggy houses with crops, hay, calves, and equipment lost. Hopkinsville covers escape from asylum by Arthur Miles and William Proctor, convicted killer Miles previously sentenced to death. Cynthiana reports Adam Rhett held for grand jury on poisoning allegations involving his parents. alleged purchase of poison at drug store. Frankfort records L Bain accidentally shot and killed in Lawton Oklahoma while handling firearms. Bain leaves widow, daughter of Kentucky House clerk. Frankfort notes preliminary river and harbor improvement estimates.
A fragmented vintage ad reads Munyon's Cold Cure promising one day relief from colds. It touts a doctor diagnosis and inexpensive remedies offered by Munyon's Doctors, with dubious claims and garbled spelling reflecting OCR errors from Philadelphia, Pa.
A patient complains of barely any appetite, claiming he eats only one soda cracker per week. The doctor retorts that this is a remarkable appetite, highlighting the unusual conversation about a tonic T and its supposed effects.
A Mt Vernon Kentucky couple recounts a three month old daughter’s severe scalp condition described as edema with thick crusting and burning. After using Cuticura Remedies for about five weeks the scales fell away and hair regrew, leaving the girl healthy at sixteen. J Fish and Ella M Fish report dated Oct 12 1960.
In an Ulster Hall event Bram Stoker recalls a speaker praising Henry Irving with eloquent words that veered into an Irish bull about his character. The anecdote notes the speaker claimed Irving led a life of unbiemin d honesty and gentleness, reflecting humorous misstatements of praise.
Fragmented OCR text lists Murine Eye Remedy for eye complaints with price notes and mentions Eye Books, Eye Advice in Mall, and a Murine Eye Remedy Co. Gutcage. Miscellaneous quotes include Marmaduke barber joke, Rheumatis Neural not, Hamline word, Simple Life, Knicker breakfast light, and a Mr Windows quote about a quarrel.
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