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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1911
Page
3
A 46 home milliner explains fur turbans can be decorated with bows rosettes motifs or aigrettes and worn with any positioning from back to front. Soft fur caps are trimmed simply and can be made at home by covering buckram shapes with fur and adding plumes ribbons or wings for varied stylish looks.
The season favors cut steel buckles with refined designs for evening slippers. Oblong and large shapes lead, though other metals and sizes remain popular. Rhinestone buckles follow, offering wide variety from stars to squares and rounds, with shapes for almost any taste.
A fragmentary item notes butterfly motifs in this season's fashions. It mentions galphur-colored and delicate green grounds with soft blue tones, describing whimsical decorations and light, decorative use across notes. The language is dated and fragmentary, reflecting brief, ad-like fashion chatter.
The article surveys millinery trends featuring plumes on broad hats and velvet turbans. It notes iridescent plume layers, ostrich feather edging on hats, feather rosettes around jeweled centers, and chic detachable feather bands in black and white. Dates and places are unspecified.
A tght-cut Magerie waist of white lace and embroidery gains elaborate flair from French fancy. A net band and soutache braid join a pasteebado trim over the bust, paired with a chiffon neck scarf matching in color and embroidery. Both are simple enough for home sewing and help disguise aging lingerie waists.
Cretonne lampshades are the latest in home decoration. Designers use heavy wire frames bent into round shapes. Silk cretonne is shirred under the frame and glued or clamped with a border of furniture gimp concealing the seam. The method works for tapestry and can be applied to candleshades as well.
A harmless customer hints at easy spending as he hands over payment at a cigar counter. The new cashier retorts that money is for spending, not hoarding, while feeding his dinner check into the register.
Charles H Rosenberg from Bavaria arrived in New York aboard the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria with lumps on his shoulders spine and hips resembling a mountain range. An immigration doctor questioned him about the lumps which he revealed contained $600 in bank notes. He said he had $11,000 total and planned to buy an apple orchard in Oregon.
Miss Mattie entertained as a guest of distinction from the old south. She ordered Tillie the housemaid to fetch a pitcher of fresh water and tell Mr. Firman that Miss Mattie sent her compliments and that a bath was available. Tillie reported that he laughed fit to bust, and when pressed, described the message as bedlamic and comic.
In Mack's National Monthly a colored patriarch offers humorous social commentary on race and labor. A new resident asks Ale Hall to whitewash a chicken house, but Uncle Jacob doubts such work suits him, declaring Hall a superb whitewasher yet “mighty queer” about a chicken house.
A reflective verse fragment contemplates choosing contentment over worldly goods. It muses on misfortunes, inner springs of happiness, and the soft glow of love when growth diminishes doubt. The language evokes hopeful wonder and personal calm.
The landlady claims the newcomer is a foreign nobleman, while another character bets it is bogus. Hes has not paid any rent yet, leaving uncertainty about his true status and intentions.
A lighthearted exchange as a character named Grouchly claims saving $2,190 by denying himself three ten-cent cigars daily for twenty years, and asks Moxley if that figure is correct.
In a Burnt Cork scene a vaudeville audience cheers a boisterous blackface comedian as an amused Uncle Hiram and a sharp city observer note the performer’s self-made racial persona.
The article outlines Indian wealth and land resources noting per capita wealth around 2130 dollars for Indians versus about 1200 for other Americans. It highlights oil timber and other resources, vast timber lands, millions in agricultural land value, and ranges supporting 590000 sheep and cattle under leases yielding over 272000 in revenue to tribes. It also mentions feed for over 1.5 million head and asphalt deposits on Indian lands.
A bored man orders in a restaurant while a waitress and a server trade glib phrases. The man misreads slang and jokes about Adam and Eve as the waitress counters with modern blunt English. The scene highlights evolving language and expectations in public eateries.
The League of Politeness has been formed in Berlin to instill better manners among Berliners. Initiated by Fraukin Gecelie Meyer, inspired by a Rome organization, it adopts the motto Pro gentile and will wear a tile medal as a talisman to curb temper and discourteous language. Any polite person may join.
The Gazette reports a council order forbidding ordinary interments in the churchyard at St Giles Stoke Pages Buckinghamshire, noting the peaceful spot linked to Gray's Elegy in a Country Churchyard. The move limits burial practices in the rural hamlet.
A mother recalls her three children and their precocity. Her oldest John is slow, Tom improves, and baby Edith is the brightest. Master John remarks that Edith learns quickly because she has them and they did not have us.
A Gainesville man recalls former Georgia Governor Alien D. Candler famed for wit. He reportedly quit cigars at year’s start and kept the pledge, ending with a pipe to save about 208 dollars. The tale underscores Southern humor about thrift and self discipline.
The Christian Herald recounts Moslem traditions for Ramadan noting the Quranic revelation to Muhammad from Gabriel, the prophet's retreat to the cave of Hira for prayer, and revelations to Abraham and Moses. It states that during this month heaven’s doors are open, hell’s passages shut, and devils chained.
A patient recalls two doctors in consultation last night. One recommended one approach while the other suggested something else. The clashing advice led to a practical compromise: mix both recommendations.
A Cumberland Gap bus ride leads to a wager about a mare on board. The rear door slams repeatedly, spurring whispers as the driver warns to keep quiet so the horse may not hear and think a passenger is disembarking.
In New York Mine Sara Bernhardt, replying to praise for her youth, says the secret is work and God, then notes she is a great grandmother and doubts friends' exaggerations. She jokes about crowded boulevards and shares a tale of a nurse urging haste at an automobile accident.
A fragmentary dialogue shows a conciliatory nine arguing with a vincine person about a pig and value. The exchange includes questions about posing to a wife and a claim of foresight into neat years, with unclear speakers and tangled phrasing.
In a mixed reflection on art and education, Mr Sirius Garkery advocates artistic study for his daughter while Mrs Bossim recalls an earthquake incident. The piece then discusses a new stained glass staining process producing pebbled glass textures, with notes on kiln firing and panel construction.
A weekly critique of food claims is met with detailed cited analysis by authorities like Geoghegan and Dr Carey. The discussion centers on phosphate of potash, potassium, and phosphorus in brain function, claiming daily nourishment governs brain health and digestion.
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