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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1908
Page
6
A long string of old style jokes and wry captions unfolds from a Punch style page. Quick quips cover court phrases and quirky wordplay about fortunes, omelettes, umbrellas, and mischiefs from social scenes and everyday life.
A discussion on women in labor from factory to home questions the value of strenuous exercise for women. A physician argues that heavy activity harms the mind by tiring the body, favoring short rest and smaller daily walks over long vacations. The piece cites opposing views among women and notes vanity and age perceptions.
A man in a red vehicle abruptly stopped and entered a residence, prompting his companion to question his late hour visit. Police were alerted as the scene unfolded with tense exchanges reported.
The article describes tight sleeves, directoire coats, oversized millinery, long lines in garments, and the big pillow muff. Elastic belts gain popularity, one piece dresses rise, high neck bodices predicted, padded piping and soutache on scanty petticoats, and small fur coats for youngsters. Green tulle bows and taupe amethyst tones conclude.
Twelve amusing topics span voting, wealth use, marriage happiness, education necessity, thrills, jokes, proposing, hobbies, travel, favorite novelist, and bathing timing. The article then notes a general bathing guideline preferring morning cold water or tepid baths and warns against bathing after meals. It ends by stating humans fall into two types the free individual and the collective type.
The article advises women who walk regularly to add rubber soles and heel caps to shoes to reduce fatigue and vibration to the spine. It also stresses cleanliness and hair care, suggesting shampooing every two weeks if oily and monthly if dry, and notes that after age 25 many women aim to appear younger.
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