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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1912
Page
7
In fashion commentary Julia Bottomley notes many hair trends shifting from middling parts to the rear with braids, Psyche knots, chignons, and pompadours. Styles remain unsettled as women exercise judgment, favoring what suits them while variety stays key.
A vintage instruction urges forming a daily nail care habit. It covers filing nails to shape, soaking fingertips in warm soapy water with bensam, applying Vaseline at the roots, pushing back cuticles with an orange wood stick, and cleansing under nails with a lemon-soaked cloth for natural polish.
In vintage style notes the text explains sewing perfume sachets into shoe linings and leather. It mentions placing sachets under buckles and behind tongue laces, even in wide silk shoes, as a discreet scenting method.
A simple, thrifty hatpin holder crafted from a cardboard cylinder sent in photos. Silk wrapped cylinder with ribbon bands and bows, a ribbon loop and rosette for hanging from the glass, and cotton wool interior to conceal pins. The diagram shows the unwrapped cylinder before silk covering.
The New Era advises sewing large battenberg rings on the sash to run the brassy rod through rather than threading the hem. These rings reduce wear on muslin and may stay on the curtains during washing.
Cotton and silk crepe are currently popular for all lingerie articles. They wash well and some cotton crepe offers excellent attractiveness that allows for fine hand work.
The article describes a fashion trend with one sided effects in dress styles. Wide girdles on afternoon frocks, long gloves paired with shortened sleeves, and gold mesh filets with pearls and beads. Evening hats with flowers or feathers remain popular, while cotton crepe gowns suit young figures. Mourning attire features a white net collar with black net detailing and black silk embroidery.
A fragmentary note mentions a pledge of common rock brimstone and avoidance of woolen goods. The text suggests a superstition or ritual to deter moths and pests from fabrics and clothing. No clear events or persons are identifiable in the readable lines.
King Bruce, discouraged after repeated defeats, observes a spider climb and fail many times before succeeding. Inspired, he makes a final rally, defeats his enemies, and the adage if at first you don’t succeed is born.
Mrs G A Selby of Redondo Beach California writes of a five month old baby who won a prize in a baby contest and credits Cuticura Soap with preventing sores and chafing. She urges others to use Cuticura and notes free samples offered by the Cuticura company in Boston.
A humorous exchange notes that royalty struggles with duties while theater productions boast grand scenery and costumes. The lord high fee of the buttonhook quips about competition between court life and grand shows.
An old advertisement promotes Murine Eye Remedy for eye care. It touts relief for irritation and smarting with a reseed-like granulated eyelids product and claims guidance from ophthalmologists.
A string of 19th century styled lines mix gossip inflections with patent medicine pitches. It touts Cole's Carboli salve for burns and cuts, Winston Goothing Syrup for teething, Garfield Tea for digestion, and random social quips about age and politeness.
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