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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1911
Page
7
An article extols motherhood experience and warns of unprepared child birth. It asserts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound helps women become healthy and strong and invites readers to write to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for confidential advice.
Capt Archibald Butt, the president's military aide, is awakened by a friend who cancels a late morning meeting by telephone. Butt muses that telephone invitations are a bad Washington habit and laments the intrusion of early calls, framing it as a philosophical reflection from a dawn conversation.
An established factory seeks a resident distributor to open a district office and fill orders. Requires cash stock of 600 to 3000 dollars, with monthly compensation of 100 to 200 dollars plus commissions. Permanent arrangement, references required. Apply promptly to Liberty Manufacturing Association, 230 West Heron St., Chicago.
A woman notes a sincere compliment about her gown from a restaurant proprietor who suggests seating her near the window, hoping it will bring patrons to his establishment. The exchange highlights social etiquette and polite, light banter in a dining setting.
Use Allen's Foot-Ease antiseptic powder to be shaken into shoes for tired aching feet. It takes the sting out of coins and bunion and makes walking delightful. Sold everywhere 25c. Refuse substitutes. For a free trial package address A. Olmsted Le Roy New York.
At the masquerade she asks if her costume suits. He replies with enthusiasm that she is lovely in any disguise.
A salvation claim urges readers to buy Hamlins Wizard Oil for any pain head, tooth, or earache and possible accidents. The copy emphasizes urgency with a call to obtain a bottle immediately.
Quote attributed to Babcock. The saying contrasts birth circumstances with personal responsibility in shaping one’s end of life.
A vintage Hostess contest idea features a booklet style with sections on vegetables and flowers, a keyword list, and a flower shaped cover. The piece describes a pen and ink sketch of a tea with grandmothers answering tea related riddles, highlighting old fashioned refreshments and charming manners.
A wartime era style guide outlines classes of soups, including stock and non stock varieties, plus practical recipes. It covers pea soup using marrow fat peas, veal and sago soup with sage and eggs, and Swiss rice soup with rice, onion, mace, parsley, milk, cream, and cheese.
A luncheon for an approaching bride features a carnation theme by Queen Mary with a twelve place setting. Pink carnations centerpieces and maline with pale green loops decorate tables. guests draw bouquet notes, and dessert plates bear the bride’s monogram in gold.
The author explains a method to cut fabric on the bias by folding a double width, turning corners, and continuing folds every four inches. Pin to keep even, mark the desired width, and cut across with sharp shears. This technique yields many folds in ten minutes versus hours with ordinary methods.
Creative home craft note describes repurposing a worn shoe sole into an iron holder. The instep forms a snug iron cradle and old stockings serve as a soft cover for hands. A simple upcycle guiding readers to reuse damaged footwear.
The article notes German Valenciennes is favored for underwear this summer while blue linen frocks for young girls are in demand. It highlights silk rose neckwear, maline lace edging on hems and lingerie hats, cameo sets for summer gowns, maline lace on collars, and silver bodkin sets for lingerie ribbons as dainty accessories.
A mother describes a grandmother themed birthday for her thirteen year old daughter. The plan avoids traditional boy girl games and uses an unusual party concept with invitations featuring a dear old lady, reflecting thoughtful, original ideas for entertaining children.
A description of a simple blouse bodice pattern with embroidered inserts and tucks. The design uses thin material matching a skirt and features a tucked silk yoke. Materials listed include one and a half yards forty four inch wide fabric, one yard trimming, and one half yard tucked silk.
A Spurgeon quotation compares households where daughters serve as maids of honor and sons are noble to royal realms. It states that such families create kingly parents and queenly mothers, with royal residences surpassing ordinary dwellings. From these homes a city of palaces grows and a state becomes a republic of princes.
Rice is one of the easily digested foods and is often served in invalid cookery. Cook with abundant water and add rice gradually to keep boiling and lively. After cooking drain and finish in the oven to dry. Use with butter, in griddle cakes, muffins, or as a stuffing for fowls with onion butter bread crumbs sausage and herbs.
Roil one cup of rice in three pints of water into a thick paste. Stir in one cup sugar lemon rind and one teaspoon salt. Beat half cup cream to stiff froth and fold in. Add a half cup preserve juice of bright color and mold. Bake potatoes, scoop centers, fill with potato and creamed codfish, top heap. Sprinkle parsley and serve hot.
A recipe instructs to slice a large onion very thin and fry in butter, add a quart of beef broth, and serve in bowls. Top each bowl with a round buttered toast, then grate cheese over it for serving.
A terse exchange notes a speaker’s relief at not being under Powell's power. The fragment hints at tension over authority and autonomy within a tense dynamic.
Humboldt Nebr resident M R Wilson details severe kidney disease with dark sediment in urine, painful passages, stiffness, backache, nervous and dizzy spells, swelling limbs, and fatigue. After trying many remedies he improved with Dean's Kidney Pills and soon felt entirely well. Remember the name Dean's. For sale by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
The sporting editor at the Pen and Pencil club in Philadelphia recalls Bugs Raymond of the New York Giants as a witty star who criticized his team's outfield. He describes a game where routine fly balls were muffed by both left and center fielders and Raymond declared an epidemic in the outfield.
Oliver Herford and a friend stroll a town area with many laundry lines. Herford muses aloud about the sight noting the way garments block the sky and mar the view with a quiet quip about the fashion of the poor.
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