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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1911
Page
7
Mrs Dema Bethune of Sikeston Missouri reports seven years of illness including monthly bed rest eight weeks weakness and backache. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she regained health and now can work garden milk entertain visit and walk distances. The ad claims the remedy cures female complaints and urges others to try it.
In a playful exchange two burglars brag about yacht entries and prizes. One claims Bill Yuns won a $100 silver cup in July races, while the other boasts a recent entry won a full silver service.
Report from the Kennebec Journal describes snakes sent from the south used to clear crowds from two Portland saloons. A large snake killed 15 rats in minutes before being shown to patrons. The demonstrations emptied both bars of customers in short order.
The Puck cartoon ponders Adam's irritation at a rival of woman, claiming his universal peace plans are knocked in the head. The exchange mocks frustrations about social change and male reactions to women in public life.
A Curwen quotation declares pride as the root of all major errors, warning readers that overconfidence breeds misjudgments and flawed decisions.
Polly hosts a lemon themed gathering with lemon invitations lemon verbena scented cards and lemon shaped favors. Guests count seeds in lemons and guess totals while enjoying lemon dishes lemon desserts and melon centerpiece decorations. A quartet sings on the lawn as night falls.
A whimsical lines states the legs of a stork cannot be shortened nor those of a duck lengthened. It ends with a reassurance not to worry.
An Orchard party entertained city guests at a summer retreat on a near abandoned farm. Invitations featured apple trees, rustic table centers used field wildflowers, birch bark place cards, and yellow tissue wrapped joke favors hung on trees. Fruit candy boxes and ladders for reaching the pretend fruit added to the fun.
A porch scene features melon shaped invitations with green cardboard and gilt script reading Den O dat Watermelon. Jack O'Lanterns carved from watermelons appear as festive decorations.
A amusing card party game lists ten or more clues all ending with gent. Examples include diligent insurgent agent pungent urgent effulgent indi gent negligent exigent divergent convergent intelligent indulgent contingent cogent. MADAME MERRILL.
Tiny buttons of black velvet and white silk trim day and evening wear. Satin or taffeta scarves and net mitten stockings appear in fashion. Watches hide in pendants or rings. skirts show slits with net lace underdress. street shoes use shOEMers heels, evening shoes favor Louis XV heels.
The article outlines two petticoat designs. The first uses cotton with a slight waist fullness and three spotted bands at the hem, requiring 4 yards by 27 inches and 1 yard for trimming. The second may be satin or the flounce only, extending from the knees with plaited sections and ribbon threaded through buttonhole slits, needing about 3 1/2 yards by four wide.
Palatable dishes include escalloped veal using left over veal with buttered crumbs and milk baked slowly under steam. Also deviled chicken with a hot tangy sauce, liver with onion sauce, orange custard with meringue, and peach kisses with peaches marshmallow and whipped cream served cold.
A reflection on life as a mirror where actions define identity and generosity returns as the best in people. The verse calls for giving the best to words and actions, suggesting virtue shapes outcomes.
Delicate puddings and desserts include a lemon sugar pudding with custard, a prune Charlotte Russe with gelatine and prune juice, a ginger ice cream flavoring, an orange marmalade substitute option, and a baked Alaska with meringue icing.
Austria Hungary dominates false hair preparation for fashionable European ladies. About 40 000 kilograms of human hair, mostly of Chinese origin, sit in warehouses docks and rails awaiting delivery. Critics warn of potential infection if exported, though dealers say stock shipped before the outbreak.
The quote recalls a luncheon where a single man attended among about fifty women. He notes he grew tired passing the pickles, implying social fatigue rather than humor.
At Cosely church near Birmingham a 60 foot steel tower with an 18 foot windmill is built beside a coal mine tailings dump. A small generator powers 27 church lamps, two chapel lamps, two vestry lamps, organ pump motor, and 30 rectory lamps, with a storage battery part of the system.
The senator noted another piece of valuable china was broken and asked how it happened. The housekeeper replied it fell and broke by itself, to which the senator commented it was merely an automatic brake.
Ada-Cholly Saphedde sat in a brown study when offered a penny for his thoughts. Edith retorts that he is spendthrift and does not know the value of money.
An advertisement promotes Cole’s Carboni salve for burns and cuts promising rapid healing and scar prevention. It lists prices 25c and 10c, offers free samples via J. W. Cole & Co. of Black River Falls Wisconsin, and includes other ad copy about social advice and Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup.
The Galveston News weighs moral tests with a quip about not kicking a man when down and turning him over to seek what he keeps in his other pocket. It also cautions against cruelty, noting the devil admires a man who is mean to his wife.
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