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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1910
Page
6
List of unclaimed letters at the Sullivan Indiana Post Office with two weeks to collect. Ladies list includes Mrs Addie Burton. Gents list lists Roscoe Brown Bob Smith Dug Smith. One cent due per letter. Call advertised when claiming. A A Holmes P M
Gaicazgo News notes happiness arrives unpredictably and fades suddenly, a peculiarity shaping daily mood and perspective. The item comments on the fleeting nature of joy and its impact on routine life.
A lively exchange has Jim describing a horse as a plain mule after a speaker jokes about the animal being a charger. The banter captures casual frontier humor and character voice.
The administrator of Susannah Walters estate will sell at public auction at the deceased residence on North Broad Street Sullivan Indiana on Thursday June 16 1910. Personal property includes stove range tables chairs carpets beds and various household and kitchen items. Five dollar items cash. over five dollars on six months credit with note secured bearing eight percent if overdue. attorney fees. Sale begins at ten o clock. J H Kalley Administrator. insertion May 25 1910 dt.
An artist finishes a landscape and asks an Irish navvy if he could paint one like it. The worker, after a moment, replies that a man can do anything if he is driven to it, delivering a humorous boast about effort and skill.
Handy little cushion for pin banging near a dressing table. Two five inch silk circles are decorated with silk and ribbon designs, joined by net, stuffed with wool, and finished with cord loops and ribbon bows. Hanging loop threads attach.
The article describes two fashion outfits shown this season. A student demonstrates a tailored neatness in a simple gingham or smart wood style with piping and white trim. A standing college age girl wears a versatile shirtwaist model suitable for silk Panama gingham or linen with a hip yoke skirt and a double frill.
The piece notes the enduring appeal of mattress shaped pincushions in various sizes, with instructions for making them from ribbon and filling. It also surveys summer dress trends, sleeves, stocks, and collars, contrasting American taste with a Paris London ideal embodied by a Medmenham Abbey heiress.
A darning egg aids neat repairs in sleeves pockets hats and trims. When a darning egg is unavailable an egg cup top can substitute to tautly mend lace by aligning stitches with the mesh.
A hand knitted wool skirt and jacket in cinnamon brown fit snugly with a high side buttoned collar. A straight line fastened by bone buttons, wide leather belt gives a Norfolk look. A fur edged wool muff completes the outfit, praised for light weight over bulky bolsters. Paris has accepted the ensemble.
Fringe narrow silk fringe edges a new straw hat and softens the face. Ribbon bows, the sole trimming, are also edged with the same narrow fringe.
The article argues many veils strain vision and cause facial strain yet women resist warnings. It urges testing veils by looking at a ceiling before buying, trying many kinds, then sticking to a comfortable option that causes no eye draw.
An ethereal wrap with burnous style construction, made from marquisette and offering light protection beyond a chiffon scarf. In black it is highly effective, though other colors are possible, and while store bought it is costly, it can be homemade with a silk loop threaded through the back and over the shoulders, edged with garland galloon.
A moral on how a domineering, controlling girl harms friendships and club standing. It warns that bosses are resented, cause blackballs in girls clubs, and weaken decision making, urging the rule minded to adopt a live and let live motto and refrain from dictating others plans.
A girl with slight brush skill can craft affordable prizes including a round hanging pincushion and a glove bag. The pincushion uses two 4 1/2 inch cardboard disks with cotton batting and ecru silk, painted rose decoration, ribbon bows, and radiating white pins. The bag features butcher’s linen panels, pink china silk lining, a rose motif, and dual drawstrings in pink and green satin.
An informal afternoon frock features leaf green cachemire de soie with tucks and cream lace on the front bodice. Elbow sleeves, stock, and shoulder caps match the lace. sleeves end in three tiny ruffles. a black chiffon velvet girdle completes the design.
White hats lead fashion with mushroom sailor shapes in white beaver or felt. Bands at sides come in black and white or colored styles like boys hats, finished with a flat pump bow. White beaver hats clean easily with cornmeal or French chalk.
A sales short promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills as a remedy that expels poisons from the system and cures liver stomach and kidney troubles. The copy claims the pills bring courage and health to the weak and ailing and notes price of 25 cents at Joe K Smock and Son’s.
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