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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1913
Page
6
Readers learn that dress designers favor vivid prints and silk gowns with strong belts and Turkish sashes. The corset remains central, advising a low corset and a fuller waist to achieve a straight silhouette, with guidance for full figures to avoid extreme narrowness and ensure comfort.
Nearly all smart gowns feature thin draperies narrowing to the feet with bright velvet sashes finished by small silk roses. The season favors soft heavy silk suits, loose extreme-model coats, and draped, slashed skirts. Despite activists, costly aigrettes and paradise feathers remain popular millinery trims. A black taffeta parasol edged in satin bears a small satin rosebud cluster on the rib edge.
The piece notes a fad for colored patiste corset covers petticoats and gowns to match costumes or boudoir decor using trimmings like shadow lace Val and Cluny baby Irish Venise. It predicts the trend will last until hot weather when white becomes preferred.
Instructions describe enlarging a blouse by adding lace strips along the back opening and at shoulder and under arm seams to increase size. The method suggests sewing lace or insertion pieces at these edges to expand fit.
A home dress features poplinette in deep saxe, a left-hem seam on the skirt, velvet bow trim at the seam, cream satin collar, black belt and waist band, and sleeves from wrist to elbow. Materials list shows 4% yards poplinette 40 inches wide, 14 yards white, and % yard black.
John P. Ryan of Hamilton City files on 160 acres on Packer Island near Butte City claiming land gained by river shifts. The Larkins grant boundary matched the old river course and did not include the island, leaving van and other owners in dispute over future homestead opportunities.
Robert G. Fowler completed a fifty five minute flight from the Pacific to the Atlantic over the Panama Canal with a passenger aboard, despite strong air currents. He started from Panama Beach at 9 45 a m circled Panama City and the canal entrance, faced a twenty five mile breeze near Colon, and landed on a reef near Cristobal when fuel ran out. The pontoon was torn but the aircraft remained intact, and a picture was taken during the flight.
In Denver a fifteen year old mare named Bess reliably marks and reaches every mailbox along the Union depot to Nineteenth street route. Owner Frank Monroe touts her as indispensable, noting she has missed only seven days in twelve years and will guide substitutes until the mail is secured.
An aged German man's guilty conscience led to the return of nearly $1,000 in German bank notes to Nicholas Wermeister of Louisville. The notes were sent with a March 10, 1918 dated letter claiming a trusted friend betrayed the household. Wermeister cannot identify the sender.
Fred Ortel caretaker at City hospital in Columbus, Indiana reports a rooster incubating a hen’s nest. The hen kept leaving, so the rooster now sits on the eggs, showing steady habits and leaving only for food and drink.
Two medical investigators in England and Copenhagen claim cancer stems from cockroaches through a curious line of reasoning. They propose that removing roaches could extend life, expressing cautious optimism if many insects are killed.
Nervous and sick headaches stem from torpid liver and disordered bowels. Dr King's New Life Pills stimulate the organs to work properly and regulate the liver and bowels. Priced at 25 cents, invest in a box today, recommended by Joe K. Smock & Son.
A twelve year old boy in Reinickendorf, a suburb of Berlin, hanged himself with a halter from a low beam in a stable at dusk after a bad school report he believed would lead to punishment.
Pain in back and rheumatism affect thousands daily. Foley Kidney Pills begin their work from the first dose by acting directly on the kidneys and bladder, dispelling pain and torment of kidney trouble. Sold by Joe K. Smock & Son.
In South India today there are about 1,000 Christian college graduates serving as leaders in Christian communities. Among 25,000 students in higher education 6,493 attend Christian colleges.
A quotation from Demos argues wealth should follow character and virtue. The speaker emphasizes keeping trustworthiness and truthfulness as core values even while seeking abundance.
An advert extols Foley’s Honey and Tar cough medicine for children noting no opiates no sour stomach and no constipation. It claims quick relief for stuf fy colds wheezy breathing coughs and croup and lists Joe K. Smock & Son as the seller.
A judge and Mer ritt engage in a tense exchange over a supposed sacrifice and extraneous visitors. The dialogue suggests a disputed motive as the judge presses for restraint and demands give up those who visit the defendant.
Makers declare Foley Kidney Pills possess the best combination of curative and healing medicines for kidney and bladder ailments and urinary irregularities. They assert the product is the best medicine for the purpose you can buy.
The law exempts from taxation churches and church property cemeteries school and college property buildings used for educational literary pontific or charitable purpose and property owned by a city county state or the United States for reasons of public policy.
In Birmingham Alabama F L Willis describes severe asthma and bronchitis and credits Foley's Honey and Tar Compound with removing choking sensations and easing throat and lung conditions. Sold by Joe K Smock and Son.
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for an incurable catarrh case and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills. It lists Cheney as honest and capable and notes the product is taken internally and sold by druggists, with testimonials available.
A mother calls her three year old daughter “My little comfort.” Later she gathers the child into her arms for callers, then ignores her. The child, sensing neglect, asks her mother if she is her “little blanket” in a poignant moment.
A newspaper blurb promotes Dr King's New Discovery as the best medicine for coughs colds and lung troubles. It cites Mrs. A F Mertz of Glen Ellyn Iowa praising its relief after six weeks of medical treatment. The ad notes money back if it fails and lists 50 cents to 1.00. Joe K Smock & Son recommends it.
The fragmentary text cites a philosophical remark about necessity and appearance, invoking a Greek Stoic voice on what gods require and how mortals perceive reality. It presents a brief, obscure moral observation rather than a narrative.
H D Ely of Bantam Ohio suffered a four year foot ulcer. Doctors advised amputation but he refused and used Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a last resort. He reported the foot was soon completely cured. Also promoted as a remedy for burns cuts bruises and eczema available in a 26 cent box recommended by Joe K Smock & Son.
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