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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1906
Page
3
A guide from the Boston Traveler on arranging a piano to serve as a living and reception room piece. It covers placement across a corner, drapery with soft silk back and embroidered frieze, lighting via candle labrum or electric lights, and metal candelabra details to minimize finger marks.
A pretty bag for theater or party use is a desirable possession. The illustration shows a design making a bag capacious enough to hold a small wrap and other paraphernalia. Materials listed include two six inch embroidery rings and three quarters of a yard of heavy brocaded silk with wide velvet stripes running lengthwise.
A Good Housekeeping excerpt guides making a decorative party bag from narrow satin and Japanese cotton crepe. It details looping silk ends over rings, gathering fabric into a five inch base, tying with ribbon, and attaching rosettes at bag ends to finish a pretty, inexpensive bag.
A Victorian era column warns rocking chairs as pernicious to the frail and only justifies their use on the porch with uniform seating. It contrasts this with criticism of nurses and rest, then shifts to a brief portrait of Japanese women praising neatness, long hairstyles, and meticulous grooming, noting restraint in sweets and daily beauty rituals.
A roundup of social notes lists G W Palfrey in Ithaca on Monday Miss Coy at Mason CH Taylor in Elwell and Proker in Owosse Clark Decker on Ithaca business Chas Clark in Ithaca Saturday Walter Mosher on Ithaca business Friday and Saturday A W Brock in Chicago with Acme Heater Mrs Purvis in Ithaca New Years guests and many visits to Detroit St Louis Ann Arbor Vestaburg Belding Jackson Ohio and other locations plus people visiting family friends and relatives over New Years and weekends
The article argues climate has little effect on curing consumption and emphasizes proper diet and digestion. It promotes German Syrup as a reliable aid for morning expectoration, better sleep, and relief from coughing, claiming it stops the dread of consumption. Regular use is advised, with a standard bottle priced at 75 cents available from druggists.
A notice to ODOT subscribers warns of arrears from one to three years and urges balance payment or arranged payments. The message emphasizes urgency, compares to timely grocery payments, and states many have already paid while others have not.
A printed essay argues households should plan expenses, favor weekly payments or cash, and avoid debt. It notes that small daily savings add up, values consistency, and cites misused credit and varying monthly needs across families. The piece critiques unnecessary purchases and links thrift to time as money.
H F Thompson of Woodworth Street describes severe backache and kidney illness, recounting a two month spell of pain. After trying Doan's Kidney Pills he reports relief and urges others to use the product, with price listed as 50 cents and Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo as USA distributor.
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