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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1909
Page
6
A detailed guide to choosing and decorating fans, stressing harmony with the gown, quality frames, and fine materials. It describes four fan designs including hand painted roses, gold spangles, stencil patterns, and appliqued lace butterflies, with step by step stencil and dye tips.
Fashionable dress makers present negligees in white Swiss wash fabric with lace and ribbon. Two piece designs use a belt and sash, high back, rosette at left, V neck with lace and satin bow, elbow sleeves with lace. Negligees are cooler and more washable than other materials.
Bright accessories dominate the coming season with parasols and long filmy scarves. Japanese ribbed parasols in silk with embroidered characters pair with Persian silk handkerchiefs and Paisley scarves. A white silk sunshade lined in lavender features lavender and white striped chiffon scarf with embroidered violets and knotted fringe.
A vintage note recommends a raw white potato cut in halves for cleaning tan leather shoes. Rub freshly cut potato on the leather, let dry, then buff with a rag. Turpentine on flannel cleans tan leather. lemon or orange juice adds shine. olive oil after polish smooths patent leather.
The technique uses a deep frieze run down the wall with a plate rail at eye level. Plain ceiling paper and patterned walls create an illusion of a lower ceiling and a row of small framed pictures and bric a brac along the rail enhances the effect.
The piece discusses the conflict over sticking to party platforms, focusing on William Jennings Bryan and Democratic loyalties. It questions whether national platforms bound local members and analyzes Bryan’s stance on repudiating platforms in campaigns and in legislative votes.
May 1909 treasury deficit stands at 6.453 million, below forecasts. For the eleven months, receipts lag expenditures by about 97.858 million, though the treasury holds 118.98 million in cash with 40.33 million workable. May receipts rose 9.4 million from last year, but tariffs under consideration unlikely to raise revenue beyond Dingley levels.
The New York Tribune quotes Mr Bryan arguing that Democrats should strive to be pure and declares it hopeless to demand they be consistent or logical.
The Chicago Inter Ocean notes that with the Democrats disowning free trade their remaining public figure is Bryan, who has been left three times, framing the shift as a political rebuff of trade policy.
Fragmentary text shows lawmakers aligned with Aldrich vowing to defend tariff levels, claiming no reduction occurred. The snippet hints at political maneuvering and a debate over tariffs without clear date or outcome.
The Senate Finance Committee amendment on cotton schedules passes 39 to 28 as a joint conference shapes the tariff measure. President’s views are expected to carry weight at the final shaping stage before a likely July 10 adjournment.
The article argues the national tax system relies on tariffs and internal taxes while income tax would be useful mainly in war or revenue shortfalls. It warns a constitutional amendment is the lasting solution, notes court rulings on tax power, and outlines the difficult two-thirds Congress and 35-state ratification path, citing the Chicago Tribune.
A New York Evening Mail critique laments the demise of the party and denounces present members as temporizers demagogues and apologists for surrendering their principles.
The Charleston News and Courier reports a proposal to make Col. Bryan's birth anniversary a national holiday if he agrees to stop seeking the presidency. The piece frames the condition as a political bargain.
The idea proposed by Mr Taft that reducing spending is a good way to handle a deficit has won broad public support and attracted attention from readers.
Vienna introduces a new municipal cemetery project set in a forest to preserve sylvan character. The city council will require tombstones and monuments to be artistically designed and approved by the cemetery director.
The fragment notes that Herodotus views accidents as guiding human events rather than people being ruled by fate, suggesting a shift in how outcomes hinge on chance and circumstance.
A playful exchange features The Phunnibeak Bird and The Other Bird in a short nature study sketch. The Phunnibeak Bird teases about identity while The Other Bird asserts being a lyre behind Tara’s Halls reference.
A Boston man describes severe eczema on hands lasting three months with itching burning and cracking skin. He credits Cuticura Remedies for relief and full cure within a month after trying doctor’s medicine.
A humorous exchange notes farmers oppose women golfers despite renting fields. One says women lose hairpins and hatpins on grass, another suggests a pincushion trail, and a final quip warns animals may ingest the pins, harming health.
A London Globe humor column quotes a friend visiting Bill in a sickroom. He brings flahrs and jokes to lift Bill’s spirits, describing the shabby room and a grim thought about the stairs to a coffin. The tone mocks despair with gallows humor.
The Boston Transcript notes Scott-So Rawson has become a preacher after a period of doubt about pursuing law or preaching. It questions what decision led him to preach, suggesting the saying that it is easier to preach than to practice.
Howell remarks that the heiress has invested her fortune in the lumber business by marrying a timber merchant. Powell confirms the move and notes the heiress’ new spouse.
A father and son exchange light blame about mowing the lawn, with the son noting the mower is harder to use after the father sharpened it, recalling a familiar family scene and humor in everyday chores.
A reflective maxim attributed to Karl Marx? No, Carlyle reads honesty matters more than preservation, stressing that truthful words need no concern for future memory. The line implies integrity transcends legacy.
A distressed man laments to a doctor that a young woman who spurned him is to blame for his death. The physician dismisses the notion as unprofessional and notes the man’s real issue is a failing liver, not a broken heart.
A French astronomy paper presents two photographs of the moon illuminated by earth light taken by Mr. Quenisset at the Juvisy observatory. The images aim to prove earthshine reaching the lunar surface, a concept debated for its detectability.
An enthusiastic parent explains to a child how trees wear green dresses in spring and summer, while the youngster imagines that in winter the leaves are packed into tree trunks, showcasing playful misinterpretation of nature.
A murky trend in the astrology sector draws questions about credibility and regulation. Practitioners and customers seek clarity as unverified readings and anecdotal claims circulate amid growing public interest.
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