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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1909
Page
3
The article describes two fashion costumes with long high waisted skirts and directoire coats. First outfit features Aubergine silk hat, black braid and velvet trim with specific fabric amounts. second shows royal blue serge with box-plait front and stepped coat fronts. A third sketch shows Aubergine Amazon cloth styling.
A Victorian era tip describes rolling embroidered and lace trimmed linen into a white linen tube stored in drawers or a long pasteboard roll. The method keeps table covers and centerpieces neat, but caution advised due to dust. A matron mentions a wall roll in the pantry, yet dust concerns limit use for freshly laundered items.
A description of a waist garment in wine colored cloth or cashmere with plaits and a scalloped yoke forming small plastrons. Edges buttons buttonholes and trim match in satin. Cravat and girdle share the same shade. Long tight sleeves feature matching trim.
Paris approves a tiny Attle hat crafted from imitation baroque pearls and finished with a side bouquet. Theater managers permit these hats, forbidding others. The lattice wirework resembles a Juliet cap worn atop the head with jet wart beads and gold ivy leaf accents.
A writer advises home millinery on attaching hat decorations. Velvet bows should be secured with black shoe thread wrapped around the bow loop and sewn to the hat. Quills and feathers are same method. ostrich plumes require a fine black thread and a No 10 needle for nearly invisible stitches.
A Paris Vogue report notes vivid bandanna kimono ideas using multiple handkerchiefs for room wear with yellow and red edges tied in bows. It also surveys silken textiles for etiquette dress, praising plain silks satins crepes and cachemire with rich draping and metallic reflections.
The piece notes golden yellow rising as a favorite, appealing under electric light. It reports Paris lace trends using shamrock and Limerick laces crocheted in coarse silk dyed to match blouses, aligning with this winter’s gold fashion.
Dr. B. M. Perkins of Shanghai notes three growing fields for foreigners in China law medicine and dentistry. He cautions the legal path is limited by local courts and British influence, offering little room for young entrants unless they join established firms.
A woman's pen portrait describes General Andrew Jackson as bold and determined with a dignified bearing. She recalls anxieties and admirations as Jackson, about fifty, arrives with aids, wearing a blue frock coat and sword. He speaks of his troops' hardships, while avoiding personal boasts.
Boston woman Christine Brown has founded a health cult claiming music will cure hundreds of diseases and reform criminals. She argues melodic harmony aligns the inner self with external conditions and that music can aid inmates in prisons and asylums without requiring artistic talent.
A grass widow recalls paying a fortune teller in Sixth Avenue who claimed her husband would improve and grant fortune, only to learn the teller lied. She admits she still has a husband in England who has not supported her, and she will not give another dollar to hear more deceptive fibs.
In a Cleveland Leader quip a Browning club member jokes about not endorsing unwritten law as a juror’s dissent is linked to a publishing firm of legal books. The exchange notes the Browning club’s light discussion between lines.
A Missouri inventor named Simpson pursued gutta percha as an electrical non conductor. Despite repeated patent rejections and money from Amos Kendall, he walked from St. Louis to Washington, worked odd jobs and even robbed a scarecrow for clothes, then finally secured his patent with the Western Union Telegraph Company paying $100000 upfront for rights.
A comic street scene shows Arthur proposing wildly to Alicia and offering perils and riches, including buying a Sunday hat, to win a walk together. Alicia repeatedly declines then suggests selling the dog as a modest compromise, ending with them walking away together.
A zoo patient joke features Dr. Monk treating a giraffe with a complaint described as four feet long. The giraffe quips that the current sore throat likely surpasses the old record by about six inches, per a Judge caption.
A witty Chicago Record-Herald quip hints the poem’s dawn imagery suggests a breakfast scene with sausage and buckwheat cakes. The remark plays on aroma and morning rituals to playful effect.
A Yonkers Statesman quip shows a kitchen joke about flies in cake and an implied punchline on how they could have died, reflecting light humor in a local paper.
Advertising notice touts cascaroyal pills as a cheap, mild blood cleanser superior to mineral waters. Claims no griping or drastic effects, uses ingredients like castor oil and citrus. Blackburn Products Co. of Dayton Ohio offers 15 for 10 cents or 45 for 26 cents and will send a free sample on request.
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