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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1909
Page
3
A 1910s style note explains baby attire mirrors adult fashion with princess and empire lines, reduced sleeve sizes, and prominent hand embroidery on dresses cloaks wrappers and sacques. Simplicity rules daily wear with finest outfits in sheer lawns and cot chiffons for special occasions.
A hat description in delicate toffee taupe uses io plaited taffetas and silk roses in faded pink and blue tones, creating a refined vintage millinery look.
The article promotes gauze flowers as hair ornaments and corsage accents. It compares morning glory of gauze to cloth of gold and black gauze rose with a gold rim, praising perfect coloring for filmy gowns in white cream or pale blue and suggesting choices for youthful decorative touches.
The article offers home flower care tips for violets and carnations to keep them fresh after cutting. It also advises on producing sleep with cool rooms and lavender scented bedding. A dieting trend claims chamomile tea after meals can slim figures, turning barrel shapes into sylph like lines.
A family devised a plan to prevent magazine lending disputes. After finishing, each reader signs the first page to show permission to loan or give the magazine away. The scheme addresses complaints by men about women’s loaning of magazines.
Tailors report a surge in three piece outfits for the coming season with gowns and bodices dyed to match the costume. Makers note strong demand for coordinated suits and accessories as shops prepare for advance spring trade.
The article argues the Taft administration stands strongest on its legal side with lawyers like Knox Wickersham Dickinson Nagel Ballinger and MacVeagh shaping policy. It recalls Lincoln Webster Clay Marshall Hamilton and others as historical legal leaders while stressing need for seasoned legal expertise to handle trust railroad and federal versus state authority issues. It notes new appointees are largely unfamiliar yet capable, and will meet national emergencies under trusted leadership.
The Chicago Tribune argues the tariff is no longer a party issue and warns Congress will yield to business pressure to create a nonpartisan tariff commission. It advocates using expert assistance to emulate German thoroughness in future schedules and urges businessmen to unite to drive Congress toward commission creation as a supplement to tariff revision.
The New York Tribune notes the senate rose in emotion as Hon. Joseph W. Bailey protested a cabinet nomination. Bailey argued the nominee had provided legal services for the Waters-Pierce Company, prompting a moral critique of public service conduct.
The New York Post reviews Roosevelt's career noting his split with many allies while drawing strength from labor unions miners and ranchers. The piece argues presidential support from this class is highly sought as governments aim to benefit the many.
The proclamation calls the Sixty first Congress to meet on March 15 for tariff revision. Experts say even with a single subject, progress will be slow due to rules, committee work, and inevitable political maneuvering before any bill reaches a final form. The public seeks prompt action on a practical tariff.
Vice President Fairbanks is contrasted with James Sherman as a source of sunlit leadership. The piece portrays Sherman as the nation’s cheerful second officer, tracing his hopeful outlook to a journalist father and cultured mother, and predicts an era of good fellowship with Taft.
President Taft urges legislation to affirm the federal government's power to enforce treaty promises. He argues treaties create mutual obligations but the United States has lacked a reliable mechanism to compel adherence, placing citizens and aliens at unequal protection in alien jurisdictions.
The Charlotte Observer argues Mr. Roosevelt will rank among the five great U S presidents, naming Washington Jefferson Lincoln and Cleveland as precedents. It lauds his impact in eight years and asserts he is the most popular man in the United States despite noted flaws.
Noted Panama Canal engineer Poultney Bige Low died after a long career with the project. He spent two days there and two years writing about it, while critics in Pennsylvania claimed to understand the canal without visiting the region.
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