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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1909
Page
3
An article advises on affordable bedroom decor and storage options. It discusses cretonne curtains, dimity sun filters, bed spreads, and screen ideas. It covers utility boxes, dower boxes, shirtwaist boxes, and makeshift screens to improve privacy and organization in small rooms.
In the latest mode, hats feature cherry colored straw with black taffeta lining. A wreath of cherries and a drawn net crown accompany the waist line which sits several inches above the natural waist. The text notes a trend toward fuller drapery and empire influence.
A street suit combines ecru pique with Henrietta cloth in brown gray tones. Pique trims collars cuffs and panels on a long line coat and skirt, with gold braided pique detailing and a matching waist. A model girl wears a three piece ensemble with a deft silk waist and a straw hat with slim or no brim.
May 15 column from Columbus reports Judge David L. Rockwell of Ravenna as expected successor to Judge C. C. Lemert as state insurance superintendent in June. It notes alleged sharp practices by Piqua officials found by Examiner Heck, and a penitentiary reconstruction plan led by Massiot Allen and Osborn Engineering. A Delaware Girls' Industrial Home scandal inquiry cools after a Cincinnati teen denies mistreatment, limiting action.
In Zanesville on May 15 a colored man named Means was arrested for his wife’s murder. He reportedly planned to change clothes with an officer in his Harvey street home and then killed himself. The dead wife, 22, had disappeared last November and was found buried in a cellar under property owned by Eugene Taylor.
In Cleveland health officials report 25 percent of local milk cows show tuberculosis and a quarter of TB cases stem from milk. In Hamilton coroner Burnett receives a Black Hand letter threatening him over the Ketterling case. In Cincinnati Mrs. Markbreit plans a stage comeback after two decades away.
A beauty doctor boasts skin and age can be menaced by procedures to keep a woman youthful past 40. He notes heroines in Dickens, Hichens, Barrie, Maugham, and Pinero as examples, while a salon owner studies a mirror and says no difference is seen. The piece satirizes cosmetic longevity versus literary aging.
A Health Culture comparison tracks weekly grocery bills of men students and bachelor girls who pool funds to cut costs. Men spend less on menus, but women incur luxuries that push totals higher, challenging notions of who shops more economically. Dr. G bert on earthquake zones shows California Alaska and Utah as risk areas with historic shocks. major quakes include New Madrid Charleston and others through 1887.
A New York woman laments endless rain and crowded shops in the city. She recalls how rain in the west once prompted thoughts of crops and staying indoors, contrasting it with New York where rain persists and shopping remains tempting.
A provocative remark argues that many so called optimists are not hopeful strategists but merely cheerful fools, masking pessimism with bright affect. The line suggests a critique of superficial positivity and questions genuine optimism.
Thousands of women report relief from female ailments after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. The ad cites testimonials from Mrs E A Bishop of Brooklyn and others, claiming long term health benefits and invites letters for free advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
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