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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1909
Page
7
An article contrasts elaborate puffs and waves with a simple modern coiffure featuring a long braid or chignon and a palm bang across the forehead. It notes American hairdressers lead in innovative, natural looks and that tasteful grooming earns masculine approval.
A striking afternoon dress shows a dull purple satin gown with a high waist and long skirt. The bodice is full and purple, with petals in varying tones cascading from collarbone to bust and from skirt to bust, plus amethyst buckle and gold-edged lace accents.
A jeweler reinvents the vinaigrette with scent lockets. A slender open-work center and jewel rim conceal perfume inside the locket. As chains sway, a faint fragrance wafts from the wearer, echoing Victorian swooning fashion.
A knitter who has made hundreds of blankets for married friends reports the optimal size is one yard long by three quarters of a yard wide. She rarely varies from this ratio by more than an inch or two, allowing for stitch differences.
A golden feather can be made from an old quill whose battered feathers are stripped. Gold lace is sewn as a scant rifle on each side with a slightly pointed end. This quill has a lace or braid band to match and provides trim for a velvet or fur toque.
A simple dress in nut brown cashmere features a plain skirt with a slight train. The garment hangs gracefully at the foot and is edged with braided folds of material.
A historical description outlines a dress design with cloth sleeves, a spotted net yoke, heavy lace across the lower part forming deep cuffs, and puffed sleeve sections edged with braiding. Materials include 6 yards cashmere, 2 dozen yards Russia braid, 44 yards net, and 14 yards lace in specified widths.
In opposition to medieval looks the marquise gown gains favor. Typically black and white tea and chiffon fabrics with an underpetticoat sweeping overskirt a pointed bodice and tight sleeves with ruched cuffs. Dignified for women over 60 who feel slighted by recent fashions, they pair well with gray hair.
The text emphasizes clean food and stables to prevent disease, access to clean hay for calves, and careful pig feeding. It notes floor choices for barns, parasite control, and avoidance of cellar spaces under cowstables. It discusses feed efficiency, pasture rotation, hog profitability, and the impact of feed on meat quality and costs.
A man narrates a decades long battle with a spreading skin condition covering head neck and shoulders. After exhausting doctors and hospital care with no relief he tried Cuticura Remedies and was quickly cured. S. P. Keyes 147 Congress St.
William J. Sadlier of 1614 Susquehanna Ave Philadelphia reports a rapid recovery from facial pimples after ten days using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. He had seen doctors for months with no results and is now perfectly well. Dated May 1 1909.
Mrs C H P Belmont in New York discusses her book on child upbringing. She argues children must be trained to be unselfish and tactful. She cites a Maine Dark Harbor fisherman's tale about teaching restraint and consideration.
Warning against catarrh ointments containing mercury and the harm they cause. Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney & Co Toledo contains no mercury and works internally on blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free and 75 cents per bottle. Also a note on compass diagrams in Japanese sleeping rooms and burial customs.
The advertisement prescribes a home remedy for La Grippe using a half pint of whiskey one ounce balmwort and two ounces glycerine. It instructs shaking and taking in tablespoon doses three to six times daily claiming it will check prevent and cure colds and lagrippe faster than any known remedy. It states druggists can supply the ingredients.
Mrs. Jeanette Ryder, an American woman, has spent ten years aiding humane efforts in Cuba and is said to have done more to suppress bull and cock fighting on the island than any other individual.
An old advertisement urges a one day cold cure with laxative bromine tablets and promotes Allen's Lung Balsam for cough relief. It touts signature on boxes and lists price points 25c 50c and 1.00. The copy ends with a quip about hobbies and nightmares.
A newspaper item promotes a “new prescription” for coughs and bronchitis claiming a five hour cure. The recipe includes wild cherry bark cardiol and white pine syrup with dosing for adults and children, advising to share the cutout to save others from consumption.
In a tearful scene a wife orders a three week country trip to rest from alleged abuse. He rushes to the station buys tickets, then returns to pack trunks while she directs what to take. After hours of preparation he declares everything ready and urges her to catch her train.
Cleveland Ohio resident A Hatch reports rapid relief from dry eczema after two applications of Unet and Resinol. The endorsement notes previous trial of other remedies with less success and promises to recommend the treatment widely.
A playful exchange notes Kipling saying a woman is a woman but a good cigar is a smoke. The reply praises a traveling woman and jokes about her panatella shape as a sign of progress and style.
An advertisement promises a cure for piles including lehing and protruding variants with a money back guarantee. It also touts Mrs Winston's Soothing Syrup for teething pain and wind colic with a 25 cent bottle, while remarking about wasting time when people talk.
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