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Newspaper
The State Line Herald
Location
North Lemmon, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1908
Page
2
The article urges careful planning before decorating. emphasizes harmony, wall coverings, ceiling treatments, and balanced color schemes to reward the effort. It notes avoiding heavy figures, aligning tones with room features, and ensuring durable, tasteful results.
A vintage style guide advises selecting inexpensive yet durable pieces for hallways and rooms, favoring simple lines and dull colorings over ornate fixtures. It warns against heavy garnishes, recommends restrained curtains, and stresses harmonizing woods like mahogany and oak with balanced lighting and art to preserve an enduring, tasteful home look.
The text presents a garbled passage about a porch cushion and chair repair or design. It mentions an oak frame and a frame for a porch chair, with unclear details and several mis-typed words. No identifiable people or organizations are discernible.
A fragment describes cushions joined to form a backrest and head support, with tufted edging. It also advises salt rubs on hands for sore feet, and mentions various herbs and home remedies, including lemon uses and a curious note on cleanliness and dentistry hints.
A garbled note references the Crown Princess of Greece and two Greek princesses, noting shifts in English education and public attention in England. The text is incoherent but signals a royal figure linked to schooling and public interest.
Mrs Marhory, last seen shopping in New York with a sanitarium attendant, vanished more than a week ago. A widespread search spanned New York, Cleveland, and Chico while authorities abroad were notified, amid theories she aimed to reach her sister in law Miss Elizabeth Marbury in Paris. she later appeared at Locust, New Jersey, with no explanation offered.
Paris prefect M Lepine issues order abolishing organ grinders in the city. Existing possessors may be spared briefly but no new permits will be granted, effectively ending the practice.
In a discussion of Arctic conditions a speaker notes that the atmosphere is so favorable for sound transmission that two people could converge across a mile. Egbert asks if this explains why the returned Arctic explorer talks so much.
Readable fragments describe a street car jam and a business man’s troubles spanning New York to Chicago. The text includes garbled speech about berries and a policy, with unclear actors and dates.
Two people wait for a car as Shy a white princess and a plain man discuss danger and a fatal wish. The couple exchange lines about tragedy's fascination and whether a man might fall, while a streetcar ride begins and a bystander notes a shift in the crowd and the destination.
Capital society in the national capital gains renewed interest as social events resume. Mrs Meyer wife of Postmaster General Georg J. von Meyer is credited with an exclusive, lavish host program that attracts distinguished guests, rivaling even the White House in Washington society circles.
A Washington Tribune night at the theater ends in confusion as notes on office paper pass between patrons. George Griswold Hill, seated near a gray mustached man, is repeatedly interrupted by messages from ushers. The ensnared Hill finally jokes about the disturbance and questions why gas bills aren’t paid.
A boy spots dried orange peel and a stout woman offers to give him money for a meal. She changes her mind when he shoots a bean at another boy. The moment of pity fades as she and her companion walk away, the boy left hungry.
The illustration shows a draped waistcoat coat paired with a fancy jacket and high collar jabots. The waistcoat is short, breasted with four buttons, and designed to be worn over a thin short waist, with emphasis on draped folds starting at the shoulder seams to balance bust lines.
A businesswoman who travels abroad outlines a method to preserve gowns. She makes pasteboard packing boards covered with cheap perase. Slipping cases over boards, sewing ends, and attaching tapes keeps gowns secure in a trunk without disarranging fullness.
The listing describes a useful box set with twine, fasteners, labels, tags, and key tags, plus a jewelry cleaning outfit. It highlights a dry cleaner’s drier and polisher, a wash kit, and an ivory handle for dry cleaning, with additional wet cleaning leash and jewelry supplies.
Fashion commentary describes smart surplice garments with heavy embroidery and sheer panels, long sleeveless tops inspired by Louis XIV styles, and bold color options in pink and green satin. It notes coordinated outfits with blouses, skirts, and coats, plus a featured sleeve-less waistcoat and summer fashion fever from Vogue Girls.
A fragmented note describes repurposing white lawn ties and old cuffs into simple hangers, holders, and underclothes components. It suggests flattening pieces, stitching across, folding, and edging to create quick, thrifted utilities from worn fabric remnants.
A fragment describes Silkoline as a new material for garments inspired by cretang oline. It is praised for cling and shine suitable for kimono style clothing, offering an inexpensive fabric option resembling silk. The note highlights its feather-stitched or cat-stitched ribbon effects and overall attractive appearance.
A method to trim linen suits uses wide bias bands of crepe around the skirt, lapels, cuffs, and coat to finish the edges. The technique yields vivid color contrasts and works well with white suits paired with a matching parasol.
A brief note describes a method to reduce time in sewing a shirt waist sleeve by joining the underarm hem edges and adding lace trim with buttonholes and buttons. The result claims to halve sewing time and produce a neat finish with minimal fraying, though phrasing is unclear.
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