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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1910
Page
6
A survey of children's millinery highlights popular hat shapes and trimmings. Drooping brims with velvet bands and bows, rosettes and flowers add color to Milan strawn and lighter lace tub hats. Lace and net lingerie style hats, known as tub hats, complete the display in light colors with white paras.
A description of a versatile garment labeled for home or street wear. The outfit features a tightly plaited short skirt or top section described as shart, suitable for indoor and outdoor use per the catalog style of the period.
A brief notes a bonnet velvet and sleeve trim, detailing a hat with panne trimming and striped ribbon. It lists required materials: 8 yards of 46 inch wide fabric, 4 yards of velvet ribbon, and yard tucked silk for the yoke.
During hot weather many women suffer from excessive body moisture and should guard against it. Wash cloths, daily baths, changing underwear twice daily, and frequent washing help. Use diluted ammonia or borax, dust with talc after bathing, change shields often, and wash or discard cheap grades. Pin shields with many pins, not seams. A wood powder of salicylic acid and boric acid with gentle scents may prevent heat rash. Wash hands, use cologne or alcohol, ventilated clothes, and see a doctor if perspiration is extreme or linked to weakness.
Col John Jacob Astor hosted a $28,000 dinner after a divorce settlement. He survived rumors of a sea loss with his son in the West Indies aboard a palatial yacht. A devoted public figure, he serves as US volunteer officer, real estate titan, director of many firms, author, and inventor of road material, steam turbine, and peat gas devices.
The article reports Colonel Roosevelt’s anger at Rev. Bertrand Tipple head of the Rome Methodist church after Tipple’s statement linking Roosevelt’s reception with broader religious toleration. It notes earlier incidents with Fairbanks and Roosevelts’ decision to cancel a Rome reception, plus Tipple’s view of Vatican tensions and the spread of Methodist influence in Rome.
The nation watches Emil Seidel, Socialist, newly elected mayor of Milwaukee, as observers expect cautious reform. He pledges to cleanse the city of swamps and cesspools and to build a real home for its residents, with virtue protected and the strong aiding the weak.
Starr J Murphy personal counsel for John D Rockefeller discusses plans to donate vast fortunes to humanity. Since 1904 Murphy has aided Rockefeller giving an estimated 100 to 200 million dollars, now Rockefeller aims to give away all his fortune with Murphy and Frederick T Gates handling the work. Murphy, 60, born in Connecticut, Amherst and Columbia Law alumnus, rose to a key role alongside Rogers and Archbold and has long advised Rockefeller before joining the General Education Board shaping college missions.
Chicago hosts Farmers Institute planning across districts with state funding for delegates. Mount Vernon reports Lincoln Johnson convicted for murder in 1907 dispute. Cairo notes first woman judge of election dislikes polling duties as light turnout. Mendota signals Evangelical conference organization and leadership. Mount Sterling presbytery closes with next assembly in Elvaston. Springfield Illinois tax commission elected with James as secretary to revise revenue laws. Supreme Court hears Chicago City Railway books inspection suit. Illinois railroad board requires longer gatewatch hours at street crossings. Governor Deneen appoints physicians to occupational diseases commission. James resigns as head of University of Illinois library board. Chicago coal operators and miners approve wage peace and closed shop. Hillsboro hailstones shatter windows, $1000 damage.
A sensational feature describes Lt. Cooper's claim that 90 percent of ill health stems from stomach trouble and that his New Discovery medicine tones the stomach within six weeks. Mrs. M. E. Delano of Brookline testifies to dramatic health improvement, while the piece notes the medicine is sold by druggists and promises to supply local distributors.
A user from Baltimore credits Hesinol Sulve with curing fifteen years of scalp eruption. The note praises Resinol and other remedies like Allen's Lung Halton and Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, while containing miscellaneous ad-like lines and scattered phrases.
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