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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1915
Page
9
A drawing shows a oblong pincushion with a central glass dish to hold flowers. Covered in cream satin with silk cord and lace trim, it includes corner ribbon clusters. When unused, the dish serves as a container for hairpins and small items.
A home craft describes making a dainty circular cushion centerpiece using satin or muslin, sprays of maidenhair fern, white net, and a lace edge. The fern is arranged in the corners, lightly stitched, then net is placed over and sewn to the satin to hold the design.
The summer fashion notes white serge and gabardine box jackets with plaited or circular skirts. The tailored design features a high neck, removable buttons, upstanding collar, button straps, and long sleeves with deep facing, conveying youthfulness and grace.
A period piece on motherhood describing the challenges of pregnancy and postnatal health. It urges women to prepare physically and emotionally, promoting Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a tonic to restore health and vigor. It offers confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
A Rochester Union and Advertiser opinion warns that flirting remains dangerous and uncontrollable by laws. It argues the fault lies with girls more than boys, blaming emancipation from home control as they seek work away from home. Better home training could prevent risky behavior before legal remedies.
A smart wedding gown features taffeta with a full skirt that can be single double or triple. A chic model uses crisp black taffeta with a double skirt and tucked edges for bouffant volume. The bodice is fitted and follows the natural figure, dropping slightly below the waist.
The binding or Jace can hide the join of satin and net and provide a neat finish. Centers look West on the table and harmonize with any flowers. Store centers flat to avoid fern damage. do not fold or roll.
A fragment from Tolado Blade quotes men on a car favoring a brass band over a phonograph with a remark about wind. The text then shifts to a vague note about the average girl reaching sixteen and a phrase about bowing, suggesting a magazine or newspaper clipping with incomplete ideas.
A New York woman in August Woman's Home Companion explains transforming old hats into fresh ones using a small amount of oil color and benzine. Mix color with benzine, strain, and apply with a flat brush to sunburned or faded straws. the dye is said to resist sun and rain. Faded flowers can likewise be revived by dipping them in the dye.
The newest summer veil blends fashion with politics as a sheer border carries the words Votes for women in black on white mesh. Loyalists may adopt the emblematic veil, while most women choose standard Smart veils in filadora or trel lig mesh with traditional borders.
The Westminster Gazette notes Tommy Atkins strains to live up to Shaw’s Chocolate Soldier as chocolate and sweet meats are scarce. Cairo reports Australians have eaten the chocolate supply. Captain Bean says canteen demand for sweets and soft drinks is five times expected while beer demand is one fifth. A Chilean survey finds US razors rare. 1818 imports show Germany and England supplying most razors with few from the United States.
A playful exchange centers on a groom-to-be in June, as a bride begins to hint at cooking him meals. The lighthearted dialogue captures domestic anticipation and the social tone of wedding season.
A Chicago Evening Post excerpt cites an eminent army surgeon noting that severe battlefield wounds may cause less immediate pain than lighter injuries. The account includes a Lusitania fireman who lost an arm yet felt little pain initially, illustrating nature as mother guiding human suffering within a broader, enigmatic plan.
A one night treatment tests Cuticura Soap and Ointment for red rough chapped hands and offers free samples by mail with a book. Postcard address provided for Boston department XY and notices that the products are sold everywhere.
An Australian cattleman is described as owning or controlling a land domain so vast it equals about 23 800 000 acres, a size comparable to the state of Pennsylvania, illustrating the extraordinary scale of landholdings celebrated by Youth's Companion.
The Springfield Republican questions exporting America’s near billion bushels of new wheat this year. It argues refusing export to withhold food could prolong war, urging consideration of hunger versus diplomacy and national policy.
A report notes a German astronomical clock shows extraordinary precision with only a one second error after 18 years of use. The text shifts to reflections on money and marriage, humor about racing bets, and social observations about women and forgiveness, ending with a note on Africa's linguistic diversity.
Absinthe manufacture and sale are prohibited by law. Orly parish south of Paris loses its chief industry as $20,000 worth of absinthe plants are handed to excise authorities, weighed, and burned. Similar destruction occurs at all plant sites. Optimistic thought urges bearing ignorance of fortune with patience.
Fragmentary dialogue frame reads as a comic exchange about a co ed and a rapid male meeting. It mentions Ypsi person and a blarney stone and hints at a cautious admittance before approaching a curious object.
A brief item notes a pamphlet titled The Ins and Outs of Motoring. The dialogue suggests the pamphlet critiques speeding, hinting the author warns that haste leads to trouble and repeated risks behind the wheel.
The piece argues infant mortality in civilized countries is dire with up to one quarter dying before age one and over a third before age five. It claims narcotic drops and soothing syrups containing opium or morphine cause harm, retarding circulation and risking sickness. It advocates Castoria as safe, claiming it improves blood flow and fever relief and notes genuine Castoria bears a signature.
Consul Frank Deedmeyer reports extensive beds of mussel shells and mud along Prince Edward Island shores. The organic deposits act as a potent fertilizer supplying phosphates and alkalies, enriching even exhausted soils. Depths range from five to twenty five feet, mined by dredging boats on summer rafts or winter ice.
A cheap horn substitute is made from ten parts sodium silicate mixed with water and blended into fine white wheat flour to form a paste. After a three week standing period a hard hornlike material emerges that can be molded when fresh and machined like brass when cured, with color added by organic dye.
General tonic claims include quinine and tron as active ingredients. Promoted benefits cite liver action malaria relief blood enrichment and system buildup. Advertisement price listed as 50 cents.
A narrator remarks on a gathering describing a kindly old marrying parson in clerical garb and a spry lawyer named Biggles, noted as their best known separator, among the assembled notables.
A Kansas City Journal item quotes a city senator who warns a hopeful friend against government service, saying it ruins a young man and that the position is promised to the senator’s son. The piece notes how friends can quickly become enemies. It also mentions 72 men from one French family enlisting for the European war.
The Kansas City Star quotes P. G. Paster grimly noting a rumor about his disposition. He recalls a jest about swallowing sugar coated pills to taste the bitter ingredients, reflecting local town gossip.
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