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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1910
Page
8
The article advises between seasons millinery using silk covered hats with conservative shapes. It highlights durable, weather friendly trims like feathers ribbons velvet and maline with easy to manage trims and simple air of elegance. Julia Bottomley notes practical trimming methods and ready-to-trim hats suitable for autumn through early spring.
A public health warning links backache headaches and urinary troubles to dropsy diabetes and Bright's disease. The ad promotes Dean's Kidney Pills as a timely cure, citing Mrs Frances Dying of Boonville Missouri who reports relief after thirty years of kidney trouble. Sold by dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A plain blouse features a pointed back yoke and waist to shoulder tucks on each side, with a wide box-plaited center under which are hooks and eyes or buttons. It has a deep turn-over collar bound with plate material, and a kid belt with crepe-de-Chine trim.
The Housekeeper advises women with modest incomes to adopt a single color scheme for a year and rotate accessories to achieve unity and elegance. A blue gown with coordinating brown, tan, and black items is given as an example, emphasizing versatile pieces like girdles collars and parasols to stretch wardrobes without extra cost.
Crocheted neck ruches are touted as a novel, smart, and practical accessory. They attach to folds of lawn or linen and can be laundered without disassembly. Dainty wash shades to match gowns and chiffon fold near the throat are highlighted as flattering details.
Sam-I insists he is not a typical Black person and claims a good upbringing. Pete says others ignore him, warning that fools with him will face confrontation and a tough upbringing.
An advertisement extols Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment for preserving purifying and beautifying the skin scalp hair and hands. It claims relief from itching irritation and inflammation and preventing clogged pores. Potter Drug & Chem Corp Boston sole proprietors offer a free Cuticura Book upon request.
A married woman and future matron hurried toward a jewelry store after learning her fiancé’s cost via an engagement ring. She revealed the jeweler’s name from the box and planned to see the price. A companion also noted the matron paid for a commercial report to gauge the prospective husband’s standing.
Craig Biddle discusses changing Jeffries Johnson fight odds at Reno while a dinner table overhears two girls in a tangled secret exchange. Biddle notes numbers like four and a half to one and a quarter to one as a joke while the girls debate who told whom what.
In the gallery discourse Mr. Hayrick Mandy notes the artist received 5000 for a tiny work. Mrs. Hayrick-Mandy exclaims about the price, joking what he would charge for painting a barn.
Public Want Ads offer positions for wealthy men to advise and endorse dividends. Pay ranges from fifty to one hundred million yearly. Openings include financiers guaranteeing college and library support, stockholders managing food supply, and social representatives with all expenses paid. Palm Beach in winter and Adirondacks in summer are listed as perks. No experience or brains required. tasks require little effort.
Col Robert C Carter at a Nashville banquet recounted Dash of Company A famed as the nastiest tongued man in the regiment. The tale follows Private Dash who foraged on a rich estate and encountered the owner's wife who refused him, sparking a sharp exchange about a mind already made up. Pietro in Florida joins railroad work and outwits a rattler with a humorous exclamation after the serpent bites the log.
Readers urged to write for advice as letters from Hudson Ohio and St. Regis Falls New York attest to relief from menstrual ills and weakness after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad touts 30 years of cures and invites sick women to contact Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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