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Newspaper
Van Buren News Eagle
Location
Van Buren, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1912
Page
7
A cynical young man aboard a Washington streetcar notes an advertisement showing a collar encircling the Capitol dome and quotes two placards reading Quartier size and Two for a quarter. He remarks that the display sums up his view of some congressmen.
A Sewickley man discusses a plan to exchange children with foreign families to learn languages and cultures. A Wilkinsburg man asks about the idea and mentions wanting a neighbor’s child swapped with a family in Siberia.
A humorous adage notes the ease of catching a husband versus the difficulty of making him depart. The saying plays on romantic relationships with a clever twist. It reflects social attitudes toward marriage and autonomy in domestic life.
An OCR fragment advertises Cole Carbolic and Red Cross blue medicine claiming instant pain relief and curing burns and cuts. It mocks anxious debts and self forgiveness while promoting a blue labeled product and a cautious druggist appeal.
The International Congress on Aerial Technition at Geneva evolves a code of air laws. A key paragraph requires pilots to log no birth in an aircraft and notify authorities at the first place of descent.
During his U S lectures on aesthetics Wilde mocked American interest as lacking antiquities and curiosities. An American girl retorted that antiquities would come and that America was already importing curious lives, a witty defense of cultural development.
A chaotic anecdote centers on a self styled scientific management expert linked to San Francisco and Ro Marriott Thompson. The New York Tribune notes he argued management can overreach while recounting a grand factory and a wedding scene where a bold remark interrupts the ceremony.
The article notes black velvet as a top favorite for winter and summer costumes with filmy fabrics. It highlights uses from sashes and girdles to hats with velvet facings and brim edges, praising its dust resistance and color versatility. It also mentions velvet’s slimming effect and ability to enhance eye and skin tones.
The article describes the middy blouse favored by younger shoppers with repeated yoke den models and enlarged armholes for athletic movement. It compares high linen collars and four in hand ties with softer turned down collars and silk cravats, praising roomy patch pockets and comfort.
The article notes pearl ropes often three yards long break easily and a single lost pearl can be costly. It explains why jewelers favor less expensive materials and highlights jet as a popular alternative for jewelry and ornaments to complement new gowns.
The Dry Goods Economy notes fall dress lines feature many pleated skirts. Skirt styles range from straight narrow forms to designs with pleated panels or deep pleats. Some samples have pleats reaching the waist while others end at the knees with modified panter drapery finishing the upper section.
A brief note on white silk shirtwaists known as polo blouses as part of the evolving mannish garments women wear. The item highlights a trend toward practical, stylish attire suitable for warm weather.
A period column notes a revival of bright red hair, praising vivid carrot shades as fashionable while warning they can look artificial and age the wearer. It argues red tones harden features, dull complexions, and strain most faces, especially beyond extreme blondes.
A hat features a pale blue Tagel brim with fine lace crown over pale blue silk. The crown is drawn into a puff and set to the brim, trimmed by satin ribbon forming a bow at the front.
A Kansas City mother took her two young daughters to visit her husband’s kin in a Kansas town. On an errand to the depot the children were told to be well behaved, and returned chewing gum. The older girl explained the machine told them to ask the agent for pennies.
A quirky 19th century quip blend notes how focus on a subject can attract critics more than artists. The fragment hints at contrasts between desire and craft, using playful wordplay like harp, harpy, and pincatt.
A mother in Terre Haute Indiana describes a four year old boy's severe facial eruption. After trying other medicines, she used Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment, washing with warm suds and applying the ointment. Within a week to ten days the blisters dried and the face healed without scarring. Mrs Arthur Haworth signs the notice dated January 10 1912. Cuticura products advertised with free samples and a 32 page Skin Book.
A garbled OCR fragment features dubious lines about buying automobiles and dust, a nonsensical claim about liquid blue being a rotition, a Red Cross Ball Glue plug, a grocery hint, and an age related quip. It reads like an advertising or filler page with stray aphorisms.
A fragmented dialogue shows a character admitting self deception as they claim to have fooled Pat and others, while acknowledging personal misjudgment in a terse, reflective exchange.
A dialogue features a boastful speaker claiming self made status. A listener remarks the head is too big for the mouth and questions the speaker’s perception of self. The exchange underscores a gap between pride and reality.
In a witty exchange a speaker defines a perfect husband as one with about a million who would lose no time in making her a merry widow. The remark reflects playful attitudes toward marriage and wealth in social chatter.
The Paxton Toilet Co of Boston Massachusetts will mail a large trial box of Paxtine Antiseptic to any woman free upon request. The germicidal toilet preparation is advertised as a delightful cleansing product.
A kind local philanthropist ordered a personal fan and an electric buzzer. He removed a key from door BO 6 to let air pass into the adjoining room where eight perspiring clerks work.
An old advertisement touts Cole's Carbon salve as a remedy for itching and piles. Claims curing with topical application. available from druggists for 25 cents.
A constituent asks if he is a servant of the people and Sorghum answers that a truly first class servant is nearly a boss. An advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children at 25 cents a bottle. The quote ends with a remark on discretion and cowardice.
The piece notes a new underbrim trimming trend for wide brim hats. Paul Potret introduced the large flat hat with underbrim trim, sparking adoption by other milliners and establishing the style in millinery.
The current craze embraces black and white in interior design with black cushions, elaborately embroidered table covers, and contrasting embroidery on footstools. Black satin is recommended for this decorating motif.
Aluminum thread bags and purses are crocheted from a new silver looking thread said not to tarnish. The material is used with cut steel beads or alone and sells for 40 cents a spool. Bags mixed with beads are noted as especially handsome.
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