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Newspaper
Van Buren News Eagle
Location
Van Buren, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1912
Page
7
A North Carolina health statement warns about the dangers of coughing sneezing and spitting, noting that spit can carry deadly germs. It explains how droplets travel through air and settle on surfaces, urging care to protect the public from infection.
A frail audience scene captures a strained performance as a woman fights to sing while another spectator dismisses the melody as a mindacty. The moment ends with mixed reactions from onlookers and an uneasy mood in the crowd.
Fragmentary account mentions Jake Jerkins, a boastful Chester figure, who would give up a lifeboat seat to a woman and attempt to calm a saloon crowd as a ship sinks. It also references him rushing through women and children, then boarding a homeward streetcar at o clock.
The article describes hats for young girls made from straw and silk braid, trimmed with silk ribbon and flowers. Daisies dominate current fashion, with lace frills and sprays of blossoms. Wide crown hats with silk fringed edges and puffed crowns are favored, highlighting embroidery and decorative trim.
A Chicago report describes the lizard tail evening gown as the season’s new Parisian-inspired ballroom style. The vase colored messaline model features a black satin tail tunic with black pearl accents, a trained skirt, and a bead edged tunic, with detailed bodice and sailor collar.
A young mother describes a unique protective storm blanket crafted from remnants of rain capes and silk. It is kept under the mat of the ambulatory carriage to be quickly used, shielding her infant from rain and preserving garments with a red silty shade and attached ribbons.
Two wicker covered demijohn lamps will light a summer seashore bungalow. One is cleaned and used with a wicker shade, the other painted brown with Japanese openwork shade in yellow chintz. They will sit in the sitting room and veranda, weighted to prevent tipping.
A new spiral dress wins approval among fashionable women. It features a breek silk skirt with white crepe de chine accents and black fringe at the selvedge. Black satin hints appear near the ankles and waist, with half the corsage in satin, complemented by a large white picture hat trimmed with an osprey.
White voile gains favor among women of all ages for its easy care and lightness, replacing less practical fabrics in summer gowns. Mull remains popular, used for enchanting evening frocks. A gown with a low neck suits voile or mull, draped with whecrest net edged with Valenciennes lace.
A new fashion among young girls features a three quarter length semi fitting coat in enormous wreath pattern cretonne. It closes with a flat satin collar and patent feather belt. The design favors odd taste over classic beauty.
International Sunday School Lesson notes from P FE C Sellers director Ewene via Teepartie Moody Bible Institute Chicago.
This lesson contrasts malignant unbelief of Pharisees with incredulity of Jesus family. It notes three sections: friends doubting Jesus, rulers accusing by Beelzebub, and kinfolk seeking to restrain him. Jesus answers with logic, warns against blasphemy against the Holy Spirit, and ends with a call to walk in the light.
Two elderly chess enthusiasts at the Mechanics' Institute in San Francisco endured nearly five hours of flawless play before a sudden break. One blurted checkmate with a knight, prompting the other to quit in a snappish quip about an old chatterware teabox.
An advertisement touts Marine Eye Remedy and Marine Eye Salve as fast acting eye cures for red weak watery eyes and granulated eyelids. It claims oculists prepared formulas not patent medicines and offers aseptic tubes priced at 25 cents and 50 cents, with dealer and customer dialogue noting volume and packaging details.
Advertisement note promises relief from burns and cuts using Carhelisaive. Claims it relieves pain and prevents scars. Encourages readers to write for a free sample to Cole & Co at Bleck Itiver Ulls, Wis.
An eye remedy advertisement urges readers to try Paxtine Antiseptic for tired inflamed eyes and eyelids. The ad notes the product costs 25 cents a box at druggists or can be mailed prepaid from The Paxton Toilet Co. Beston Massachusetts.
Reader observes how similar looking words martial and marital cause confusion in print. The note highlights the potential for mix ups in wartime or domestic context usage.
Fragmentary adage style lines discuss not buying water for binning and choosing blue dye, plus a moral note about a mother guiding her son away from other influences. A George Eliot quote about hidden lives and unvisited tombs appears as a literary aside. An old advertisement mentions Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething infants with claimed soothing effects.
A fragmented morale piece notes how election losses invite blame on a wife and mocks consumption rituals. It jests about Garfield Tea purifying the tide and a man’s judgment by his social circle and gifts, with tongue in cheek satire.
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