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Newspaper
Vienna News
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1911
Page
6
The piece describes children's hats using simple face shapes, light straws, small flowers, and soft ribbons to keep styles from feeling grown up. It highlights a corday model with puffed lace crown, two rows of chiffon trim, lace edging, a ribbon collar with a rosette, and a wire frame hat designed for a youthful wearer.
The article discusses summer scarf trends with marabout and ostrich feathers, chiffon bodies, and velvet bows, plus black and white mara hout edging. It notes clocked hosiery with side embroidery replacing openwork for street wear, favoring plain or bold color contrasts and silk stockings for those who can afford them.
A new silk called satin feutre is highlighted for its heavy but soft, lustrous weave. It is wide and available in silver color tones with striped effects, including ground and contrasting lines. Suitable for elegant afternoon wear and simple street dresses.
A traveler uses a large sheet of blue muslin placed at the bottom of her trunk before packing. When full, the fabric is folded over the clothes and pinned with safety pins to keep garments smooth at journey's end. Also notes mending hemstitching on linens with lace to extend life.
A description notes gloves of natural yellow doe tone paired with a costume featuring gilt buttons or decorations of the most precious metal, claiming the combination will be effective.
A noisy testimonial collage touts Swamp Root as a cure for kidney trouble and lumbago. It claims a two week cure, urges sending for a sample and booklet, and notes availability at drugstores. The piece includes a domestic vignette about shopping for a wife.
An ad touts Rheumacide as a cure for rheumatism blaming excess uric acid and claiming hundreds of successful cases. The tablet form is promoted as removing poisons and reaching joints from within, with a booklet offered by Chemtcat Co Baltimore Md. The rest is an anecdote about a boy named Jimmy adjusting to boarding school.
In a playful exchange a suitor insists on asking the father for consent while the other party pushes for a direct marriage proposal. The dialogue reveals tensions between propriety and decisive action in a romantic arrangement.
In a brisk exchange Mrs Knicker asks about a session with her husband. Mrs Becker confirms he passed an appropriation bill and jokes that a street fight can remind a married man there are other places like home.
Harpers Weekly presents a collage of quips and snippets. A debate on writing instruments cites Horace Greeley and Castoria endorsements while satirical lines on wealth and brains mingle with jokes about language and humor.
The phrase kicking the bucket originated in 18th century England when Bolsover hanged himself on a beam with a bucket beneath and kicked the bucket away. It later broadened from self-inflicted deaths to describe any death without distinction.
A German proprietor of a Brooklyn delicatessen displays a window sign reading The Best You Can Do Is Buy Our Wurst. The line is noted by a New York Sun writer and quoted by Youth's Companion.
An Eskimo, unfamiliar with wire, tries telephone concepts from a Pearyworth expedition guide. He strings wire on sticks, speaks into one end, and runs to the other end to hear his words, then looks puzzled when no echo returns. The tale highlights frontier misunderstandings of new technology.
A Fal mouth Kentucky resident reports severe backache and chills when wet or cold, tracing symptoms to kidney weakness. After using Doan's Kidney Pills, kidney strength returned. He urges others to use Doan's if problems recur. Sold by all dealers, 50 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A college antiques collector asks about old mugs in a hamlet. Uncle Jason highlights a shop on Main Street run by Hi ram Spruceby, with Grandad Wheatley and Pap Simmons in there getting shaved, noted as the oldest mugs in the country.
A Punch cartoon shows a shopman offering to carry a pound of butter for a lady who declines. The caption jokes about making the load light. It also reflects on patient effort and the idea that money in a boy’s pocket needs brains to do real good.
A grandmother recalls a child's innocent question about being “real good” to deserve a circus trip. The scene contrasts youthful wonder with mature guardianship as the boy asks how good they must be, and the adult responds with a playful yet reverent answer about striving to be as good as God.
A doctor questions a frail patient who insists he has done nothing while recalling the punchline that poverty’s blessings are visible to a millionaire. The exchange shifts to a retired grocer and a playful insult.
A discussion argues the brain is rebuilt daily from food and drink and that the mineral phosphate of potash is crucial. It cites Phosphoric Acid and Potash as primary brain minerals, notes Postum Cereal Company promotes the idea, and links nutrition to mental steadiness and nerve health.
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