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Newspaper
Wahpeton Times
Location
Wahpeton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1908
Page
2
The article discusses how wall colors and patterns affect mood and room perception. It warns that bright scarlet walls may irritate sensitive individuals, while dark blues depress. It advises against overly garish patterns, stresses suitability of colors to room orientation, and suggests practical finishes for bathrooms and woodwork.
A fragment describes a brown costume with a skirt and a drab face cloth coat. The skirt is brown casamere and plain, while the semiftting coat features a seam up each side the front.
The article describes a brown silk embroidered coat with velvet trim and ostrich feather trimmed hat, noting materials like three yards of fabric, velvet, and lining silk. It mentions jeweled lizards used as skirt holders by queens, and ornate bodice and skirt accents in black china silk with coronation braid.
The article explains frugal ways to refresh ribbons and bows for hats, noting that renovation keeps costs low. It describes pressing, steaming, and whitening techniques, and suggests soaking in water with ammonia to lift stains while avoiding damage to fabric.
When sending flowers to sick friends choose varieties with faint odor and lasting quality. Carnations are best for satisfaction and scent, while roses, lilies of the valley, and violets suit a sick room but fade quickly. Remove stems nightly, place in a cool area, recut stems, and fill vases with warm water and salt to preserve fragrance and color.
A Chicago American column argues that most women desire marriage, citing Beatrice Fairfax. It contends home and children stir female nature, urges marrying for love, and notes married life involves patience, but love makes it rewarding. It preserves the view that matrimony is the best path for women.
The article notes many new models rely on beauty of line color and material with minimal trimming, making them simple and unworthy of high prices.
A reflection on an artist skilled at cutting and arranging fabric to achieve line perfection in clothing. The piece highlights a skirt coat and vest with a black velvet band and silver buckle. Also describes a simple craft basket made from heavy cardboard and crepe paper, assembled with punched holes and ribbon, final size six inches.
Vogue previews ongoing style shifts in long scarfs paired with dinner gowns and theater wear. Navy suede, mauve lining, and perforated beige ends demonstrate versatile draping. White chamois with gold embroidery appears on high neck gowns. Flowered elastic belts and large novelty buckles, including enamel kitten heads, highlight new decorative choices.
The Montreal Herald advertises decorative waste baskets suitable for display on a treaser mantel or table. By enlarging serial sections and using heavy pulp board as a foundation, a durable artistic basket can be made with poinsettia pine cone and Indian crepe paper designs for a striking large decoration.
Fashion notes describe morning skirts short and afternoon skirts long and full. Coats are soutache and three quarters, black popular with mahogany and peacock hues. Blouses in muslin or crepe de chine dyed to match sloth or velvet. New sleeves feature deep tucks and coat bodice integration.
The piece surveys changing Paris fashion this season with brighter color effects, new footwear details, and novelty accessories. It notes higher clothing costs, reduced hat prices, and gowns featuring black or dark velvet brocading. A short promenade skirt replaces fuller silhouettes for the moment.
The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western unveils a vast interlocking switching plant at Hoboken, featuring 131 track switches and automated routing that prevents route changes once set. The system, using 72 miles of wire and air piston switches, allows four workers to do in minutes what formerly took twenty. A powerful 49-arc lamp cluster at Hoboken will project a 1.5 million candlepower glow.
In Blamarck a note on diplomatic languages cites China and Japan pushing a “Fungo” precedent while Western treaties exist in multiple scripts. A Bismarck anecdote recalls Russian letters ignored by German archives until he learned to write in French, prompting a shift in official correspondence to avoid unread documents.
A worried man rushing for a train dives into a nearby restaurant. He soon spots the waiter serving him and realizes the staffer is an old school and college friend. The man protests that he only waits and does not dine.
A 30 year old man speaks of an upcoming ceremony after confirming the doctor will perform the wedding. The bride mentions her gown and plans for a drawing to remove a $10,000 accident policy in case of misfortune. The exchange reveals a hopeful, affectionate dialogue before the big day.
A wife describes her husband’s severe coffee addiction and illness. After switching to Postum the headaches eased, skin and organs improved, and he became a healthier man. She also began drinking Postum and notes weight gain and nervousness improving. The letter claims many are fooled into thinking Postum coffee. The notice mentions Cattle Creek Michigan and a campaign line "There’s a Reason."
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