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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1905
Page
6
A Sunday editor and a charming woman clash over publishable poetry at a newspaper. She pitches witty limericks and a bold plan to win space and proof of independence by eventually getting her name in print. The editor rejects most, but a romance and a glimmer of hope endure as he reconsiders and honors her resolve.
The article recounts Aelian’s third century AD account of Macedonian anglers using artificial flies. It explains the Astraeus river fish attracted by color and movement, their hunting underwater approach, and how locals customarily disguise lures with wool and cock feathers to capture them.
A Pall Mall Gazette verse fragment personifies four winds as lovers seeking rest and reunion. The south wind is sweet and inviting, the north wind dreary, the east wind harsh, and the west wind longing for sunset and romance.
A New Orleans newspaper article explains how and where mosquitoes breed and swarm in urban settings. It highlights common breeding sites, seasonal activity spikes, and practical tips for residents to reduce standing water around homes and neighborhoods.
A nostalgic guide recalls beauty routines once popular in the south of Europe and among speakers of Boston Budget and Beacon. It describes face powders and milky lotions such as orange flower water with benzoin, strawberry tinted creams, mint salves for hands and sunburn, camphor ice, scented creams, and methods using eggshells as decorative containers.
A pale blue linen blouse features a center front tucked piece, straight panels with pearl button trim in threes, an over-shoulder tucked piece, curved edge stitching, pointed tabs and sleeve tucks. Material required three and a half yards of 50 inch wide linen and three and a half dozen buttons.
The passage notes a shift toward elaborate silk gowns for house wear, paired with a long loose coat. It suggests fashion trends favoring dressiness indoors, with emphasis on refined textiles and a relaxed outer layer.
A triangular stand made from rough untrimmed wood with a cone shaped box upper, bark left on the legs, and split stick edging. It uses long nails and can hold a pot with a fern or mould and flowers. box may be stained dark oak.
Fashion writers note a shift toward all season wear with shirt waists shirtsuits and long coats usable in winter and summer. Silk and taffeta waists and seeded silks dominate, while various silks including moire dotted and Japanese silks appear in outfits designed for year long wear.
The corselet skirt returns as a fashionable contrast piece, highlighting hips and waist while trimming the bust line. It suits thin women with a small waist and moderate hips, paired with a bolero for a refined look and adaptable from morning frocks to evening gowns.
A scalp tonic for blonde hair mixes one dram bisulphate of quinine seven ounces listerine and half ounce tinc ture of cantharides. Apply twice daily and note that effectiveness relies on pores absorbing the liquid rather than mere dabbling.
A catalog notes hundreds of new fall skirts featuring plain hems with no trimming. Designers emphasize streamlined silhouettes and versatile color options for everyday wear and multiple outfits this season.
A Catholic Standard and Times piece lists the contents of Milady’s purse. It items string, buttonhook, clippings, a Turkish cigarette, gum, fabric samples, mousseline, a safety pin, a bone button, a hair lock, a modiste’s card, foulard, a Rome postal card, and half a dime, suggesting modest wealth beneath appearance.
A playful verse about a canoe crew led by a captain and his partner, comparing canoeing to life with the captainess steering and the crew obeying. The piece ends with a light note on mutual support and love aboard the frail craft. A second excerpt, a poem on democracy, praises freedom and virtue amid critique, citing Percy Stickney Grant.
The poem quotes a verse about a busy moth choosing fabrics to lay eggs and hide in elegant cloths. The speaker, Mary C Faulkner, notes the moth’s activity and likens it to human industry and mischief by Satan, urging personal industriousness.
The excerpt presents a nature inspired poem about the cricket singing as life’s protest, followed by a dialect lullaby about autumn and longing. It pairs McLandburgh Wilson's verse from the New York Sun with Clarence L. Kain's rural dialect homage to spring and love amid year end.
A reflective verse from Reynale S. Pickering via The Reader urges patience, faith, and courage. It frames misfortune as temporary disguise for blessing and suggests every heart ultimately rests with its loved one, proclaiming the darkest hour holds the brightest light.
Lee Fairchild writes in Success Magazine that success need not come from conquest or war. True achievement lies in fostering peace and helping growth from within the valley, not leading armies on distant battlefields for a fadeless crown.
Poem excerpt from Good Housekeeping wishes a reader comfort and ease. It invokes calm, joy, and peace as attendants to the reader's quest and thanks the reader for giving their best in the kingdom of the household.
A Vir ginian drummer recalls hospitality in Louisiana from Lip Incott's Magazine. He and Stonewall Jackson C. sought shelter in a two room shanty with six children. The family fed them hog and hominy then slept the travelers on the floor while the couple slept in their bed.
A clergyman known for a hot pickle brand carries a bottle while traveling. At a restaurant a stranger asks for the pickles, the minister passes them. The Yankee feigns laughter, and the exchange reveals a joke about hell and samples.
A diner asks if a tainted tip would be refused and the waiter replies he would not refuse even if the money had passed through Camembert cheese. The exchange appears in Yonkers Statesman.
After eighteen months of epilepsy backache and kidney trouble W H Smith of Cream Ark is reported well again. An interview quotes Smith praising Dodd's Kidney Pills as the aid to his recovery and strength, claiming the pills cure the kidneys and purify the blood for better health.
In Stray Stories Porter recalls a portrait study for an exhibition. The men laughed heartily at the image, though no spoken comments were recorded.
W J Morgan of Orchard Town New South Wales recounts a two year struggle with a severe facial eczema in his baby girl. He credits Cuticara Soap and Cuticara Ointment with complete healing without scarring.
A humorous remark on a husband’s health improving through golf. The quote implies that improvement depends on better play to avoid worsening mood, reflecting light personal theater from a Washington Star snippet.
Wash black stockings to prevent greenish tint by dissolving Ivory Soap in hot water, wash through several suds, rinse in two warm waters with a tablespoon of vinegar in the last rinse, then dry and press on the wrong side with a cool iron. Eleanor R. Parker.
A playful line from the Chicago Sun notes a Boston bride and a Battle Creek groom at a wedding. The couple’s guests celebrated with beans and breakfast food instead of rice as a delicate farewell gesture.
An old wash tip promotes Red Cross Ball Blue to whiten clothing. A 2 oz package is priced at 5 cents and advertised to make fabrics appear snow white.
A western farmer unable to move his crops keeps them at home and feeds them to hogs, then uses the hogs to transport the produce. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports this resourceful workaround.
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