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Newspaper
Weiser Signal
Location
Weiser, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1902
Page
3
A 1904 guide explains shaping a fashionable tailored suit with a short jacket and plain five gore skirt. It covers fitting the hips, adding a center front dip, interlining with haircloth, pressing methods, and buttoning preferences.
The text describes inserting bias canvas for shaping a garment row and hemming. It mentions laying in three featherbone tapes, sewing with rest stitching, and finishing with machine stitching.
In The Delineator guidance on selecting wallpaper for uneven ceilings in low roofed houses. Advice covers the room use color harmony with woodwork light levels floor coverings and furniture. Features include combining ceiling and walls with one paper for a smooth look and avoiding borders or friezes. Also discusses suitable textures tones and settings for dining rooms dens and guest rooms. A second note offers a simple shampoo recipe using borax lemon juice and egg yolk with rainwater or boiled water.
Practical guidance for caring for children emphasizing ventilation and avoiding gas stoves in sleeping rooms. Notes on digestion, appetite, sleep needs for six to seven year olds twelve hours nightly plus a two hour nap, the role of outdoor activity, simple wholesome foods, butter as easily digested fat, and habits like neatness and self-care with clothes and toys.
A fragment from a periodical extols well shod feet and proper footwear as key to beauty. It cautions against pinch shoes and extreme heels, notes how good foot movement enhances carriage, and urges immediate correction of any footwear issue. An old school remark about a girl studying department closes the excerpt.
A chiropodiat cautions that short stockings can cause ingrown nails as surely as short shoes. Mothers shopping for growing children often overlook fit, leading to rapidly outgrown sizes and feet that fail to keep up with adolescence.
A Victorian reflection asserts that a woman's role creates a true home beyond bricks and furnishings. It argues home is built by character and warmth, not by walls or wealth, and that even a modest cottage shines with heavenly radiance through a woman's influence.
The readable fragments discuss paper use for drive and plain paper purposes. It mentions a picture paper and a claim it should be used only for certain functions. The legibility is limited and no clear event or individuals are identifiable.
A vintage health ad warns that neglect of biliousness and constipation harms health permanently. It touts DeWitt's Little Early Risers as effective with no gripe. Electric Bitters claimed to destroy germs causing malaria and stomach issues, endorsed by John Charleston and others, with a 60 cent price and satisfaction guarantee.
Sale and Want column offers low cost ads for employment and selling. Includes Great Land Bargain 40 notes of unimproved land 6 miles west of Weiser, and Orchard Land Company listings for land shares, with motel rates and free station conveyance.
The piece warns that injurious quietness harms patients. It notes that while running about and shouting should be avoided, normal household noises must not be suppressed. The most irritating factor is a loud whisper, which is considered worse than loud talk for the patient.
A window cleaning mop is described as a compact band of chamois scraps tied with twine. Pieces no larger than a dollar are used to form a single mop. When dirty it should be washed and dried, then rubbed soft before use. The mop supposedly improves with use.
A House Beautiful feature presents a furniture panel made from woven tapestry inserted in the wood and coated with a transparent varnish. The design mirrors painted panels with flowers, fruit, and landscape motifs. The craft reference notes similar bedstead and emailer pieces, creating a nearly indistinguishable effect from painted panels.
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