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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1913
Page
3
An advertisement promotes Hay's Hair Health as a remedy to disguise aging by fading grey hair. It promises noticeable difference after several applications and offers a trial set including Tartine Soap and Martina Soap. Keller Drug Co. distributes the product with a free offer.
President declines to discuss charges against Senator Townsend and says he has not been invited to testify before the Senate lobby committee. He believes the lobby investigation will clear up a disagreeable situation and lead to cleaner politics after a long period of trouble.
President Wilson announced diplomatic appointments including Thomas Nelson Page to Italy and Henry Van Dyke to the Netherlands. John Lamb would head Mexico, Meredith Nicholson was listed for a smaller European nation likely Belgium. Lamb’s nomination delayed until after the Mexican election to avoid recognizing Huerta.
A desolate figure described with torn clothes and a bright red nose appears as a serene tramp. The vivid portrait evokes a scene of deprivation and marginalization in a stark street tableau.
The article notes that cotton consumption for motor vehicle tops and tires runs to about 1,500,000 bales, a figure few informed people would estimate given the vast size of the auto industry.
A compact reflection on preserving youth by embracing simple pleasures. The author urges enjoying simple food and drink, play, speech, and nature to keep vitality, warning that complex desires fuel pessimism and spiritual dusk.
A new automatic restaurant in New York features a nickel slot that dispenses ice cream. In the same row are fruit slot machines for melons and oranges kept cool by a refrigeration system.
The piece mocks hypocrites and snobs with a noted English epitaph about a judge. It cites Veliteles and Henry Van Dyke, noting a preference for a man who sometimes fails yet can spark enthusiasm over a damp character.
The mistress should arrange a simple menu of chicken salad tarts and small dishes on a buffet sideboard. Serve coffee or tea at the last minute from a small serving table. Silverware and napkins on display, guests serve themselves, enabling many visitors without a maid.
Practical fashion note shows how to craft yokes and guimpes from lace inserts and net with simple steps. Use brown paper patterns, baste strips, whipstitch edges, and finish necklines with three yarrow folds. For summer wear, chemisettes from odd lace lengths and net are recommended.
A fashion piece urges a white summer wardrobe for coolness and practicality. It compares white serge and delicate fabrics, notes bold color trends and Oriental influences, and discourages overly daring Parisian color schemes. The wise shopper favors white for ease of care and lasting wear.
The article describes bracelet options for different incomes with details on filigree silver links crystals coral bindings and engraved bangles in sterling silver and gold. It notes that well to do buyers may consider gold snake bracelets set with amethysts while thriftier buyers choose simpler silver pieces.
Step by step the article suggests transforming worn blankets into a comforter by inserting cotton batting between two blankets, tacking, basting edges, and covering with flowered part silk, then securing with matching colored wear. It closes with Lincoln quotes about judgment and unity.
The Florida Court of Appeals sentence on American Naval Stores Company officials for Sherman Act violations was reversed by the U S Supreme Court. It held the law not specific for this case. The men were accused of conspiracy to control turpentine and resin markets, marking the first test of the criminal section.
Senator Sutherland of Utah said he tried to influence Senate colleagues on the Underwood tariff bill and called it proper. Senator Reed, chair of the investigating committee, stated a lobby existed and named several legislative agents in Washington.
About 40 witnesses testified in the Fisher trial with roughly equal numbers for and against the defense. The coroner’s inquest summary and the observed scene were presented as part of the investigation. Judge Harrison ordered a visit to the crime site near South Main and James streets so jurors could witness exactly where the tragedy occurred.
A guide suggests baby books as durable keepsakes with brown or linen covers. It describes buttonhole stitching around leaves using bright silk or thread and pasting bold magazine pictures. A stitched border made with an unthreaded needle marks even edges for inserts.
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