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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1899
Page
5
The text presents current notes of fashion featuring a stunning frock and a stylish jacket as well as a poetic excerpt about a phantom of delight. It juxtaposes fashion items with Wordsworth’s poem lines describing a noble, angelic woman and reflections on human nature.
The Italian monarch is described as reserved with nobles and officials yet often extending a hearty greeting to laborers and farmers. He is portrayed as especially popular among the humbler classes of his subjects.
T P O Connor argues in Mainly About People that the queen’s title would collapse to Mrs Guelph if distinctions vanished but the true legal designation after marriage is Mrs Wettin as Albert Wettin is the family name. Wettin links to several European royal houses, including Belgium’s Leopold and Saxony’s Albert, with ties to the Prince of Wales and other royals.
Plain shirt waists with decorative tucks and velvet ribbon shown as a winter fashion note. The article then threads through European royal genealogy detailing Wittikind’s descent, Oldenburg names, Azon lineage, and the use of d Este by the British royal house.
A brief survey notes the Prince of Wales freely greeting at social events while many continental rulers avoid hand contact with fellow countrymen. It observes the German Austrian and Russian emperors and Central European sovereigns often expect a kiss rather than a handshake and contrasts them with British royal manners.
The article advises girls to skate drill and fence to improve posture and energy. For nervous headaches walk slowly backwards for relief. Eye care includes closing eyes for minutes, rose water compresses, and rest to prevent bloodshot or burning eyes. yellow whites signal other issues.
A brief note emphasizes strict attention to diet for pupils to improve alertness and learning. It calls for disciplined routines and stable nutrition as foundational for classroom performance.
An afternoon frock in light brown cloth features a gold trimmed corsage and embroidered bands in gold on dory Thender spalllds and Smbraina Coua4r wc 2 skirt. Long tight sleeves and a left side bow of deep petunia velvet decorate the waist.
The piece argues long skirts offer renewed grace and must be managed to avoid sidewalk exposure. It contrasts careless liftings with mindful, mirrored practice and suggests studying graceful exemplars to suit one’s figure and avoid dress missteps.
The article urges women to update neckwear with lace, noting high collars are out and fluffy lace around the throat creates a chic look. It suggests bright red ribbons with lace bows and mentions white and black lace variations. Mothers should retrieve short narrow lace barbs from the lace box for today’s fashion.
The Rowland presents this season’s fly front jacket with a velvet collar and a lengthened cut extending ten inches below the waist. The style remains popular for plain street wear despite many new coat designs.
Dr. Ferd Linneborn of Hagen Germany reports a fabric for garments that stays cool and reduces perspiration. The inner surface uses paraffined linen threads while the outer wool threads have natural oils removed to boost performance.
Journal reports the Senate convened for Mr Dingley s funeral in Washington and Jonathan Ross sworn in to fill the Vermont seat. It tracks daily floor actions on the Nicaragua canal bill, Philippine sovereignty debate, and related House measures through Jan 21.
Washington Jan. 23. Senator Allison questions Senator Hoar's estimate of increased expenditures from Porto Rico and the Philippines. He argues the size of permanent costs is about 150 million dollars annually, including higher naval appropriations, challenging Hoar's larger projection of 500 million per year.
Senator Gear offers a joint Senate resolution to appoint Oscar W. Deignan of Iowa as a cadet at the United States Naval Academy. Deignan is hailed as a Merrimac hero. A separate Findlay Ohio case reports a dynamite cartridge injury to Mrs.
Washington reports reveal revised testimony by Commissary General Eagan about miles beef notes. Capt Irvine described Panama beef as smelling of a dead body and thrown overboard. Daly testified refrigerated beef was bad and bore embalming odor, with borax and salicylic acid detected in residue from boiled beef. Professor Wielaski confirmed boric and salicylic acids in the residue.
The sub commission on agriculture and agricultural labor of the industrial commission released its topical inquiry syllabus. It outlines three heads labor employed capital employed and remedial legislation with 50 questions. Witnesses must provide facts rather than opinions. suggestions invited.
London report notes the recent English strike blocked rail and rolling stock orders for India. It warns future demand will likely go largely to the United States, especially for locomotives, impacting Indian railway construction.
The Iowa Patent Office lauds its twenty five year track record offering free guidance to inventors while noting patents cost time labor and money. It compares invention to farming stressing risk and reward and urges those unable to bear risk not to invent with solicitor Thomas G Onwie & Co offering free consultation and prosecution. George Bush and Lucy Prophet seek a marriage license with no parental consent required. A Philadelphia servant’s executor charged $800 for a funeral and a $500 casket, though a cheaper coffin was later used.
A nostalgic poem recalls youth as memory threads a yellowed leaf and a pansy bloom. The speaker asks who plucked the flower while invoking names of possible loves and the dreamlike vitality of past romance. The verse mingles fond reminiscence with a longing for enduring love.
A New York arrival in Chicago is described as having introduced plague to a city free of the disease since Gotham. The report notes physicians’ warnings about the visitor and asserts the threat to public health.
The Monon Route through Chicago to Washington offers through sleepers leaving Chicago at 2:45 a.m. arriving Cincinnati by 11:20 a.m. and Washington by 6:47 a.m. with Baltimore by 7:50 a.m. This line is described as the most comfortable eastbound train from Chicago.
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