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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1894
Page
6
A fashion notes piece from 1894 discusses summer dresses for girls, Reefer jackets, and infantile silhouettes. It highlights white mousseline gowns, corn colored ribbons, empire waists for stout figures, and variances in fabrics like mousseline de soie, velvet accents, and gilt button detailing. It also covers trends in bonnets, jackets, wash dresses, and trimmings shaping the season’s wardrobe.
A humorous dialogue reveals why a child was frightened as the Speaker of the House contends with laughing gas. A staged exchange shows banter about worthiness and suitable marriage, contrasting romantic fantasy with practical reality.
For house dresses nothing surpasses soft clinging cashmeres. Dark colors are especially practical and stylish, with a black option highlighted by a simulated overskirt edged in velvet. The bodice features a basque, velvet ribbon trim, and a simulated jacket adorned with velvet buttons and capelets over full balloon sleeves.
The article notes smaller sleeves due to lower arm openings but confirms quantity in material remains ample with three yards of single width fabric. For morning wear, a wash-silk blouse with a plaited neck-to-belt design and jeweled studs creates a dainty costume, predicting light colors like mauve and gray for street wear.
The article notes a shift from blouses that hid under skirts to new designs with a fuller basque below the waist. It describes a black dotted nainsook blouse with a gathered yoke, narrow black insertion, 4 metre ribbon belt, antique silver buckle, and a black moire bow with frilled lace ends.
Irish linens are rec o mended for summer wear with a variety of colors and softer finish than last year. Hopsack linen is a desirable novelty almost as glossy as silk yet light and strong enough to need no lining, making them practical for warm weather outfits.
Close braiding designs are seen on silk cord, with varying shades and beads or spangles for a rich effect. These corded patterns appear on ceremonial costumes and fine wool attire, serving as decorative garniture for special occasions.
A dramatic exchange depicts a nurse on call confronting a frightened child. The narrator, a puckish observer, notes the nurse’s fearsomely stern demeanor and warns of the child’s distress as daylight fades. The scene emphasizes tension between caregiver and young patient.
In Washington rapidly, Senator Dolph defended keeping wool on the tariff free list while Mr. Carey protested and Mr. Kyle outlined his stance. Votes on McKinley rate changes failed, while amendments proposed by Peffer and Sherman sparked debate. The day closed after measures on government printing funding and other business.
Shoe dealer refuses to handle shoes on small margins while a drummer insists profits exist due to the shoes’ plain poor quality. The dialogue hints at questionable business ethics and potential sales pressure to move defective goods.
In a suburban village a pair of men argue across a fence over chickens pointed at by a man with a rake. The residents identify the contenders as Mr. Meek and Mr. Lamb, formerly of Fifty-ninth Street, who moved to the suburbs seeking peace and quiet.
A humorous dialogue features a boy claiming a pony would improve him by increasing charity. Richie Rich’s father quips that the boy would be less glad if the pony ran away with Richie, prompting a playful meditation on virtue and envy.
A child mourns at spring awakening as money from Papa fuels a wish for an express wagon, yet the scene reveals a garden awaiting attention beyond the promised toy. The exchange highlights parental generosity clashing with a gardener’s real task and seasonal chores.
A short dialect dialogue features a character musing about learning to shoot. The cowboy responds with a terse joke about spending weeks learning not to shoot off the mouth first, then one will be all right.
A Western editor jokes about the danger posed by Col. Kaintuck, noting the threat is mild compared to the editor fearing the loss of his paper. The dialogue highlights newspaper pride and rivalries in a frontier town setting.
A shaken bridesmaid recalls a tense wedding moment as the bride faces the altar with George trembling. The pair seem overwhelmed by fear he might bolt, leaving the ceremony in doubt.
A child reports a new baby in the household with eyes that open and close but sometimes fail to shut when laid down. The exchange hints at curiosity and a casual neighborhood observation about the infant’s behavior.
Fragmentary lines hint at a dialogue about mood and reflection during a journey. The snippet references a character named Puck and a companion noting unease or novelty in the voyage’s atmosphere.
Mrs Brickl and Mrs Lever discuss a boy next door praised for not breaking a window over two days, noting the contrast with prior observations. The exchange highlights curiosity and surprise at the boy's quiet behavior.
Subtreasurer Jordan of New York and ex Comptroller Trenholm supported Representative Coombs’s bill for a 15 member non partisan currency commission. The panel would sit in various cities to study coinage and financial conditions and report by year end. Five members were chosen to draft a currency and banking measure: Cox of Tennessee Cobb of Missouri Culberson of Texas Henderson of Illinois and Haughen of Wisconsin.
Representatives of Pacific railroads refuse to accept the modified bill proposing a four percent interest on funded debts and a fifty year limit. They argue the interest and payments would be unaffordable, a stance voiced amid discussions in Washington.
Proceedings from WasnineTon report the Indian appropriation bill under consideration in the House. A rule was adopted to bring it to a vote today after a sharp debate over a section allowing sale of state bonds credited to Indian trust funds. A recess until 8 p.m. left the evening set for private pension bills.
Informer Sill continued his technical detailing of armor-plate frauds before the investigating committee. The morning and part of the afternoon were spent identifying each false entry and expanding on earlier general explanations.
Lai Young Lai, ex consul general of China in San Francisco, receives notice of appointment as ambassador with full power to ratify the China Mexico treaty. The pact grants Chinese residents in Mexico naturalization rights with full civic privileges, no registration or exclusion laws, and equal commerce treatment. It promises reciprocal privileges for Mexicans in China.
Time Press from Honolulu reports the Hawaii constitutional convention organized its government. The draft names The Republic of Hawaii with a president and fifteen member advisory council. Legislature includes a senate and house of representatives of fifteen each. Senators must be native or naturalized citizens fluent in English or Hawaiian and meet property or income tests. Aliens seeking naturalization must be from treaty nations, fluent in English, own property valued at 200 and renounce foreign allegiance.
In Iron Hall Ixpranaronis Indiana on June 19 Judy Winters ruled that all claims filed by Receiver Failey for sick benefits and warrants drawn but unpaid are not preferred. Members filing these claims will receive dividends only on their paid assessments. About 300 claims are disposed of by this decision.
Prendergast faces swift execution by hanging on July 2 unless Governor Altgeld grants a reprieve or a insanity verdict is found by a jury. Attorneys hint they will seek any chance before trial to persuade jurors of insanity. Judge Payne plans no further postponements.
Dispatches from June report Coxeyite mobs seizing trains and clashing with deputies from Denver to Omaha and Springfield to St. Paul. About 600 Coxey adherents gather near Julesburg while arrests rise and federal officials threaten intervention.
Leander Driscol and the jailer’s 17 year old daughter aided by the girl effected an escape from Cadiz jail where he was confined on horse stealing charges. The couple fled to Palmyra then were arrested and brought back to Cadiz.
Archbishop Tache, head of the Roman Catholic church in Manitoba and the Canadian northwest for over forty years, lies at the point of death in Wrixntree Manitoba on June 18. He is the most widely known Canadian Catholic prelate and has played a prominent role in Canadian history.
Grant Baum aged 18 of Smithville shot Millie Zimmerman 17 on a Dunkard love feast walk home. Baum says the gun fired accidentally. The killing occurred late at night in Wobster Ohio and the victim was the daughter of a widow.
London June 15 the colonial conference in Ottawa faced a ruling by Mr Buxton in the house of commons that the Earl of Jersey was not empowered to bind or speak for the government at the Ottawa conference.
Palermo June 18 The sulphur mine owners near Caltanizetta reach a compromise ending the strike of about 3000 workers that began a few days ago. The dispute over mine conditions and pay is resolved without further disruption to production.
It is semi official that after his long tour Dr. Talmage may preach regularly in Madison Square Garden, New York, upon his return to this city.
A condensed recap of congressional activity dated June 11 to June 16 covers tariff schedules for wool silk and other items, district of Columbia business, Indian appropriation bills, and land settlements. Reports note discussions on the wool schedule, amendments, and votes, with brief mentions of treasury inquiries and a $100,000 fund for colored Civil War veterans' beneficiaries. Also includes a short medical note on William Walter Phelps showing slight improvement in New York on June 2.
Cholera tally tallied in Vienna on June 18 shows sixty cases and twenty five deaths at Ciechanowice in Russian Poland, located about thirty miles from the Prussian frontier, signaling a spreading outbreak in nearby regions.
Lincoln Neb June 12 The Supreme Court announces a decision declaring the hour a day labor law unconstitutional.
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