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Newspaper
Asbury Park Journal
Location
Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1900
Page
2
Snapshot by Brogi from Florence shows Queen Helene of Italy urging King Victor Emmanuel LII to create a privy council dominated by continental representatives. Her Majesty aims to steer the monarchy into a more popular, modern role amid shifting times.
In a tense interview Isabelle Morris admits to not loving Mr Parkinson and seeks marriage for social status and wealth. Williston confronts her, while she reveals a worldly nature and preference for gaiety, housing, and attention over true affection, ending with a reluctant farewell.
The article describes ombre taffeta used in gowns with silk shading from dark to light for net or moire panne applications. It highlights visiting gowns with black panne, mink-tail edging, and turquoise accents, plus brown and golden brown designs with paisley ombre taffeta, rosettes, and velvet trims. Millinery features gold roses with empire green leaves, paired with black, garnet, and green velvet hats.
The article notes a shift to velvet hats in black and colors with plumes, velvet braids, chenille trims, and decorations of pearls and turquoise. Velvet dominates pastels edged in black with feathers and gold accents, signaling a bold entrance of red velvet as a major millinery color.
A historical discussion notes that patriotic buying shifted American women to home produced gowns amid war. A Dry Goods Economista staffer argues America lacks design talent and manufacturing capacity to meet elite tastes, needing Paris for couture until facilities and designers mature. New York could lead fashion worldwide once these gaps are filled.
A fragment describes Turkish women with a caste-like fear of contamination from the outer world. It notes servants’ scarcity among some, and that ladies wash hands before meals using a marble basin. After washing, they let water run until someone else shuts it off, avoiding touching door handles, with a slave often kept to operate them.
The saying Never watch the clock captures Thomas A. Edison’s habit of patching long sessions at the lab. He reportedly works 46 hours at a stretch, losing track of time as dedication dominates his routine.
Special notices announce a December 27 Personally Conducted Holiday Tour from New York Trenton Philadelphia to Washington. The three day trip includes visits to the Congressional Library and the Corcoran Gallery with rail, hotel, and guides priced at 14.50 19.00 and 11.50 respectively. Accommodations at selected hotels and reduced rates for Mount Vernon Richmond Old Point Comfort and Norfolk are offered. Tickets valid ten days with hotel coupons extra.
The Pennsylvania Railroad will offer round trip fares from all points on its line to Washington D C for the Centennial celebration. Tickets go on sale December 11 and are valid for return until December 14 inclusive.
For the centennial celebration of the establishment of the seat of government at Washington the Central Railroad of New Jersey will sell tickets from all stations at one fare for round trip. Tickets to go on December 11 and to return on or before December 4.
The Missouri Pacific Railway markets extended weekly excursions for 1900 to Los Angeles and San Francisco, including the Fest Mail Route, Colorado Short-Line to Denver and Salt Lake City, Rocky Mountain Route to California, and Iron Mountain Route to Texas points. Special tours exist to Mexico with all expenses paid, and excursions to Hot Springs Arkansas for health resort visits. Inquiries directed to J.P McCann and W. E. Hoyt at 391 Broadway New York.
The first 1900 1901 tour to Old Point Comfort via the Pennsylvania Railroad departs New York and Philadelphia on Thursday December 27. Tickets include luncheon on the going trip and return by regular trains within six days at rates 15.00 from New York 13.50 from Trenton 12.60 from Philadelphia and proportionate from other points. Ticket agents tourist agent and offices listed for purchase.
A list of unclaimed names appears in the journal's cent-a-word column including Mrs Willis Carr Miss Grace Holbert Miss Lina Ball, Edward R Ferry, Harold Lasgee, John N Webster, Lilian Hall, Kathorios, and others. The note references a standing request for readers to claim correspondence.
A dated list of street and intersection signals for fire alarms in Asbury Park includes pairs like 17 Barge and Bond and 19 Cookman and Main, with entries such as 6 6 8 General alarm and 2 Fire out, indicating alarm status or responses at various locations. The record reads as a contemporaneous shorthand of fire response cues and locations.
Signals list numerous alarm calls in Ocean Grove including 22 Clayton’s Store Main Avenue 23 Burr and Besch 24 Emburger Beach 25 Main and Pilgrim Pathway 26 Pilgrim Pathway and Broadway 27 Tabor Way and Pennsylvania 22 Clark and New Jersey 34 Heck and Whitefield 35 Main Avenue Gates 42 Corlies and South Main West Grove 43 Unexcelled Engine House West Grove. 4-1-4 Fire is out of town. 5-5-5 General alarm.
Weather chart outlines eight signals with terms like cold wave fair weather rain or snow warmer and colder. Descriptions reference local rains temperatures and atmospheric conditions across numbered signals, indicating transitions and combinations for forecast regions.
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