Girl of Gold Ends in Piano Love and Revealed Names
Elsa, a German maid in New York, hides a noble heritage as Rudolph Heide-Edelsheim, a musician, returns from Germany with a secret. Their romance, sparked by music, culminates in Elsa revealing her own hidden birthright and their reciprocal vow to marry for love not money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Green
New York
Hisa
Elsa
Lsa
Rudolph Heide
Rudolph
Germany
America
Fraulein Herter
Rudolph von Heide-Edelsheim
Geese in Flight Against Northward Sky
A vivid natural scene describes a line of wild geese moving northward in clear air. Their steady strokes and diminishing outlines evoke distant northern summers, while human cities appear as faint presences beneath the vast sky. The passage contrasts the geese with human confinement and the open day’s voice.
Ribbon designs H weave new world of ribbon garnitures
Ora Sue of New York unveils ribbon forms for table and room decoration to rival fresh flowers. Four designs suit a June white and green wedding, with rosettes, smilax, asparagus fern, and versatile color changes. Many women and milliners take up the craft, promising a profitable decorative trend that reduces drooping blooms. Julia Bottomley reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Ora Sue
New York
Julia Bottomley
Good ideas in Eton
A description of a young girl's fashion outfit noted for a heavy blue serge dress with a plain skirt and a novel jacket. The jacket features a deep sailor collar with pointed revers, natural pongee trim, coral silk edging, black silk braid, two large side buttons, and long sleeves with turn-back cuffs mirroring the collar trim.
Tiny pearl fashion endures in bracelets and jewelry
Ropes of pearls with tasseled ends returned last seasons and persist as a lasting trend. A revival of threaded tiny pearls appears in bracelets and jewelry shaped like children threading beads. The style is light and graceful and popular with young women, including Annie Douglas Graham, fiancée of Jay Gould, who owns many of the trinkets for her wedding attire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Douglas Graham
Jay Gould
Immense Wrist Bags in Velvet Fashion at Nice
Fashion note highlights new velvet wrist bags seen in Nice by stylish women. The bags are extraordinarily large, heavy when worn in walking or in a carriage, flat with velvet fittings, suspended by a delicate cut steel chain, and trimmed with a Gothic design woven into the velvet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nice
Starching Linens Hint for Ironing and Starch Use
Household tip advises adding four tablespoonfuls of starch to two gallons of water to stiffen linen articles and recommends ironing on the wrong side first. It also suggests washing starch vessels in hot suds, avoiding cold water, and using old underwear with a few buttons to protect fingers.
Blouse with Lace Yoke and Silk Accents
A dressy blouse in soft material features a lace yoke bordered by silk, gathered fabric at the yoke, and two shoulder tucks. Small puff sleeves end in lace cuffs with silk bands. Materials: 1½ yards 43 inch fabric, ½ yard silk 22 inch, ½ yard lace, ½ dozen buttons.
Practical Novelties and Decorative Bags Feature
A cretonne octagonal collar box includes a groove for holding links. Tapestry bags appear with uses for slippers, opera glasses, and a lantern shaped purse. A large cretonne darning bag adds outside pockets and a needle case, while a lantern bag stands out for its dainty design.
Old Novelty Revived In Gloves Trade
Shops display black overseam kid gloves with white stitching and Paris paints once again. The revived novelty sells to some extent as silk gloves rise in fashion. Black and white dominate silk glove sales, mirroring earlier demand patterns.
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Paris
Siik
Illinois Towns Record Patchwork of Strikes and Incidents
Illinois brief roundup reports a heat inspired student strike led by Louise Vickers daughter of Illinois chief justice, a fatal stabbing in Centralia with a suspect sought, census discrepancies in Salem, a chautauqua planned in Macomb, workers returning to duty in Mound City, and grand jury focus on local option law in Galesburg. Additional notes cover new stations, church dedications, races, arrests, and various civic events across communities from Bloomington to Joliet.
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East St. Louis
Louise Vickers
Alonz Vickers
Illinois Supreme Court
Alva Burton
Salem
Miss Allman
Macomb
Mound City
Galesburg
Thompson
Grand Jury
Kewanee
Pythian Sisters
Moline
Burlington
Watertown
New Methodist Church
Danville
Joseph Fairhall
Patriarchs Militant
Chrisman
Lincoln Temperance Chautauqua
Brudder Johnson and the Lamb Incident at Church
A church scene shows Parson Johnson accused of hugging a lamb from the congregation, provoking a stir. Deacon Jones confirms the image of the shepherd with a lamb. A meeting leads to a resolution: if Johnson must carry a lamb again, he should choose a ram-lamb for peace.
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Parson Johnson
Bradder Johnson
Brudder” Johnson
Pahson
Deacon Jones
Brudder Jones
Three Cured Of Eczema By Cuticura Remedies
Mrs. Violet Cole of Philadelphia reports eight years of eczema in childhood ended by Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. She used them on her five children whose head sores ringworm and hair loss cleared. She praises Cuticura as a world sold remedy and asks readers to request a free book from Potter Drug & Chem Corp Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Violet Cole
Redfield St
Philadelphia
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. Sole Props
Boston
Test of Social Standing in a Bonnet Pearl Caper
A comic note from Puck about an unnamed couple, where the wife hides a pearl necklace in her bonnet to gain society leadership notice. The piece mocks social climbing and newspaper fame in a light, partisan jab.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Porkenlarrd
Customs
Porkenlarrd
Puck
Misleading Claims and Echoes in a Seedy Exchange
A fragment cites a gun sale dispute with misrepresentation claims and a lame echo joke. It references Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets and Garfield Tea, advertising digestive aids promoting virtue and health, with a moral line about misfortune teaching virtue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
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Anna Phillips
Associated Literary Press
ETON
Illinois News
Bloomington
Alton
Nella H. Rodgers
Henry P. Rodgers
Shelbyville
Thomas Brown
W. W. Barber
Windsor Presbyterian Church
Chicago
Ashland Avenue
White Hall
Grayville
Mt. Carmel
Earl Sanders
Southern
Lyles Station
Urbana
Cupid
Joliet
Rockford
Salvatore Barbaria
Joseph Sero
Stronghurst
W. P. Anderson
South Manchester
Centralia
Chasteen Ostavale
Champaign
Herman Walden
Hartshorn Brothers
Missionfield
eGorge Fleming
Desplaines Street
Sheet Metal Workers’ Union
Haymarket Theater
West Madison Street
Quincy
Monmouth
Monmouth College
Lillian McDowell
Young People's Alliance of the
Evangelical Church
Thomasville
New Baptist Church
Isaac Lee
Mattoon
Lexa
Gernce
Evelyn
George
Fletcher
Si Summers
Eb Winters
Absorbine, JR
Boltiout
W. F. Youn
D. F
Temple Street
Springfield
Maas
Auien
ALLEN
Hyoweyenus Thompsen’s Eye
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