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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1899
Page
7
This article outlines affordable ways to recreate a royal dinner gown inspired by Princess Cantacuzene. It emphasizes simple construction, lace patterns, and color harmony, recommending black with bright accents and compatible pairings with pale yellows greens and blues.
An article on warm mid autumn wardrobe trends features Mohair and camel hair fabrics with blurred patterns and silk thread accents. It highlights an elegant brown camel hair coat dress with red satin trims and a satin bow. Also discusses Serart velveteens in Persian and flower brocades for remaking gowns and autumn winter wares.
A stream of testimonial notes claim Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured painful monthly periods and backache. Women describe severe cramps, dizziness, and weakness improved after using the remedy, with praise for Mrs. Pinkham's guidance and medicine.
Prof. Gustavo Pisenti of the University of Perugia performs an elephantine eye operation on a three year old lioness. Anesthesia is delivered via chloroform soaked gauze and ether wrapped head. The crowd and animals react with alarm as the procedure ends in a controlled death to the animal.
Jielen Grey-Page notes French fashion reacts to a new hue genanime blue appearing in luxury fabrics. Newport parade first showcased the color in a carriage gown of gendarme blue satin with cream chantilly lace. A downtown restaurant scene in Detroit Free Press describes bustling diners and a playful mispronunciation of orders by waiters as contrast to the elegance of the gown.
A fragment from Stray Stories notes Jegld Need urging a transfer of $25 to Travel-Sandstone. The narrator questions the request while Nutte expresses willingness, and Tte invites the speaker to dine this evening. The brief item presents a cautious, human moment amid uncertain solicitation.
Describes Parisian corded velour fabric used for a fashionable ensemble. The tunic features a pointed front with a light facing and bias folds, coutache braid trims, and a single breasted jacket with a double effect. Sleeves reveal a pleated ruffle with a Princess of Wales toque completing the look.
Berton Cheyney writes in the Ladies' Times Journal that women may be appointed to many government branches under the same conditions as men. He notes 199 of 418 Washington appointments in 1595 were women and lists roles from clerical to skilled positions, highlighting a demand for capable women as assistant microscopists.
Visitors at Central Park Zoo witness Prince the Newfoundland calm elephants with ease as keepers admit the dogs master the roars and nervous beasts. Peter R. McCally notes similar dog power in other cases while observers marvel at this unlikely alliance. A separate tale recalls Rogers driving a Jersey cow to pasture after forgetting to let it out of the barn and a Moosehead Lake angler struck by lightning while fishing, killing a trout instantly.
The article explains bell tuning like organ pipes, describing how thinning a bell raises pitch and enlarging diameter lowers it. It cites the 3,542 pound bell at Geneva’s Cathedral of St. Pierre and details lathe-based procedures, tone comparisons with tuning forks, and limits on raising notes, noting very thick bells may resist retuning.
An old survey notes Vienna offers the cheapest meat prices while Madrid is most expensive for bread meat sugar and coal. St Petersburg shows bread as luxury. Brussels and Paris sit lower on the scale, London higher. Americans spend about 50 dollars yearly on food with bread consumption around 380 pounds while other national figures vary. Outside Europe Manila is stated as cheapest alive.
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