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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1899
Page
8
A fashion note for Rose French cashmere gowns highlights elegant afternoon wear. Garments emphasize rose cashmere, tuning effects, black satin ribbons, and delicate ruching. The piece, credited to Helen Grey, showcases tunic styles with refined detailing and simple neck ribbons.
Fashion notes describe new neckwear for the season featuring tall pointed collars, dainty bows, and varied fabrics. Women display lace, plain and ribbed textures, with sleeves and gloves completing trendy outfits as seamstresses showcase delicate neck decorations.
A 1900s fashion item describes Witra style jewelry for bodice and coiffure featuring animal and insect motifs. It notes mock gems rival real stones, with a figure eight silk bodice trimmed by striped ribbon butterfly bows and toppled with topaz and brilliant butterfly ornaments.
A reader recounts sparrows attacking swallows and destroying nests. One sparrow dies in a noose hung by a horse hair, described as deliberate murder by the birds. Swallows allegedly captured the thief and the fatal knot was left as a relic of malice. Also notes a 1888 Russian senate ruling allowing Jews to have fathers’ names painted on shops and workshops.
Governor Griswold of Connecticut eludes British capture after hiding in a farmhouse near L town. Two friends kept a boat by a creek mouth two miles from the house as a last resort. A May day alarm signals his discovery and a quick escape along a shortcut through the Marvin orchard ensues.
A British officer dashed along a path from an orchard to a road, meeting Vetty Marvin tending linen with her dog Towser. The scene unfolds during a May day as Hetty sits by the linen while a frightened governor bursts into the road in a desperate escape.
Governor Griswold flees Tory pursuers aided by Hetty Marvin as a plan to mislead them unfolds. Hetty’s brave deception buys time for the governor to reach a river boat, while the Tory search fails and the couple reunites at home with a daughter named Hetty Marvin.
A testimonial from Frankie Hathaway of Holland Michigan claims drastic recovery from severe anemia after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. The ad asserts the pills restore blood and nerves, treats many ailments, and are sold in packs at 62 cents per box or 2.50 for six by Dr Williams Medicine Co.
A Ravenswood child sketching farm animals was startled by a cow chewing off green ribbons from her braids, causing her to fall from a fence. The beast swallowed the ribbons and the girl escaped unharmed. The item also notes Col. Ingersoll’s Shakespeare anecdote and a Boston reader’s praise of his writing.
A jaguar at the Athletic park 200 near New Orleans escaped its wooden cage while the resort was open. A crowd watched as the beast paced and later gnawed through a bar in the early hours, prompting a large search by men and dogs and causing neighborhood alarm.
A woman named Mra Michael Curtain from Plapteld fell ill with a lung condition believed to be consumption. After a doctor said medicine could not help, she tried Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption, misused it, then recovered after using six bottles and is now healthy and able to do housework. Trial bottles available at W B H McKee s drugstore with large bottles priced 40 cents and 1.00.
An Alabama newspaper reports that about half of the state pardons rest on the claim the prisoner is suffering from consumption. The article highlights the use of illness as a basis for clemency and notes public concern over the practice.
Neat dressy plaid effects set a quiet, smart tone in color ranges blue gray brown and green as skirts surge in popularity. Newness and value feature plaits selling for a dollar, with rich elegant skirting plaids at 81.00 and an interesting line of American dress goods by the yard. Copies of fine imported novelties emphasize quality and the seller’s aim to offer the best for money. A new catalogue is urged and the Pittsburg Exposition visit is tied to a pleasurable, profitable trip.
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