Lide Ann Potter's Wedding at Trimmer Farm
Lide Ann Potter plans a staged wedding for her fragile sister Sarah Belle to honor a story about a widow. She seeks a living groom, choosing cousin Martha Miller Potter, then Victor Trimmer offers to marry her to care for Sarah Belle. The plan shifts to a real union as Sarah Belle helps unite them.
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Lide Ann
Old Dolly
Trimmer’s
Ella
Joseph
Sarah Belle
India
Holt
Dr. Wall
Jenny
Martha Miller Potter
Victor Trimmer
Lide Ann Potter
Victor
Sarah Welle
Dido Ann
Sarah
Belle
Jide Ann
Sarabelle
Side Ann
Three Excellent Dress Designs Feature Elegant Silks
A beige silk linen smart dress showcases a closely plaited skirt with a central box plait and a bodice that falls neatly to the hips. The outfit, trimmed with buttons and cords and lace yoke, is paired with a black crinoline hat adorned with roses and a beige feather.
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Rouen
The Wearing of the Sash Fashion Commentary
A fashion note surveys lingerie dresses and sashes worn beneath or at the waist line. It describes sashes threaded through draperies or tied in bows at the back, with variations from one shoulder draping to rosettes tied at the side. It notes Paris preferences for rosette knots with long pendant ends.
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Paris
Arranging Pansies for Table Displays
These flowers look best in tables or naments but need careful arrangement. Use wire screens with large meshes to hold stems upright, or cut stems short and mingle with fancy moss in a flat dish so each pansy can lift its tiny face.
Shade Hat With Florentine Shape Trimmed In Wheat Heads
A milliner offers a shade hat likely to appeal to fashion minded buyers. The design features an old Florentine style finished with large wheat and oat heads in natural or dyed colors to match gowns. Big straw bunches create an aigrette fall and field flowers decorate the piece.
New Summer Frocks Show Net Embroidered Frocks
New summer frocks feature heavy net embroidered in pitt wheels. Plain white floss used singly or triple, and the work requires no expert hands. The result resembles rough darning in appearance.
Relining a Jacket Simple Sewing Guide
A basic method to reline a jacket using half of the original lining as a pattern. Sew and baste in halves, fit smoothly along front and bottom, then complete seams. Hem all edges, manage fullness at armholes, and cut sleeves from the old lining with extra room at the elbow.
The Untidy Woman and the Value of Dress
The piece argues that while no woman can be beautiful, neat and tidy dress makes a strong impression. It asserts it is good policy to take care with clothing, noting that people judge women by appearance and may assume slovenliness in other areas if attire is poor.
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W. J. Dougins
Prics Ie Etaynniri
Hutto
W. L. Douglas Sliece
W.L. Douglas
Blociton
Lass
New Scarfs Feature Embroidered Brussels and Satin Lemwx
The latest scarfs include wide Brussels neroes with white embroidery and deep fringe. Another scarf style uses satin mervell lewx with hem studs of steel, adding weight that drapes into graceful folds.
Hard Reputation and Starch Strength in Old Notices
An old fragmentary collage mentions a hard reputation linked to chicken theft, then shifts to laundry starch quality praising Defiance Starch for strong, thinly applied stiffness. A Scottish public building work includes a Bailie quip about a Bruce bust facing a left-leaning beard as wind blows up the street.
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Scotland
the Bruce
Bailie
Resinol Ointment Praise and Odd Ad Snippets
A stream of promotional lines praising Resinol Ointment and various trivial quips. The text includes endorsements for skin remedies, a humorous office scene, a dictionary of quips about relationships, and a teething syrup advertisement. It presents a collage of product pitches and light gossip style humor from an early 20th century sensibility.
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