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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1908
Page
8
The article highlights children’s summer frocks in sheer linen with Dutch yokes and Irish crochet lace, featuring lace trimmed sleeves and eyeleted embroidery in colors. Hats are wide brimmed straw with ribbon bands, and party costumes include sashes bows and socks matching frocks made of white mull with lace insets.
An era article discusses hair dye dangers and a home preparation using olive oil cologne gum benzoin alcohol and oils of castor geranium and bergamot to restore shine. It also describes a stylish manly shirt waist with centered front closure, box plait, and sleeve construction, plus dotted foulards and a new redingote in mohair with taffeta trim.
A brown faced walking costume features a slightly full skirt with a velveteen band at the hem, an open front blouse jacket with velvet trimming, three quarter sleeves bound in velvet, and a pale blue chiffon underlayer. The pale blue straw hat is trimmed with brown velvet and shaded blue feathers. Materials listed include 7 1 4 yards of 46 inch fabric, 244 yards velveteen, and 344 yards silk for lining.
A column debunks fickle beauty trends for women noting the folly of trying many hair care methods. It advises selecting one method, using a coarse comb, and brushing lightly to avoid breakage while promoting circulation.
Skirts with a front panel echo the overskirt and flatter most figures. Striped fabrics benefit when the panel’s stripes form Vs, especially for stout or short wearers. The design requires a front seam and careful stripe matching by amateurs.
A ghostly staircase tale unfolds in a New York office block where a murder on the tenth landing curses the stairway. Moran the janitor and Brixton & Brixton invest in lights and watchmen, yet the haunting grows as Moran learns Kate O Neill may be the spectral singer linked to the killer.
In a grim boarding house tale a woman recalls a man who wooed her with gifts and plans to sail away. She reveals a murder scene after discovering money and a paper knife, then faces detectives as Moran reveals a confessed killer nearby. A memoir-like confession and legal intrigue swirl in a blistering, sunlit finale.
The article discusses chimney placement and roof design to enhance curb appeal and function. It advocates an outside chimney for parlor emphasis and a central, efficient layout with a large central hall, practical dormer use, and a kitchen grate alignment that supports heating needs. It notes the plan features a generous 88 by 36 foot footprint and a sizable cellar, suggesting a $2,000 construction cost in small towns with standard material sizes.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s children are disqualified from succession due to a signed agreement with Countess Sophia Chotek. Despite Franz Ferdinand lacking sons, the throne could pass to him if current ruler dies. Some observers predict a shift away from royal pretensions, making his offspring uniquely barred from the throne.
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