Spring Novelties in Millinery and Silk Fabrics
Readings from the Chicago Times describe spring millinery and fabric novelties including garnitures for street and home wear. Silk and wool textiles feature bold pongee looks, bayadere stripes, and open mesh grenadine fabrics, with garnitures like beads and galoons. Hats combine black and yellow palettes with elaborate beading, lace, and feather accents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Times
Sarah
Faille
Milan
Greeley and Brown Met Only Once in Curious Interview
Horace Greeley and Gratz Brown never met again after a single talk at Dr. Steele's Bond Street house. Their conversation covered wealth, politics, and Brown's rise from poverty, ending with a cordial farewell and mutual respect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Greeley
Gratz Brown
Dr. Steele
Bond Street
Brown
New Haven
Maj
James Haggerty
Tammany
Assembly
Custom House
Greeley
Maj. Haggerty
Mr. Greeley
Mas. Haggerty
Mr. Brown
Tribune
St. Louis
Grecian Burial Customs At Athens Noted By Correspondent
A Athens observer details Greek burial practices including linen shrouds with head holes, new clothes and shoes, lemon leaf pillows, violets and flower chaplets, white burial bands, a coin in the hand, and a weekly grave vigil with prayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Greece
The Basswood Letters and Real Estate Dodge
A local letter, written in a joking citizen tone, discusses courtship, wives, and social habits, noting a man’s view of women and a tavern scene. The piece ends with a real estate boast about Dunleith offering three hundred dollars and a town lot for the first baby born there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lahr House
Danville
Indianapolis
Bates House
Bates
Dakota
Dunleith
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Aurelia Sentinel
Aurelia
Iowa
Basswood
Kumpanyun
Porter
Ole Raskle
Alreddy
Sam
Bordin Skule
Jobe
Mandy
Ben
Jess
Sam Kan
Agal
Dicker
Enny
Ben Nushin
Adams
Muskeetur
Haint
Semanthy
Skeer
G. Basswoon
N. B
Chicago
Seder
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