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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1900
Page
3
In this evocative piece the gown for matrons features a straight front silhouette and lighting in the drawing room. It describes married bridesmaids as a novel element of contemporary weddings and highlights fashionable details.
A fragment from Thomas Lovell Beddoes laments a troubled heart with lines urging sleep and release. The poem contrasts easing love’s pain with a fatal end and ends in a vision of reunion in an eastern sky.
The New York Evening Sun notes a shift in wedding customs with married bridesmaids and ushers, and a matron of honor replacing a maid of honor. Observers debate whether this signals a lasting change or a evolving social ritual.
The article argues for subdued drawing room lighting with wall brackets or telescoping lamps rather than a center ceiling gas fixture. It weighs gas versus oil lamps, cautions about wall burning from smoky gas, and emphasizes adjustable light height to flatter faces and preserve wall surfaces.
Describes a matron’s gown in black satin with lavender panne velvet bands and black French knots. Yoke and sleeves use black silk lace over lavender, with a black velvet collar. Noted are side pleats mirrored at the back and a curved belt for a modish silhouette.
The text advises mounting wall brackets about five and a half feet high to illuminate faces evenly, with shades in pink or yellow to suit room hues. It notes many shades are now manufactured and suggests choosing pretty options at stationers. For pianos, place lighting so brackets illuminate the music over the pianist’s left shoulder or use long candle brackets on the piano to shade the eyes and reflect light onto the music.
A fashion sketch describes the straight front sans busk corset with a large hook to hold skirts down in front and two back hooks for stout figures. It notes the long waistline is essential this season and mentions a fitted yoke top. The chemise is orange taffeta with accordion plaited ruffle and black white Egyptian braid.
A magazine note describes making a hair receiver from a butcher cuff for hidden storage. It details lining with colored silk, a gathered top, and decorative flowers to harmonize with room colors, including red poppies or roses and a satin ribbon hanger.
The Baltimore News reports perfumed hair is fashionable with several methods. High scenting powders for washing, musk or fragi panni brushing, or placing peau Espagne inside hair frames are suggested. A sachet powder lined silk cap worn briefly adds a delicate fragrance to the locks.
Mince cold chicken and a little cooked ham with gravy and lemon juice. Season with salt and pepper. Roll pastry, cut rounds, line patty tins, fill with chicken mix, seal with more rounds, brush with egg white, and bake in a hot oven about twenty minutes.
The Cornish Telegraph reprints a humorous piece imagining grandpa’s fishing days. It recalls oversized fish and abundant catches that filled streams and baskets, contrasting then and now with playful ironies about fishing lore and family memories.
A terse exchange between Owen and Bill hints at a table finishing trade after work. The fragment suggests a casual discussion about who handles final touches and post work tasks.
Mr Newlywed explains bluffing in poker with two ways to bluff and not bluff. Mrs Newlywed notes the game seems easy and suggests trying a different game.
A Chicago Tribune excerpt shows Mr MecSwat questioning Lobella about going out walking in a bicycling dress. She insists it is her rainy day skirt and will walk outside, prompting him to offer to roll up his trousers.
A political rally last night stretched three hours to pass a point in Bramble's remark about the procession. Thorne notes it was long, but Bramble says the given point happened to be a saloon.
The passage presents Ally Sloper recounting a scene where Freddy declines a governess's invitation to ease her mind. Freddy explains his refusal as a mere compliment from her parents and attempts to reassure the governess that it does not matter.
A brief note discusses the hair receiver as a practical accessory for the feminine bedroom, emphasizing its role in organizing and maintaining vanity. It describes how such a receptacle aids convenience in daily routine and personal care.
Peel firm tart apples and cut into thin slices. Soak in claret and sugar or cherry juice and sugar for three hours. Dredge slices in flour, drain, and fry in hot fat. Serve hot with lemon pieces and spiced sugar.
The suitor declares his love for the daughter, while the father sharply responds that he’s glad to shake off a troublesome habit and ends with a wry congratulations. The brief exchange captures a lighthearted social scene.
A Philadelphia Bulletin quip contrasts expectations in marriage with a joke about role reversals. The dialogue suggests a playful take on equality and partnership between spouses.
Report from the Philadelphia Press describes a confrontation in which a hunter pursues a seal and declares his intent to continue, while the seal retorts and the hunter proceeds to skin the animal. The brief clash highlights survival dynamics in Arctic frontier reporting.
Indications point to great prosperity for the coming year and describe health as key to success for country and individual. The ad recommends Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters for stomach trouble to cure dyspepsia indigestion and biliousness.
A pastor's wife visits a poverty stricken home where a coal-oil stove burns late at night. A bearded man explains they have no matches and cannot relight the stove once it goes out, highlighting the family’s dire circumstances as described in Life.
A list of inventors from Minnesota South Dakota and North Carolina with patent ideas including a pipe W wrench animal trap sash holder automatic tank valve photographic background carrier artificial bait acetylene gas apparatus sack holder and related patent attorneys Oil 212 Pioneer Press Building St Paul United States
In a Cleveland Plain Dealer note the ceremony ends with a reveal as the bride lifts a bulky prayer book that proves to be a camera. The couple exits to Mendelssohn as the audience watches the playful stunt unfold.
An early 20th century advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder for cold damp feet and discomfort. It claims relief from sweating soreness and tight shoes, with a 25 cent price and free sample offer. Address provided for samples in Le Roy New York.
A parsimonious Wall Street speculator, famed for thrift, experiences a rare moment of conscience when a sick beggar asks for food. He buys a drink and crackers at a saloon, then gives the crackers to the man, illustrating a fleeting charitable impulse.
An advertisement asserts deafness results from inflamed Eustachian tube mucus and cannot be cured by local apps, claiming constitutional remedies. It promises $100 for any catarrh deafness case cured by their Catarrh Cure, urging readers to send for details.
A caricatured tale recounts an American woman visiting the Highlands with her husband. A Sunday at the kirk ends with the minister delivering a fierce rebuke to the benighted congregation. He warns that eternal judgment will separate the hypocrites at Gabriel’s trumpet.
Loftman proclaims government by the people a failure while McMany downplays a defeat in a small legislative race. The Philadelphia North American records the exchange as a sharp political exchange.
A single aphorism attributed to Chairon warns that overestimating one’s own cleverness invites deceit, emphasizing humility as a safeguard against manipulation.
An aphorism-like phrase notes that small vices tend to grow beyond their initial size, warning that minor faults rarely remain contained and can intensify over time. It frames moral caution with a memorable maxim.
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