The Woman's Hour On Artistic Dress And Autumn Modes
A former writer critiques the overuse of artistic and aesthetic terms in fashion. Discusses true artistic dress as aligned with wearer’s height, form, color, and personality, urging natural lines and healthful fits over flashy novelty. Notes by-gone, well-cut garments illustrate healthful principles and advises adapting old styles to flatter individual figures. Describes autumn color trends including canette greens, Havana and seal browns, and a broad palette of grays, creams, beiges, and jewel tones in wools and silks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson
Kate
Aress
Queaeen
Ury
Glimpses of Fashion and Autumn Styles Change
A fashion writer notes notable shifts in autumn and winter styles with several innovations. Waists show new cuts with lace and velvet accents, belts, and gathered backs. polonaise and redingote combinations appear. jackets and puffed chemises in colored silks emerge. cloaks feature ottoman silks, brocades, and plush fabrics, while plain plush cloaks offer cost savings.
French dress makers adopt springs to shape skirts
A description of a spring bustle system for skirts using a white or dark tape, two or three springs positioned at set distances from the waist, with elastic ends and fastenings to allow the bustle to form when worn and to remain unharmed when removed. The setup varies for walking use, material texture, and skirt length.
Mourning Dress Trends For Winter Fashions
The article outlines street and house mourning attire for the coming winter, detailing fabrics and styles. It notes peed skirts or plain skirts with crape bands, long pelisses, and specific trims such as crape belts, bands of Hercules braid, and various cloths like Henrietta, Bison, naeleth, and Ottoman. It mentions cocoons of foulé and ottoman cloth for those avoiding crape, with minimal crape on bonnets or veils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hercules
Sunday Dinner for Four Menu and Prices
A historical menu and recipe guide lists Sunday dinner for four with lobster soup, pigeon pie, mutton with caper sauce, baked macaroni, snow balls, vanilla and chocolate creams, kisses, and macarons. It includes prices and step by step preparation notes for each dish, such as lobster soup at 25 cents and pigeon pie at 75 cents, plus pastry and dessert details.
Sunrise Sweepers of Jersey City Clean Streets for Husbands
A New York Morning Journal report details the Sunrise Sweepers, an informal Jersey City club of 12 to 23 year old belles who sweep sidewalks from 5 to 6 am in front of mansions near Van Vorst Park. They wear slate gowns and brown and red jerseys, sprinkle with a tiny sprinkler, and serenade morning with songs and laughter while hoping to attract and marry local men. The group emphasizes rule against engaged members and requires sweeping before 7 am. mothers and fathers reportedly sanction the movement as reforming neighborhood manners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
van Vorst Park
Jersey City
Benjamin Franklin
Nebraska farming profits cited by York County farmer
A York County farmer reports selling wheat from ten acres for 225 dollars with a yield of thirty two bushels per acre. He argues that farmers can fund new farms from each crop and still pay about 20 dollars per acre for expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
York Democrat
York County
Etiquette for Social Introductions and Visiting Cards
A detailed guide to social introductions, bowing, hats, and visiting cards across ages. It covers who is presented to whom, titles and courtesies, how to handle calls, leaving cards, etiquette at receptions and dinners, and how to acknowledge invitations, births, weddings, illnesses, and deaths with proper card practices.
Sanitary science urges air and sun to aid healing
A Morristown era piece argues free admission of air and sunlight is vital for health, especially in sickrooms. It warns against darkness, drafts, and closed windows, and gives detailed guidance on bed setup, ventilation, awnings, bathing, and furniture to reduce discomfort and prevent sepsis from poor sanitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
India
Morristown
Aljess
Richardson
Violations by Insurance Firms Reported by Butler Ally
Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Tarbox submits a detailed report to Governor Butler detailing failures in state insurance supervision. It cites false sworn statements, inadequate examinations of foreign and domestic firms, and improper concealment of financial data. The document argues for mandatory, independent examinations to protect policyholders and public finances.
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Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Boson
Sam
Benjamin F. Butler
John K. Tarbox
Insurance
Boston
Mass
Tarbox
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts, Insurance Department
Pemberton Square
B. F. Butler
Smith
Mary
Life
Department
Maniner
Commonwealth
Ecoucy
Rhodes
Tne
Clark
Per
Glark
Couc
Pasiment
Mauiancé
Massachusetts
Lam
Massachusetts Life Companies
Oters
New York Department
Anchor Life
Hope Mutual
The
Mutual Protection
National Life
Asbury Life
Republic Life
World Mutual
Merchants’ Life
American Policy Life
New Jersey Mutual
Grove Mutual Life of
New York
Insurance Department of
Kentucky
Department of
Kentucky Life
Pennsylvania
Alabama
Shinois Department
Ilegitimate Securities
Insurance Department
Rtan
Union I Trust
Benaing
United States Plate Glass Company of
Philadelphia
Deee
Samp le
Aupens
United States
la Metropole Insurance Company
Paris
France
P the Ao
Eee
Ihe
Metropole
Iis
Joan K. Sarnwox
Insurance Commissioner
Governor Butler's Reply to Massachusetts Insurance Inquiry
Governor Butler urges vigorous examination of all insurance companies in Massachusetts and endorses Home Rule, stressing the duty to enforce laws against fraud and perjury. He commends the examiner for uncovering violations and urges prompt reporting to the attorney general for prosecution, promising support to uphold statutory oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
BosTon
Brausel
Commonwealth
Massachusetts
Benjamin F. Butler
Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery for Consumption
Advice to consumptives outlines early symptoms of general debility and pallor and urges measures for relief. It promotes Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a superior tonic for weak lungs and related ailments, claiming strength restoration and merit over cod liver oil, with pamphlet requests to World’s Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Dispenbaby Medical Association
Buffalo
Shrewd Advertisers’ Tricks Reported in Indy Boots
A boot shop on South Illinois Street displays price quirks showing $125 not each, leading to per boot charges of $250. A rival advertises $125 boots while skirts are listed at 246 cents each. A customer pays a quarter and asks for two, but the clerk refuses to sell two and demands exact change, risking double or triple pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cindianapolis
South Illinois Street
Sweet Sleep and Sweet Syrup in Walton County Story
A 60-year-old Walton County Georgia man has never ridden in any vehicle or crossed a bridge. He lives in a 16 by 70 foot house, too low for a man to stand upright, with a sitting room furnished mainly by four beds and a barrel of home-made worm syrup called Mother Swan's Worm Syrup for fevers.
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General Dash
Judge Dash
Carlos Haed
Lydiga
Cutieman
Asoh
Pat Ty
Walton County
Georgia
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