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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1904
Page
2
A survey notes many women in England and Wales occupy diverse trades from bootmaking to tailoring with gardening and dock labor. It highlights hieroglyphic writing paper Hieratica revived from papyrus for affordable use and reports a German doctor warns tight face veils cause skin and lung issues.
Rainbow ostrich plumes appear in long curling varieties embellished with prism like colors. Feathers range from white cream to orange and a spectrum including blue violet lilac mauve pink and crimson. The feature is striking and Philadelphia will gradually adopt the trend in time.
The Detroit Free Press describes Chinese ladies using flat rigid fans not foldable for women, silk painted fans, and the Yan maker’s art as largely copies of ancient masterpieces. A puff box mirrors the face with powder and rice flour paste to obtain a deathly white, then eye and lip removal with a wet cloth and a throat stroke finish.
The arts and crafts movement spreads through women and their clubs, with a traveling exhibit by the South Carolina Federation and revived weaving among country women and mountain folk. Tennessee begins native arts support. Hingham Massachusetts hosts a notable craft scene with bayberry wax candles and woodwork. Cornhusk basketry emerges as a popular craft.
The Indianapolis News describes coil basket making using grass cores with cornhusk ornamentation. It notes hand stitching with raffia, building sides from wrapped grass, and color choices from yellows greens browns purples and reds. Larger cornhusks yield better wrapped coils.
Lace accents cloth gowns remain popular with elaborate hand braided patterns and satin embroidery. Pale gray paired with yellow or green marks chic color pairings as wide skirts return and long pointed fronts sit high on the hips. Walking skirts hang back and flare below the hips while cuffs widen and sleeves puff in bishop style.
The article notes high values in song copyrights and related works. It cites Mascheroni's For All Eternity earning £2240, Anchored £1120, Tell Her I Love Her So £465, Goodby Goodby £462, My Curly Headed Bobby £800, The Arab's Farewell to His Steed £640, and Oscar Beringer pianoforte studies at £2200. It mentions Ehren on the Rhine sold cheaply yet yielded a gold mine. 50,000 copies in nine months. Nancy Lee grossed over 250,000 copies, with Charley's Aunt also continuing to run.
The article notes Gladstone was not poor, gaining Hawarden with a 50,000 rent roll early in his career and later transferring ownership to his eldest son. It records charitable and religious giving from 1831 to 1890 totaling over 600,000, plus 67,600 later, and mentions 150,000 left for St Deiniols gifts.
A collection of short brain teasers and nature notes for youngsters includes a detachables puzzle on placing pieces, an ant behavior description with a night routine and routines of sleep and work, a ring-the-edged knot trick with string, a fort and moat puzzle with planks, and a turnips anecdote from Yukon stories along with a riddle about Helen Fiske’s eighth birthday and a Alaska river tale.
A description of Buried Words a party game where players embed hidden words across sentence fragments. It explains concealing an item like a city or fruit within normal wording and scoring points for correct guesses.
Two French peasants with a dog chase a badger. The animal hides, is killed, and dragged to a village for a reward. A second live badger follows, licks the dead mate, and refuses to abandon it, allowing itself to be dragged as well. The bond defies pursuit.
Boys and girls can craft small chairs ladders rocking chairs and more using scissors paper and toothpicks. Cut shapes from cardboard or playing cards bore holes align ends and insert toothpicks to form chairs tables baskets and a variety of toy structures as shown in the illustration.
Coralie’s gaze draws varied reactions from onlookers as she averts her eyes. Some note trepidation wonder or vexation at her mood while others read her expression as if a book. The moment’s look can be wrathful fearful pitiful or tearful yet aversion isn’t implied by averted eyes.
A worn turn shoe about 3.75 inches long, made around 1765, survives in the Goddard family of Maine. Four tiny shoes were gifted to twins born in Falmouth now Westbrook, with one pair later linked to John Collins and family history. The article notes the shoe’s construction, wear, stuffing cloth, and the enduring romance of the old tale.
A large moose roams Parkhurst Maine causing alarm. It chased Dudley Bean up a tree until a posse drove it away. The next day it frightened two girls into the river while men and women watched.
New England remains premier in boot and shoe making though three of six states, including Maine, fall in comparative production value. Vermont shows only modest gains, while other states retain rankings tied to treaty years ago.
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