Fashion Notes on Summer Wear and Accessories
The column surveys spring and summer fashion trends with Khyber cloth noted as French buntings, Pekin fabrics for buntings, new earrings resembling a Japanese screen, ribbons replacing chate laine chains, and crimped linen fringe on mantles. It details gimp ornaments, star balls for hairpieces, satin grenadines, embroidered muslins, and pastel ribbons. hints at Paris bonnets with Chinese crape bibs, Roman color striped batistes, and silk grenadines with satin gauze. It mentions Electric light as a new color, wreaths for full dress, three-frill sleeves, and bonnet wreaths with edge-focused stems.
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Traveling dress price lesson from a globe trotter
A Japanese arriving wife recalls paying $1.50 per yard for travel fabric in Tokyo and watches its price drop in San Francisco Salt Lake City Chicago New York and Boston. She buys a new traveling suit in Boston after seeing the fabric discounted to fifteen cents in New York, ending with a wasteful wardrobe change.
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Sealskin Fashion Boom Sparks War on Seals
Sealskin supply boomed as dyeing and fur finishing created in demand for cloaks jackets muffs and bags. Exalted by luxury use, Alaska sealskins command high prices while a drawn out conflict against sealing continues, likened to a war of extermination.
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Lost-A Comet Fleeing Rochester Professor Hopes for Clues
An amused tale from Rochester about Professor Swift who found a comet and, amid clouds and silence, watches it vanish. He jokes the missing sky object bears an uncommon appearance near Eta Eridani and urges help locating the tailed celestial wanderer.
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Rhode Island House Votes Against Woman Suffrage
The Rhode Island house rejects a constitutional amendment submission by 25 to 21, blocking woman suffrage. The report also covers Talmage's fraud trial, business failures, rail accidents, public works funding, world fair talk, and various political and legal developments across the United States.
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Congressional actions on infectious disease bill and treasury accounts
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Oldest Minister Ingram Dies at 103 in Shetland
Rev Dr Ingram, who died in Shetland at age 103, was hailed as the oldest minister in the world. Four generations of the Ingram family lived in the same house in Shetland, with long lifespans noted: father 100, grandfather 105.
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The Governess in Fifth Avenue Mystery
A New York merchant advertised for a nursery governess for an infant with nervous issues. A highly confident applicant met him at Fifth Avenue and gained trust with strong references. The wife approved, but curiosity grew about the governess who spoke many languages and impressed the child, until she vanished after a fashionable hairdresser’s visit. The hairdresser later revealed the governess had a celebrated past and fell into ruin. The notice ends with a restrained call to publish the tale to protect the family’s anonymity.
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In 1859 Australia Cattle Plague Effectively Checked
In 1859 the cattle plague in Australia's vast herds was effectively checked by a simple method of inoculation, which was extensively practiced.
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Digestive Tonic and Remedies Promoted in Advertisement
An advertisement extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a tonic and alterative improving digestion, blood formation, and nerve strength, aiding the sick and aged. It also praises Dr. Pierce's Family Remedies, Golden Medical Discovery, Favorite Prescription for female diseases, Sage's Catarrh Remedy, and tobacco products, touting world wide popularity and reliability.
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Western Creamery Factory Dairy Products Ad
An old advertisement lists dairy items including cheese from Western Creamery Factory and eggs from Western Factory, with Pennsylvania locations referenced in Philadelphia and Penn Central areas implied. The fragment hints at varied dairy goods and regional branding.
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