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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1913
Page
7
The article surveys graduation frocks emphasizing simplicity over elaborate lace. It notes affordable options in cotton marquisette, voile, lawn, and chiffon blends, plus durable fabrics like batiste and crapes. It discusses practicality for rubbing, laundering, and frequent wear, with emphasis on comfort, care, and youthful charm.
A detailed sketch showcases a pale pink satin nightdress case with white silk lining and rib bon strings. It features three white dog roses embroidered on the front, a swans down flannelette interior, and a front opening secured by ribbon. The pattern offers alternatives in matching colors to suit bedding and wallpaper.
The Dry Goods Economist notes renewed popularity of marine hats and Chantilly lace hats. Drape of maline, brim extension, ruffles, and large wired bows appear on display. Quills remain popular, used with wheat, flowers, ribbons or feathers. Striking models include white hemp hats with quills and wheat, and black quills with white paradise sprays.
Flounced skirts appear among the latest Fifth models in shops though the flounces are slim and ungathered, barely widening the slender silhouette of a charming blue and white striped dimity frock with ace flounces.
A fashion note describes separate white collars as a confident style accessory to coats. Once worn by younger women as embroidered overlays, collars now feature square or rounded cuts with ruffs or plaiting and some fichu shapes. They flatter the wearer, protect the waist, and suit collarless blouses, softening the coat line.
Fashion note highlights sleeve drapery as a graceful trend for evening gowns. Describes flowing color from bodice over arms, with metallic laces or delicate fabrics like tulle or chiffon. Often caught under shoulder buckles or capochons, the drape falls along the arms and may form a train, creating a medieval, beautiful effect.
Mary Everett of Fort Fairfield, born in 1812 in St John New Brunswick, celebrates her 101st birthday. A storied traveler known across Aroostook County, she lives with no fixed home, moving on after a day or two, earning by gathering scraps and selling quilts in winter, and picking apples in summer.
In a Morristown court the collie Shep chose owner Morrissey over Maurer after both women called him by rival names. Magistrate Marsh ordered Shep turned over to Morrissey, who had possessed the dog for seven months, in a case about ownership and alleged theft.
London reports that long missing verses of the new testament appear in the Freer manuscripts bought by Chartea L. Freer of Detroit. The Times notes several unique readings in Mark, with later text and variations noted across other portions. The University of Michigan facsimile was presented to the British Museum, and publication duties assigned to Freer.
A well dressed Cincinnati woman, Eleanore Muchmore, told a hospital clerk she wished to sell her body to doctors for new clothes after death. The clerk gasped at the idea and explained the proposal could not be entertained, leaving Miss Muchmore disappointed.
John Gordon created a hidden phonograph in his Paterson home to capture his wife's answers. He fired questions at her late, revealed the device, and after she smashed the machine and its screen he retained the blank record, preserving the evidence.
Corporal J. P Heffelfinger of the Fifteenth United States cavalry, a famed horseman, was kept from marrying Miss Emma V Griffen of this city after the wedding license was returned with a note from Miss Griffen. Heffelfinger vanished from the army post and relatives say Miss Griffen has left the city.
The story centers on Angel Bours, a 4 wealthy Greek from Venice, accused by his 17 year old wife Matilda of shaving her head to deter other men. She displays the shaved scalp from her handbag as authorities issue a warrant for Angel Bours.
Fragmentary obituary notes a man known as Mickey, described as a millionaire who died recently. The garbled text mentions Iron River Michigan and Michael Ryan with uncertain details about whether he died and his nickname.
In June and July 1864 near Alexandria Virginia, a large fleet of transports moved up the Potomac as reinforcements from the Army of the Potomac approached Washington. Troops crowded the decks, civilians stayed calm, and rumors of a Mosby raid circulated while garrison forces prepared for a potential major confrontation.
On Morris Island the crew celebrated a quick victory with laughter and songs. A bronzed bluejacket captured a mule and mounted it near the horse’s tail. The mule resisted, and Hardy urged it to sit amidships. The sailor proudly claimed, This is the first craft I was ever in command of.
On the march of the Army of the Cumberland from Bridgeport to Louisville Colonel Willich of the Thirty second Indiana questioned a German officer about his bees. A camp visitor joked that the boys had taken the honey, and the officer replied in a playful mix of dialect that in old country they take bees and all.
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