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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1900
Page
3
The article extols new summer undergarments emphasizing fit over heavy trim. It notes fine laces and creations in cottons and muslins, with dainty embroidery and slashed flounces. It highlights the day of white petticoats and a Marie Antoinette set combining corset cover and muslin bodice.
A fashion digest describes fresh summer outfits including Valenciennes trimmed petticoats, ribbon corset covers, and the new bolero style. It extols lightweight nightgowns, lounging robes, and an array of kimonos from peach silk to wash fabrics with yokes and color borders. A separate item notes a New York woman’s blackened cut glass bowl and reddish black china pitcher found after a fire, discussed as a curious mishap.
Dainty leather jewel cases designed for trunk storage offer compartments for rings stick pins cuff buttons and other accessories. Larger models include trays like miniature trunks with a strong lock, described as convenient and safe for carrying jewelry.
The American Monthly lauds James J Hill as the mastermind who opened the northwest to world commerce. Born in 1838 in Ontario, Hill faced early hardship, then moved to St Paul to work in a shipping office, studying transportation on the Mississippi as his path to greatness.
A profile extols James J Hill for building the Great Northern railroad without subsidies. It credits him with pioneering routes from St Paul to Winnipeg, expanding to 6,000 miles, and transforming northwest development while avoiding personal salary profits. It notes vast wealth created for settlers and strong stockholder returns.
Mrs. Luise DeLassomm of San Francisco recounts visiting South Africa and describes Boers as rough yet disciplined fighters. She notes Boer women train with guns, endure goodbyes stoically, and may replace men in battle. praises their courage and even advantages over many men.
In former England walking sticks served as authority symbols borne by both genders. Queen Elizabeth used one late in life and monsters carved in sticks reflected fashion then. Footmen behind hoopskirts carried six foot tall grotesque staffs, a trend noted by Dr. Johnson and Goldsmith among others.
Cornelius Fellowes senior cuts off his son Cornelius Fellowes Jr after a quarrel over a secret marriage to Nathalie Rogers. The elder alleges fraud in purchases made in his wife’s name and stops the son’s allowance. Nathalie’s Paris inheritance worth 240000 is revealed. the son plans to move to Mexico to mine.
A fragment from Tit-Bits describes spinach fritter preparation with boiled spinach minced and bound with bread and eggs, to be fried until brown. It also offers fruit serving tips emphasizing fresh cold fruit with sugar, peeled peaches, and presenting berries in glass dishes. A humorous Bagpipes lesson notes instructive imagery on counting musical notes by tying legs to speed up the dancers.
Mrs Bridey sobs that Harry loves her less now and recalls his past praise. Her mother retorts that his affection changed, insisting she remains the dearest girl he ever loved during a tense Philadelphia Press scene.
A Philadelphia Press quip contrasts national expansion with farming. A facetious boarder asks if the farmer has a cow that gives condensed milk, and the farmer jokes that the cow declined to grow as the country expanded. The exchange satirizes economic growth and resource limits.
A fragment notes a quote about love from The World and All, with a whisper that “youre all the world to me” and the idea that this is the sole basis for the saying all the world loves a lover as attributed by the Detroit Journal.
East Haddam Massachusetts hosts a Sons of the Revolution effort to preserve the old Nathan Hale school building as a Hale memorial. Hale’s defiant words before execution and his roles as lieutenant captain and spy are highlighted as examples of patriotism.
Miss Ruth Cordis Long niece of Secretary of the Navy John D. Long plans a gospel singing path. Two years ago she sang aboard the Monterey in San Diego county inspiring a sailor to seek his mother and write of finding light. She later sang at Worcester revival and now works in church singing in Boston.
A Palermo correspondent sketches deputy Sig Palizzolo amid charges he procured the Notarbartolo murder six years ago. His influence drew a mixed crowd including magistrates, officials, criminals, students seeking certificates, and contractors, all at his bedside during a public levee.
The article notes abundant clay deposits across Mexico and strong native clay skills. It suggests profitable investment opportunities in bricks tiles sewer pipe and all pottery lines due to cheap labor and material richness. It also points out the lack of a complete local pottery plant and reliance on imports for cheaper wares.
The Mexicana clay workers are proficient in high art pottery, comparable to any people in the world, though the text notes these skills are not used by natives to any great extent and are exported.
Daily papers show many want ads for women seeking housework positions in small families with no children. Advertisers avoid hard work and use delicate phrases. A former affluent woman offers to work as a working housekeeper by the hour, reflecting strong demand for both types of domestic service.
Seven men met on West Madison and Homan Avenue to vent grievances reported by the Chicago Inter Ocean. They discussed forming a union to counter prejudice against peddlers while police watched and did not intervene. The spokesman blasted the plight and unveiled a tin sign reading No Peddlers.
Marguerite Cassini daughter of the Russian ambassador to the United States is the sole woman in the diplomatic corps who drives her own automobile. She travels around Washington at a pace that alarms her friends and wears a cream cloth skirt with a white silk waist and a Ladysmith hat designed for mobile riding.
A humorous exchange unfolds as a boarder asks for milk while the landlady directs a cow toward the crying calf area. The scene captures a quirky domestic moment reported by the Chicago News.
A teacher, tracking Caesar's exploits, ends with a quip about memory. A boy, blue eyed and curious, exclaims in amusement, Oh aha Remory you ve got, revealing playful confusion over history.
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