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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1912
Page
3
Julia Bottomley describes elegant mourning hats and turbans for widows. The turban bonnet uses English crape with a long veil, draped around a turban frame like an Oriental wrap. A black silk sailor hat with crape band and bow complements the ensemble, while waterproof drape adds practicality.
Describes an Austrian blue cloth coat with a long re vers front, black satin facing near the edge, bust line cut to show facing with satin buttons, matching cuffs, a stitched belt at the waist, and a black beaver hat with quills. Materials listed include 20 yards of 50 inch cloth and 1 yard of 20 inch satin.
A new flame color trend appears in winter fashion with glowing red tones across feathered hats and ballroom outfits. Velvet gowns with silver lace or cream net are popular for midwinter entertainments while dowagers and debutantes favor bright fabrics. debutantes also wear chiffon and mousseline de soie in white or bright hues with silver or crystal accents.
The article notes separate skirts as economical choices inspired by French tailoring. It highlights fabrics like doublefaced cloth cheviots serges and heavy fancy suitings in neutral shades blue and other colors. Styles include walking length, slashed side effects, raised waistbands and back panel belts.
Advice on choosing makeup to complement hair and eye color. It suggests pairing colors like pale green with mauve crepe de sole for lark hair and greenish gold tones for brown hair with gray eyes, noting how shading enhances facial features.
A simple home remedy uses a blend of almond meal, borax, and oat meal. Sift the powders together and enclose in small muslin bags for use as a water softener in cold months.
In Paris a Vella style ecru silk lace with a wide mesh is displayed and praised as more becoming than white fabrics for women with dark skin tones.
Reports cite Andrew Johnson taking provisional Tennessee governorship with Senate confirmation. Monitor vs Merrimac clash at Hampton Roads, Pea Ridge end with Union victory, and Lincoln proposals on gradual emancipation debated. Includes raids near Nashville and ports along Potomac.
Lafayette March 4 The funeral of John F McHugh former state senator drew many attorneys leading Democrats and railroad officials. Courts adjourned in memory of the Tippecanoe county bar member as Lafayette lawyers paraded from the courthouse to St Marys church for the service. Very Rev John R Dincent presided with pallbearers William T Taylor Judge Henry L Vinton Senator Will R Wood George P Haywood Thomas W Field William V Stuart and T E Lembart.
The Onyx Mining company has taken options on nearly three thousand acres in Monroe and Greene counties. Indianapolis Martinsville and Vincennes capitalists form the firm. Curtis Teague of Martinsville reports core drilling and promising ore samples. The plan is to start large scale work in spring and ship product to Chicago via an Illinois Central line near Stanford.
A petition to build a macadam road through the Park Place addition to the city on the east side of White river under the three mile road law was filed with the board of county commissioners. The proposed road will cover Chestnut street East Eighth street and Milton avenue and will provide an outlet through the residence section of the suburb. The streets in that section have been in a deplorable condition for some time and during a recent thaw a delivery horse mired in Chestnut street was drowned before it could be rescued. It is said the commissioners favor the building of the road.
Greencastle March 4. Scarlet fever at De Pauw University in the Kappa Kappa Gamma house with Miss Agnes House. Mrs. J. M. House of Vincennes arrives at bedside. Quarantine on several other girls, but Miss House likely moved to another residence and quarantine lifted. Dr W W Tucker says the case is mild.
In Connersville on March 4 a flood formed ponds near Alpine. Will Payne broke the ice and hauled a fourteen pound carp measuring thirty inches long eleven inches across. Steaks from the fish were shared with friends.
In the third annual triangular debate among Lebanon Crawfordsville and Fort Frankfort High Schools Lebanon won. Lebanon's affirmative defeated Fort Frankfort's negative team here and its negative team defeated Crawfordsville's affirmative team at Crawfordsville. The commission form of government for Indiana cities was the subject. In the two previous debates Lebanon won.
Columbus March 4 Edwin E Miller sheriff of Bartholomew county is seeking a man who recently passed a worthless five dollar check. The man asked to cash the check and the sheriff complied. The Thompson bank of Edinburg refused the check for lack of funds as did two other checks cashed locally by the same man.
The Indiana railroad commission under Judge Will J. Wood sustained Vincennes residents in denying the proposed remodeled union station by four entering railroads. A rehearing is set for April 2 with orders for new, more modern plans to be submitted.
A Purdue graduate from the engineering program was awarded the contract to build the new $92,576 library structure at the university. The project, funded by a $100,000 appropriation from the last legislature, will be east of Fowler hall and include fixtures and furnishings with a spring start.
Physicians report Mrs. Lavina Blackwell colored 745 West Twenty fifth street suffers leprosy and suspects infection from her first husband who died when she was twenty five. Blackwell married at sixteen to a New Orleans man then to a Union soldier who died years ago. Her health worsens she cannot feed herself and an eleven year old girl in the home remains without placement.
Leslie Hall, married, avoided a self inflected wound but faces potential serious charges after police found Hall a peculiar knife in a Marion coal office. investigators link Hall and Oren Gibson colored to a planned highway robbery targeting a coal firm official. An accidental door closure halted the crime as the men waited for the victim.
Theodore Keller faces a circuit court trial charged with forging the names of neighbors Jacob Zinkans and Patrick ONeill on a two thousand dollar note. The defense argues insanity. Keller's arrest five weeks ago drew attention after he allegedly acquired thousands from prominent citizens under pretense of paying railroad shop and telephone exchange workers. O M Vance, former county commissioner, sues Keller for seven thousand dollars claimed as due on loans.
Fort Wayne. William Walker pleaded guilty to murder for killing and burying his wife and was sentenced to life imprisonment after the crime was discovered months later.
Temperance forces in Bloomington press ahead to remove saloons while withholding card counts. Rumors say the dry side has enough power of attorney cards to mount a solid remonstrance, while many wets share the same expectation.
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