How To Dress the Children in The Paris Fashions
Nina W. Goodwin surveys children’s wear in Paris August styles, contrasting grown up gowns with practical frocks. She details summer to autumn transitions, fabrics like poplin and pique, and decorative touches such as embroidery, soutache, buckles, and hats, citing gowns for a four year old heiress, a girl of thirteen, and other young wearers.
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Parls
Cousurieres
Mother Hubbard
Nina W. Goodwin
Milinocket Fireworks Sales Spark Wild Rum Smuggling Tale
At Millinocket Maine a bold Fourth of July fireworks sale ran alongside a massive rum smuggling effort. A depot deputy watched trains while workers and stonemasons bought explosive favorites at inflated prices. The scene ended when a drunken man offered a “firewater” cracker that revealed a hidden bottle of whisky.
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Maine
Milinockett
Millbasket
Bangor & Aroostook
Great Northern Paper Company
Their Favorite Colors and an Alias Summons
The article notes royal color preferences for several rulers and describes a 19th century elderly English fashion custom. It includes an alias summons from Justice Tim Harrington in Silver Bow Montana, ordering Roy R. Harkness to appear by August 1, 1899 to answer a board bill of 36.35 dollars, with a warning of judgment by default.
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Township of
Silver Bow
County of
State of Montana
Tim Harringeton
K. B. Thomas
Roy R. Harkness
Roy Tt. Harkness
North Main Street
Butte
A. D
Bar Snap for Hoboes on York Street Cannonade
In Pittsburg York street today a wagon’s whisky barrel burst, drawing a crowd of hoboes who fought for the liquor in the gutter. Some used tin cups and hands to drink, while others saved the spill behind a damp parcel of rations. The sight featured a wagon wreck and a throng of ragged men amid a flood of spirits.
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York
Pittsburg
Church Street
Jay
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