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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1900
Page
3
The writer, seeking to defend beauty through health, shares a daily routine centered on vigorous exercise with a motor cycle and automobile. She describes clothing, safety goggles, and the joy of riding, plus a planned race from New York to Philadelphia to compare French and American cars, asserting the superiority of her Panhard racing machine.
The United Bowling clubs of New York plan a National Bowling Tournament at Union Hill Park New Jersey from July 26 to July 22 next. A prize fund of 10000 is secured and Dimtn president of the American Bowling congress is driving the effort. Twenty six alleys are planned six for women with seats for five thousand spectators. Contests for the World champion and the United States individual champion are planned along with German eighteen inch alley games Italian bocce bowling and grass-based games. Samuel Karpf of Greater New York and W W Thompson of Chicago discuss series during the tournament. Bowling is described as a social craze with 25000 New York bowlers in clubs alone and widespread social appeal across cities.
Increasingly popular social gatherings center on bowling alleys hired by hosts for the night. Guests enjoy bowling, refreshments, dancing, cards, and vaudeville sketches amid fashionable street dress. Descriptions include a black brocade skirt with velvet appliques and a new bodice with Dresden silk details, as illustrated by Helen Grey.
A Paris fashion preview describes new shirt waists with tight fronts and high collars, paired with pastel shades and primrose silk. French flannel waists worn with separate skirts feature broad tucked fronts, ham stitched work, velvet ribbon yoke trim, and elbow sleeves.
Fashion notes evening footwear complements gowns with lavish details such as satin brocade slippers, jeweled threads, rose pink silk stockings, and delicate lace inlays. Styles feature patent leather vamp, broad high heels, and striped satin uppers matched to black silk net gowns.
The passage details a bodice built from the same material with a light vest to soften the look. It describes satin harmonizing with the vest, a collar treatment, high sleeves, and a face on the opening in a color match. A teque, soft trim, and two birds on a dark brim complete the toilette, with placement at the crown’s right side.
The passage advises coordinating shoe and gown with embroidery options. It suggests plain satin slippers are rare, and emphasizes affordable embroidery on dance shoes or hand painting as fashion statements.
Pattern notes describe a silk striped challie morning dress suitable for house or street wear. Skirt sewn in plaits at the waist, bodice tucked from waist to neck, with a plain silk vest and sun plaited chiffon drapery. Velvet trim on sleeves and neck features a chiffon bow with lace. Helen C Reypage.
A jolly Midlands visitor orders crab and ale at a seaside hotel. After an hour the guest is red faced yet cheerful, having eaten the last shell and claw. The landlord notes the crust was baked a bit too hard and jokes about a second pint.
The court notes the prisoner appears before the magistrate for the hundredth time on vagrancy charges. The magistrate questions why the man keeps returning and demands where he has worked. The prisoner brazenly answers that he has never found work and would go to prison if released.
A Detroit Journal item describes a debate over marriage to reform a bigamist. The girl remains steadfast while others deride the idea, remarking that reforming a bigamist by marriage is unlikely and noting the tension between social reform rhetoric and personal choice.
A fragmentary OCR sentence appears as a garbled note. The readable portion mentions pains but lacks clear names places dates or events to identify a specific news item or context.
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