Early Spring Walking Dresses Feature Fashion News
The piece surveys spring fashions with outfits in bright cloths trimmed with fur and velvet. It notes tailor made skirts with fitted linings, bold color contrasts, and chic hats. Skating costumes use fur like trim, and a belt of green satin plus pearl-gray capelets appear in evening wear. A separate excerpt recalls 1875 rabbit drives in Kern and 1881 hare markets, detailing methods and rising prices for hares.
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Paris
Tim Foot
Mater
The Jack Rabbit King of Tulare County
W. J. Browning of Tulare county proclaims jack rabbits are plentiful and valuable. A veteran jack-rabbit catcher, he travels nationwide selling his catch at good prices. Browning, known in the San Joaquin Valley, impressed F. B. Black of a Los Angeles coursing park with his reputation.
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Merced
Tipton
Tulare County
Kern County
Carr & Kein
Growning
John Dugan
Newark
Cal
Browning
Mississippi River
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Denver
Minneapolis
St. Paul
W. J. Browning
Mr. Brown
Mr. Browning
Ieerslayer
F. B. Black
San Joaquin Valley
OUR NEGRO SOLDIER IN BATTLE
A veteran recounts witnessing a colored soldier mortally wounded in battle. He describes the man dying after a diagonal bullet wound from shoulder to hip, receiving a lock of hair and a photograph for his mother, and notes the ferocity and impact of Black soldiers against Spanish trenches.
Paid To Learn A Pittsburgh Eye Doctor Tale
A narrator recounts a dramatic Pittsburgh scene in a doctor's office where a robust patient seeks help for vision. After a brief exam the doctor foresees irreversible nerve damage and looming blindness within six months, charging five dollars as the man departs in quiet finality.
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Pittsburg
Devin
What or anyhow doctor Hiccoughs explanation ends with question
A man asks what hiccoughs are and the doctor gives a plain definition as a reflex disturbance involving a sudden closure of the glottis a convulsive inspiration and diaphragm contraction. The patient then insists on knowing what the Sam Hill they are anyway.
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Chicago Tribune
Hiccoughs
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