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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1887
Page
3
The article describes autumn dress trends with black wool and silk combinations, long draped skirts, Basque bodices, and tailored vests. It notes inexpensive remnant reuse, brightening with colored silks, and Parisian and English accessories such as hats, turbans, and Moorish jackets. It covers gowns, fabrics, trims, and sporty accessories for travel and resort wear.
A fashion guide describes combining surplice pieces with various materials. It notes silk velvet lace or ribbon options for surplice panels and contrasts in color for two tone outfits. It outlines skirt and vest color blocking with braided trims and matching jackets, capes and mantles.
The piece catalogues various intoxicants: a Fiji islander accessing alcohol from coconuts, a Kamchatkan distilling brandy from soured goat milk, a Malayan producing brain-weakening drink from rice, and South American Mestizos drinking pulque. It notes North American Indians rarely invented stimulants but consume frontier whisky. and ends with a moral about maintaining coolness to avoid sinful distortions.
Cambridge mourns Alvan Clark world renowned telescope maker and astronomer who died at 83 after a long life of self education invention and craftsmanship. He built lenses and telescopes including the 26 inch American instrument and the largest Russian refractor of the era. He described his career from early engraving to lens making and noted his sons fellow scientists in the American Academy of Sciences.
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