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Newspaper
Dubuque Sunday Herald
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1900
Page
15
In Paris shops novelty garments hint at a lavish fall season. Designers show elaborated flounces, tucked center skirts with glace silk plaiting, primrose yellow stamped cloth with green silk borders, and gowns featuring green silk bodices, white satin vests, and layered Venetian gray skirts.
Paris fashion tip sheets describe the return of flounced skirts into winter wardrobes with heavy materials, velvet trims, and velvet applied to various gowns. Novel dresses feature stamped-out cloth, velvet flounces, and extensive use of tiny metallic-reflective feathers on tulle for gowns and hats. Capes and wraps of broad feather designs, including ostrich capes, are highlighted alongside white, black, and gray feather ensembles. SADIE MERRITT.
A fragment from a 19th or early 20th century humorous piece shows Johnny speaking to his mother after taking medicine. He complains of being mistreated or misjudged, revealing the playfully ironic tone of the vignette.
John Marsden Ward, Persian Shah's envoy, has spent a fortnight in the United States examining New York area trolley systems. He discusses Persia’s view of living in Teheran, plans for a Teheran to Persian Gulf railway, and his impressions of Persian life. He mentions visiting Baldwin locomotive works and reports on future rail lines potentially funded by Russian capital.
Temperance groups protest plans to spill stale beer from the police station to wash walls for the September dedication of Topeka's new city hall and auditorium. They threaten to contend with authorities if the plan proceeds.
A Bath Beach gathering at The View in Fleming Terrace featured a progressive euchre party for twenty couples led by William S. Fleming and Miss Fleming. Guests wore shirtwaists with women in white outfits and men in white trousers, showcasing a rainbow of shirtwaist colors.
A test in New York linked shore to shipboard phone service aboard the Auguste Victoria at her pier. A wire ran ashore, connecting through a porthole to a central line and a pay station aboard, signaling a likely adoption by major passenger lines. A French inventor also unveils a bicycle that disassembles in five minutes into a 24 by 16 inch bag.
Daily trains connect Dubuque with Chicago and major Midwest cities. The 2:10 a.m. sleeper from Dubuque is available after 9:00 p.m. and links to Kansas City and Excelsior Springs. The 6:10 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. services offer reliable arrivals, with through sleeping cars to St. Paul Minneapolis and Iowa, North and South Dakota destinations. G H Lippincott, city ticket and passenger agent, 697 Main Street, Dubuque, Iowa.
The timetable lists daily and Sunday-except services between Dubuque and Chicago with arrivals and departures in morning and evening, including sleepers. It notes a 9:00 pm sleeper to Chicago and special parlor car on the 1:16 pm train to Chicago, with connections to Omaha and Sioux City.
Cedar Rapids main line shows arriving and departing times for trains to Chicago St Louis Minneapolis and Clinton schedules. Passenger list notes sleeper and coach services with Johnson and Lomax as ticket agents in Cedar Rapids Iowa.
A six day Yellowstone Park circuit by rail with the Northern Pacific to start and a return route via Salt Lake Denver Omaha ending on the Illinois Central Palace Train. Passages include travel from the park through western stops and a scenic Illinois Central leg home.
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