Lace fashions of 1806 dazzle in brief guide
The article extols lace as the daintiest garnish and most economical, noting real thread lace lasts generations while imitation laces suffice for everyday gowns. It discusses styles like the collarette, yoke, fichu, and new fabrics Velour du Nord, Plush, Velutina, and a wool silk blend.
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American Press Association
The Newest Neckwear and Winter Finery Trends
Henriette Rousseau describes machine made laces like lierre and chantilly for yokes fichus and cravats, plus velvet stocks and guipure insertions. She details broadcloth elegance, new silks and velvets, Irish poplins, plaid poplin trims, and a chic antique mood with mohair curls and ostrich decorations.
The Feminine View of Women and Fashion Notes
A compact column mixing anecdotes about Edith Wharton, General Miles, and various manners of dress and beauty. It notes Wharton’s wealth and health related travel, a humorous account of Miles as a nursery helper, fashion tips on saffron-tinted skin, and Kate Claxton on bonnet styles.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Edith Wharton
America
Newport
Europe
Nice
Miles
Army of the United States
San Francisco
Kate Claxton
Miss Revcector
The Eighth Vermont Holds the Colors at Cedar Creek
A detailed account of the October 19 1864 Cedar Creek fight describing how the Eighth Vermont regimental colors were defended amid brutal hand to hand combat. Major Mead and Corporal Worden, among others, led heroic stands while sergeants and privates sacrificed for the flag as Confederates pressed.
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Cedar Creek
Sheridan
H. E. Hill
Phil
Colonel Hill
Vermont
Crook
Emory
Thomas
Eighth Vermont
Major Mead
Eighth Corps
Connecticut
New York
Worden
Color Guard
Brown
Petre
Perham
Shores
Corporal Blanchard
Cooper
Sergeant Hill
Company A
Hill
Gordon
Georgia
Bemis
Lemuel Simpson
Simpson
Moran
Port Hudson
United States
Lamb
Howard
Hall
Ford
Smith
Mead
Franklin
Cheney
Bruce
Welsh
Austin
Shattuck
Sargeant
Carpenter
Blanchard
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Faultless Chemical Co
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