Buckles and belts dominate autumn fashion notes in England
The New Autumn isleite notes belts as major items with green Walrus leather and gray ooze calf linings, plus plaid taffeta fabric belts driving waist sets. It highlights Lady Mowe as a leading English whip and authority on driving, with a chapter in The Badminton Library. Her sister in law Mrs George Cornwallis West assists in electioneering, credited with helping Lord Randolph Churchill win Woodstock in 1885.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mowe
England
London
Badminton Library
Lady Howe
George Cornwallis-West
Lady Randolph Churchill
Lord Randolph Churchill
Woodstock
Yankee Countess and Neck Exercises Featured in 19th Century Page
A feature on the Countess of Orford describes her American aristocratic lineage and connections to notable figures. The piece shifts to a health column detailing neck stretching exercises said to develop the neck, outlining a sequence of head drops, lifts, tilts, and repetitions for strength and grace.
Education of Working Girls and Etiquette Tips From Then
The piece notes National League of Women Workers data collection on working girls in Washington, detailing birth, nationality, education, and earnings inquiries. It follows a New York worker who rose from $8 to $5 weekly over five years and includes a moral tale on proper sitting and rising posture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National League of Women Workers
Department of Labor
Washington
Svork
New York City
New York Herald
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Proper Sitting and Embroidered Muslin Work Tips
Describes correct sitting posture and rising from a chair with detailed steps. Includes guidance on muslin embroidery foundations, lace royal work, and delicate stitching techniques for table centers and collars. Offers design methods, color planning, and sketching directions to avoid unpicking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maire
New York Commercial Advertiser
Fashionable Fads Foreseeed This Winter Styles
The article surveys winter fashion trends with note of lace corsage collars broad bodices and fitted back outer garments. It highlights Norfolk jackets without yokes elongated panel hip yokes feather braids pleated trims and varied sleeves while predicting velvet fabrics chiffon formations and magpie black and white mourning.
Delicate waist and velvet trims dominate 1910 street wear
New York fashions return to pastel shades in heavy cloth for street and carriage wear. The vivid description highlights a pastel china waist with a guided skirt, blue cloth with black velvet trimmings, and a glove-fitted feather-boned lining. The ensemble features double-breasted fronts, velvet collar, pearl buttons, and a seven-gores skirt with a wide velvet-taped hem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Skirt for a 14 year old needs yardage estimate
To make this skirt for a miss of fourteen years will require three and one-half yards of forty four inch material.
Rescued by an Owl and a Khan’s Survival Tale
A Tar tar tale recalls how a khan, hiding in a thicket to escape pursuers, was saved when an owl perched nearby. Misreading the omen, the hunters left, allowing the khan to reach his camp. The incident fostered reverence for the owl, whose feather became a symbol of victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert the Bruce
Central Asia
Roentgen Rays Used in Germany to Treat Animals
Germany adopts X ray therapy for animals with Professor Hoffman of the Royal Veterinary Hospital Stuttgart reporting success. Early work tested exposure times on dead horses and a live horse with a broken leg. X ray images help diagnose diseases in cattle and may locate disease germs, reducing blind diagnoses in veterinary care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Hoffman
Royal Veterinary Hospital
Stuttgart
Roentgen
Korea
Unclear Atmospheric Note on Liquid Air Depth
Fragmentary sentence discusses hypothetical effects of liquid air on atmospheric conditions and globe depth. No clear individuals, organizations, or concrete dates are present. Further readable text needed for a precise, fact-based card.
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Countess of
Orford
D. GC. Corbyn
New York
Robert Walpole
Earl of Rosslyn
Spain
Henry Drummond Wolff
Egypt
Valley Work
Norfolk
Chicago
Miss Pratt
Pixxnan
Lydia
Auma Pratt
Holly
Mich
Lydia EB
Lydia KE
Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
ST. Jacobs
Teeetee
A. Tower CO
Boston
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