Shirtwaists for Summer Show Stylish Gauze and Lace
In windows of large shops the coming summer dresses show a carnival of gauzy elegance. Guimpes in white or gandy with colored lawn and tucks, bolero effects, and sheer gowns in mulls and silk mousselines illustrate regional fashion. Women should know design and home hygiene, proving versatility beyond beauty. Ella Morris Kretschmar notes brighter lighting in new city homes, warning against dark houses.
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Ella Morris Kretschmar
A Lady and Plants Demonstrate Delicate Garden Arts
A quote from Anna Lea Merritt extols the female hand as wiser than hired help in tending seedling care bud roses graft trees and propagating plants. It claims gardening soothes nerves and teaches meticulous care while praising ladies who oversee composting mulching hoeing and pest control.
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England
Anna Lea Merritt
New
Lippincott
Mastering Laying Gathera A Sewing Technique
Instructions from Good Housekeeping describe a time saving method for gathering fabric. A longer courser needle is used, the thimble remains at the needle eye, and gathers are worked onto the needle then pulled down in sequence to lay flat. The technique promises faster results after practice.
New Belts and Fashion Details From Harper's Bazaar
The article describes spring belt styles featuring round forms, stitched corrugation, leather and velvet bands, and long velvet tassels tipped with gilt spikes. Stock collars use L Aiglon rosettes, with rosettes and pompons anticipated to pair with light wool gowns as designers refine the look. It also notes correct sleep posture, advising lying on the right side with limbs extended.
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Harper’s Bazar
Sleep Posture and Health Rules From American Queen
The article recommends sleeping on the right side to aid digestion and reduce throat relaxation. It warns that sleeping on the back causes the jaw to drop and snoring, and notes the heart’s left-side position necessitates minimal pressure. It also advises arms at rest and relaxed muscles to prevent sleep disturbance and wrinkles.
The New Flat Collars in Fashion Shows of 1860s Style
A Washington Star fashion note describes the new flat collars as Parisian chic for 1860 sleeves, with stitched taffeta and ribbon lace. It contrasts high stocks and choker styles, noting Advancing spring wear and bold satin neckpieces in white, black, and pink, with jeweled ends and gilt pins.
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Washington Star
Fashion notes on spring fabrics and accessories
The article describes silk flannel shirtwaists, corduroy jackets with cloth skirts, silk gingham waists with vests and white pique revers, and decorative hats and ribbons. It highlights panne cloth, gold buttons, flat tags, and various decorative details on skirts, vests, and neck ruffles. It mentions colors like pink, black, brown, green, and gray with floral and bow accents.
Pearls of Thought from Ram's Horn
A collection of moral maxims emphasizing inner conscience over public opinion, selfless burden bearing, and the primacy of character over wealth or status. It argues greatness comes from growth and sacrifice, not popularity, noting the limits of public favor and the dangers of vanity.
How Indian Tribesmen Escape Pursuit by Trickery
A London Express recount from colonial times notes tribes such as the Mahsuds and Bhils using clever covert tactics to evade British pursuit. Bhils are described as expert thieves who conceal clothing as stones and use lifelike tree disguises to hide, including a tale of a British officer fooled by moving tree trunks at night.
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Poller
Bomay
London Express
Caught a Queer Fish at the Ironworks Dock
Foreman Henry Wagner captured a mystery fish at the Columbian Ironworks dock. About 12 inches long, dark gray, with a sharklike mouth and hump on its head described as the hump of knowledge. It has two winglike sides, four crawfishlike legs, large back fins, and unusual movement. Put in alcohol for study by longtime watermen.
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Henry Wagner
Columbian Ironworks
Works
Baltimore Sun
Churches Gone Astray Across The Kingdom
The report cites multiple church sites repurposed as stores and warehouses. Hatton Garde once linked to Edward Irving now houses a chemist. Nottingham chapel where William Carey preached became a storehouse. A North London Wesleyan church is now a brewery firm. Luther house in Germany is an inn and St Giles Cathedral in Glasgow served as prison post office and business exchange.
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Kingdom
Hatton Garde
Edward Irving
Nottingham
William Carey
London
Lauther House
Germany
St., Giles
Glascow
Jenny Gleddes
St. James's Gazette
Poison in clothing warns of deadly dyes in fashion
The London Mail reports that bright fashionable colors ease production but enable adulteration with poisonous dyes. Aniline and chrome yellows with lead, arsenic greens, and muriate of soda blues pose risks in fabrics, wallpapers, and boot pastes, with cases of arsenical poisoning linked to hosiery and skin exposure.
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London
Manchester
London Mail
Academie de Medecin
Mystery salmon tale ends as Mooselook catch found
Lewiston Journal reports the long standing Bugle Cove salmon myth solved. Anglers chased the famed monster at Mooselook magnatic lake, often losing their gear at the birch site. A landlady and her son, after wrecking their boat, retrieved 37 hooked lures from a stump beneath the same birch.
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Mooselock
The
Lewiston Journal
Bugle Cove
Mooselook Magmntic Lake
Bugle Cave
London gates and privilege on the Marble Arch and Horse Guards
London Telegraph recalls two gates in London where privilege allows carriages to pass. The Horse Guards arch is guarded by a trooper who blocks unpassable vehicles, while the Marble Arch gate follows immemorial custom. Disputed passes may wait for a high court decision. Nearby, lights and lightships line Britain’s coast at roughly 14 miles apart.
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London
Horse Guards
High Court
London Telegraph
Great Britain
Followed Mrs Pinkham's clue Now
A sick woman recounts symptoms to her physician but withholds details of a sex related ailment. The doctor cannot cure without full information. The letter illustrates how Mrs Pinkham’s correspondence helps gather patient facts to advise and aid many women seeking relief.
Mystery of the Sherman Monument Squatter Trade
A Wyoming tale describes Sherman station on the Union Pacific where a 60 by 60 foot stone pyramid was erected for Oakes Almes and Oli ver Aimes. A shabby prospector occupied nearby land, claimed the monument, and compelled the railway to pay 35,000 to settle.
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Laramie Range
Sherman
Union Pacific Railway
Oakes Almes
Oliver Aimes
Union Paeble
Strnager
Union Pacific
Ile
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Alhankind
Rweman Benefit
Mrs.Pinkham
Ella Rice
Chelsea, Wis
Lydia E. Pinkham
Enna Rice
le Havi
National City Bank
Lynn
Mass
Lupia E. Pink
Tast Mapicink Co
Beerman
Switzerland
Sciatica
Lumbago
St. Jacobs Oil
Svert
TOWER
Boston
Thompson
Humor of the Rockies
Russia
Thussia
Charlestown
S.C
Columbia
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Neurotico Medicines Co
Hornebayille
N.Y
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