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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1898
Page
6
Fashion editors describe dress skirts being closed at the waist with a sewn back belt and discreet front adjustments. The change reduces need for belt pins and other fasteners, improving fit for both large and slender figures. Insurance lists note multiple high value policies held by well known women across California and the East Coast.
Clara Lloyd notes a founce skirt redesign with front flare and darts for fit, detailing a water fall back closure and plaited center back. The piece mentions a wool skirt version and a push against silk skirts by Georgia clubwomen to curb envy and disruption at federation meetings.
The Philadelphia Times notes an array of collarettes and boas in leading city shops. New styles use coarse net and wisel de sole with chenille pompons, full at the neck with long tabs. Inexpensive mufflers create pleasing effects for warm, well-dressed women, while thousands more options satisfy every taste without costly prices.
The article notes life insurance for women is relatively new and expanding. It predicts rapid growth, with insured women increasing from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands, especially in the East, and describes slower growth in parts of the West.
New England honors Lillian Stevens as she becomes president of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Stevens led Maine's state WCTU chapter for 22 years and served in multiple national roles, including vice president at large and Southeast representative, aiding Miss Willard and coordinating temperance work across Maine and beyond.
The article describes a practical child’s apron in gingham with dark blue accents. It features a one seam shirt sleeve look, epaulette detail, narrow embroidered neck band, center back buttons, and a generous machine-stitched hem. Size runs from two to ten years, using three yards of 30 inch fabric for six-year-old size.
A new fur hat replaces the clumsy sleighride look. The new design is artistic and dainty, replacing the old fur hat in shops. The fur used resembles velvet in appearance and is trimmed in the same fashion as velvet.
The New York Journal describes tailored hats for gowns including a gray broadcloth gown with chinchilla trimming. A handmade toque features parma velvet crown, chinchilla, blue ostrich tips, a Louis Quinze bow, and long side extensions. Sable and sealskin hats use pheasant feathers, mousseline de soie rosettes, and jewel accents.
Miss Agnes Weston and Miss Wintz mark a quarter century of the Sailors’ Friend work renewing support for the Sailors Rest system. Weston appeals for £5,000 to enlarge the Portsmouth Sailors Rest, noting funds have aided hundreds of seamen and families in ports.
In Prineville Oregon a crazed man seized a friend’s house and brandished a butcher knife. Officers used a Grass band on the corner to distract him and when he stepped outside to face the music they arrested him.
The British steamer Kensington bringing sugar from Java reached Philadelphia and faced a five day onslaught of dragon-flies fed by the ship’s cargo. Sailors suffered bites and bloodied bodies until boatswain birds swarmed in to devour the pests, ending the siege.
A British trade journal argues American industry dominates due to superior machinery and skilled workers. It notes Americans run multiple machines per worker, speed records, and rapid adoption of automatic, labor saving equipment in England, despite British resistance.
A six year old girl in Cleveland remarks on her new teacher. She praises kindness but notes the teacher mispronounces several words. The child says the teacher said “Pawss” instead of pass and “brown echoes” when referring to trees.
Professor Denys of the University of Louvain is reported to have discovered a serum that cures pulmonary tuberculosis. Conclusive experiments are said to have been made, with a forthcoming communication to the Academy of Medicine. The claim echoes earlier bold cures by Des Koch and Verneuil, now viewed with skepticism.
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