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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1898
Page
7
A New York Sun excerpt extols military scarf pins for women, praising jeweled dagger or sword pins as stylish accessories. The item is marketed as a feminine touch for scarves, with notes on sizing and novelty.
The ambulance ship Solace has been lavishly supplied by American women, outfitted to resemble a hospital at sea. A white hull with a dark stripe and a red flag mark the ship as a peaceful mission.
The text profiles Mize Glatcock of Mayville Kentucky and Miss Hascock who completed a plant and will supervise construction in Nicholasville. It lauds a Kentucky woman’s success in electrical work, arguing women should enter all facets of the industry as enthusiasm and persistence suit the field.
The Chicago Record details General Fitzhugh Lee’s lineage, noting his mother Misa Anna Maria Mason, daughter of John Mason of Virginia, famed as a beautiful Nantic Manon in girlhood. The family resided in Washington after her marriage to Lieut Rodney Smith Lee. Mrs Lee hosted a state dinner for the Prince of Wales with the Duke of Newcastle, and after the war the family settled in Virginia while Fitzhugh aided on the farm with two mules, John the Baptist and Rebecca at the Well. Mrs Lee, though blind for years, remained cheerful.
A nostalgic fashion notice details linen crash gowns in dingy colors with white linen embroidery and lace trims. It notes white piques trimmed with light blue cambric and pique buttons, sailor blouses, white muslin cravats, and hats of straw or black velvet with jeweled buckles.
A fashion note from the New York Run urges every woman to own at least one hat. It describes styles with broad satin ribbons, chiffon, lace scarves, and black velvet ribbons. Strings arranged on tall white Leg horn shapes create a poke shcape, while color accents appear on straw hats for younger wearers.
The latest season trend is a plain white taffeta gown that echoes grandmother styles. It features a basque cape front with a high turned collar and a small sleeve, paired with a bright faced collar.
Clever American women admire Mrs. A J Marshall, a young English founder whose modest kitchen lessons grew into Marshall's School of Cookery. The business now includes an intelligence office for trained cooks, a supply bureau for canned and bottled goods, diploma grants, and a monthly magazine. Graduates earn diplomas and attend exhibitions to showcase new dishes and kitchen innovations.
A portrait of Cuban women noting enduring beauty and modest behavior. It describes dark eyes, raven hair, and poised manners, while stressing sobriety in public, strong family ties, and preference for home life. The piece contrasts urban strolling with chaperoned outings and social customs while highlighting enduring charm.
The Chicago Times Herald highlights the Cuban woman as a patriot loyal to home and sons fighting for freedom. She balances social life with support for insurgents, enduring privation and danger, earning admiration as a jewel of courage and national pride.
Newest in hats and bonnets shows soft hats replacing derbies for summer wear. Black hats with dual poppy colors suit young girls, English walking hats trimmed with plumes, white mousseline de soie with sweet peas for young women, a white feghorn with yellow plumes and white duchess lace for elegance. Sailor hats return with low crowns and narrow brims, folded scarf trimming, and a burnt orange rose bonnet with an aigrette for elderly women.
A striking meditation on sleep describes how entering a sleeping room evokes awe, portraying the sleeping body as a living house and the unconscious mind as a master that can command endurance, thoughts, and fate. It argues sleep remains a central mystery beyond mere biology.
A study of funeral practices notes formal black edged announcements in papers requesting sympathy and specifying mourning hours. A black cloth table with a white jar holds cards from friends and neighbors. Mourners drop black edged cards at the house, while burial rites involve male attendees and a procession on foot to the churchyard.
The Hertford Journal muses on why naval officers rarely reach the White House. It notes Revolutionary and Civil War leaders became presidents through land campaigns, while admirals like David Farragut and George Dewey are celebrated for sea victories yet shunned as presidential contenders. The piece questions why no sailor president has emerged despite wartime glory.
The Chicago Record notes diverse greeting customs among races, including nose pulls among Enquimen, nose touching on a thumb, back turning in South Africa, and bowing variations in Asia and the Pacific. It observes kissing as taboo among Australasian cultures and Papuan peoples, framing manners as socially loaded and judgmental.
A doctor connected with agratitution in this city explains that coughing irritates wounds and that children in a hospital ward can reduce coughs by holding their breath briefly when the urge to cough returns. He notes that quiet breathing may soothe mucous membranes and allow healing while a suitable medicine aids recovery.
A fragmentary note discusses the longest word in the Bogie lene language and its next longest, describing a twenty straight letter term Transubstantiationableness as the second longest. It reads like a linguistic curiosities snippet from a historical text.
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