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Newspaper
Galena Tribune
Location
Galena, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1905
Page
3
A detailed craft and fashion note describes making velvet chrysanthemum bouquets with ribbon petals, wire supports, and crinkled texture. It then previews dress ideas using pale gray fabrics, fitted bodices, and decorative necklines with options for jackets, turbans, and blouses, plus a light pudding recipe and sewing patterns.
Cleaning velvet requires ammonia and water, brushed gently, then heated steam to lift flattened pile. A New Japanese fad grass cloth decorates walls with rice paper backing, eight yard roll for $4. Linen shirtwaists replace woolen blouses in winter wardrobes as cashmere trends rise. Pickled beets preserved in jars with sugar and vinegar, ready to serve. a clever device hides collar bones of thin women.
Confidences describe tailor-made dresses with velvet collars and cuffs, growing hat crowns, and coordinated gloves. Soft tan, pearl gray, and palest champagne outfits pair with checks in bathing suits and rose hues for sheer blouses, signaling a strong summer style influence.
Voile, sheer like chiffon, appears in striped, waved, checked, dotted, and embroidered designs, usually over white taffeta with color matched tafetta trimming. Dark tones in navy and brown are shown with girdles of voile. Soft silk resembling colienne debuts in many colors with checks or stripes. Taffetas are light weight and striped.
Describes ripply capes in chiffon broadcloth or taffeta, worn with muslin frocks and matching accessories. Notes slim necklines with V or U fronts, sometimes open fronts held by straps. Suggests capes suit early evening walks or cool afternoon promenades.
Pudding bags should be heavy jean and raisins for desserts must not be washed. Glycerin in fruit jars helps preserves resist molding. Rancid butter boiled with charcoal can be used for cooking. Silver tarnishes in wool, and rubber should avoid contact with silver.
Among gowns worn by a popular Newport belle a pale green colienne evening dress features white lace ruffles and green velvet ribbon from shoulder to waist. The decollete waist shows silver embroidered green silk with lace at intervals, shoulder cap lace, embroidered silk finish, self tone chiffon velvet girdle, and lace ruffle clusters at each seam of the circular skirt.
A coffee colored pongee outfit suited for an outing features a full skirt with deep tucks and navy embroidery. It notes English eyelet work and blue wash silk holes, plus a deep blue silk petticoat beneath to let color show through. Also included is a recipe for orange syrup using Select oranges and sugar with grated peel.
Crushed tulle can be revived by thorough steaming. Avoid moisture. wrap when steamed in a dry towel and air dry afterward.
A 19th or early 20th century fashion note portrays street gowns from Paris. The mauve gown features a full draped skirt with ruches and a large velvet edged shoulder collar. Details include lace frills, buckles, puffed sleeves, and black cloth gowns with box plaits and velvet girdles.
Mabel, a small city girl, tends a door in a new apartment when a pompous visitor asks to see her mother. The janitor, not the landlord, is revealed as the man who owns the house, prompting the child to exclaim at the mistaken title.
A London Chronicle note and scattered verses discuss the drift toward using yah and yep instead of yes. Educated speakers adopt open vowels and labials, while sermons prompt the opposite, raising questions about language laziness and pronunciation in public life.
An 18th century anecdote recalls Old Gorton of Manchester who fished with youths near a railroad bridge. When a companion slipped away, two fish vanished from Gorton’s basket. He counted five cunner and found seven, puzzled where the other two went.
The Pawtucket police department's first patrol wagon sparked a joke filled tale. A rough tramp rode it early, later telling an officer that the wagon “was carried away with it” after his exit, a quip reflecting the era’s humor about the new vehicle.
The AmeHeat Petey Society of New York has raised 21000 toward a 100000 goal for its new taild line project. Funds progress reflects active donor support and community backing for the society's expansion plans in New York.
A Chepultepec cypress is assigned about 6200 years from annual rings, rivaling ancient yews in Perthshire and Bucks and a central American baobab once believed to be 5150 years. The claim places this tree as possibly the oldest living thing discovered.
Captain Swann of the British steamer Anglo Chilean claims whisky should be absorbed through the skin rather than ingested. He recounts walking experiences and a Scottish pub anecdote to illustrate using liquor on the feet to refresh and inspire endurance.
A talented girl creates a pretty inexpensive fan by cutting beads faces and landscape from photographs and pasting them on the surface. Her intimate world including friends home sport and pets appears in tiny gilt edged prints. A second fan displays her college class with colors tied on the handle.
John R. Dodson, an Alaska miner, bought fifty pounds of potatoes and ordered them sent to Mastodon by U S mail. He paid $10.50 for the potatoes and their carriage into the interior of the northern territory, making the spuds cost 21 cents a pound delivered. At that price he saved 14 cents a pound versus market prices.
A large dog in Crewe England lifted a baby from a cot while the mother was absent, carried the infant away, then returned and left the child severely mauled at some distance from the home. Police and guardians investigated the incident and warned residents about dangerous animals.
The article outlines acute gastric catarrh in infants and children, caused by irritants, with symptoms of pain, vomiting, fever, and possible convulsions. It prescribes fast trilling of the digestive tract, fasting, then light feeds, and cautious reintroduction of milk, plus supportive measures.
Dr Northrup a leading US children’s disease specialist reports success in pneumonia by avoiding stale air he vents rooms by opening windows and doors to supply purer outdoor air He notes improved appetite in tubercular and dyspeptic patients and suggests milder sleep aids as healthier exposure to fresh air in contrast to indoor confinement He cites Stettin Germany and Japan to illustrate child health differences and outdoor living in the past and present
A medical article argues tuberculosis is a house disease since the tubercle bacillus mainly persists in the home. Without the house the bacillus would perish. sun, air, and water act as natural enemies, dissolving the agent from concealment and destroying it.
A fragment quotes Andrew Carnegie on happiness and crime noting his belief that temperance and digestion aid welfare. It claims drink and crime are linked, with Carnegie suggesting poverty and dour counsel can reduce offenses in metropolitan courts.
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