Black velvet disks join ruffled chiffon robe design
A designer suggests attaching regular intervals of black velvet disks to the pleated chiffon ruffle to connect the two fabrics creating a black spangled robe.
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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1908
Page
2
Fancy Blouse Waist Described For Elegant Gowns
The blouse waist is highly fashionable for both full gowns and blouses. Described in detail with crepe de Chine, lace chemisette, heavy applique, and Valenciennes lace, it suits many fabrics from louisine to chiffon. Features include Mandarin style arm holes, optional three quarter or full length sleeves, and a simple, dressy look with minimal labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquisette
Fashion description of overwaist and blouse with lace details
The text outlines construction of an overwaist and blouse in crepenvion with mousseline chemisette, featuring elbow length sleeves with frills, potential longer sleeves with cuffs, and joining methods at the lower edges to fit under a girdle. It describes banded versus plain materials, draped arrangement, and the chemisette and cuff facings for long or three quarter sleeves.
Miniature coal mine to study explosions in Pittsburg
The Technologic Branch of the U S Geological Survey plans a 100 foot long armor plate cylinder to simulate mine explosions using fire damp, coal dust, gases, and detonants. Aiming to observe causes, survivability, life support, and rescue gear, the project cites West Virginia disasters and Roosevelt references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
United States Geological Survey
J. A. Holmes
West Virginia
Holmes
Europe
Roosevelt
Rush Run
Bluefield
Paint Creek
Fayette Co
Phillips
Monogah
Prominent Guests Unharmed After Powder Blast During Banquet
An assassination plot at a banquet detonates a large powder charge under the floor. Rescuers clear debris to find the prominent guests calmly seated at their tablets continuing state affairs. They explain they mistook the flash for a photograph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Herald
Do Plants Breathe and What It Means for Life
The text explains respiration as a life process for all organisms, detailing the inhalation of oxygen and exhalation of carbonic acid. It notes that organs adapted to this work are lungs, though plants have rudimentary forms, and asserts that every living organism, plant or animal, breathes.
Gold mine labor shortfall in South Africa sparks hiring drive
Over three years mine owners spent more than 1 million dollars recruiting workers from Central Africa and China. Only 17 000 native workers proved fit for winter conditions and 67 000 Chinese arrivals worsened labor troubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Africa
Central Africa
General Jackson and the Breeches Maker Tale
General Jackson returned from the Seminole war and sent for tailor Ballard to make breeches. Ballard, eager to be recognized, told Jackson he had made the breeches. Jackson introduced him as Major Breeches, leading Ballard to wear the misheard title for life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Washington
Ballard
Tennison
New York Press
Telephone Girls and Busy Lines Quip
A Louisville Courtier Journal quips that there are eight million telephone girls in the world and that six million seven hundred eighty eight thousand nine hundred forty three duties consist in telling you that the line is busy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville Courtier- Journal
Tolstoy Criticises Dante’s Works as Cloudy
Count Tolstoy criticises Dante, labeling the Italian poet’s productions cloudy and unintelligible in a pointed critique.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Count Tolstoy
Dante
A Remedy for Female Ailments Promoted by Lydia E Pinkham
An advertisement extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a standard cure for female complaints. It lists displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors and nervous prostration and invites sick women to write for advice at Lynn Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Ross
East 84Th Street
New York
Lydia E. Pinkham
Katharine Craig
Lafayette St
Denver
Col
Marie Stoltzman
Laurel
Mies
Ellen M. Olson
Fof
East St
Kevanes
Ill
Lydia Pinkham
Causes Headache and Health Claims From A Wide Range
The fragment notes that colds trigger headaches from October to May and mentions laxative products as removing a cause. It also references E. W. Grove in an old box, a statistic on world blindness, Brown's Bronchial Troches for hoarseness and coughs, Garfield Herb as a health product, and Brazilian coconut palms living 600 to 700 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Grove
Earliest World Maps and Their Evolution
The text traces ancient map origins in Egypt on wooden tablets showing land and sea. Marinus of Tyre, around 150 A D, began maps on scientific principles. Greek and Roman maps were fairly accurate, but medieval maps were alarmingly inaccurate. A complete reliable world map emerged only since the mid 19th century, though even the best maps still change slightly.
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Egypt
Marinus
Tyre
New York American
N.Y
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Fompson
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