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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1908
Page
3
Blakesly hires a psychologist to locate a woman he dreams about. The doctor sets a high fee and tails the hunt across the city, only to realize the girl appears as a signboard face above a shop across the street. The haunting woman is literally staring back from the facade.
Lord Armstrong heir to a vast Elswick Gun works fortune faced liquidation of 2.5 million pounds after eight years of declining business due to advisers rooted in old methods and costly money lending. The Elswick works employs thousands and produced famous guns and ships, while Armstrong's Bamburgh Castle home and Northumbrian estate symbolize a storied era.
Chicago prepares a diamond jubilee celebration for the citys first permanent Catholic parish founded in 1833 by Rev John M I St Cyr. The event includes a gathering at the Auditorium and special church services with a Paulist led celebration and Papal Benediction expected.
Notre Dame faculty awards the Laetare Medal to Dr James Charles Monaghan, a former U S consul in Mannheim and Chemnitz, editor of the Bureau of Foreign Commerce, and longtime educator at Wisconsin and Notre Dame. A May 17 reunion of laureates is planned, with the 1908 honor likely to be presented then.
Plan a mid afternoon light lunch for 12 ladies with a self serve salad and two kinds of sandwiches, pickles olives salted nuts and bonbons. Serve coffee tea and chocolate on a tray with frappe or sherbet during the game and spring decor with jonquils and tulips plus small umbrellas as favors.
The note suggests a daytime luncheon for a brother's twenty first birthday with no alcohol. Options include a seven pm dinner, nine pm supper, or a 10:30 refreshment gathering featuring oyster cocktails, chicken salad, sandwiches, coffee, fruit, and cheese. Invitations simply state Stag Party or Smoker and guests toast the host with lemonade.
For a linen shower suggest presenting all packages in a child’s wheelbarrow decorated with flowers and ribbons. A small child dressed as Cupid can wheel the load, with gilt arrows as favors or adorning heart shaped cakes and candies.
A reader asks if party calls are out of date and if dinner calls follow the same rule. They describe colonial tea invitations in old style and whether a reply was required. They also discuss who owes the first call after a reception and leaving a card, and whether a later invitation creates an obligation.
Skirts hang straight while braiding remains popular and daisies dominate baby millinery Hidden details include diabolo accents and flame and watermelon shades Dress hemlines stay close to the ankle with no stiffening Tunics end in points with tassels Straw hats resemble miniature sombreros for two year olds
A tinted bordered handkerchief is transformed into a butterfly bow by trimming one-quarter and plaiting the rest to form a hemstitched edge. The lace-edged version offers a daintier jabot, sewn or left unfinished as desired, simple and inexpensive to make.
The London Graphic notes that white evening waistcoats break the gloomy male evening dress but become impractical after age 21. It argues white widens the silhouette, making some men look corpulent, while black diminishes proportions.
An after dinner quip from an age of steel sparks a courtroom moment as a reporter asks for spelling. The judge imposes a ten dollar contempt fine while a speaker jokes this is not a higher court. The scene references Harper's Weekly and local trades.
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