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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1888
Page
7
Special correspondence from New York highlights autumn underwear trends with heavy embroidery and lace. Hamburg embroideries, torchon lace, and French cut chemises are favored, ready made outfits are cheaper than materials, and new skirt and corset designs emphasize ease and fit.
A discussion of comfortable skirts and wrappers for daily wear and travel notes white and blue striped flannel skirts ready made at 75 cents, colorful quilted options, and the divided knee length skirt. It praises freer movement, warmth concerns, Jersey flannel gowns for morning wear, and describes Mother Hubbard wrappers in drab cashmere with brown braidings.
The piece surveys fashion accessories for summer wear including lace collars velvet collars and plaited shirt fronts with notes on Paris pattern bonnets. It also describes Kyoto temples bells and a detective’s craft shadowing a man detailing method and risks in pursuit.
A New York Tribune piece recounts how after the interstate passes act aimed to end free passes, a railroad official still issued passes within state lines and even offered temporary employment to bypass restrictions. The anecdote highlights loopholes and corporate leniency in travelers entitlement.
In a discussion stirred by the city’s past striped uniforms, interests argue leather or tin as best materials. The city gave newsboys uniforms once, with promise they would replace worn outfits at their own expense, yet none have been replaced. The piece argues there is no legal way to compel purchase of prescribed attire, preserving the boys’ right to earn a living.
The Lick telescope in California excites Prof Holden with famed views of planets stars the milky way and the Lyra nebula. He says it resolves the Lyra nebula into wreaths of sun stuff developing into solid bodies and anticipates Jupiter observations may answer key planetary questions.
An American Magazine poem by BE. M. Allen depicts a lyrical vision of nature and love. The speaker invites a beloved to reveal her wigwam as wild creatures of salmon, sheep, swans, antelope, bison, eagle, and birds move in a bright spring landscape.
A Chinese opium tale recounts a baby revived by opium smoke and later dying when dose care stops. A second piece laments modern crusades against cruelty, noting the persistence of suffering and the slow public response to abuses across nations.
A Globe-Democrat watchmaker comments on a trend where the Jenkinses flaunt wealth without learning or social standing. The search for old gold watches grows, especially in Baltimore where a market thrives for heirloom pieces supposedly tied to Roundheads or Mayflower pilgrims. Money buys lineage as much as blue blood, with Liverpool made Johnson watches in demand.
A New York Tribune comment notes a correspondent’s question about forcing passengers to exit at the front and enter at the rear of each car. It argues that such a rule would be met with stubborn resistance from about half the riders, despite individuals being orderly in solitude.
Since 1806 the society advocating Roman letters has nearly doubled in members to 4,456. The 1886 catalog shows 5,316 of 6,913 books on science arts and trade printed in Roman type. The list includes teachers physicians booksellers and merchants.
The New York Sun notes England aims for one doctor per 1200 people, but London has 1943 excess doctors. It reports 600 die annually while 1500 new doctors are graduated each year, and competition drives some visits to six pence per patient for a prescription and medicine.
A New Orleans Times quip notes how language shifts with income and lodging. It contrasts simple terms like stays and stops with richer phrases when a man is well fixed, ending with a playful jab at a guest of the landlord when he does not pay.
A Dougherty county Georgia farmer has devised a novel use for surplus watermelons producing excellent syrup. This innovation converts excess fruit into marketable molasses-like sweetness, mirroring a Chicago Herald note on inventive agricultural practices.
A reflective note quotes Dr. I Watts on the duty to uphold humane values. It argues that wisdom should bow to simple, harmless customs that honor humanity.
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