This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Hamilton Evening Journal
Location
Hamilton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1912
Page
12
The article reviews summer fashion for auto bonnets, noting new modes that outshine predecessors. It highlights numerous models in tafteta fabrics, lace trimming, and yellow accents, with plaited face edges and fringe frills.
A 1910s guidance piece details practical hat restoration tips for various hat types. It covers washing black hats in denatured alcohol, reshaping damp straw hats, restoring faded colored hats with watercolors or dyes, cleaning white hats with magnesia, and refreshing ribbons, feathers, and trimmings. It also notes using oxalic acid bleach at home, ironing damp hats, and care for lace, buckles, bronzes, and garnishes with simple solvents and heat.
Fragment notes that certain fabrics or items labeled as washed may not wash and could be cleaned with French chalk or magnesium.
A 19th century notice proclaims an unusual variety of millinery fabrics for Salts, listing serges, deltas, velvets, cord, broadcloth, ratine, and charmeuse among others. It notes fashionable blends and textures, with mentions of moire effects and satin-like finishes, and that plain suit fabrics are being prepared for openings.
A lengthy how to on crafting a tennis racquet case from light brown fabric with braid edging. It covers two styles, one with a folding flap and two button fastenings, plus ribbon ties, and includes diagrams showing insertion and assembly. Also notes on sunlight effects and a giant sun dial near the Aegean coast as contextual science trivia.
The passage describes dainty embroidery and color work on collars and collars edged with dots. It highlights white pighe and brown edges, blue accents, and describes how these details finish the tailored blouse and coat, revealing a cohesive gores motif.
Two new blouses described with directoire collars and contrasting cuffs. One white eponges features pique cuffs, an under cuff of net and shadowy lace with a long black silk tie priced at 10.75. The other uses crepe de chine waist, priced at 13.75, finished with jabots of shadow lace and blue silk trims.
A bridal veil is shown with black taffeta and light blue fabric, featuring a large square chiffon yellow light blue finisher and black taffeta ribbons. The veil is confined by narrow tatieta ribbon plaiting at the crown base, allowing the veil to be thrown back. The jade bonnet comes in multiple color combinations including pink and black white and black and white taupe.
The Utila nogts of bright colored chiffon frocks remain popular and exclusive due to difficulty of copying. One dress features pate saxeblue union with a cuffon taffeta blue coat, black satin collar, lace frills, and a large lace picture with gauze rose aigrette. Another striking outfit pairs white sage with a long sleeveless yellow silk coat, plain yet bold in minimal trimming.
Fashions feature brocade embroidery and ribbon bows for fall wear. Seaside outfits use ivory tweed for light dresses. White dresses with bright trimmings appear with new Dew Medici collars. Gowns show two tone velvet and corduroy blends. The mangled body of Thomas Wheeler, Atty, farmer, was found gored to death by a bull.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.