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Newspaper
Indiana Democrat
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1900
Page
3
A New York woman explains she travels house to house cleaning and repairing jewelry and watches. She notes many clients fear stone alteration, charges less than jewelers, and earns well while keeping evenings free. She acts as agent buying and selling items, often assisting others with reverses, and aims to expand in New York City.
The black taffeta costume dominates the fashion panorama with coats and skirts of rich lus trous fabric. Long taffeta coats, lined in taffeta and satin, feature lace applique, embroidery, velvet and satin trims, and elaborate pockets and cuffs. Skirts show multiple ruffles, velvet medallions, and varied treatments. Silk fashion rises alongside cloth costumes.
A description of an evening gown favored by fashionable women. Velvet and fur and lace dominate, with a velvet train over a satin petticoat adorned by jewelled embroidery and fur bandings. A belero or lace bodice finishes with long sash ends at the back.
Black evening gowns rule the scene with chiffon veils in black and white dotted with gold. Flannel waistlines feature boleros and sheer undersleeves, while corded skirts mimic princess shapes. Toques return large and stylish, lace stockings rise in demand, and creamy net gowns with black jet embroidery dazzle.
A Boston Pilot comment muses that Poe might have declined immortalization in a mixed company if he could foresee the Hall of Fame temple. The quotation reflects a provocative view on literary fame and posthumous honors.
The record details multiple sessions across days in the Senate and House. Key items include executive sessions, the Hay-Pauncefote and Clayton-Bulwer treaty discussions, a shipping subsidy bill, oleomargarine legislation, appointments from Montana, a federal per diem pension measure, and the first great supply bill passage. Notable actions include adoption of the Davis amendment to the Hay-Pauncefote treaty, debate on war taxes, and preparations for a holiday recess.
Youths Companion notes two new chemical products by Moissan and Stonks derived from boron and silicon. The crystals show admantine luster and extreme hardness, able to scratch ruby, suggesting potential uses in the arts. Boron as borax salt and silicon as silicic acid are highlighted.
Plans aim to avoid danger from coasting vessels near Cape Hatteras by entering an inside passage from Chesapeake Bay to Bean Lor Inlet, outlining safer navigation options for mariners.
An open competitive examination will be held in London by the civil service commissioners in December for at least five student interpreterships in the British consular service in China.
R G Dun weekly trade review reports holiday sales up moderately with wholesale staples steady. Cold weather favors New York yet lags other regions after textile market losses. collections remain good, aiding financing. Coal wholesale prices jump to 4.55, linked to scarcity. footwear orders remain strong but future contracts mostly for higher prices. Weathered leather quiet while upper leather active. Wool sales rise in Eastern markets. cotton exports in November up on higher prices. Wheat and corn exports show shifts with weekly and seasonal totals listed. overall trade activity and failures abroad noted, with a Sweden tea poisoning incident at Sandviken.
During the Prince of Wales 1860 visit President Buchanan vacated his bedchamber and slept in the office ante-room. Five royal attendants were housed at the British minister's. the Prince used Mrs McKinley’s former boudoir. The Duke of Newcastle lodged in the President's room, and General Bruce occupied the room opposite the library.
Augustine Birrell opens a series on the Rhine reflecting on dramatic change since the Franco Prussian wars. He notes monuments to William and Augusta in Koblenz, Bismarck Strasse in Koln, and the costly battles of Gravelotte, asking what the river now represents after so much bloodshed.
London Daily Mail laments dwindling skilled rural workers and crafts amid shifting agricultural labor. It argues education raises expectations, but thoughtful reform could salvage farming by offering 20 to 30 acre stall holdings to a few top men in each village who can still offer skilled labor during peak demand.
A 19th century notice reports tuberculosis placed under quarantine rules by the immigration commissioner for Japanese arriving in San Francisco. The decision bars landing and requires return to port of origin. The fragment also includes assorted advertising blurbs and broader miscellany on health elixirs and commodities.
The piece notes that southern France papers avoid reporting losses at Monte Carlo, bribed to print big wins while suppressing personal-crisis and negative news. It cites English papers avoiding Monaco references and describes Poland as the lone conquered region with no terms offered to the vanquished in this era.
The ad touts Halls Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy with a $100 reward for any failure to cure. It claims the medicine acts on the mucous surfaces and builds up the constitution. It notes testimonies available and lists Toledo address. Also mentions chicken at $1.23 and beef at $1.50 per pound.
An early 20th century style patent remedy advertisement touts Beat for the Bowels and Cascarzrs Canody Outhartle as natural cures for headaches, toe cancer, and bowel issues. It promises easy movements, low starting cost, and warns against imitations while noting reduced foreign grain imports.
An advertisement claims hair loss results from starvation and offers Ayer's Hair Vigor as a root feeding remedy. It asserts the product stops falling hair, restores color, and promotes thick growth at a price of one dollar per bottle.
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