Piano Showroom Promises Quick Delivery for Any Style
A dealer pitches piano buyers with a large stock including Chickering upright grand baby grand and quarter grand ready for immediate delivery. The store touts other makes such as Jewett Vose Behning Kroeger Stewart and offers an easy payment plan even if the instrument is intended for someone else.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chickering
Atyle
Jewett
Vose
Behning
Kroeger
Stewart
Gold Reef Schemes and a Widow's Plea
Reginald and a planter consider selling a gold rich estate. A neighbor warns of found gold elsewhere while Reginald pursues profit through a Bellamy led deal. A year later Rosie fancies wealth but a widow pleads for help with a failing investment, revealing the mine’s costly truth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seroney
Unis Bern
Ely
Rosie
Rose
Rogie
Evergreen
Pater
Weil
Reginald
Rynard Gold Reef Company
Reggie
Apollo
Handsome Stock Collars for Christmas Gifts
Three collars shown with differing styles and prices. No 1 is a plain ivory collar, lined with soft chit ton, priced in shillings. No 2 costs seven and a half cents face value, beaded with colored or silver beads, home beading at 15 cents. collar is ecru with blue beads and a blue and white design. No 3 features soft folded satin in various colors with cream lace, while the jabot in chiffon is edged with shirred ribbon and lace, forming a ready-to-wear decorative collar.
Smallest Inhabited Island Described in Fractured Text
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a tiny inhabited island near Eddyatone or Howse with a lighthouse. At low tide the island is only a few feet in diameter while at high tide the area is about several feet across, the lighthouse is said to be nearly covered at times.
Semi-Decollete Fashions for Girls in Velvet and Lace
A fashion note describes a semi decollete gown idea using silk crepe and velvet. It highlights velvet straps exposing the arm, Frenchy colorways, lace Lethe buttons, and a matching girdle with velvet bands. Bodice may pair with or without a skirt, panel effects and bows add a smart touch.
Whistling Hymns Adopted at Sunday YMCA Services
Syracuse reports that the Y M C A will replace singing with whistling during Sunday services. Chaplain Cor elo Herrick of Auburn prison led the event with whistling for each hymn as numbers were announced, an innovation welcomed by association workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scripps-M'Rah
Syracuse
Tove
Mf. C. A. Sundey
Corelo Herrick
Auburn Prison
8. B. Groner
Association
Leather girdles the rage in fashion belts and ribbons
Leather belts and girdles dominate fashion pages with new designs in orange gold shimmer. Two toned Peratin ribbon guazes with gold or silver embroidery, white kid joints, red buckles, and dainty pink chirres highlight the season. The look emphasizes long waists and elaborate belts with jeweled buckles and leather buttons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Home Made Christmas Bag and Ribbons
A vintage craft item description details a white ribbon bag with embroidered lace net and lace frill, silk option, ribbon knots at the handles, and a holly red bag with holly ribbon ends. It notes material cost, variations, and fashionable ribbon designs with moss roses and carnations, plus uses for collits, brits, and vanity cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nowerg
Tidiness and Style Influence Home Atmosphere
A guide notes the maid’s dress and color choices shape a home's refinement. It highlights black or other colors for post luncheon wear, matching outfits for maids, and aprons with embroidery. Describes practical work wear with skirts near the ground, shirt waists, and decorative apron details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malta
Attire Tips for Servants Hair and Cap Styles
The passage describes maid attire with matched collars and cuffs to aprons, various cap styles from hats to square tops, and embroidery or quilling accents. It notes minimal jewelry, neat hair, and plain, tidy presentation to convey cheer and good housework.
First Campaign Emblem of Copper Fingering Details
The readable fragment notes a copper emblem used by Jun Quincy Adams supporters in 1800s campaigns. It mentions a copper fingering piece inscribed with Juht Quincy Adams IN and indicates types and medallions among Sv campaign insignia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jun Quincy Adams
Iss
Juht Quincy Adams
Social News Highlights From Indianapolis and Nearby
Ava Clark and Brondlay entertain. Mrs. Ily Stoner returns to Crawfordsville. Miss Eunice Darnell visits Lebanon friends. Weddings set for Dec 3 to Dec 21 include Elizabeth Rhode and Roger H L Brown, Chrystal Richey and James Kregele, Nullie Grace Wells and Woodhirn Massan. Social events, visits, and receptions spread across Indianapolis, Lafayette, Columbus, Noblesville, and Chicago connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ava
B.D. Clark
Brondlay
Ily Stoner
Crawfordsville
Roy Vleree
Weatheld
Irvingeton
Eunice Darnell
Lebanon
Albert White
Columbus
Edward Mead Johnson
Lafayette
I. Mundy
Haughville
Chataroy
Wash
George Hord
Chicago
Indianapolis
Minuet Cith
Misa Elizabeth Rhode
Roger HL Brown
EK. J. Robben
Chrystal Richey
James A. Kregele
Nullie Grace Wells
Woodhirn Massan
Victor Kiel
Maria Katn
Iterary
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Pennsylvania Street
Winlschner
eKowart
Bellamy
H. Loomis
Philadelphia Medical Collage
Wil
Iar
Ben
Acd
Indlay Payslane
T. Ga
Toledo
Weber Drug
Vici
Ruseia Cale
Abel
Mra
Henry
Oscar Sdndstrom
Anderson
Henry Taker
Theodore Trusler
Maud Coon
Miss Flolen Coon
Daisy Salmond
Colum Pie
Guy Waolupp
Noblesville
Hurd Jacobs
Louisville
Indianapolie
John Weisgerber
Belle Nash
Longalesport
Bernardine Smith
Wiliam T. Noble
Los Angeles
Cal
Mare Red Uoon
Claude Rhodes
St- Louis
Bry
May Rhodes
Wrightwood
Aira
W. H. Coleman
Ells Hunter
Nelson
Edward F. Hodges
Propylaeum
Thureday
Fletcher Hodges
W. T. Harris
Eilaesnon
C. Merriam Coublishers
Springfield
Maen
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