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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1890
Page
3
A bachelor rents a flat and keeps a single servant, then imagines a wife living below. He secretly watches through a window and sends gifts to his imagined spouse, finally revealing a plan to marry her through a typed offer and a photograph. The tale unfolds with his growing fixation and a letter from the unseen beloved.
The New York Herald discusses summer undergarments favoring cooler wear and a curved silhouette. It notes black silk underwear is unpopular for health and refinement and highlights crocheted and knitted corsets as elastic, washable options. Prices and tailoring details appear for various corsets and hip compressing bands.
The article describes evolving fashion trends with crepe, silk bands, velvet facings, and various hats, detailing necklines, trims, and fabrics. It notes niun veiling fringes, silk chine borders, and voice on florals, spots, and fabrics. It also advertises Hood’s Sarsaparilla as a remedy for skin issues from impure blood.
A Connecticut resident, Mr. William Smith, allegedly assaulted a gypsy princess Mary William, wife of the reputed wealthy gypsy leader Prince William, near Rockville. The tale ties to a larger pattern of gypsy wealth and public notoriety across New England, with gossip claims of royal-like status and storage of wealth in chariots. Julius Case of Marquette, Mich., died in London and collected bizarre walking sticks. One stick bore a bulldog head. another a monkey head with a spring tongue. Case favored unusual canes with perfumes and other tricks, strolling Piccadilly to draw attention.
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