$50,600 Nuptial Gown Sets New American Fashion Record
New York reports a $50,600 wedding trousseau worn by Miss Stuyvesant Fish at her marriage to Albert Zabriskie Gray. The ivory Duchesse satin gown, featuring a two yard train, rose point lace, and an heirloom veil, was designed by Mrs. Peter White and hailed as the loveliest American bridal dress.
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Katherine ‘Leckie
New York
Stuyvesant Fish
Albert Zabriskie Gray
Peter White
Vienna
Europe
Brussels
Miss Fish
Mrs. White
Dublin
Alfred Vanderbilt
Dave Barrington Finds Margie is His Sister at Oldenham Asylum
In a crisis ward of the Oldenham asylum Dave Barrington, 22, proclaims love for Margie Gordon. Margie reveals they are siblings who shared a past in Sherwood. a note explains their parents died in a railroad wreck and they were adopted separately. Barrington is discharged as cured.
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Japp
Dave Barrington
Oldenham Asylum
Margie
Dave
Barrington
Margie Gordon
Sherwood
Squire
Shad
Miss Gordon
the Infants’ Rest
Fondling Institution
Oldenham
Pardon Granted in Unwritten-Law Murder Case
Gov. Vardaman issued a stay of execution and announced a pardon for Mrs Angie Birdsong who was sentenced to five years for killing Dr Thomas Butler of Monticello in a case invoking unwritten law to defend her honor.
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Jackson, Miss
Eternal Fires Near Caspian Sea Flaring for Ages
Natives report several eternal fires along the Caspian region where natural gas seeps from the ground and has burned for ages, creating a longstanding natural spectacle.
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Caspian Sea
Piles Cured at Home by New Absorption Method
Advert offers home treatment for piles with a new absorption method. Immediate relief and permanent care promised. Send address to Mrs Summers Box P Notre Dame Indiana for details and free trial samples.
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Mra M. Summers
Box P
Notre Dame
Ind
Etiquette for Customers and Saleswomen in Shops
A Brooklyn Eagle column urges a mutual etiquette between shoppers and clerks. It notes rude customers harm the next buyer, praises patient salesgirls facing stress, poverty, and fatigue, and calls for courteous, considerate behavior from every shopper.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Bartered Bees Promise Luck in Old Superstition
Bees must be traded rather than sold by ancient superstition. Bartered bees bring happiness, while selling them is considered a grievous omen and unlucky beyond measure.
Fashionable parasols with bold color and bold borders rise
The piece describes spring parasol styles featuring taffeta and pongee covers in stripes checks and solids. It highlights color pairings in white with black and vivid borders, all over embroidery, and notes preferred woods, moire, gros grain, and Persian borders.
Water clock, ancient time measurer clepsydra
The oldest time measuring device recorded is the clepsydra or water clock. A glass cylinder was marked into 12 parts and released water through a bottom opening to measure 12 hours.
Reckless Romans and a Million Dollar Gown
The piece discusses Roman high society and its downfall, focusing on Lolia Poppia known for luxury in Nero’s era. It notes a gown said to cost nearly a million dollars as emblematic of extravagance among elite women.
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Lolia Poppia
Nero
Can You Blame Him A Baseball Fan Dies At 93
A man who had never attended a baseball game died at age 93 in what appears to be a quiet passing. The obituary notes a long life with family and community ties but offers few details on his sports exposure.
When The Help Quits The Household
A humorous and satirical collage of lines on housework, hired help, fashion talk, and jokes. The piece notes the perpetual churn of servants, the burdens on mistresses, and quips about onlookers and social trends. It also touches on a Danish plant growth trick, peach crop news, and light political chatter.
Ryan Hurt in Fight on Central Ave Car
Frank Ryan of 96 N East St was seriously injured in a clash between white men and Afro Americans on a Central Ave car Thursday night. Bicycle officers Wilson and Golnisch found little new information at Ryan's home. Two of the negroes were arrested and await trial.
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Frank Ryan
N. East St
Wilson
Golnisch
Ryan
Barn Fire Damages Back Barn at Joseph Taggart Bakery
A fire damaged the rear barn at 18 N New Jersey Street owned by Joseph Taggart Bakery. The fire caused about $1,000 in losses, confined to the second floor and feed. forty horses were removed from the barn.
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Joseph Taggart
New Jersey St
Carroll county reunion at Brookside Park
Former Carroll county residents gather Sunday afternoon at Brookside park for a reunion with music and short talks. Speakers include Capt. Thomas Madden Capt. Frank Cook Mrs. W. D. Pratt A. W. Duntle Taylor Groninger Congressman C. B. Landis and B. Wilson Smith. Mr. Smith will recount the Miami Indians once infesting the county and their removal to a western reservation.
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Carroll County
Brookside Park
Thomas Madden
Frank Cook
W. D. Pratt
A. W. Duntle
Taylor Groninger
C. B. Landis
B. Wilson Smith
Mr. Smith
Receiver sought in suit against Mason-Craig Realty firm
A complaint for a receiver and accounting was filed Friday in the superior court against Hugh Mason of the Mason Craig Realty Co. It states Mason never accounted to J Robert Craig for his share of profits. The suit seeks wind up of the company affairs.
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Hugh Mason
Mason-Craig Reality Company
J. Robert Craig
Mason
Ten Cent Patterns With Seam Allowance Offered By The Sun
The Sun announces an arrangement with a top pattern company to supply new patterns for ten cents each. A different pattern will be described daily and is the only ten cent pattern that includes seam allowances. Patterns may be obtained postpaid by sending ten cents, the pattern number and size, plus name and address to The Fashion Department of The Sun.
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the Sun
Ite Reac.s
Fashion Department
Indianapolis
Sun
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