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Newspaper
Jackson Herald
Location
Jackson, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1904
Page
2
An ad offers fur collarettes and stoles with shapes like Number One ermine trim and deep back collar, Number Two Persian lamb with black silk, plus design options and yardage. A second item presents a tapioca pudding recipe with apples and spices, noting variations with fruit. November Fleat.
Fashion notes describe moonlight inspired gowns in silver white moonlight blue gray and pale shades with sunset hues and winter whites. It covers frocks for wee folk with box plaits bells and belts, fur hats framed gloves suspender frocks for little girls and technical details on materials sizes and sewing counts.
The seven gored skirt flares below the knee with inverted plaits and pointed straps arranged over the gores. Describes fabric options hopsacking broadcloth silk trimming and yardage for various widths and sizes from 22 to 32 inch waists. Pattern 4616 available in multiple sizes.
Linen collars reveal growing ingenuity with weekly shape shifts. Newest pieces forego bow or tie, adopting V shaped front extensions and back fastening. One design features alternating white linen and lattice work with velvet ribbons and graduated bows. Another uses heavy embroidered threadwork and a triangular front substitute for a tie.
Violet in a favorite color velvet ruchings trim frocks. Jeweled clasps are much siked. Painted wood buttons noted. Walking skirts touch the ground. Riveted steel arrows trim hats. Oranges decorate a big brown fur hat. Delicate tones pair with brown. Forty five inches is the popular coat length with slipper heels. Coat tails of lace are clever on an toilet. An odd panel skirt overlays another.
A quirky note from a Moonlight Crass depicts a charming clash that even inspires a playful “moos dress.” The text hints at a whimsical, imperfect scene where fashion and sport mingle in a lighthearted mood.
A May Manton design No 4414 for ages 12 to 16 features a white crepe de Chine waist with cream lace, shirred yoke and sleeves, and a bertha shoulder effect. Material estimates for a 14 year old are given with lace yardage. pattern mailed for a fee.
Women envying wealthier slaters comfort themselves with the idea that if they wear the same hat they will still lack hair. The note suggests confidence in a bald wearer and reframes fashion as a personal statement rather than a claim of wealth or status.
A description of a skirt using twilled taffeta for the heel material and overall gown construction. The piece notes the fabric as firm yet soft, and highlights a black twilled taffeta skirt tightly fitted with a plaited foot and a two inch ground clearance, marketed as modest and profitable.
An old fashioned recipe for a dandruff treatment recommends heating a stone jar in a hot water bath with half a pint of rose water and a quarter ounce of sasdafras wood. When cooled add half a small wineglass of alcohol and one drachm of pearlash. Apply to the scalp once daily.
A fragmented guide suggests brightening an ad un ad silver by boiling in an aluminum kettle and refreshing dark wood with Poppy oil. It notes black elk can be renewed using ammonia instead of alcohol with a cooler iron, and mending a loose tin pall handle with a round brass paper fastener.
Pattern 4605 lx cut in lzes for girls of 6 8 10 and 12 years of age. The fragment describes a clothing pattern sized for children, listing sizes 6 8 10 and 12 years and referencing a pattern number.
The yoke collar, an enlargement of the tabbed style, extends down both front and back. The pattern appears in all fabrics with embroidery on the entire collar in many models. Narrow but heavy bands of lace and embroidery are common, and the yoke collars are typically openwork.
Rich Velveteens discusses changeable velveteens that mimic the look of costly velveta from Lyons and gain depth when one color is black. It notes such fabrics are very fue and rich in appearance with example pricing around 15 cents a yard.
Readers can obtain any May Manton pattern illustrated above by mailing 6 blanks and the coupon with 10 cents to EB Harrison & Co, 6 Plymouth Place, Chicago. Pattern No details provided.
A Seoul dispatch reports Russian Minister Pavlov at Seoul warning Corean authorities after Corean patrols crossed into Chinese territory and attacked inhabitants. Riots flare in Chyung Chyongdo as Tokyo cables say negotiations may extend four more days. European diplomats and Japanese bankers warn war would dwarf the China conflict and stress Manchuria's status, while Empress Marie and diplomats push for peace.
Rupert Guinness, newly married in England, is poised to become one of the empire’s richest men. As eldest son of Lord Iveagh, he is direct heir to a vast brewing fortune. The Guinness company was recently floated at 26 million dollars, with Lord Iveagh retaining a large stake.
Senator Matthew Stanley Quay enters the Arington lobby in Washington wearing an epick and span new suit. A Southern member of Congress congratulates him on his appearance, calling it fit and noting it sets better than before.
A brief note contrasts old and new social rules, likening it to not putting new wine in old bottles and new girls in old gowns. It hints at evolving norms for women and attire without naming specific people or places.
Dr Yamel Kin the first Chinese woman to earn a medical degree in the United States visits from Ning Po birthplace. A NY medical college graduate about ten years ago she practiced in China then returns to aid fellow countrywomen. She will stay in America for a year or more.
Andrew Carnegie pays the largest tax levied upon any individual in New York. He is assessed on five million dollars of property. The assessor could find but two million dollars upon which to mulet Mr. Rockefeller.
A Washington Star quotation frames education as a mental muscle, suggesting learning can strengthen intellect like a brawny arm. The line personifies the brain as a muscle, underscoring the value of schooling in personal development.
Predictions in London suggest the young duchess of Marlborough will drive entertainments this season with American guests likely to share prominence. Her grace of Marlborough, the duchess of Roxburghe, and Lady Yarmouth are expected to be front rank hostesses in society circles.
Rev Dr W B Huntington longtime dean of Boston University has been chosen as president to fill the office vacant since the death of William F Warren a year ago.
The 85 year old Duke of Cambridge traveled fourteen miles days before Christmas to hand out his yearly Christmas gifts to workers on his country estate, continuing a long standing royal gesture despite advanced age.
Earl Shaw, son of the U S Treasury secretary, graduates Culver Military Academy and accepts a war correspondent post for an Eastern magazine. He sails from San Francisco toward Japan and would be sent to the front if Japan and Russia go to war. Born in Denison, he began shooting there before leaving for the Orient.
Gen Daniel Sickles is described as a charming, courtly figure beloved by women. The piece praises his attentive manners, listening skills, and youthful ideas, noting that even with crutches he remains soldierly and engaging to audiences of matronly admirers.
The Lokal Angeler says Princess Mathide’s death may revive Bonapartists seeking the French throne. The niece of Napoleon Bonaparte leaves her fortune to Louis Napoleon, a Russian army general, seen as a preferred claimant over his elder brother Victor. A marriage to a ruling princess could advance his plan.
Andrew Carnegie stood a few inches over five feet with Henry W. Phipps close behind. John Walker, the third steel reformer, edged ahead of both, while Henry C. Frick’s height barely reached a shoulder’s level. On a Pittsburgh street a black observer taunted the rivals with a crude runtel jab as the millionaires walked by.
Brooklyn figure John Meurer known as Dr Bachs died recently. Emigrating from Germany as a child he shined boots and sold papers, then built a sapparilla business that fed the tavern trade and left him an estimated fortune of $500000.
Mr and Mrs John Bateman live four miles east of Spring Valley Minnesota with an exceptional family tree. The couple boast a long lineage noting three great great grandchildren twenty seven great grandchildren and forty grandchildren. Mr Bateman is 34 years old and his wife is four years younger.
Otis KB Allis, described as the oldest living male child born in Nebraska, was born at Monto Station in Iowa just across the river from Omaha. He is noted as the son of Nebraska’s first missionary, with available accounts indicating his family’s pioneering connection.
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