Black with colors in fashionable gowns and mourning dress
The article notes a somber fashion mood after King Edward's passing with black fabrics accented by subtle color notes. It discusses textures, fabrics, and color pairings such as blue, Egyptian blue, and orange, and highlights embroidery, veiling, and gilded accents. It describes coats, vests, and gowns featuring color flashes and the revival of double flounce skirts, urging restrained color use for tasteful elegance.
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Edward
Season of white gloves for fashion wardrobes
The article notes a white glove season with both long and short styles in demand. Darker dress costumes reduce matched glove need with black favored. Long gloves in kid and alk, lambskin, chamois, and mousquetaire styles rise, while silk lisle for muffs remains common and glace kid for evening wear is scarce.
Spider decoration spider web bonnet novelty from Paris
The spider beauty spot well is the latest Paris originated novelty for women. A buck chenille spider sits outside the veil, nearly an inch and a half across, with a veil motif mimicking a spider web. Veils this season have featured leaves insects birds and planes, but the new web design dwarfs these patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
How She Manages Hats With Limited Travel Trunk
A woman appears always well supplied with trimming flowers wings mousse de so le fur ribbon and lace that accompany the single hat she packs. She keeps a secret wardrobe ready to trim her hat daily to suit her mood and needs, demonstrating great taste and deft arrangement.
Making the Corner Light in a Dark Room
A guide suggests brightening a dark room by placing a long mirror in a corner. Hang and drape the top and sides with decorative fabric to reflect light and illuminate the space. The tip emphasizes simple, affordable improvement using reflective surfaces.
Tapestry and Flower Box Ornament for Light Reflection
The passage describes an attractive furniture piece with a tapestry and a flower box containing artificial flowers to reflect light. White framed pictures with glass help illuminate spaces, though many rooms lack suitable reading or sewing areas, causing headaches and eye strain.
Donan’s Kidney Pills Endorsed By Mrs Hayes
A Mississippi Valley reader recalls severe kidney pain that left her unable to lie down and caused ankle swelling. After using Doan’s Kidney Pills she could walk without crutches, bloating faded, and kidneys functioned normally. Sold by all dealers 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.
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Donn's
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Engagement Now Out In Wry Banter Between Friends
In a playful exchange, Ethel quips about an engagement being announced while Ernest jokes about his horse running away with him. The banter reveals lighthearted rapport and mutual wit.
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Ethel
Ernest
Cure for Baby Eczema Proves New Remedy Best Yet
John Leason of Atchison Kansas writes that his seven week old baby suffered severe eczema for six months despite three doctors. After using Cutlourn Remedies the child recovered and has stayed clear for a year and a half. He endorses Cutcura in hopes of saving others and their money.
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Atchison
Cutiura
Aleo
John Leason
Atchison St
Atchison, Kan
Latest Mine Horror The Doctor And Coal Operators Clash
A stage style line delivers a dramatic coal mining scenario with figures named The Doctor The Professor and operators in the anthracite and bituminous sectors forming a coalition. The curtain drops as tensions rise and consumers are urged to unite.
Important to Mothers Examine Castorlía Bottle Carefully
Important to mothers advised to inspect every bottle of CASTORLIA, presented as a safe remedy for infants and children, to ensure proper usage and safety. The notice emphasizes careful examination and adherence to dosage for young patients.
Generosity The Backer Go It Billy You Ain't Half Tickd
A short Tit Bits quip about generosity and bravado features two speakers the Backer and a fighter exchange banter about fairness and not being greedy in a witty regional cadence. The dialogue hints at pride and mutual pushback within a club or social page snippet.
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Billy
Allen & Olmsted Antiseptic Powder Advert
An old advertisement promotes Allen Foot Powder from Allen & Olmsted. It claims to ease tired aching feet by shaking the powder into shoes for comfort and relief, targeting readers seeking quick relief for foot discomfort.
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Allen & Olmsted
What do you do when a woman asks you her age
A humorous line from the Houston Post captures a reply to a woman’s age inquiry. The quip играет with social etiquette and wit, reflecting a lighthearted cultural moment. The exact publication context is not provided, but the quote showcases playful banter in print.
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Houston Post
Beautiful Post Carda Free Sense stamp offer
Bright ad copy from Art Post Card Co. promising five samples of Gold and Silk Finish Birthday Flower and Motto Post Cards at 731 Jackson St Topeka Kan. Includes slogan about doing things right or not at all and a quip about smokers choosing Lewis' Single Binder cigars over many 100 brands.
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Art Post Card Co
Jackson St
Topeka
Kan
Blanche Poised in Ragged Marriage Tale
A fragment shows Blanche boasting of marrying a duke while lacking funds to cover bills, with lines about Grace and Mnaude noting the self-contradiction. The dialogue hints at social pretension and financial strain in a lurid gossip tone.
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Forene
Blanche
Mnaude
Woman Like Describes Unrequited Love in Local Sketch
A dialogue portrays Jeanette and a companion discussing a man’s feelings. Jeanette explains she cannot love him in return and advises him to move on. The man appears crushed, and the scene ends with his evident sorrow.
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Jeanette
Spane
Beas
Abe
R.V. Pleves
Honor N.Y
Pierce
Weather Outlook With Cold Rain Promises Aches Relief
Colder weather with rain may aggravate rheumatic pains. Hunt's Lightning Oil is advertised as the fastest acting liniment stopping aches from rheumatism pneumonia cuts burns or bruises. Available in 25 and 60 cent bottles at all druggists. Free sample requests can be sent to A B Richards Medicine Co Sherman Texas.
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Hunt
A. B. Richards Medicine Co
Sherman
Texas
Itching Pilea Permanently Cured by Resinol Jar
Three weeks of severe itching piles ended after using a sample jar of Resinol. After warm baths and applying the ointment, relief came in a few days and the writer believes they are permanently cured. W. W. Evans of Carrollton Kentucky signs the report.
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W. W. Evans
Carrollton, Ky
Not Cut Out for Soldier in Magran Place
The story follows Terence Corcoran courting Widow Healy in Magran place. He muses about becoming a soldier after seeing a military pageant, insisting he could still join. Widow Healy rebukes him, saying his cowardice and timidity reveal himself as a drummer boy in spirit.
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Healy
Terence Corcoran
Magran Place
Terence
Elijahs Translation Misunderstanding Stirs Sunday Lesson
In a Sunday school exchange the teacher asks the brightest boy how Elijah died. The boy replies that Elijah did not die but was translated from the original Hebrew, reframing a biblical event as a nonphysical ascent.
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Harry
Eiijah
Murine Eye Remedy Sold by Chicago Firm
Murine Eye Remedy offered for Ned Weary and watery eyelids with soothing relief. Druggists sell liquid and eye salve in aseptic tubes at a dollar each. The company advertises Eye Salve and Eye Advice free through Eye Booka and Eye Advice by Mall in Chicago.
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Murine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
Not Strictly Orthodox Question at Police Hearing
A police hearing features a young man asked about his religion in a sharp exchange. The arrested chauffeur deflects, noting an attitude of never allowing a driver to be passed on the highway.
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Helen
Jim Dludso
World on Wheels and Random Quips Highlight Post Feature
The Houston Post notes light exchanges about cars and mortgages with a playful tone. A stray slogan mentions a “Lewis' Single Binder” and a quip about happiness from ignorance, reflecting typical humorous newspaper filler of the era.
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