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Newspaper
Jackson Herald
Location
Jackson, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1905
Page
7
Readers learn washable gloves are indispensable in summer heat. The article notes gloves stay clean, dry quickly, and resist irritation with silk linings for sensitive skin. Linen mesh styles show elaborate back stitching and selftone contrasts, while decorative touches like daisies and denim accents appear in home crafts.
The text describes alluring blouses using sheer fabrics from an importer. White crystal silk waist with cava Yer cuffs and pastel embroidered stole collar, complemented by narrow black velvet patterns. Applique, gulpure or spangle may replace embroidery. bodice for formal wear may omit plastron and cuffs.
The piece notes that many blouses with pouched sleeves remain worn despite a spring ban on wrist pulls and balloon tops. It suggests wearers keep old blouses to avoid waste and lack the means or time to modify sleeves, while dressmakers are busy with new summer gowns.
A traditional cauliflowers soup method uses one fine cauliflower two tablespoons butter one cup corn starch two quarts water two cups milk onion parsley mace pepper salt soda in milk. Cook chopped cauliflower in water with onion and mace then puree. Return to pot season and finish with butter corn starch milk lemon and crackers.
Fragmentary tips discuss using water with mixes, preferring fresh clean milk, and avoiding tainted meat. It mentions ironing damp tablecloths for best display and suggests an imitation lemon aid made from boiling two pounds of sugar in one quart of water.
Twelve quarts of rhubarb cut and bruised, ten quarts cold water, fifteen pounds sugar are combined and left for three days with occasional stirring. Then pour into a jar with crack and dissolve half an ounce of gelatine in a splash of wine, let stand two months, strain and bottle. Coloring may be added, otherwise it becomes white wine.
The write up notes garish green gloves, a tremendous robe gown, and everyone wearing linen or white. Pockets on blouses are handy, lemon yellow elbow gloves appear, turbans show box shape and torpedo styles, and white Geisha fans sell for six cents. Flowers and ribbons adorn embroidered muslin, while a black velvet collar adds contrast to a white linen jacket.
A white waist made at home features wide embroidery forming back front and cuffs. Four embroidery lengths tie at back and front, scalloped edges meet at the back with pearl buttons on each scallop. Plain lawn sleeves and a colored silk undergarment show through scallop openings.
A summer decor note describes a cadet blue linen pillow cover with a lattice of one inch tape two inches apart. The tape is not sewn to the denim but attached with stitches at each square in a star pattern using blue cotton. The looping tape replaces a prior element and adds a fresh, casual touch.
The rapid shifts in Paris fashion show saucer hats disappearing as the well dressed abandon exaggerated styles. Women adopt broad flat shapes with lace draperies and conventional plume arrangements. High crowned hats with narrow brims and tall plumes appear with redingote or Directoire garments.
Description of a linen waist with gathered top, single center plait, and round yoke. Details note two rows of stitching on yoke and plait, small pockets, and full sleeves that form elbow straps tied to bands with buttons.
A description of a black and white mohair dress for a girl of 10 featuring a red emblem on the breast and bishop sleeves with self cuffs. The outfit includes a black patent belt, a white linen Eton collar, a red tie, turn-back cuffs, and red ribbon trim at button slips for a stylish finish.
The left costume features a grena dine or volle group with a plaited blue taffeta border bolero and white linen walatcoat with embroidered collar. A taffeta knot and girdle, batiste chemisphe, and frilled sleeves paired with a plaited skirt edged in taffeta. The Monon ensemble shows cross front bolero braiding, batiste blouse, silk girdle, turnover cuffs, and lace frills with embroidered braid. skirt trimmed with bands and braid.
A famed New York publisher confronts his editor after mistaking visitor Thomas Reed for Dr John Hall. The scene unfolds as Reed enters unannounced, prompting a tense exchange about access and friendship. The editor confesses he feared intruding on a presumed dead figure, revealing the humor and fragility of newsroom assumptions.
A fastidious man orders an orange phosphate and blades his own tall glass from his coat pocket to avoid using store glasses. He insists the regulation size holds no more than the shop’s glass while praising cleanliness and eyeing other customers who use the drug store wares.
Jimmy, the Chicago kid visiting Erasmus of Boston, asks Russy about playing hockey from school to go swimming and getting in trouble. Erasmus dryly admits frequent truancy from the institute of learning without approval, seeking a shady pool for aquatic activity and accepting parental chastisement.
During Mr. Shurtleff's first term on the Revere school board he visited a first grade class. The teacher prompted Daniel to read, and the boy’s shy rendition echoed the line Oh Si what a fly boy you are, creating an embarrassing moment noted by the Poston Herald.
Untidy OCR fragment describes Ruth Elie amid dawn light, with brown hair and dark eyes, wearing a hat and veil. The lines invoke reverence and a poetic mood, with archaic phrasing and misspelled words, suggesting a prayerful or dramatic scene. The passage ends with a biblical cadence urging humility and devotion.
The late Cephas Brigham, a prominent Dos ton lawyer, is described as moderate in speech. An illustration recalls Mrs Brigham waking him about burglars in the house and him dressing swiftly then asking with humor which direction the robbers were.
Special Correspondent describes Scottish urban life, Edinburgh streets and Close houses, education progress, Holyrood Palace and Abbey, Edinburgh Castle, and higher education for women. Notes dialect difficulty, climate, and city geography with emphasis on public schools and royal sites.
Tired Tom Ricker ran a country store in Shapleigh Maine years ago. One summer afternoon a customer asked for washing soda and he replied he had none, stretching and yawning as he pointed to a lone package on a high shelf. He claimed it was the last one in stock and settled back for another nap.
A tall muscular man appeared before Magistrate Crane charged by his wife, a disreputable woman, with habitual drunkenness and neglect of their children. The accused, an old Mar ler resident, faced the magistrate who urged him to plead honestly. The defendant pleaded with the judge's familiarity, claiming remorse and seeking fair justice as the court sentenced him to six months.
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