Ephemeral Curiosities and Global Gossip From Stahl's Notebook
A sprawling miscellany notes social quirks and pop culture from early 1900s America and Europe. It mentions hopping harvests in central New York, fashion trends like the Harry Lehr purse, political unrest in Macedonia, a Paris auto fine, Whistler anecdotes, and lectures by Mile Lunjevics. The piece blends sensational headlines with scattered observations on entertainers, racers, and royal intrigue. The tone mimics a daily column of brief, edge-case items rather than a cohesive report.
Girl's Russian 8 Dress and Box Plaited Frock Styles
A fashion note describes a Russian blouse outfit for girls and misses, noting the practical autumn wear and options to pair with separate skirts. It details a five gores skirt, belt waist, and optional blouse effects, plus a box plaited frock for eight year olds in rose and white embroidery with adjustable collars and trims.
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Charming Delign
Household Lessons From A Victorian Page
A fragment from a domestic guide lists cleaning tips and fabric care such as scouring milk cans with salt, brightening brass with salt and vinegar, removing finger marks with ammonia and dry whiting, and sponging larder windows with a salt and water acid solution to deter mice. It also covers hemming table linens, avoiding tea or cornmeal stains on carpets, and using damp newspaper strips on muslin. A fashion note describes a Girl's Frock of White Voile with a pleated skirt, yoke details, and a triple collar trimmed with gulpure, finishing with a dotted foulard band.
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Mies
The Newest Blouse From Earlier Fashion Trends
The article describes a cream pongee blouse with a plastron and yellow white embroidery, featuring a shoulder-length yoke and long-sleeve effect. It notes the 1860s shirtwaist style resurging in 1908 with low shoulder yokes and cape effects popular among dressmakers.
Lingerie Trends Show Monogram Embroidered Details
In Angerle imported lingerie features space left for owner initials. A chemise with a low round neck and scalloped trim uses fancy buttonhole stitches and trailing vine embroidery. Left chest vines form part of an empire wreath for monogram reception, echoed on a night dress with heart shapes. Corset covers display Valen ciennes lace Insertions.
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Angerle
Household Cleaning Tips From a Historic Page
This item offers practical domestic advice from an old publication. It covers ant control with borax, zinc cleaning with hot soda water and turpentine, a kitchen stool for comfort, boot waterproofing with suet and wax, and care for Japanese trays using a sponge, tepid water, drying, flour dusting, and polishing.
Two Elegant Gowns Feature Mauve Mousseline and Changeable Silk
A description of two historic gowns highlights mauve mousseline de sole with lace trims and puffed hip yoke details, paired with a second gown in changeable blue silk with three deep flounces, lace inserts, and silver carved buttons.
Mauve fashion epistles from an era of velvet toques
The piece catalogs mauve trends in early fashion: Eton jackets, mauve crepe de chine dresses with many tucks, long-waisted bodices for small figures, tussore fabric for economy, and a velvet violet toque. Mauve buckskin shoes and silk stockings complete evening wear, with a yellow chiffon parasol as a standout accessory.
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Eton
Latest In Bathing Suit Fashion Details
A popular bathing suit features tmoball fabric with a skirt tied in plaits. Newer styles are high in the neck with elbow sleeves. The blouse uses white braid trim. A rubber cloth bandana handkerchief protects the hair. For the outfit four and a half yards of 48 inch wide material are needed.
Labor Notes on Northward Winds and Pine Shadows
Fragmented verse reflects maritime and northern landscapes with references to Blumberw Magnered land and mother earth. The piece evokes storms, pine shores, and a longing for home, ending with a nod to Clinton Bedlard in the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
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Clinton Bedlard
New Orleans Times- Demourat
Labor News Roundup Reflects Wider Union Strikes
Joseph Schmidt named editor of Bakers International Journal as trunkmakers strike cripples Chicago industry with 700 workers and 1,000 idle. New Orleans Freight Handlers seek 40 cents per hour, up from 30. New Jersey passes child labor law, banning under fourteen in factories. Western Federation of Miners calls for an eight hour fund. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers to hold convention in Salt Lake City. United Garment Workers acquire Weekly Bulletin of the Clothing Trades. American Federation of Musicians funds Old Home Fund. Labor Day legal status varies by state. vast union growth noted in Chicago. Negotiations settle with Cab telegraphers. wages rise. Marine Band contract protested by unions, Odd Fellows suspends encampment. McGuire noted as founder of Labor Day tradition. Cigar industry growth cited as wage gains lift consumption. Carpenters union amalgamation underway with Strasser umpire. Kane Pennsylvania window glass plant expansion. German Glass and Vincennes window firms to run under wage scales. Independent glass firms may face wage pressure under Detroit agreement.
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Joseph Schmidt
New York
Bakers’ International Union
Chicago
New Orleans
Southern Pacific Steanship , Company
Oregon
Western Federation of Miners
Trades Union Congress
Leicester
Eng
United States
Messrs. Lawlor
Bethel
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Salt Lake City
Clairton Steel
Clothing Trades
United Garment Workers of America
Land
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
American Federation of Musicians
Mattoon
Til
James F. Mc Fugh
Stonecutters' Association of North America
United Mine Workers
Ubat
Ilindle Central Railway
American Federation of Music
United States Marine Band
Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
Baltimore
Federating of Maellans
Peter J. McGuire
New York Central Labor Union
P. J. McGuire
McGuire
Tea Brotherhood of Carpenters and Jothers of America
New York City
Cooper Institute
George W. Perkins
Cigarmakers’ International Union
International Organizations of Carpenters
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiner
Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners
Adolph Strasser
Strasser
Kane
German Glass Company
Cleveland
N. C
Vincennes Window Glass Company
Vincennes
Ind
Pittsburg Plate Glass Company
Detroit
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Kansas Agitator
Kansas
Noah
Smyrna
Col. A. Hamid
Enid
Beaven
L. Sullivan
Ike Harry Lehr
Milas Bunan B. Anthony
Eabling
Magelsten
Devery
Frau Cosima
Panama
Vesuvian
Prince of
Thorn and Taxis
France
Beirut
Europe
Henri de Rothschild
Paris
Whistler
Prof
Langley
Harry Lehr
Macedonia
Pittsburg
Rochester
St. Louis
Mile
Giena Lunjevics
Draga of Servi
Ritchen
America
LABOR
Ker
Auiatore
Warren
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