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Newspaper
Logan Nation
Location
Logan, Utah, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1903
Page
3
The article praises rawedged ruches as a labor saver for skirts made of alk fabric like taffeta and faille. It notes ease of finishing edges, highlights gloves and navesties for coaching outfits, and mentions lace, trim, and evening gown details reflecting winter styles.
The piece highlights fashion notes on toques with public appeal. It describes the Shah of Persia style in ermine, a staff shape in Russian pony chin featuring a back yoke, and a small white caracal or stray squirrel fitting toque.
A delicate muff and bow crafted from white chiffon and malfenhair ferns are featured. The bow is broad and long, the muff a vast mass of accordion chiffon frills. Fern sprays in velvet complete the look, tied with Liberty satin ribbon in a refined, graceful presentation.
Washable gloves come in a great variety this season. Glace gloves lead price, at 2 per pair, while white and gol...
A fragmented list shows chemical tricks for metal cleaning using copper compounds and sulfuric alternatives, plus methods to cure a felon with a Dom mixture, and tips to neutralize castor oil taste. It also includes brightening metals with ashes, mildew removal with lemon juice salt starch and soap, and cooking advice to enrich soaps and gravies by slow cooking with butter before water addition.
Embroidered chiffons appear as the latest in dress materials. Imported reception gowns showcase rare designs seen by ultra fashionables. They promise winter wear for the wealthy, with styles featuring white braids, fondra, and draped chuntlly brim accessories.
Describes Paris fashion notes with a pearl coronet hatpin and tumibeus topaz setting. Dover evening gown features iridescent buttons and brassy brooches called La Vert. Fabrics are described as reasonably heavy yet lined with soft materials, while diaphanous fabrics are noted as well.
A passage describes a young man ready for a social outing, detailing his winter attire. He wears a heavy overcoat with a beaver fur collar, a driving coat with pearl buttons, broadcloth leggings with small smoked pearl buttons, and a Tory O Shanter cap with a brown velvet rosette on the left.
A Victorian style note describes a petticoat with a narrow ruffle and Olmy insertion. The design features a satin ribbon rucking, a joined lee insertion, and a satin finish. A founce foundation and optional under refiles create fullness and feminine effect.
Fashion notes say stuffed heads and ornamentation are out this season. Muffs are full, flat, and square with taba and tails as the proper style. They resemble foot warmers for the carriage but remain comfortable and practical for wear.
A fragmented prose piece blends photography praise with poetic reminiscence and a wedding motif. It mentions joy in amateur photography, luminous light, and a doomed oath that leaves a man with a paralyzed arm as doctors note permanent loss.
James Hennessey of Salem and Edward Rand, both aged veterans, ran a swift elderly race covering the circuit in minutes. Hennessey born in Kilkenny Ireland August 14 1851 stands 5 feet 7 inches and weighs 160 pounds while Rand a Salem native seventy years old is noted for his longevity in athletics and a habit of selling edibles in local factories.
American blacksmith Gill Burritt tours London to Ware and views the famed Great Bed of Ware a monumental Spanish oak canopy bed in the Saracen's Head. The bed measures ten feet nine inches by seven feet six inches and is noted as a superb antique piece. Historical anecdotes say guests toasted the bed with beer and that twelve people reportedly slept in it once.
A skull-shaped watch associated with Mary Queen of Scots rests in a London museum, where it remains preserved as a historic artifact.
The Vienna Zeit recounts a Moscow tale where a merchant's widow claims a £2500 loan still unpaid. The partner admits repayment in the owner's lifetime and, when pressed, kneels before a Virgin Mary image and swears an oath.
The Malay coast of New Guinea is described as primitive in metal use and toolmaking. Locals reportedly do not know how to start a fire, relying on neighbors for flame when asked by outsiders. They remember ancestors speaking of a time when fire did not exist and all was eaten raw.
A historical account notes plants moving vast distances by ships and travelers. Sir Joseph Hodler cites a case where English chickweed arrived on a remote antipodean island, traced to a British sailor's grave mound and a plant seed carried by soil adhering to a tool.
Charles A. Landell of Bayonne New Jersey found a $1,000 bill he hid in a rat hole after bank closing. He slept then searched for the bill but it vanished until a rat revealed a piece of green paper and the missing note was recovered.
M Louis Jolly of Vitry sur Seine near Paris took his own life in a troubled act. He left 50 000 pounds to the Society of Public Assistance in Paris and outlined his funeral details in writing. He died by hanging in his drawing room after making the arrangements for his burial clothes.
A fragmentary description notes a corn ear and a peculiar carved piece on a stall in a large field. Names mentioned include Curiova Sar of Corn and Willam Velte of Lye Harbor City New Jersey. The text emphasizes well shaped fingers and a baseball fitting into an antique hood.
A Bath Maine report describes a Wilton woman with a tame raccoon kept as a pet. The animal, captured months ago, weighs about four and a half pounds and allowed its owner to carry it about like a kitten.
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