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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1902
Page
6
Harper’s Bazaar highlights airy dresses and skirts in pique, duck, and linen with matching shirtwaists. It notes pleated and box-pleat skirts, light embroidery, and new filet lace collars. Gingham fabrics, pale prints, and India silk gowns appear in plain colors and black and white checks, resembling silk.
The season showcases two linen dress fabrics a plaid and a plain with contrasting embroidery on collars and ruffs using Corticelli silk. Light weight midsummer costumes in gray rebeline with white hairs appear, while girl graduation dresses feature fagotting openwork and blue Corticelli embroidery with Valenciennes inserts.
A brisk guide on dress details noting brick red linen as stylish while tassels serve as an accompaniment. Separate undersleeves are called sleevelets and silk pendants come in bell or gachet shapes. Tiny white fringe highlights a cream dress as ruffles form petal-like finishes. Black-dotted white frocks trend with smaller dots preferred. Lace cuffs and stocks add elegant finishes though stocks feel dated.
Cardinal Ledochowski, former prefect of the Congregation for the Propaganda, who oversaw Catholic affairs in the United States and other non state churches, died in Rome. Regarded as the Vatican's top financier, he was made a cardinal while imprisoned in Germany for two years by Chancellor Bismarck for defying church laws. His successor had not yet been appointed.
A Brooklyn headline reports a man inside a heavy brown fur overcoat on the promenade bench, drawing hundreds who misread the season as heat. The coat, worth perhaps $300, hid a red nose and a clay pipe, while the wearer appeared destitute yet calmly smoked amid the amused crowd.
The Burns Monument Association of Chicago plans a statue for a local park to honor the Scottish poet once a $20,000 fund is raised. The drive gains speed with the Caledonian Society and other Scotch groups joining, forecasting rapid growth toward the goal.
The French expedition remeasured the Peruvian meridian base at Rio Ramba, about twelve kilometres long. A four kilometre section was measured twice, with a seven millimetre difference between the two readings. Measurements used four metre bars, laid end to end, yielding a discrepancy of roughly one five thousandth.
The introduction of acetylene lamps on 1200 omnibuses marks the end of the lamp boys known to Londoners. They climb aboard to remove old oil lamps as conductors now only need to turn a tap. Officially, carbide is placed in a slot and a water tank filled before each morning trip.
The Worcester Spy notes a gypsy band traveling countrywide in a three-compartment auto decorated in green, red, and gold. The chief boasts fifty miles daily and continues horse trading while hints of switching entirely to automobiles feet the future.
Britain has spent about 30 million dollars on Nile dam and waterworks to secure crops in Egypt and invested 360 million dollars for irrigation in India over thirty years. A single Ganges canal cost 15 million dollars, spans 3910 miles of channels and tributaries, and irrigates over one million acres. The Nile valley supports over five million people on six million acres under cultivation, viewed by Britain as a profitable investment.
In the imperial courtyard of Tokyo, the empress of Japan tends silk worms from a sericultural house. This season she produced two bushels and a halt of cocoons herself, while Princess Toyo and Princess Kane together yielded three bushels. The imperial princess, aided by her maids, has spun a large cocoon harvest and even written a poem about sericulture.
The Seventy-first regiment of the New York militia plans an anniversary tour to Cuba next May. About 860 officers and men will travel, visiting various sites on the island. Possible transport is the steamer Vigilancia, which previously carried the regiment to Cuba.
A humorous note on germ theory limits and domestic life. Mrs De Vinne pushes boiling water and milk, then champagne at a dinner with guests causing uproar, amid a fable about egg prices and a professor’s life path suggestion.
A dialogue where Miss Skylight asks a professor for life guidance and expresses a fierce wish to craft a “marvelous” world changing life work. The professor bluntly tells her she is destined to be a milliner, reflecting era attitudes toward women’s careers.
Mrs. Roland Parke asks John why the front lawn is called a grass plot. He leans on his mower after a day battling tall grass and explodes that the term fits a confounded conspiracy by the grass to break his back each summer.
Dialogue shows Meeker and Mrs. Meeker debating dinner roast with humor. Meeker questions a cook about roast quality, Mrs. Meeker confirms the cook’s reply, noting there are no strings tied to Meeker and he should dine elsewhere if dissatisfied.
A witty exchange unfolds as an agent tries to sell a luminous clock to Smythe. The agent quips about sleep, while Smythe questions its usefulness. Neighbors’ nightly footsteps provide a humorous rhythm with times 11, 12, and 1 noted.
A short scene unfolds at a marriage license bureau where a little man notices trouble at a desk guarded by an aggressive woman. The man behind the counter confirms the bureau’s function and the exchange ends with the man reaching for $2.
A gruff neighbor advises breaking a boy’s habit of name calling by discharging the nurse and letting him play with rougher boys. The exchange reveals a harsh, old fashioned solution to misconduct and parenting attitudes.
A humorous snippet centers on Billingsley and his dog who supposedly can sing. The exchange notes the dog has been shot at seven times, while comments question the dog’s singing ability and Billingsley’s skill as a teacher.
A quirky dialogue hints the phrase fruitless search refers to a quest for pineapples on a pine road. Father explains the line likely points to a man seeking fruit in an unlikely location, while Willie-Pa questions its meaning.
A Missouri man refuses a $12,000 legacy conditioned on changing his name. The case underscores stubborn pride amid offers tied to personal identity, while observers note shifting social expectations for name changes in the region.
A fragmentary humor-item shows a man asking for consecrated lye, the druggist correcting to concentrated lye, and a quip about camphor, sulfur, cinnamon, and myrrh. The exchange ends with a comic miscue and scattered phrases.
A cautious stranger offers a test of inside information to beat the stock market. The sly exchange ends with a humorous warning that riches could remove the need to sell secrets. The dialogue explores risk, trust, and the lure of quick wealth.
A speculator questions advancing funds for a campaign. The man seeking office defends it as a business investment and says he can predict legislative measures and declare a dividend before the session ends.
In a frontier exchange between Tightfist and Gainor, the talk turns to the persistence of habit beyond death. Tightfist doubts the idea, while Gainor cites a recurring habit of shoveling snow from a walk as proof that routines endure beyond life.
A New York Weekly excerpt reveals a letter from a daughter to her father after an elopement. She notes his absent mindedness and cites a pile of millinery and dressmaking bills he forgot to cover, illustrating family financial strain and carelessness.
A quirky anecdote recalls a failed balloon ascent friendship. A woman grew angry when a man refused to cut their names on the balloon as a keepsake, ending any sense of closeness.
A tramp declares he had a trade but treats it as a profession and insists he is a miner by trade and a striker by profession, highlighting a life of work and hustle rather than allegiance to a single job.
A fragmentary dialogue shows a nervous speaker and a brisk listener amid a scene about a trust magnate. The investigation progresses as the examiner notes the magnate added interest, making the case more mysterious than before.
Admirers raise a grave monument in Missouri to a noted scrapper who died recently. The stone bears the inscription He was always looking for a fight with a man of his own size as reported by the Associated Press.
A fragmentary exchange features a tramp asking about Martinique and a boy’s pun on a politician. A father delivers a biting definition of a politician as one who evades promises without breaking his word. The dialogue touches on marriage and a punchy, wordplay laden tone.
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