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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1912
Page
9
Fashion notes that evening headwear grows pricier with lace beads fur feathers and jeweled embroideries. Young women may wear bold bonnets but many must stick to their established style and avoid costly new trends. Theaters showcase extravagant headpieces as social standards push luxe embellishments.
A narrative contrasts a nurselike Charlotte Mindred Rand with Elsie in a city office scene, then shifts to a brisk travelogue of Washington DC’s federal buildings. The author extols clerks spilling from the Treasury and Post Office, praises the city’s orderly Black and white populations, and lauds Washington as ideal residence city in America.
A large collection of ancient firearms once owned by Mark Field of Charlestown sold at auction in Boston. Buyers from around the world attended. notable items included Miles Blandish’s wheel rack pistol and John Paul Jones’s sword. Also sold were two Hamilton dueling pistols and a Columbis crossbow. the Italian government purchased Pepper the boxer. Total proceeds exceeded $12,000.
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