Brass Button Garniture Sets Fashion Tone for Dress
The return of consulate and directoire styles brings brass buttons to coats skirts and blouses. Large rough cloth buttons and small delicate ones adorn gowns of meszaline chiffon and silk. New options include tortoise shell inlays Damascus oxidized silver and jade with platinum rims. Despite high prices fashion trends show a price decrease in the past weeks and a broader range of elaborate button styles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Consulate
Directoire
Army
Navy
Waistcoat Warm and Fashionable for Cold Weather
The article describes plaid silk waist coats worn under jackets, designed to protect against winter cold. They feature chamois interlining, satin backs matching coat trimmings, and some have high snug collars that fasten around the throat in an incroyable style.
Feathers on Hat Crowns Trend in Wide Plume Trim
A popular hat trim now uses four thick short plumes mounted at the crown center. The cut stems leave the feathers cascading down to the brim, covering the crown with a bold display and no additional trimming.
Dainty veil cases praised as practical and ornamental craft
Women skilled in simple needlework craft dainty veil cases that blend practicality with ornament. Cases are twenty to twenty four inches long, made with silk or ribbon bottoms, blotting paper foundations, and sachet powder for perfume retention. Features include two central opening sections, gilt or ribbon bindings, and optional partitions to separate veil colors.
Fashion notes on accessories and fabrics from period styles
The piece highlights girdle fastenings at the side, a black coat suit with an American beauty waistcoat, brocade lining for fur coats, and current prices in jewelry departments. It mentions jet dog collars, black chiffon with colored cloth gowns, long brocade wraps, and a crescent shaped Russian tiara worn upright like a crown.
Suit Filed to Recover $26,000 Notes From St Marys Academy
Springfield Illinois a new suit seeks 26000 plus interest on two notes from St Marys Academy of the Benedictine Sisters Nauvoo to Patrick J Kieran for Fidelity Banding company The National Copper bank of New York City brings the action alleging fraud by Sister Mary Pohlman and Kieran The case will be argued before Judge Humphrey at the January term with Academy officials disputing the notes as invalid and fraudulently obtained
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
St. Mary's Academy of the
Benedictine Sisters
Nauvoo
Ill
Patrick J. Kieran
Fidelity Banding Company
United States
Offault Court
National Copper Bank of
New York City
Fidelity Funding Company
Western Trust and Savings Bank
Chicago
Mary Pohlman
Kieran
National Copper Bank
New York
Brady
Academy
Humphrey
Australia May Enter Riflemen-Country Trophy Match
An international match under the Society of Miniature Rifle Clubs of Great Britain and the National Rifle Association of America will pit 650 shooters from each country at 25 yards with .23 caliber mini rifles. Ten shots per competitor on a double decimal target, trophies and medals planned, potential three-country participation, and mid winter shooting anticipated.
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Society of Miniature Rifle Clubs of
Great Britain
National Rifle Association of America
National Rifle Association
Society of Miniature Rifle Clubs
American Association
Tts
Australia
England
Duke of Connaught
Duke of Norfolk
Duke of Westminster
Roosevelt
Reot
Taft
National Guard
Judge Creighton Reprimands Father Over Kidnapped Son
Judge James A Creighton left the bench to reprimand James A Wolfe for snatching his son Lindell Wolfe from his mother during a divorce case. Wolfe had been bonded for contempt but kept the child briefly before the judge ordered him to return the youth.
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Springfield
James A Creighton
James A Wolfe
Lindell Wolfe
Wolfe
Creighton
SQUIRE OF 40 YEARS QUITS Carlyle
William S. Rogan resigns after four decades as justice of the peace due to failing sight. His son John E. Rogan takes the vacancy. Rogan began serving in Triadtown in 1869 under Governor Palmer and later moved to the city, earning a second commission in 1893 under Governor Altgeld. He reputedly sealed about five hundred marriages in his career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlyle
William S. Rogan
John E. Rogan
Squire Rogan
Triadtown
John M. Palmer
Altgeld
Solons Must Wait For Pay In Illinois
Springfield reports Attorney General Stead held that general assembly members cannot draw any salary until the end of 1909, despite a New York statute increasing pay to 2000 dollars annually. The ruling follows a prior practice of drawing organizational pay. In other items, mine accidents near Marion halt many workers. Illinois river fish harvest tops 9 million pounds in 15 weeks. Fred Davis jailed after a brief marriage to Mrs. Stokes. a contractor loses part of his nose from a falling girder in Eldorado.
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Springfield
Stead
General Assembly
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News OF Illinois
Illinois Institutiion
Riflemen
Britain
America
Edward
Europe
K. K. Casey
Delaware
Squire
William
Rogan
Marion
Peoria
Illinois
Fred Davis
Ross Stokes
Paragould, Ark
White County
Eldorado
W. T. Miller
Ateam
Lewis
Dodds
Guai
Western
Canada
Onmant
Government of Canada
Nulomead
Patta
Nottawa
Governoent
J. S. Crawford
W. Ninth St
Kansas City
Mes
C.J. Broughton
Merchants’ Loan & Trust
Barrer
Mair
W Tsunes
Washington, D.C
Watson K.coleman
Warines
Ee Toaks Free
tLe
Thompson
California
Salt Lake
Overland Limited
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific Electric
E. L. Lomax
G. P. A. Omaha
Defiance
Defiance Starch Company
Omaha, Neb
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