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Newspaper
Marshall Republican
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1909
Page
2
A Dover resident, Norton of Norton, operates a fox farm on the Pascataquia bank, detailing enclosure design, fox breeding, and a mysterious allusive market for pelts. The piece describes fox types, feeding, and escape attempts, noting colorful examples and the vivid growth of a nursery enclosure.
Robert Hineon Bacon, former secretary of state for two months last winter, is appointed ambassador to France succeeding Henry M. White. Bacon, once a key Morgan lieutenant, briefly served as president under the constitutional line between Roosevelt and Taft when oath timing caused a double shift. The incident revealed the unusual constitutional moment amid inauguration chaos.
London notes an American sculptor Walter Winans and his statuette Spaeuleh Trott shown at the Salon du Concours Hippique in Paris. The piece depicts the mare Bigh Starch and gains attention as a feature of London and future horse shows. Winans has exhibited globally and won a world title for shooting at running deer.
In a rural land deal scene the Doughty family visits a farm ten acres or so near a church. Rosina pushes to buy despite high sentiment and a shabby property while Mrs Doughty and Rufus bargain, ending with a hasty retreat as the owner balks at offers.
A dramatic tale unfolds as a narrator recalls a perilous chase near Santiago with a furious wolf-pack closing in. He and a companion flee through danger, hearing the howls and feeling the pack near, while the lady expresses relief at their narrow escape.
A long piece discusses color schemes for hostessing, praising pink with daylight and artificial light, noting blue and violet in certain lighting, and recommending green with white. It covers a fancy dress engagement party with famous lovers themes, a first anniversary cotton party with playful costumes, and white decor ideas including sheets, snowballs, and cotton accents, ending with lingerie ribbon trends.
IPOR OUTIDOORS presents a silk and cloth costume with a high waisted fawn silk corded skirt and a matching coat with silk revers cuffs and covered buttons. A fawn straw hat trimmed with silk and shaded feathers completes the look, with listed material needs and a cravenette waterproof coat example in bottle green.
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