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Newspaper
Mexia Evening Ledger
Location
Mexia, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1899
Page
4
The article surveys summer fashion with lavender foulard sleeves and counterbalanced skirts. It details eight sleeve styles on prominent gowns, notes tight skirts reveal the figure, and discusses the rise of sleeves as a key gown feature and the risk of poorly made country recreations.
The article describes fashionable silk petticoats and circular yokes shaping skirts with smooth fits and no back gathers. Coral pink taffeta skirts with black squares feature de en dewl er ruffles, double ruMe accordion plaits, shirted chiffon edges, black satin ribbons, and lace insertions.
The article advises a weekly foot bath using warm water and a tablespoon of coal salts. Soak for fifteen to twenty minutes after washing with soap, then dry. Regular, sustained treatment over several months is said to strengthen and rest the feet.
There is a steady demand for novelties in stationery with many buyers seeking something new each purchase. The latest items in Galas Line la and high class paper are decorated offerings appealing to refined tastes.
An elegant lavender foulard dress features a black printed design. The corsage sits open at the neck with guipure lapels and a guipure edge. A high guipure collar encircles the bust, providing a refined finish.
The article describes bow knots and symbols like fleur de lis and four leaf players in varied shades. It notes color-shared devices worn with regimental papers representing different military arms and navy. Envelopes match papers and carry dye-stamped devices.
The Countess of Castellare formerly Miss Avun Gould of New York showcases a travel costume in mignonete green satin with narrow tuck trimming around the underskirt and stitched folds at the palona. A 40 emerald green golf cape features pointed welt stitching. a high goffered satin collar frames a rosy face, with pale gray castor hat and gloves completing the ensemble.
The tennis girl abandons petticoats for pongee skirts or knickerbockers and favors madapolam fabrics with color variety and a passing cord. Low black or tan shoes replace high boots for outdoor sports. After games jackets, notably Eton coats with stole ends, trend as stylish postmatch wear.
From a late era style column comes details of dress accessories for young women. Silk embroidered textiles feature tennis racquet buckles and belts with miniature racquets, hand painted quills for hats, and belts trimmed with quill designs. The piece notes belts fastened by buckles and belts decorated with quills and novelty motifs.
A fragmented culinary guide lists Cuban curis roast peanuts and sugar syrup for confections, lamb with tomatoes and stale bread crumbs baked briefly, orange salad with Tarragon and brandy, a cream dressing, meat Beis with ground beef pork crackers onion and milk, and a cabbage celery salad with dressing.
Mrs. Patrick J. Prial, seeking her husband for fifteen years, locates artist Palotek J. Prial living in a 12 by 16 foot hut near Seton Hall College. He admits to being her husband after years of desertion and prison avoidance, and declares marriage costly. The couple’s divorce case had surfaced in Orange society in 1891.
A Shasta county man once known as Honest Bil Jackson embezzled public funds and his son vowed to repay the $50,000 debt. He joined the army during the war and was fatally injured at Malabao on April 23, sacrificing his life to atone for his father’s crime.
The collier Brutus of the navy returned to Mare Island Navy Yard after a Manila voyage with its bottom encrusted by mature oysters. The yard commandant sent shells to the Bureau of Construction and Repairs. Cleaning occurred previously by natives who kept the oysters as a delicacy.
The thousandth anniversary of King Alfred the Great's death will be observed in 1301. The commemorative committee plans a prominent role for Winchester, including a national memorial at the royal burial place and king's residence.
In parts of Africa crocodiles and spiders are eaten, a practice once noted in ancient Rome with caterpillars. Some Africans continue this eating tradition today.
Dr. Higler records two cases of hysteria in a cat and a canary after traumatic incidents. The cat recovered after a fall from a height, showing paralysis that vanished when frightened, indicating no spinal lesion. The canary, after a cat pulled its cage, stopped singing for six weeks then resumed, suggesting hysterical reaction rather than physical damage.
A column argues that trust in friendships and marriage rests on courage to face faults and consideration for others. It notes happy marriages arise from mutual effort to seek sunlit aspects of each partner and navigate life together, while unhappy unions attract sensational attention.
In 1793 British forces invaded Santo Domingo and abandoned the island after losses and a reported 100 million dollars spent and 5 000 lives. In February 1802 Napoleon sent 223 000 French veterans who gained rapid control of much of the island. By autumn 1802 an additional 10 000 troops brought total to 32 000. three quarters of the French army perished and the remaining forces withdrew in 180?
A clipped Chicago Tribune excerpt shows a mortified young man rebuking Miss Quickstep with sharp wit. He notes his rejected love will not face the “kissing bug” and bids the baroness farewell as he exits in disdain.
In a tense exchange the lawyer challenges a request for a raise while the client balks at a payment. The debate centers on compensation and fairness as both sides press for the best terms.
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