Fresh Fashions and Old-Style Hats in Modern Dress
A fashion bulletin notes shift from straw hats and white high hats to derbies and low hats for men, with commentary on changing styles in headwear. It describes new walking costumes for HH R. H. Duchess of Connaught and fashion details from tweed coats to navy textures, and observes boots falling out of favor as shoes grow cheaper.
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Brooklyn
Rinus
Lane
New York
Chatham Street
Carmen
Coachmen’s Club
East Side
Pulion Street
Fashion and footwear styles in a late nineteenth century journal
The article discusses changing fashion trends with boots falling out of favor among urban wearers while boots persist among Western cowboys. It surveys women's tailored basques, striped camel hair ensembles, and new light hats with delicate fabrics. It notes evolving hairstyles and magpie style outfits emphasizing black and white contrasts and refined beading.
Early Fall Fashion Notes From Silk To Scarves
SH or woolens begin fall wear with winer mull neck scarfs and embroidered ends. Turner ribbons around the neck with ends reaching near the feet. Wark dresses in lace or net praised for practicality over mull or rain sails. Coarse cotton net over silk adds novelty while skirts stay very full and straight. A soft silk scarf tied in a large back bow creates hip drapery.
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Winer Mull
Turner
A Talkative Woman Warned Against by Arkansas Traveler
A cautious note praises wit in moderation and rejects a boastful, educated society gossip who talks endlessly. It lauds a brave, plainspoken girl who can listen as well as speak and handle everyday topics without pretentious cleverness.
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Arkansaw Traveler
A Dead Man Better Than None and Women at Springs
A humorous note from the New Orleans Picayune laments women who long for marriage and a home, preferring Miss over Madam and a man’s presence as a household necessity. The San Francisco Chronicle cites Gilbert’s Patience satire as deeper than fashionable trends, probing female nature.
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New Orleans Picayune
Gilbert
San Francisco Chronicle
Husbands Sought in Dakota Matrimonial Ads Spark Interest
The Dakota press reports a surge of dating ads as Eastern and Southern women seek Dakota husbands. A Fargo Argus note cites seven Pennsylvanians organizing to attract Dakota men, plus a well educated widow and others offering home duties and matchmaking in the prairie territory.
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Dakota
Prairies
Fargo Argus
Wives Wanted by Advertisers and a Train Stop Tale
A column item compiles various matrimonial ads from widows and hopeful women seeking sober, industrious husbands across the United States. It notes a Connecticut widow seeking a suitable man, a Pittsburgh widow offering herself with church references, and other regional pleas. A Chicago Herald cartoonish vignette recalls a train stop moment and a poker anecdote about Henry Clay, illustrating social attitudes of courtship and leisure.
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Connecticut
Pittsburgh
New Orleans
Col
Conan
Paul Globe
Bleeding Americans and the price of fame abroad
A veteran column decries foreign exploitation of American millionaires and notable patrons in Europe. An anecdote about Mrs Mackay and a Persian Shah banquet leads to court cases and a painter’s income question. The piece transitions to a moral on life as a chess game and ends with notes on Cherryvale Kansas, Indiam sugar making, and local character.
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Milo
Jumbo and the bustling fright at the Zoo
Catherine Cole recalls a near fright with Jumbo the elephant at the Zoo. She describes being lifted by a large bustle during a fashionable excursion and the animal's powerful squeeze smashing the bustle and injuring flesh. She notes the elephant’s temper and the crowd of children riding atop him.
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Catherine Cole
South
New York Mail
Mirpress
Barmtan
Minho
England
Zoological Gardens
Tom
Old Man Claims Fare He Paid Years Ago
On a Westville streetcar a feeble old man with a white beard insists he paid his fare when he boarded at Fair Haven, but the conductor challenges him and he reveals he was the small boy aboard then. Haven News notes a parable about lending money to an extravagant friend.
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Rock Island
Moline, Sr
Mississippi
Towy
Illinois
Sowy
Kentucky
Iowa
Chicago Herald
Washington
Westville
Fair Haven
Haven News
Squire Dingbrass
National Weekly
Shopping Tour Through the City’s Fashion Halls
P Conan describes a vivid, chaotic shopping spree in Chicago with a companion. The narrator tours millinery shops, lace counters, and accessory stalls, noting the glittering façades, eccentric items, and priciest curiosities. The journey ends with a simple purchase of thread and pins, leaving the rest to imagination.
Deep Ocean Abyss Found Near Dampier Strait and Other Global Depths
The article notes a new deep sea abyss near Dampier Strait north of New Guinea with depths from 80 500 to 1 600 feet. It also mentions another abyss near the Virgin Islands and a Newfoundland shelf drop to four miles, plus a vast basin near St Helena. Commander Tenneman cautions sounding records span 150 years of sparse data. A separate piece shows Squire Ding brass advising ailing talks about economy in movement and a remark on preparation as polished steel prone to tarnish.
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Dampier Strait
New Guinea
Ortola
Virgin Archipelago
West Indies
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Duchess of
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Hustands
Miles
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George
Nambler
Jade Heparts
Sarah Silks
Detroit Free Press
Europe
Naples
Fassertin
Pensist
John W. Mackay
Cabanel
Death
H. C
Neal
Cherry Vale
Kansas
Minneapolis Tribune
Thomas Conant
Canada
Toronto Globe
Pat Donan
Cago Girl
Chicago
Mantuneniiken
Ray
Diana of
Marysling
P. Conan
Nology
Willy
Lite
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Hari Sphine
Sit H al
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