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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1887
Page
3
Many novel dress trends emerge with velvet and plush use. Black cloths feature fancy woven patterns like loucle and frise. Pinked ruches return for reception wear, with intricate bodice trims and bow ladders. Jersey fabrics appear in children’s wear and hats, while round hats, plumes, and birds dominate millinery. Velvet, fur, and bead trims shape elegant evening wraps.
The house apron trend grows with fine scrim and bright ribbon insertions. Pink or blue china silk aprons with lace trim. muslin styles boast deep lace or embroidery hems. Cheese cloth options show ribbon details and decorative pockets in vivid colors.
The article describes new fans of moderate size with black gauze mounted on ebony sticks. The leaves and sticks are covered with gold or silver spangles or blue metal or red accents. White crepe fans with ivory spangled sticks, pale pink or lilac feather fans, and ostrich tipped designs are noted.
The article notes small girls avoid Nor mandy caps and wear dark felt hats with large crowns and brims trimmed with velvet and ostrich plumes. Larger girls prefer felt hats with closer brims. It describes short jaunty tailor fashion jackets for best coats and long checked or striped ulsters with capes or hoods for daily wear.
The article notes fleecy stockings among new styles with a nap on the outside for softness and color. It says woolly cotton blends and favors rich dark colors, with black stockings deemed suitable for most occasions and full dress.
Fashion notes describe a London revival of cincular cloaks in neutral tones with bright linings. Hats and bonnets show rib bon decoration without feathers or metal. Colors listed include Cowper Yellow mermaid pink and liquorice purple.
In a quiet summer scene the twins Dell and Bell disobey their mother by grinding a grindstone with knives and nails. After injuring their fingers they hide their hands, and mother repairs them with bread and milk poultices, teaching a lesson about obedience and care.
Charlie Haines struggles to master a Bible verse about doing all with might. After a long attempt on the porch, he goes fishing with Snap, learns by quiet reflection that effort alone matters, and returns home resolved to apply the verse to all his duties.
A collage of natural history praise for snakes noting their ecological role in dark marshes and pest control, followed by satirical and anecdotal snippets from 19th century newspapers. The text blends moral reflections with old jokes, cabbage market frustrations, and quips on truth.
The piece questions the value of conventional schooling and aims to expose how learned topics may lack practical use. It contrasts pump metaphors with real needs, noting that much schooling seems ornamental and questions the purpose of distant facts like Columbus in 1492.
A testy tramp asks for a drink and a woman offers water. He begs for an old tomato can to drink from and cites having once “the finest imagination” in his country of birth. A second anecdote recalls a lawyer joking about charity and progress in business through wit and humility.
A Detroit Free Press opinion piece recalls an engineer who nearly commits murder by eating a brandy-soaked mince pie, driven by memory of his daughter Mary Ann and fear of alcoholism. He vows to avoid pie as a cautionary tale about self control and train safety.
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