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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1886
Page
2
Mitchell Capital describes winter costumes and millinery trends. It covers out-of-door outfits with redingotes and cloaks like Tempete and Muscovite, beaded corsages, chemises in silk tulle, and opera crush hats. Beaded embellishments, lace veils, and satin give way to faille and grain textures.
The article describes revived long fur boas fastened under the chin with clasps and worn with white silk vests and jaunty velvet jackets. It notes jacket lengths, waist shaping, and the flattering effect of various gilets. It also introduces waterproofs called papalins, a dressy rain cloak made of silk and rubber, and a chic gray papalin suit with a short mantle and almond hood.
The article outlines new fashion habits as feminine bands and bracelets shorten and stop being sold in pairs. Canary bird cloaks, tortoise shell jewelry in hairpins, jeweled heads, and new cloak clasps appear. Chatelaine bags of pale kid feature card pockets while earrings and breast pins fall from daytime use. Lace trends include Tyrolean influence, tulle veils, and garnet beaded trims for hats and millinery.
A vivid portrait of a corn shucking near Valdosta Georgia with moonlit scene and toast to master and mistis. The gathering features music gin kitchen meals and a tug of war followed by a barnyard supper served under trees with darky hosts and white neighbors alike. The piece blends nostalgia with social memory of plantation life and autumn rituals.
A discussion explains that lunar tides may gradually slow Earth's spin, lengthening days from 24 to about 28 hours. It imagines consequences such as prolonged sunlight, widespread drought, and drastic changes to life and the planet's surface.
A collage of short items: advice on avoiding permanent jokes, moral reflections on history of footwear from ancient Egypt to modern factories, a kitten tale with a yarn ball, a London hospital anecdote about Band of Hope, a Vanderbilt versus father race, swine fever misnomer debate, an old lady remedy joke, and a proverb about doves versus serpents.
Kitty walks into a sewing room and prepares for a quiet time. She washes her face, finds no one present, jumps onto a table, and knocks spools from grandma's basket while searching for a toy ball.
A Liverpool banker shields an anxious London firm by trying to help a young man who fled with securities. The conman’s forged letter to the London bank prompts a costly farce. The scam collapses when a London cashier denies any son or missing securities. The swindler loses $1,000, a New York passage, and a champagne dinner.
A butcher recalls a scare after a man he mistook for an old acquaintance knocked him down over a plug hat incident. The piece also notes wood bury tests on rot with varied years of decay and a quip about Miss Floresce Nigurm Gane and boot making.
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