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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1886
Page
2
A Paris letter describes Princess Marie of Orange's trousseau with simple lines and rich textures. It details pale ruby velvet dinner gown, silver blue moire ball dress, pale green tulle over satin, white satin with silver embroidery, a Renaissance style ensemble, a white brocade court dress, and a rose bleu glace silk afternoon toilette.
The article notes mild weather reducing need for heavy wraps while fashion favors short jackets and mantles. Sealskin pieces with beaver or dyed lynx trim are popular, including short vises and fur jackets cut straight with bold back hems. Distinctive dark blue and dark red velvets feature heavy cords and button details.
Embroidered bonnet crowns remain popular with cloth and feather bonnets and velvet and plush styles. Bead and silk embroidery creates novel effects, with beaded outlines and tassels. Velvet and felt Bonnets pair with matching fur brims while gloves feature six button dressed kid backs with wide embroidered bands.
The newest shaggy wool dresses use plain silk facings and finishings to enhance appeal. Silk can match or contrast with dress goods, with matching silk favored by taste. When combining plain and shaggy wool, silk may be used effectively. A band of rough fabric often trims the skirt foot when smooth and rough fabrics are paired.
Describes artistically arranged peries bordered by marabout with a jacket featuring coordinated collar cuffs and border. The hat showcases a crescent velvet-lined brim trimmed with marabout bands and two handsome birds as decorative elements.
Readable fashion notes describe PassionsuLe boots with square heels ScrepE slippers paired with costumes Shell cameo brooches and painted gauze fans. Predictions claim casualty tacurry colors and Varin winter nit fashion trends favor fancy substantial items.
A Cincinnati Gazette reporter visits a muskrat trapping camp ten miles up the Allegheny River from Tionesta. The piece details trapper gear, bait ideas, and the animals habits from den entrances to underwater homes, plus the dangers and rough realities of the trade.
A river camp description details box traps anchored with rocks and stakes to corral muskrats. The muskrats drown when gates fail, or can be flooded out. Trappers discuss markets in Pittsburgh paying 15 to 30 cents per pelt, uses in hats and river mink trade, and occasional otter and coon catches add to earnings.
A rambling 19th century fragment mixes a tongue in cheek note on flies killed by adulterated foods with a parable about a housewife and a comical African American cook. The piece travels through exaggerated kitchen perils and dialect humor to end in a vignette about manners and work.
A colorful local figure provoked a hostile reaction from a neighbor and was knocked down. He sprang up and fled without eyeing the assailant, later quipping that his leg strength would not keep him for the body being mauled.
A scattered devotional piece urges truth spoken in love and active Christian reform. It cites Henry Washburne, Zion's Herald, and Methodist ideas, then offers a long allegory of a pastor beset by gimlet-like parishioners, ending with satirical shop anecdotes about fittings and manners.
A Houston reader recounts a trip to Honduras three days from New Orleans by slow steamer. He notes primitive transport, rich soil, abundant crops and fruit, mahogany forests, vast rivers, and potential for mining and immigration incentives. The piece reflects 19th century curiosity about Latin America and its opportunities.
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