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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1886
Page
3
Mitchell Capital notes fashion guidance on black wear for women, urging balanced use of black in summer outfits. It cautions against overuse of jet accents and promotes velvet lace silk gowns, lace mantillas, and light gloves with coordinated parasols for a refined, stylish look.
Harper's Bazar outlines widow attire using Henrietta cloth and English crape. Includes basque, crape borders, three pleated front, gathered back with wings, deep overskirt, pleats at hips, and crape trims. Also details summer version, mantles, veils, bonnets, and nun's veiling for travel.
The New York Evening Post outlines three princesse style dresses for a debutante festival. The first features pale insine satin broche with cream satin petticoats and pearl amber heliotrope bead ornaments. The second uses amber satin with a court train over pansy velvet, lilac florals, and matching sleeves. The third shows white crape over cream surah with lilies of the valley and a satin sash, finishing with layered crapes and satin balayeuse.
The article describes fashion trends with black and yellow dominating hats and parasols. Parasols vary in size and style, bonnets feature spring blossoms, velvet brims, and netted silk accessories with color-coordinated collars. Bead embroidery decorates outfits from headpieces to stockings, highlighting Oriental inspired colorings in red, green, and gold.
A reflective piece on American governance and the presidential inaugurations from Washington to Grant, highlighting the evolving ceremony, the role of the Capitol, and the nation’s growth. It blends a children’s poem with historical narrative, underscoring civic ideals and the republic’s enduring continuity.
Readable passages describe children’s misreadings and misstatements, then detail the shah of Iran with a simple routine, frugal meals, garden walks, and literary tastes. The shah’s virtues are praised though some hoped reforms remain unfulfilled, with future letters promised.
Historical note outlines Louis Pasteur’s advances in beer safety. It explains low fermentation, ice preservation, and the key Pasteurization step of bottling beer near fermentation completion and heating bottles to kill stray germs, boosting shelf life and quality.
An editorial note condemns courtroom Bible swearing as unclean and unsafe. The article then reports on Norwegian farms, describing alpine hay gathering, mountain logistics, and hay telegraph systems, followed by passages on American women patent activity and English contrasts.
A quarrel between neighbors over a mink cloak remark across a garden fence prompts a heated exchange. Mrs. Dumley and Mrs. Doo little spar over appearances and social manners amid gossip and town talk.
Excerpted correspondence from G Basswood describes life at a tavern and roadside travel with Sile. The narrator enjoys cider, gossip, and social scenes, praises meals, and notes flirtations with locals while resisting leaving. A Chicago Ledger note adds a clergy anecdote about child discipline and a witty rejoinder.
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