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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1886
Page
3
A survey of new fabrics and colors in Paris and Europe, highlighting velvets, plushes, silks, and brocades. Notes on Cluny lace patterns, Siciliennes with chintz plaids, and sunshing Chinese milk fabrics for tea gowns. Emphasis on bri ght color combinations, striped and checked weaves, and animal imitation fabrics.
A survey of dress novelties including buttons in two sizes, oxydized designs, linen and lace chemisettes, and beaded mantles. It covers gloves, mantles, jewelry shifts toward colored stones, parasols, unique footwear, and evolving millinery with fur trends and new felts for autumn winter.
A Chambers' Journal writer describes wading through mud to reach King Ja Ja in a jungle compound. The king, clad only in a red flannel shirt and loincloth, is flanked by slaves with obsolete arms while a forged scene of a primitive nails forge and a gaudy palace fills the scene.
The Wilkes Barre Leader notes many young women are urged to move West to find husbands while Western men seek wives amid a shortage. It suggests benevolent unions could register eligible brides and grooms. It also recounts a centuries old Chinese tale of skin currency and bank notes origin. It ends with light items about making an umbrella case from felts and a donkey with a splendid ear but a poor voice.
A Swampville Cy editor visits the railroad superintendent asking for a pass after claiming heavy travel. The dialogue reveals he rarely rides, has marginal circulation, and admits to widespread distribution to post offices. The superintendent jokes about arrest for perjury but ultimately remains cautious. The editor leaves with a compliment and a joke about an annual.
Grimsey, the northernmost Icelandic isle, with 88 inhabitants, sparsely farms cows and sheep and relies on a remote minister Peter Goodmansen who studies meteorology for Copenhagen. Islanders sail to the mainland rarely due to ice and seas, while cliffside bird nesting supports their livelihood.
A humorous sketch follows an exchange editor besieged by a relentless exchange fiend who catalogues papers from Jimtown and Albany, then shifts to a tale of a labor ally from Estelline and a quip about two women in hats. Short witticisms close the page.
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