Evening Toilettes of the Paris Winter Season
The Paris winter season features elaborate lace robes and white net gowns with lace appliques, silk and satin underskirts, and pastel color accents. Fashion details include green and mauve embroidery, bouquets, and ornate sashes. the article notes coats and mantles to match the gowns and suggests copying ideas in more affordable fabrics.
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Paris
Google
Rosepouk
Seery Powell
Evert
Fermi
Velvet and silver trimmed fashion notes in lace and fur
Readers glimpse the season's apparel with long sleeves cuffed in silver tissue and velvet, varied collars and linings in rich fabrics. Garments feature corded trims, panne accents, and puffed sleeves, described in detail with emphasis on textures and finishes.
Harsh warning from a cough advertisement
An old advertisement warns that every cough signals worsening health. It touts Opium-laden medicine and Allen's Lung Sinfanm as cures for severe colds, claiming the remedy clears bronchial passages and improves lung air intake, urging readers to obtain a bottle today.
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Allen
King Machine Company Assignment Notice Filed
The King Machine Company has assigned all its property under Illinois law. Fred R. Pollard is the assignee, filing inventory and bond in Rock Island County Court. Creditors must present claims within three months under oath and debtors should make prompt payment. Dated December 12, 1901.
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King Machine Company
State of
Illinois
Rock Island
Ilinois
Fred R. Pollard
You Don’t Take Enough Exercise Says Doctor
A doctor visits Binks and admonishes him to exercise with a brisk walk or short run each morning. Binks replies that his suburb location and train schedule make daily exercise impractical, prompting the doctor to concede even good practitioners err occasionally.
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Binks
Chicago Post
These Biscuits and a Husband’s Self Praise
A Philadelphia Press item portrays Mr. Henry Peck praising his own biscuits as good as his mother’s, prompting his wife to exclaim she is surprised. He blushes, recognizing that self praise is unbecoming for one of refined breeding.
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Ted Ivating
Yes
Ince
Henry Peck
Philadelphia Press
Automobile hothouse cuts days for Rothschild plants
Paris novelty by Baron Ed mond de Rothschild a mobile greenhouse costing 15000 francs moves dothouse plants from country estate to Paris house in a single day eliminating the two day journey and three men lodging once nightly.
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Paris
Baron Edmond de Rothschild
Rumor Surrounding Mary E Wilkins Circulation Tops Page
In the matter of circulation the Mary E Wilkins matrimonial rumor takes rank with the best selling book of the week.
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Mary E. Wilkins
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LaSalle
Athens
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R. Crampton & Co
Second Avenue, Rock Island, Lil
Louis H. Rieck
Harrison Street
Davenport
Iowa
Tri-Cities
Sixteenth Street
L.esvine
Sth Avenue
Moline
Mnola
Davenpor
West
Ned
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