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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1901
Page
4
The piece notes summer footwear favoring tan shoes with bright stockings and black options trimmed with embroidery, plus a London face improvement masseuse offering secrecy and celebrity clientele. It also describes silk tapestry wall coverings gaining favor among the wealthy, and quotes Mrs. May Wright Sewall on leisure class attitudes toward work and domestic life.
The piece describes Willow Sunday in Russia ending Lent, then Holy Friday customs, a quiet midnight followed by the Christ is risen proclamation. It notes processions, candlelight, Kremlin crowds, and lavish Easter feasts with blessings, gifts, and servants dressed in new clothes.
A San Francisco woman in Cairo recounts a Turkish wedding hosted by a Turk governor and a khedive relative. The street home venue, open-air hall, eunuchs, and lavish jewelry mark a vivid orientalist ceremony with hundreds of guests and dancing bridesmaids.
The Duncombe family, famed for beauty and wealth, watched Lady Ulrica pursue charity alongside Rev. Dr. Arthur Winnington-Ingram, later bishop of London. Their romance faced aristocratic disapproval but gained royal favor, with rumors of renewed engagement as the bishop rose to king’s spiritual adviser and the Queen allegedly backed the match.
Dear Mrs Pinkham letters from women seeking help for painful menstruation are presented. One correspondent from Brooklyn describes long term pain despite treatment and a doctor’s note of a corrected womb. The second requests guidance after experiencing frequent painful periods with sick ache and fatigue.
Turpentine is claimed to ease blister soreness and aid burns when applied to skin and inhaled with chest rubbing. It is also described as a cleaner for patent leather and clothes, a repellent for insects, a linen whitener, starch protector, floor polish when mixed with beeswax, and a furniture polish when mixed with sweet oil.
A Swedene court maid of honor earns 40 dollars salary and must cover the bed of her chambermaid. The tenure lasts about ten months with a custom of not retiring before three years. Early retirement could imply illness or loss of court favor. In Denmark, many lord chamberlains are unpaid, while in Russia maids of honor may receive pay tied to wearing the queen’s jeweled regalia.
Watered silk foundations are praised by French authorities to enhance lace patterns in black white or ecru. Summer sleeves revive old fashioned mitts and bring back delicate bracelets of gold silver and black enamel with gold lines and small clasps.
Advances in rice cleaning and hulling gear have spurred an expected 50 000 to 100 000 extra acres for rice in the south this year. Despite high U S output, about 1 500 000 bags of rice arrived last year from China and Japan. Finnikin quote appeared in the Grit from Pennsylvania.
Thomas F. Welch of West Roxbury offers three acres of land and building stone to Boston for a consumptives' home. He requests the city to pay for construction equipment and ongoing maintenance. The gesture seeks to aid patients while leveraging communal support in the fight against disease.
W L Douglas plans to double capacity to 6000 pairs per day with 16000 extra square feet and a new 400 hp engine plus 150 hp boiler. Start up on July 1 at 500 dozen daily output. payroll rises to 22000 weekly. Salesmen report 25 percent higher sales due to improved shoemaking and advertising.
An ad touts Russ Bleaching Blue for whitening napkins and table linen claiming clear white results. It contrasts with color blind players and suggests women jump to conclusions, reflecting period ad copy.
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