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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1901
Page
6
The article notes fans styled with simulated fish scale patterns in tissue, shifting metal tones from gold to copper for carp and silver to bronze for salmor. Describes the effect as dull mother of pearl sequins and highlights the white gown pairing.
The readable fragment suggests a practice of cooling the face by dipping into cold water after travel. It mentions tepid water causing irritation and notes washing the nose and ears with butter or rose water to soothe and whiten the skin, though details are incomplete.
Elaborate leather goods feature silver mountings and art nouveau designs. Descriptions highlight dragonfly motifs with spread wings and a Dymph with golden hair on purses and cardcases, blending Victorian craft with decorative flair.
The text explains how a tulle cover creates a sleek look on a birdlike breast plume and describes veil colors in millinery. It notes white plumage with possible white or black veils, and mentions veilon as a speckled feature. It emphasizes how wind can disturb soft breast feathers if not covered.
A London Chronicle fashion piece misrenders Spanish duchesses Consuelo as Consuela. The masculine Consuelo is a misfit. Spanish women are usually named Mary with invocations. Dolores, Carmencita, Concepcion and Consuelo appear as feminine equivalents linked to saints and virtues.
A brisk, period voice discusses difficulties for plump matrons purchasing stock ready attire. It notes throat constriction, pinched surfaces, and the urge to modify with upturned upper edges or ribbons. Tips touch on fastening desks under bows and potential choking hazards amid fashion constraints.
A Paris fashion note describes a new tall drop skirt design praised for its length and finish. A prominent French dressmaker known for gowns for the Countess de Castellane showcases the look as an elegant option, aligning with Parisian couture standards.
The Piteburg Press notes a dress shirt that matches the dress skirt in fullness and fit. It emphasizes equal hip fit and floor touching length, with the back and sides sweeping, and the dress skirt worn over it.
Enthusiasm greets two novel sports at a large festival hosted by a wealthy landowner. The necktie race features horsemen who must dismount at ladies along the course, have a lady tie a knot, then remount to race. The apple race requires dismounting at water basins, kneeling, and attempting to pluck an apple without dropping it. Winners claim prizes as spectators watch. Source notes these games as novelty events in fashionable circles.
A jagged reflection of daily strain and bottled wrath. The speaker vows to endure the blur of routine and mask wear, then seethes with a quiet resolve to get even when the time comes. The tone hints at personal grievance and a plan toward rebalancing power.
A collage of witty exchanges and puns spoofing daily life. Topics range from maps and servant girls to education and dining, with quips about postal cards, burglar proofs, and a new song. The chatter touches theater, poetry, and dating, finishing with a jab at love stories and old tales.
The Woman's Journal recounts how sixty years ago women faced barriers to equal professional status. Antoinette Brown became an ordained minister, Lucey Stone remained disfranchised, and while thousands of women practice medicine successfully, few lawyers have sustained a practice.
The text notes velvet and satin hats with jet buckles and laces, velvet ribbons on a white chiffon boa, and orange velvet with crimson chiffon frills. It mentions reversible skirts in silk, plaid options, and two tone velvet fabrics. New velvet textiles are used on both sides with embroidery and laces to match gowns, suited for shirtwaists in silk or light wool.
A concise explanation of why leaves change color in autumn. Frost is not the cause. chlorophyll fades as plants reduce green pigment, revealing reds, yellows, and browns. The text notes variation in pigment size among leaves and mentions light, decay, and pigment absorption processes.
A quirky fragment imagines Uncle James as a striped creature and lines about digits and bipeds. The dialogue features Little Tommy-Pape asking what a bi ped is and mentions Cade James with one leg in a playful, nonsensical exchange.
A New York Post psychologist outlines two anarchist types, those who suggest and those who respond to suggestion, linking them to degeneration and inherited traits. He argues anarchists form a dangerous class, spreading mental contagion through mass hysteria and organized networks, with segregation as the proposed remedy.
The Broad Street station waiting room is dusted each Saturday morning by compressed air. A wheeled ladder with a long hose blasts dust from walls, ceilings, frieze, columns, windows, and every nook and cranny. Three men operate the rig while a night foreman notes efficiency versus manual cleaning, per the Philadelphia North American.
A Baltimore Sun summary notes a medical journal's discussion of indigestion linked to solitary meals. It argues eating alone disrupts nourishment and may hasten a stifled appetite, driving people to seek company during meals and potentially harming health.
Among the Hepis and Zunis the men of the tribes do all the sewing and necessary gonestic work to free women for garden work. Water is brought from a distance and carried on the women’s heads, highlighting gendered division of labor.
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