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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1902
Page
3
The article guides selecting paste emerald buttons set in silver with rhinestones. Choose a small size with battens for a double breasted effect on a cloth dress. Six buttons needed with three high at each bodice side, adaptable later for a fur ton and a postilion belt.
The column observes English women neglect side and back views of hats. It warns sidelines that lengthened faces or shaded eyes spoil appearance. It notes the tiny toque is out of fashion, and French style with a neat hat remains flattering.
A large use of gray tones dominates outfits with pale shades and pinkish tints favored. Bright colors are rare as black and white attire remains dominant. Blues, heliotrope, and pinks appear in soft pastels. black lace features on light gowns. the tucked taffeta costume of the smart Matron shows black lace trims over lighter slips.
Xo More Heavy Skirts. Walking skirts replace circular styles as the flounce dominates. The pleated model gains ground with inside or kilt pleats and broad shallow box pleats. Tailors ease fit over the hips by using a close plain hip yoke to attach the pleated skirt for smoother lines.
The London Tatler compares royal dress ideas across Europe. It notes the Empress of Germany prioritizes durability over loveliness, the Empress of Russia dazzles with costly furs, and Queen Victoria’s style remains severe yet flattering. Queen Amelie of Portugal is praised for transforming plain outfits with simple touches.
A New York Times excerpt advises restless women to pursue daily physical exercise, eat light easily digested meals, and avoid tea or coffee late in the day to ease nerves. It warns tea and coffee as sleep antagonists and suggests gentle massage, hair friction gloves, and tepid baths as potential aids before bed.
A humorous note on women travelers appears in the Lady's Magazine with the claim that nervous women are no more capable than men of travel and adventure. The piece plays on gender expectations with light irony.
A description of a woman traveling from London to Edinburgh who is overwhelmed by travel, rushing at King's Cross to secure her seat and belongings. The piece notes her fear of seat loss as others arrive, a move to face the engine, and finally an official shift of her luggage to another carriage. The narrator remarks that such women are comparatively few.
The English census shows only about one in six women remain unmarried. Maria Christina of Spain popularizes billiards. Cornelia Miles becomes president of the Colorado Academy of Science. Grace George’s library ranks among NYC’s finest. Maria Pia of Portugal joins automotiving, planning tours. Massachusetts Eclectic Medical Society elects a Manchester woman as president, first for a New England medical society. Hannah B. Clark, new Dean of Women at Knox College, studies sociology and sanitary science. Grace Lincoln Temple gains mural distinction, with work in the Smithsonian and Atlanta Exposition. Edith White of Bennington receives a $17,506 surprise bequest from a long-departed stranger.
The report lists latest fashion items including plaid belts with postillion backs, large dull flyer buckles, cord drops on chiffon to heavy fabrics, carved tortoise shell side combs, black and white embroidered crepe de chine, blue brown and green bone buttons, Parisian pearl chains with gold links, improved back combs, Oriental cushions with moss trim, new neck chains circling the neck, bolero coats with tailed backs, pouched bodices with short basques, and ostrich feather boas in black and white. Gray tones are favored with tender pearl hues.
A St John’s correspondent outlines a vast smuggling syndicate centered on St Pierre and Miquelon that defies U S Canada and Newfoundland laws. Smugglers use cheap brandies clothes and perfumes and rely on St Pierre as a distribution hub for illicit goods to New England and beyond. The article details long running operations with merchants turned millionaires through contraband trades and a broken Newfoundland syndicate that persists with cross border links despite law enforcement efforts.
A description of Canadian coast smuggling shows ships using changing sail colors and false bulkheads to evade Quebec and U S authorities. Cargoes are run through St Pierre and the Gulf of St Lawrence, with profits from disguised spirits and other goods funding the syndicate. A U S detective exposed transfers from Illinois corn spirit to Miquelon and St Pierre, revealing a wide fraud network.
Governor Green McCurtain explains the name Oklahoma as Choctaw for red people with okla meaning people and homma meaning red. He notes public misinterpretations and recalls Allen Wright’s 1835 treaty roll reference to including wild tribes as they became civilized. Oklahoma State Capital.
Twenty lighthouse keepers on Percy Island off Queensland faced months without rations as government delays left the supply chain halted after June. A British sloop later delivered provisions, reviving aid and prompting authorities to recall the islanders and their precarious status.
Eleven specialists spent a first month crafting a Wilton carpet intended for a drawing room in London. The project emphasizes skilled handwork and traditional loom techniques, reflecting precise detail and quality expected for a premier residence.
A Washington Evening Star interview with a headquarters detective sergeant argues that hiding in big cities is hard for criminals. He says strangers are quickly detected by locals in lodging houses, hotels, and lower city strata, guiding police to swift captures.
A Paris Academy of Sciences reading by M. Torres outlines a navigable balloon with an interior keel. The design mirrors Severo's concept to align all forces horizontally, minimizing pitching. It proposes multiple compartments, a central interior beam forming a rigid keel, a propeller at one end, and a compact car positioned near the balloon.
The piece argues modesty is a desirable quality yet excessive modesty can hinder progress. It notes that too much modesty dampens aggressiveness needed for significant achievement and frames modesty as a balance to ambition.
Fragmentary note hints at Mr Smith feeling blue over romance and marriage. The piece mentions Europe’s first railway in 1836 and America’s in 1838, framed with a garbled caption.
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