Fall Fashion Tendencies in French and English Styles
Fashion notes describe autumn French imports with waists lengthening and basques gaining favor, including square-cut slashed basques and decorative armhole ruching. There is emphasis on soft collars, broad revers, velvet trims, and left-leaning waist details. English designs showcase gray fall gowns, velvet trims, and distinctive collars. Men’s hats shift to rounded English derbies and more pronounced silk hats, while women’s lines favor tall, slim figures, contrasting color skirts, and new hair ornaments.
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Barper
New York Herald
Iaman
Fipee
Attractive dwelling for 2000 dollars in 1833 designs
An artistic, well planned house with a two thousand dollar price tag is showcased with full architectural details. The description covers foundation, framing, flooring, doors, windows, plastering, interior woods, trim, heating, plumbing, and finishings. Also notes a new iron paint and a clam broth remedy for convalescence.
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American Press
Associ Ues
Eye Protector For Microscope And Related Inquiries
A discussion of an eye protector device for binocular microscopes, its construction, and alleged benefits. It covers a small brass disk shield and mounting method, plus notes on how eye focus and viewing affect perception. Additional items include tidal power concepts, weather indicators from plant behavior, and an experiment using a broken bottle.
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Straus
L. B. Yatl
Criminal Festivals and Tribal Killings Reported
A historical piece describes Khond and Sumatra tribal rites including ritual immolation and eating elders as sacred duty. It notes fragmented reports of cannibal ceremonies and cruel customs once widespread among interior tribes while also citing a separate note on gold wealth and a popular misbelief about reviving frozen fish.
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Khonds
Sumatra
M. Guillaume Ferrero
Meath
Danmow Flitch Ceremony Recalls Medieval Essex Tradition
London reports describe the Dunmow Flitch ceremony in Danmow in North Essex where three couples sought the famed award. The ritual features a jury of six maidens and six bachelors, gowns, banners, and a triumphant carriage bearing the couple. A Boston note adds a silver care tip describing borax cleaning to keep silver bright for extended periods.
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Danmow Fitch
Danmow
Essex
England
Baron Fitzwalter
Dunmow
Thom
London
The Value of Hands and Fingers in Earning a Living
The Medical News outlines how insurers value hand loss, noting 100 percent for both hands and decreasing percentages for right or left hand loss. It details finger values, trade differences, and predicts earnings impact. It also covers two types of death, nutritive matter in foods, and a cold adaptation method for wet feet.
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Oiiners
Germany
Tos Driver
Sketching from nature water colors and their use in art
A detailed guide lists paints, brushes, and paper for sketching from nature. It covers color names such as yellow ocher and cobalt, tool recommendations, paper texture, and cautions on using India ink. It also touches on applying washes, sky tones, tree greens, and distant landscape tones. Includes a recipe for Cream of Rice Soup.
White City's Fate After World’s Fair Buildings
Chicago correspodent reports the post exposition dilemma of what to do with 819 million invested in fair structures and grounds. Most ironwork and timber face deconstruction costs, salvage values, and possible reuse elsewhere, with massive waste removal and disposal challenges looming for Jackson Park.
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PSU
Jose A. Flecuming
Chicago
Cavec Lange
Iiva
Duchsen Park
Aulabie
Iren
Steele Mackaye
Emil Phillipson
White City
Jackson Park
Chicago Cor
New York Times
Two Women Battle for Bargain Suit at City Store
Two Obatinats women raced to buy a single suit at a large local merchant. Both claimed the piece, the saleswoman offered alternatives, and by daybreak the store withdrew the item, deciding the first in line next morning would have it. The episode closed with the suit removed from sale.
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Philadelphia
The Boy King Confronts Robber Chief Dragics
In Servia a royal drive to Usicze was halted when robber chief Dragics leaped from the woods and fired on the king’s carriage. Dragics, seized by guards, declared his intent to surrender to the king and begged clemency after exposing a 3,000 franc price on his head.
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Dragics
Servia
Usicze
Oraere
Hum
London Standard
Trick With Figures Mental Math Riddle From Philadelphia Times
A friend writes four digits and you sum them then subtract the sum from the original number. After one digit is crossed out, the friend reports the sum of the remaining digits. Subtracting that sum from the next multiple of nine reveals the crossed digit. The Philadelphia Times describes the method and its reliance on the properties of nine.
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Philadelphia Times
The Wild Monkeys of Europe and Odd Tales
A collection of curious old notes on European monkeys in Gibraltar perhaps descended from ancient land bridges. Also brief moral about stopping looking and listening before danger. A tale of a sheriff’s widow and a railroad suit ends with the maxim to pause and heed warnings. Then lizards shed tails and a Madeira spot recalls naval tail-knocking mischief and a roadside necktie tale.
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Europe
Gibraltar Rock
Africa
Spain
Strait of Gibraltar
Areca
Chas
Madeira
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