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Newspaper
Norfolk Virginian
Location
Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1895
Page
7
Fashion notes showcase elaborate holiday wear and jeweled prom accessories. The piece critiques impractical headpieces and footwear, contrasting ornate styles with sensible options for outdoor use and daily wear.
A detailed description of women’s hats features braided chenille brims in deep blues and black velvet with royal purple and apple green accents, ornate jewel tones, and chameleon ribbons. Carriage hats with ostrich-like plumes, velvet brims, and owl head brooches are highlighted, alongside jeweled satin fronts and white satin foundations with gold spangles.
An 1890s mission program trains boys in sewing and weaving to build skills and discipline. Miss Woolman leads a Teacher’s College course, turning reluctant students into adept sewers and loom operators while reinforcing manly tone and productive labor.
A garbled Nebraska item mentions a man connected with a railroad wreck and elicits a lenient judgment, alongside unrelated notes on food and tonics. The text includes broken phrases about meals, a joke line, and a promotion for Wood's Pills and Hood's Pills, with no coherent news arc.
A transcript of a late 19th or early 20th century shopping column discusses gifts for maids, fabric and fashion items, and home decor. It notes available fabrics and patterns, popular collars and parasols, and mentions prices and fashion details alongside unrelated notices about organists and Berlin County farmers dealing with sparrows.
Parisian dancers revive the old minuet style Bax ravine and the pavana with elaborate figures and graceful posing. The zestful sequences feature the pirouette, lissades, basque steps, and a grand ecirele circle, ending in a lively Tarandole finale amid velvet capes and jeweled embellishments.
Proprieties claim relief from counts colds and bronchial ailments using COMPOUND SYRUP WILITA PINE AND TAIL A, prepared by LAWRENCE & NOLMBS druggists at 70 Main Street opposite St James Hotel. Delivery offered citywide.
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