New York fashions bring elegant tennis and garden dresses
The article notes growing interest in current wear for outdoor sports and gardens, highlighting a London tennis gown in glazed poplin with a green velvet belt, simple yet neat designs, and the appeal of comfort in tennis attire. It praises mauve shades, new pelerine collars, and the rising value of crochet and tatting lace in fashionable outfits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bady
London
Newport
Garden
Piazza
Fashion Notes on Lace Collars and Plush Accessories
The article notes embroidery holds higher value than machine work, touts lace collars made with picot braid, and describes leather belts and bags in alligator skin. It highlights plush wraps, sealskin accents, rich browns and greens, and fashionable gowns with detailed trims and handkerchief styles for fall and winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fine Haven
Mate LeRoy
A Poem From Her Life And Birthday Souvenir
A southern girl celebrates her twenty first birthday with a mother made souvenir album. The fly leaf reads Tommy darling on her twenty first birthday A poem from her life. The album spans infancy to early womanhood with yearly costumes and scenes from school travel and debutante life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Darling
Atlanta Constitution
Washing Silk Stockings Guide
White silk stockings should be washed in a strong lather of castile soap with cool water. Soak lay in the lather and gently rub spots with the hands. Rinse thoroughly to remove soap. Wring dry in a cloth, turn inside out, stretch and rub as they dry to shape. Do not iron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castile
Colorado Adjutant General Tarsney Faces Turbulent Career
Timothy J. Tarsney, Colorado adjutant general and lawyer, figures in police, militia, and labor conflicts. He aided strikers at Cripple Creek, acted as governor Waite’s representative, and narrowly escaped tar and feathering during a 1880s confrontation. He later faced accusations and praise from varied quarters for his handling of labor unrest and public safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy J.parsney
Colorado
Cripple Creek
Denver
Tarsney
Waite
Taw
Coloradk
State
Oincilitia
Mili
Timothy J. Tarsney
Colorado Springs
Ball Wilk
Alamo Hotel
Moses of Labor and John Burns in British unions
A long excerpt outlines London labor leaders led by John Burns. It notes a Trades Union Congress in Norwich starting September 8 with Burns pushing reforms, including jury law changes and pauper immigration controls. It recalls Burns born in Scotland, famed for directing the 1889 London dock strike that gained global notoriety and improved striker conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Jords
Jonn Burns
Congress
House of Lords
Poor Law Administration
House of Cominions
John Burns
West of Scotland
Bobby Burns
Tabor
Reld Ruskin
Adam Smith
London
Able Woman Preacher Mrs Celia Parker Woolley
Mrs Celia Parker Woolley, a noted novelist editor lecturer and minister, has led sermons in Geneva Ohio since 1903. Born in Ohio and raised in Coldwater Michigan she later wrote and edited religious publications in Chicago and Boston and gained fame as a parlor reader and lecturer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celia Parker Woolley
Geneva
Ohio
Woolley
Coldwater
Mich
Coldwater Seminary
USGS
UE Woolley
Olive Lehreiner
Margaret Deland
Chicago
Chitaze Woman's Elub
America
Voltaire
Greorge Eliot
Tbien
Remembering Ball Gowns and Wax Candle Dinners of the Past
The recollection describes social dinners with dim lighting from wax or stearine candles and sparsely furnished halls. A girl recalls a ball outfit costing five dollars, a camellia in her hair, and a one hundred dollar yearly dress allowance. Dresses were reused and valued, with simple bright fabrics and white cambric gowns. Names referenced include Mime Bodisco and Lady Lytton Bulwer, noted for their jewelry curiosities.
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Tam
General Jackson
Mime
Bodisco
Lady Lytton Bulwer
Lippincott’s
Willard Quote Urges Organization for Working Women
Frances Willard argues that an American woman seeking work cannot gain fair pay or personal freedom without organization. She states suffrage and society offer no aid, only organized effort can improve her status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Willard
Li Hung Chang the Chinese Viceroy and statesman of China
The article portrays Li Hung Chang as a powerful viceroy and prime minister type figure in the Qing empire. It notes his height and vigor, long career since 1860s, role in Taiping suppression, naval and military modernization, and expansion of telegraph and rail. It mentions his control of northern provinces, customs, navy, and arsenals, plus his influence with foreign affairs and wealth around 50 million dollars. It also cites his loyalty during uprisings and interactions with foreigners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Li Tung Chang
China
Japan
Kloops
Tse
Bismarck of
Bismarck
Tan
Kuang Hsu
Li Phun Chang
Ann-Hei
Giis
Li Wang Chang
Thiang-Sin
Gordon
LE Aung Chang
Taiping
United Provinces
Ereat
Chili
North China
North
Chempe- Nal
Abertoo
Pientsin
Li Hung Chang
Peking
Poi Ho
Wnetea
Toc
Emperal Gud
Li Hung Change
cAroerica
Monument to Grand Army of the Republic Founder in Wisconsin
The 80 foot Quincey granite monument marks Dr I F Stephenson founder of the Grand Army of the Republic at his Galesburg Wisconsin home. It honors his burial site and notes the order’s growth with about 400000 members and nearly 4 million dollars spent on veteran relief.
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Quincey
I. F. Stephenson
Grand Army of the Republic
Galesburg
Wis
Stephenson
RB. I. Stephenson
Pounder
GALE
Oon Rinek Creek
Still Post
Raf
Petersburg
Rose Hill
GALR
Tto
Society of the Army of the Potomine
Veterans of
North
Springfield
Pss
Stepherson
Johns
Phelps
Macon
Tilineis
oor @er
Sunday School on Wheels Gospel Car Goes on Tour
A Sunday school on wheels, the Good News gospel car, costs $5,000 to build and travels across Tiwna Dinos Minnesota Wisconsin North and South Dakota and Nebraska. Two thousand dollars has been pledged. the car is designed for traveling evangelism with a full kitchen, sleeping compartments, and elegant interior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiwna
Dinos
Minnesota
Wisconsin
North
South Dakota
Nebraska
Water reel tan angend ati Re Supt rq Mita
Water reel car tour under Superintendent KE Bo Stevenson of Cedar Rapids travels through the region. The car features berth accommodations for 20, a full electric bell system, and a gathered audience room for day school services. Outdoor visits and picnics accompany evangelistic events across states.
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Qilace
Dhuaree Thecario da
KE. Bo Stevenson
Cedar Rapids
Frenchwomen Wear Becoming Hats
A traveling observer notes Frenchwomen wear more becoming bonnets and better hair styles. She claims differences in head size and hair position explain why French fashion looks more attractive.
Foreigners In Japan Population and Reactions
The Revue Prancausse du Japan gives a population of foreigners in Japan totaling about 10,000 with a Chinese minority being largest. It notes anti foreign sentiment linked to European residents and mentions two chamber dissolutions. Chinese minister Yang Jui arranged gifts for the empress including American furniture and trimmings costing over a dozen boats of goods shipped to Peking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Revue Prancausse du
Dee Ot
Psu
United States
Germany
France
Portugal
Holland
Russia
Switzerland
Denmark
Austria
Italy
Sai
Yang
Newfoundland Dog Guides Lost Girl Home
A small girl wandered near a street in Weene with a large Newfoundland dog. A young man found her and, about to take her home in despair, watched the dog signal he knew the way. The dog led the way, opened a gate, and brought the girl safely to her home. The family gratefully welcomed the reunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weene
Prin
Dorpie
Serine
Tmianiaoua
New York
Little Green Tailors Craft Warm Winter Fashions
A whimsical poem depicts tiny green tailors cutting dresses for winter while singing and snipping. They fashion mantles, tippets, and coronets from velvet, satin, and delicate threads, weaving petals and bows for little heads as snow approaches.
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Critol Edste
Littl Green
Rose
Remarkable Child Filipe Gonzales Gains Esteem in San Luis Potosi
An eight year old boy named Filipe Gonzales astonishes San Luis Potosi with fluent speech in Italian French Spanish and German. He delivers thoughtful discussions on education and literature before prominent citizens, despite limited schooling and scarce resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Filipe Gonzales
San Luis Potosi
Mexico
New Orleans Vicarage
A Boy’s Best Capital Industry
A fragmentary aphorism notes that a boy’s best capital is hard work frugality and loyalty. fortunes favor diligence and simple tastes rather than wealth or status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anon
Buttercup in the Grass Recited in Saint Nicholas Verse
In a summer field a child picks flowers and silently recites a counting game about fingers thumbs cherries plums bread and butter before heading home for a slice. The verse part reads as a rustic memory from Saint Nicholas.
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St. Nicholas
English Village Schoolteacher Struggles with Low Pay
The English village teacher faces meager wages around 200 to 300 dollars yearly and must teach in ungraded schools. She also cleans the schoolhouse, maintains sanit ary chores, assists in Sunday school, and plays organ for services. Her workspace is often a dilapidated barn, cold and exposed to winds. The prevailing entrant is typically a college graduate with refinement.
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NEW York Fashions
Bome
American Press Association
Tsaw
Colorado’n
Adjutant General
London County Council
Lord Rosebery
Pageland
Burns
Moses OF Labor
Miss Willard
THE
Dr. Stephenson
Tiood News
Rees
Little Green Tailors
Suiphandes
Wien
Theields
England
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