Milady Easter fashions and the two tailors who shaped them
A retrospective on Easter dress trends notes how Milady’s finery drives men to pay and women to seek new clothes. It profiles Louis Antoine Godey and Ebenezer Butterick, creators of Godey’s Lady’s Book and the Butterick patterns, detailing their origins and impact on fashion publishing and home sewing.
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Milady
Godey
Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
Louis Antoine Godey
Ebenmeier Butterick
New York City
Philadelphia
Lady’s Book
America
Sara Josepha Hale
Richardson Wright
Ebenezer Butterick
Massachusetts
Sterling
Worcester County
Leicester Academy
Ebenezer
Worcester
Leominster
Fitchburg
Butterick
Academy
New York
Broadway
Jones Warren Wilder
Abner W. Pollard
E. Butterick
Mere Man
Agnes Brooks Young
Harper and Brothers
Tubular
Gibson
Uncle Sam’s pickpocket squad guards customs at New York
The enforcement division of U S customs patrols by boat to intercept incoming European ships and protect revenues. It notes the clever scams used to smuggle narcotics and other contraband, praising the agents’ keen eyesight and knowledge of tricks to find illicit goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
New York
Europe
United States Customs
Sam
Spring Pianos Sale and Households Goods Ad Mix
An old classified style page lists a Spring sale offering pianos and store goods, with a dense array of items from hotels to radio gear, building materials, athletic goods, school supplies, and moving services. It also references steamship tickets, household wringers, and an agricultural note on tree food storage.
Fish of Many Names Across States
A fish known as large-mouthed bass in some states is called green bass chub trout Welshman cow bass rock bass yellow bass white bass white salmon and white trout in others. The fish bears about 40 different names. Construction of Northern Pacific Railway Completed in 1883 under a Congress act approved by President Lincoln on July 2 1864.
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N. P. Railway
Northern Pacific Railway
Congress
Lincoln
The One That Escaped The Turks Proverb Insight
A saying compares a fish that escapes to a fishermans status, noting the universal claim of perception. It reflects on how escape elevates perceived size and courage across cultures.
Indiana Hoosier State Known by Nickname Hoosier
The piece notes Indiana is commonly called the Hoosier State and mentions the nickname in reference to the state's regional identity.
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Indiana
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Elmo- Scott -Watson
Pianq Sale
Glen B Bros
M Music Company
Tre Beath
Balt Lake City
Hoyel Plandome
Salt Lake
Reno
Kevan
Tataio
Adio Co
Salt Lake City
Lolumbian Music Publishers, Ltd
Ept
Toronto
Canada
Intermountain Sanatorium
Halles
St. Salt Lake City
Utah
American
INTER, SRSTATE BRICE_CO
Apex Sales & Service
Balt Lake
Utah Fire Clay CO
Great Western
UTA Daho School Supply CO
Siltake
Moser-Hartman CO
Hobart
Dayton
SALEB
West Temple Bt
Harley Parts
Maxfield
Boks Balt Mate
Murray
Progressive School OF Music
John L. Donahue
J. L. Beck Paint CO
Salt_Lake
Mollerup Moving & Storage
W. Temple
Sait Lake
United States
Territory
Western Reserve
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