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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1902
Page
8
The article describes a shift in boas for early fall with white predominance and new chiffon bell forms edged in white ostrich. It notes evening sets in fancy colors with matching accessories, broad capes with lace over sheer foundations, and a mix of light and dark boas including taffeta and black mousseline for day and dress wear.
A New York fashion insider notes September weddings draw brides with luxurious gowns. She cites high orders for four or more bridal outfits, emphasizing dramatic trains, scroll lace, plisse chiffon bodices, and silver edging. September brides seek elegant, nongraphic styles.
Allen Ormonde notes fall fashion centers on elaborated back details for gowns. backs will be richly decorated with sashes or bows at the waist, tuck and paneled skirts encircling the back, all over embroidery and military influenced echoes. Lace caps epaulettes and cape trends reinforce the look.
A nostalgic essay traces the spinning wheel from daily colonial life to a romantic parlor symbol. It notes old wheels remain heavy and sturdy, while modern buyers seek beauty and romance, often turning to clubs and theater uses rather than practical work. It mentions photographers and stage needs. The piece ends with a quirky animal aside about a cockatoo.
Advocates call for a national pure food law to standardize interstate commerce protections against adulteration and fraud. Efforts by Rep Brosius and later Hepburn McCumber proposals stalled after key sponsors died or failed to reach a vote, though false branding bills passed. Supporters push for a bureau within the agriculture department rather than a separate department. Congress will reconvene, urging action from supporters.
Special Correspondence reports the glucose factory at Marshalle town will reopen around September 1 after改 construction of a septic tank sewage disposal plant in Marshalltown. The plant, idle over a year, employed several hundred people and faced river pollution lawsuits. A proposed but failed bill would let damages lawsuits be filed in any affected county, prompting the move to eliminate river disposal.
Keokuk Dubuque and Rock Island lumber interests and Mississippi steamboat lines unite to press the trans Mississippi commercial congress meeting at St. Louis for support of a dam across the river at Keokuk near the Des Moines rapids. A War Department survey is under way with a plan to develop electrical power and bypass the government canal. Delegates named by Mayor Craig include Lyman E. Cooley James C. Davis Edmund Jaeger and E A Johnstone.
Special correspondence notes experienced dealers foresee a sharp turkey shortage due to wet weather. W O Sears reports the crop may reach only about a quarter of last year, as moisture and rains cut egg hatch and turkeys roost in trees, lifting prices yet risking Thanksgiving meals.
Gov Cummins selects Miss Elsie Macomber of Des Moines to christen the cruiser Des Moines. She accepts the honor after a conference with Mayor Brenton. The christening is set for September 20 at Fore River Shipyard in Quincy Massachusetts with Gov Cummins, his staff and Des Moines delegates present. Miss Macomber, daughter of Mr and Mrs J K Macomber, is noted as a talented and prominent young Des Moines citizen.
Manager George N. Bandy and FE HL Martin of Mutual Telephone in Des Moines back a plan to organize all independent telephone firms in the state’s north half into a central body. They aim to concentrate forces within a year to aid competition with the tel ephone company, with toll line extensions already under construction in northern Iowa toward that goal.
Port Arthur Texas reports five healthy kittens reared by an assertive hen who adopted them after a barrel misplacement and a cat intruded on the scene. Photographers have photographed the unusual brood, now living with the hen who guards them and allows nursing by the cat. The strange family remains notable for peaceful coexistence with other yard birds.
A Cincinnati Commercial Tribune excerpt explains a hands on toy car. It describes cutting a box body and attaching wooden axles spools and wheels. A string weight powers the rear axle for motion until the weight lowers and stops, with steps for assembly and operation.
A Dereit Free Press description shows how to perform an electric aided illusion with a glass panel two books and colored paper cutouts. Lightly rub a woolen ball on the glass to energize the paper figures which dance and leap toward the glass ceiling before falling back and repeating until stopped.
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