Realms of Fashion Hints Gibson Yoke in New Style
Summer gowns stay fresh with Gibson yoke and shirt waist ideas. Describes shoulder emphasis, detachable yokes, and slim waists, plus varied sleeves and china button styles. Notes black wool embroidery on thin fabrics, lace details, and child fashions including Russian blouses and pinafore lines. President Roosevelt to visit Newport. full descriptions to follow.
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New York
Burge Jones
London
Gibson
Gotham
China
Dresden
Sevres
Staffordshire
Nile
Tried to wreck train at Wardner excursion stop
A bold attempt to wreck the Wardner Industrial Union excursion train from Harrison failed when heavy tires and rocks blocked tracks near Cataldo and a bridge fire delayed the special. About 350 passengers, many women and children, were aboard but were not harmed. no suspects or motive yet identified.
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Wardner
Wardner Industrial Union
Harrison
Cataldo
Corcoran
Coeur d'Alene Lake
Electrocution Murderers May Not Die Says Executive
New York August 13 F Stratton vice president Electric Light Co Westchester says murderers sentenced to die in the electric chair are often not killed by current and would be buried alive without autopsy. He notes higher voltage shocks to linemen who recover after treatment and questions if some supposed electrocutions could be resuscitated with prompt medical care.
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New York
A. Stratton
Electric Light Company
West Chester County
Early marriages in London drop amid rising risks
A London Mail backed report links early marriage to dangers for youths and rising desertions. Data show 56,398 underage marriages in England and Wales, with 13,000 underage wives in London. The piece notes marriage age rising and speculates on economic and social factors behind the shift.
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London
England
Wales
London Mail
Planting Timber Plantations Use Catalpa For Rail Needs
A Kansas experiment station bulletin highlights growing timber commercially on poorer soils to counter forest depletion. The catalpa, hardy and low maintenance, is cited as promising for railroad ties posts and lumber, with harvest timelines of seven to ten years for pests and fifteen to twenty years for tiles and lumber. Railroad engineers testify to its potential.
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Kansas Experiment Station
Elks Carnival Opens in Jeffersonville Parade
Elks carnival in Jeffersonville Ind opened today with a grotesque parade drawing thousands. The city is decorated in purple and white, Elks colors, and visitors from out of town fill the streets as a glow of celebration begins the event.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Elks
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D. F. Robinson
N. Berkeley
Gray’s Harbor Com. Co
Opp. W. & C. R. Depot
Lantz Bros
Bturdivant
Pendleton
Bunda Ts. m
Asiah
Intarmedi Poinia
Piet Reok
Golden Rule Hotel
Pendictes
Realm OF Fashion
Newport
Roosevelt
Idaho
New Yorker
Berlin
Orange Judd
C. M. Depew
van Orsdall & Ross
Portland, OR
Oregon
the Journal Newspaper
Prverty
Portland
Great Northwest
Selfiah
PorWand. Or
Jackson
Daily Journal
Jackson, Pub
ACORN
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W.d.clarke& Oy Court Street
Corner Court
Johnson
Pendleton, Oreges
M. F. Kelly
HOTEL
ST. Georg
Geo. Dakver
ST. Paul's Boarding
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