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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1892
Page
4
The article details a pale green ball gown with cream feather trimming at the shoulders and a floral motif featuring geraniums Persian lilac heather eglantine and hydrangea. It notes pearls as a fashion statement, real gems preferred but imitations acceptable, and describes berths twists corsage edges and a dog collar pearl necklace as the modish finish.
A fashion piece urges restraint in use of pearls and multicolor ensembles. It discusses sleeves, bodices, and coats, notes the rise of close-fitting jackets, and catalogs tartans with warnings about correct plaid identification and historic references.
Corsamos remains the favored brown this year with trimmed fur and a four colored waistcoat. Velvet dress features a round waist, seamless back, large reverse opening on a blue pesa de sole vest, gigot sleeves, and a full gored skirt. Laced shoes gain popularity while sewing buttons proves difficult, and turns in fashion urge women to stay stylish this season.
Describes fashion outcomes of empire and discoterie waists with slender cues at the cornet and symmetrical appearance. Notes the impact of trim, fabric, and structure on the silhouette and overall line of women’s dresses in period attire.
Yellow fever reported in Batila Brazil. Georgia editors form State Press Association. Upper Michigan straits frozen for first time in years. Russian famine reports persist. Chile and Brazil form defensive offensive alliance. Chinese labor law debated in Colombia. Missing large coin consignments tied to Chicago and New York. A philanthropist donates 250 000 to City University. Submarine cable project discussed in Colombian Senate. Lillie Power dies after bed fire in Birmingham Alabama. A New Orleans manager convicted of embezzlement. Rear coach fire on Southwestern train near Guysville Ohio. Hutchinson salt case limited by railroad board. Explosive kitchen accident injures family near Paoli Indiana. Chicago police inspector reinstated. Bigamy case in Kokomo Indiana. Dover Kentucky Dance fight wounds Ruth Fields. Archbishop Corrigan on Dr McGlynn settlement. Archival note on patrick griffin death. Vandalia Illinois bar fight ends in stabbing. Buffalo attorney to plea Wong Sing Chun case to Supreme Court.
A group of six women and their lively circle at an Oxford summer meeting mingle lectures, social amusements, and romantic misadventures. Ned Slimfield, the American wit, enchants them then pursues Primrose Meadowsweet, ends tragically by river Cherwell, leaving the six as witnesses to a poignant farewell.
The Curlew, identified as a destroyer of lake gun operations, is reported at St Johns New Brunswick. She is described as a fifth rate yacht sized craft with a crew of 9 to 17 and one six pounder brass gun. Other lake gunboats match Curlew in size and armament, with Washington holding photographs of all vessels.
Mile. Duhaute a French woman traveled across the ocean and half the continent to wed Felix Donas in Oklahoma. He failed to appear, sent word he would not marry, and she, distraught, planned suicide before Consul Long arranged funds for her return to London.
Mrs Leebert Kuehnert, wife of the missing attorney accused of irregular borrowing and mortgage activity, assigns her assets of 10000 and liabilities of 9000 to Louis R. Luebbert. A building association sues for damages alleging fraud by Kuchnert in his role as their attorney and other creditors may follow.
The speaker expresses plans to visit America in summer to attend Chautauqua meetings and meet Ned’s mother and sisters. They intend to share news of Ned’s last days and keep a keepsake from Weenah while offering their own hair as a future gift.
Reports from Dec 27 say Castilhistas of Rio Grande do Sul invaded Uruguayan territory three times and retaliation is being considered. Federalists may begin hostilities within a week, with revolutions feared in Santa Fe and Entre Rios. Corrientes province in revolt with 5,000 rebels and 10,000 troops mobilized.
In Montreal a libel suit has begun over a US consul's report condemning Three Rivers sanitation. Colonel Nicholas Smith seeks $40,000 against the city after it rejected his findings and called for his recall, threatening Franco American frictions.
The Supreme Court declared the last Legislature's Apportionment Act unconstitutional in a decision issued today from Borsx Ipaso.
Horsford's Acid Phosphate from Dr W E Crane in Mitchell Duk claims it acts as a near specific for dys orders, stopping vomiting, restoring appetite, and easing the dread of dissolution among heavy drinkers. The ad emphasizes preventive effects and appeal to drinkers seeking relief.
Bargain sale offers S15 oisters overcoats and suits for men at 50 each. Displays include long-cut overcoats with warm all-wool linings and stylish details. Hundreds of items priced down from 11 to 15 and 14, with cutaway and sack suits advertised as formerly high priced.
Clearance sale through this week offers large reductions on remaining holiday stock. Bric a brac porcelains bronzes and all items in stock included. Jos Exomsaum Co 48 Fifth Avenue. Also note Angostura Bitters advertised as world renowned appetizer and cautions against counterfeits.
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