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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1892
Page
4
An article notes Paris as fashion epicenter but acknowledges American women now rival with refined taste. It describes dresses favoring simplicity, materials as elegance, and details in felt hats and bonnets. Embroidered linen doylies feature natural color flowers and varied borders.
The article describes a pale blue satin debutante gown with a cream silk gauze collar and ruched sleeves, noting its charm and versatility in tulle gauze or thin silk. It reviews fabrics from Louis XV brocades to Louis XVI faille, overskirts in silk muslin or gauze, and mentions byzantine styling with pearls and spangles.
The era presents rippled velvet coats with cloth or silk skirts and furring frills. New dress skirts mix frills with narrow velvet bands, while flowers, lace, chiffon, and rose buds adorn outfits. Rich browns and shot silks appear in elegant visits and evening wear with elaborate petticoats. Multiple waist styles from Empire to Directoire suit various figures, with slenderizing princesse lines and long waists for balance.
In Curiaco on December 20 the women on the Labor Congress Committee of the World's Congress Auxiliary resigned en masse. They said C. C. Bonney, the Auxiliary president, ignored their yearlong program focusing on labor issues. Mrs. Stevens of the Knights of Labor stressed Bonney’s five day plan is insufficient for vital economic topics. The Labor Congress was to share equal footing with the religious congress a monthlong focus.
A miscellany of brief notes including yellow fever spreading in Venezusia. Mrs Lang in poor health. the Mississippi freezing opposite St Louis. Kansas governor enforcing prohibition. opium seized in San Francisco. Toronto bankers suspended. a mining death in Colorado. a Baltimore tin plate plant on the way. assorted political and crime items from around the world and United States with several violent or sensational snippets.
Captain Blount faces a wrenching truth after Lavinia, his first wife believed dead, returns on Christmas Eve with demands. In Palermo he falls for Kathleen Seton, and in London he contends with Lavinia’s threat of exposure and a perilous New Year meeting.
A tollkeeper and a man named Collings clashed at the Sampeer and Cincinnati route as Collings attempted to pass without paying. Harrison killed Collings in the ensuing struggle. a jury acquitted Harrison of murder after a trial the next day. Attorn General Rosendale weighs on Wells Fargo express licensing in Colorado. A government inquiry orders arrangements for colonists in Enterprise, Kansas.
Local store thanks patrons for record holiday trade and announces hundreds of novelties just opened for New Year gift buyers. Readily available items include gifts missed by Christmas shoppers, with a promise of keen attention to customer interests and needs.
Notices urge residents to inspect the Fidelity Title and Trust Co. building on Fourth Ave to learn about smoke removal efforts. Seekers can obtain full details from Walker Smokeless Furnace Co. in Pittsburgh, Room 317, Lewis Brock.
A woman recalls missing a train and meeting Madame Lacroix in a Bloomsbury booking office. They discuss past friendships, a pension at Boulogne, and a scheme to vanish for years to frighten Lavinia's husband by appearing dead.
Chapter TV traces a man’s wild hope that Lavinia's rival might be an impostor. He visits Lavinia’s former nurse Hannah Stone in Pyedale, speaks with her in the wheelwright's cottage, and returns convinced a real bond may exist. On New Year's Day Lavinia asks his intent and he replies that reinstating her as wife is possible only if their relation is clear.
Henry Dudeny confronts Louise, Lavinia’s sister, exposing a cruel ruse to obtain silent money. He confirms the impostor’s identity via a mole and forcefully ends the deceit by offering quarterly funds from his bankers. They part as he heads to Kathleen’s awaiting safety. Manchester.
The fragment references Horsford's Acid Phosphate and Dr W E Crane in a discussion of abuse of alcohol. It notes dubious claims and a suggestion that heavy drinkers face dissolution risks, with mentions of Mitch Dak and a Dr Crane associated with the claim.
An ad listing gems and jewelry at 500 Smithfield Street with gold watches and silver items priced from modest to high, plus separate appeals from Davis & Co Booksellers and Miller Bros at 8 Fifth Avenue and 183 Federal for fine goods and prices. Also mentions a medicine for headaches and stomach issues.
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