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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1892
Page
4
The article describes corsage height and necklines to elongate figures while detailing sleeve treatments and fabrics for bodices. It notes embroidered gowns with chrysanthemum motifs, velvet or brocaded options in corselet style, and white cloth costumes trimmed with white fur and chiffon, with variations in gold lace and tan accessories.
The article describes three quarter capes and jackets with flowing gowns in heavy cheviot and velour, plus ulster style wraps with large sleeves and pearl buttons. It then notes a news brief list including Greece snow, cholera in Holland, anarchists on trial, and other varied items from late news.
The article describes silk lined evening wraps in pearl gray heliotrope pink and blue with fur trims and tii capes. It covers gown alterations with silk scraps chamois leather cuffs and braided ribbons, belt options, and jewel work becoming a popular embellishment for dresses and boudoirs.
A Paris outlook describes autumn style including sea shell bracelets, camel hair wraps, fancy overgaiters, dyed velvets and taffeta trims on cloth dresses. Snowipen ribbons adorn new house dresses with pleated sleeves, while baby bodices favor gathered waists and long sashes.
A jumble of brief items covers murder accusations and divorces, quaratine travel bans, Afghan politics, the Washington Mint, a World’s Fair relic, tax receipts, hydrophobia death, railroad improvements, Alabama mine murders, British public works, Bismarck feuds, a bank robbery convict, Chicago legal orders, and a duchess pamphlet. Names include Walthall, Tipton, Covington bank, De Soto stump relic, Forbes, Gounselman, Beasley, and the Dowager Duchess of Sutherland.
Laura and her husband George Gerard travel to Monaco for her illness as Col. Danton urges gambling. In the casino, Gerard gambles away all, betraying his oath to Laura. He returns to the hotel destitute, contemplates suicide, and, in a final act, fatally wounds himself as he is interrupted by Col. Danton's cry.
Prices advertised for ladies top, patent leather tip Goodyear welt blucher at $2 to $3. Menage includes Misses grain boots and Dongola shoes priced from 89c to $1.25 with infant styles 10c. Rubber footwear offered and women croquet sandals priced 14c.
An old advertisement touts Horsford's Acid Phosphate as the cure for sleeplessness aimed at overworked professionals. The text also promotes Millon & Howne piano sales in Belleville offering guaranteed, near-perfect instruments.
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