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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1890
Page
13
A colorful survey of health beauty and fashion trends from sleep and rest to gowns hats and accessories. It notes sleep as a beauty preservative, outlines party attire with velvet bands and butterfly motifs, and surveys footwear jewelry and grooming habits with a satirical eye on social norms.
A detailed fashion column discusses capotes and bonnets, hat choices for prominent features, and theater styles. It covers house dresses in glossy black silk, Tudor revival ideas, and sumptuary critique, with notes on fabrics, trims, and color palettes for autumn and mourning.
A column blends theatre anecdotes about a star actress and a male actor, plus Queen of Roumania’s tact via Emily Faithfull. It advises an autumn dinner with symbolic leaves, fruit, and grape festoons. The semi annual migration notes October movement as families relocate belongings and houses in city life.
A reflective piece contrasts aging in women and men in a city scene. It notes how debutantes fade by midlife while men retain vitality, humor, and social polish, aided by routines and grooming as they age gracefully. Clara Belle is mentioned as the speaker.
Corresponder describes Moses Keokuk son of Chief Keokuk, a 65 year old Sac and Fox leader, once a blanket Indian with three wives. Now a Christian with a white wife, he asks what to do with his wives and chooses to live with one while discarding another. the piece notes Keokuk’s influence, a church presence, and a land rush near Sepulpa as the Frisco Railroad advances toward Keokuk territory.
German Library head Mrs. M Werner returns from Germany noting vast changes over 30 years, praising American progress, Grover Cleveland's tariff stance, Bellamy and Tolstoi popularity, and the quiet order of U S life contrasted with Pittsburg's bustling scene.
The article explains Solomon Islands money using cocoanuts as a base and lists exchange values including red and white money strings, dog teeth, porpoise teeth, and items like a good quality wife priced at 10 000 cocoanuts. It details a hierarchical currency with shells, teeth, and crafted items forming the economy.
A London manicure assesses public figures by nail quality. Gladstone exhibits fine color and size, well kept hands, and proportionate nails. Sir Frederic Leighton features a large firm band of nails, while Charles Spurgeon shows uneven nails and a flabby hand.
A San Francisco Call report notes a globetrotting postal card sent from South Kensington England on July 2. It traced stops at Gibraltar Port Said Suez Aden Calcutta Hong Kong Shanghai Yokohama before reaching San Francisco on September 30.
Frank G. Carpenter reports Speaker Reed has a queer double named Bell who runs a photography gallery near the Capitol. Bell recalls a Western Congressman asking to be recognized on the morrow, and Bell offered to verify him through the camera. The bill was not brought up as a result.
A garbled Washington Post snippet references a journalist nicknamed John and his wife Mia in a scene of domestic or violent implication with vague details about injury and earth or aging imagery.
A Pall Mall Budget note reports English insurers insuring few women as lives. Agents say women are not breadwinners, insurers view them as poor risks, and rates are higher due to health. A small number of sound, healthy insured women with children sometimes qualify.
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