Fashion Notes From The East For Autumn Wardrobe
Beauty looks to the East for gowns as fall lays groundwork for winter. A Worth demi season cape in deep blue with gold interwoven, passementerie, and lace trim appears. a cashmere velvet costume with beige wool and metal buttons is shown for afternoon wear. winter accessories include embroidered capote, aprons in flowered organdy, and decorative gauze fan motifs.
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Jack Frost
Worth
Hierper
Bretelles
Avant
Acre
Joop
Fashionable gowns show corset styles and adjustable house dress
Richly described gowns feature a corselet princesse with guimpe and embroidered panels, Randnitz coat bodice with bias drapery, velvet trims, and a versatile detachable house dress by Mrs Jenness Miller. The piece notes Viennese milliner rooms with multiple dress trials and models, and the strain on models.
Fashion notes on French autumn gowns and souvenirs in Fons
The piece surveys French autumn and early winter fashion, noting imported fresh dresses and elaborate corsages, plain skirts, seamless waists, princesse gowns, and high collars. It describes sleeves from bouffant to leg o mutton, bishop styles, and new gown foundations, plus innovations in skirts and fabric treatments.
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France
Neweet Boraers
Guests of a Chief in Araucania Camp
The narrative describes Araucanian camp life near Valprivia with a chief and his family. It details tents, guards, offerings of trinkets to guests, and the Indians’ customs during a storm, feasting, and a skull drinking ceremony while noting their beliefs, punishment methods, and child rearing practices.
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Valprivia
Caine
Linnista
Araucania
South
Central America
Tar and Feathers Appeal From Bleeding Kansas
A searing call urges Southern supporters to defend their leaders against Republican measures. It implores Adams to boycott telegraphs and mobilize brigades to rescue a favored figure in Kansas while condemning abolitionist actions and voicing fierce loyalty to the Democratic party.
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Kansas
Mobile Regisiter
Polk
North Carolina
Adams
Negro Alliance
Great Alliance
John Brown
Peffer and Simpson
Brother Adams
Red
Kolb
Ocathites
Ossawstamie Brown and
Quantrell
Democratic Party
South
Forgiveness and a Dream in Conny Pennsylvania
A Coroner’s note recalls a man torn by revenge who chooses forgiveness over bitterness. Conscience and a gentle spirit guide him to release hate, after which he dies and dreams of angels. Conny Pa September 12. 0 Jom.
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Conny, Pa
Jom
Jim
Beauty in the Home Reflects Whims of Women and Business
A 19th century home decor feature surveys fall designs and the clash of modern taste with antiquated pieces. It notes Baccarat tables and English tea tables in unlikely rooms, cites a Boston chemist on arsenic in a engagement, and describes a cave-like wall treatment and silk cord fringe. A dealer laments women’s whims driving trade, recounting wax flowers and macrame fads and a custom chair frame sold for 22 dollars that ended up far pricier than a standard stock piece.
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Pest
Garmenta
United States
Mamma
House Decoration Trends and New Fabric Treatments
The article surveys home decor developments from alcove adaptations and wall coverings to curtain hardware and vine motif trims. It notes shifting preferences toward colored lighting, canopies, frieze patterns, and wax ivy, plus railings and woodwork harmony with furniture.
The Game of Lure A New Pastime in England
A Pall Mall Budget piece describes a new social game called lure played in public spaces like trains. The initiator starts a private conversation to draw a stranger in. if successful the lure’s starter gains money from the group, with additional payouts for partial success and failures.
Pallium Description From Rome to Archbishop Katzer
The pallium is a white woolen band about two inches wide worn over the shoulders and crossed in front. It is made in Rome from wool of two lambs annually donated by the Santa Agnese sisterhood during their patronal feast with Agnus Dei sung at mass. Black crosswork decorates the white wool and ornaments attach to the ends. The pallium traces to early church history and is shown in a 8th century mosaic with Pope St Leo receiving a similar pallium. Pope St Mark's era is noted at his death in 336.
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Katzer
Rome
Santa Agnese
St. Mark
St. Leo
Boiling Lobsters Alive Questioned as Cruel Practice
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat condemns boiling lobsters alive as barbaric. It contrasts humane methods for calves and hogs, noting veal can be produced without bloodshed and electricity now often replaces brutal killing, while lobsters endure ongoing suffering from boiling or broiling.
A Novel Work Basket or Mrs Gould Handkerchief Pillows
The Syracuse Star notes Mrs George Gould crafting dainty pillow cases from Cambric handkerchiefs for her baby Marjorie Guise. Each cover uses two handkerchiefs joined on three sides with lace, frilled bottom, and monogram in the corner. Mrs Gould originated the idea and her family was early to own a set.
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Syracuse Star
George Gould
Marjorie Guise
Gould
Fashion and reform clash in Chautauqua era dress trends
The article examines women's dress reform at Chautauqua and argues changes to attire strain under real wear. It notes long-standing fashion habits, comfort advances, and the persistence of individual styles, warning that strict uniform dress is unlikely to endure and that beauty and practicality continue to guide women’s clothing choices.
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Whitten
Pretty Lake
New York
Pittsburg
Mra
Jenness Miller
Russell
Tombstone Marks Death of Enoch Morris in 1867
A marble grave marker in Round Grove Cemetery east of Dwight Illinois notes the death of Enoch Morris, son of James E and Charloot Morris, who died August 9 1867 at age 19 years 3 months. The white marble tombstone stands about five feet tall and three feet wide.
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Round Grove
Dwight
Enoch
James E
Charloot Morris
Youth’s Suicide Relief Sculpture Inscribed With Mourning Lament
A carved relief on a front shows a youth in the act of blowing out his brains. An inscription below laments the loss of a boy named Ala, fingered as the cause by a double barreled gun. The speaker pleads mercy and resignation to God.
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Anlee
Mina
Gould Family Names and Romance Surrounding a Newborn
The article notes George Gould naming the first daughter Orie for his wife and recounts the naming of the Gould children. The two younger boys, Sanddon and Jay, carry their mother’s family name and a reference to the grandfather. The piece blends family romance with the birth announcement and the husband’s naming privilege.
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Gould
Kingdon
Jay
George Gould
Orie
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St Louis Globe- Democrat
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Cici
Satan
Garden of Eden
Eve
Lizzard
Cici's College
Fannie B, Ward
Beauty
Boston
Neu Donia
Columbia College
Chandler
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Pyne
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Milhwaukee
Wisconsin
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Lake Chautauqua
Bristol
H. Welch
Waenn
Dr. Price
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