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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1894
Page
7
The text details French slouse and blouse designs with drooping fronts, moire trims, puffed sleeves, and a poppy waist feature. It notes color themes including red gauze, rose, and yellow accents, plus pale blue gowns with white pique stripes and black braid.
A old home tip describes sweeping carpet by crumpling newspaper sheets into balls, dampening them, and sweeping to lift debris. After gathering dust, spread a velvet pile and sponge with ammonia water to preserve brightness.
A fragment describes various makes and materials in tires, fancy goods, and a device or receptacle for holding items. It references offerings for those who can pay and notes elaborate prices and arrangements. The text is incomplete with unclear entities.
An article fragment offers home crafts and etiquette tips. It discusses a folded sachet design with ivory panel painting, glove handling, and wrapping new gloves in white tissue. It includes miscellaneous domestic instructions about laundering, sewing, and baking with imprecise phrasing.
In United States court Fairfield defendants asked for a trial and argued they had no funds for defense. They requested appointment of counsel to defend them, and the record notes that the court appointed two attorneys.
Fragmentary lines discuss elegance and silver items with garbled phrases and unclear context. No identifiable people places organizations or events are readable. The fragment hints at a drinking table and a pin holder but lacks concrete facts to form a factual summary.
Readable fragments describe a beaded centerpiece and sash ribbon with garbled text. Mentions a contributor to a children's page and a gift item for a little girl, including a moslin gown striped with embroidery.
Describes outfits for girls and boys including blue bearded white outfits, cheviot frocks with velvet vests, muslin dresses with empire belts, mauve veiling dresses, tweed coats with square collars, and numerous knickerbocker designs for younger boys in serge or tweed. The text emphasizes tailoring details and decorative elements.
The article details a shirred shade with four lengthwise rows creating a festooned effect. A marrow ribbon edge, tassel fringe, and cord trefoils accent each row. Top falls use old gold china silk lam brequin caught in festoons with graceful side folds and rosettes at festoon points. Tea drinkers imagine new novelty silver handled items joining table decor.
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