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Newspaper
Postville Review
Location
Postville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1907
Page
3
Julie Bottomiey discusses the origins and meaning of veils, noting their beauty across centuries and cultures. The piece highlights fashions such as chenille dotted brims, Marie Stuart bonnets for mourning veils, and grenadine or crape options, plus laundering tips and care for delicate materials.
Feature notes many fabrics in silk fashion covering mauve tones for winter wear. Striped and check patterns appear in novelty silks, with browns blues and yellows beside white. Pongees sedas and ork edon fabrics gain favor for autumn outfits with lace yoked waists and bias trim sleeves.
Exuberant display features countless small coats from boleros to short paletots with hand embroidery soutache and laces. Imported models now available at low prices. Also highlighted are cretonne table covers and hangings in white or cream backgrounds with soft greens dahlia reds yellows and Dutch blues.
The article notes purple hues gaining popularity as a daily color, predicting strong leadership in fashion once reliable purple tones become available, with suppliers delivering needed materials and trimmings to towns.
Light blue pink and gray tulle boas waist length on display, features heavy trimming with rose petals in game shades. Text notes their use as decorative accessories in fashion or costume contexts.
A novel season millinery feature draws attention with leghorn hat in natural yellow. Crown is high and round, brim wide and wired. Finest princess lace covers the crown and brim edges, finished by a wreath of white flowers and green foliage. Left side showcases three prince of Wales ostrich plumes. Headband hides with marines and fancy hat pins.
The piece discusses new raised silver and gold embroideries, noting they are handsome and costly. It advises against ordinary brushing and suggests rubbing slowly with crimson velvet. It compares crimson velvet to black velvet as a dust cloth and questions any dye-related effects from velvet use.
An impoverished gardener's son recalls a first love with Marie Mason, Col Mason's daughter. They shared lawn and wood adventures, exchanged letters in a hollow maple, and dreamed of marriage despite class and wealth barriers. Marie later accepts wealthier suitor’s attention, while the narrator privately vows to win her. The story follows longing, pride, and a spectral promise of reunion.
The article argues potatoes can be improved faster than other crops by careful selection, warns against using only small or cull tubers, and notes that fall planting of trees and bulbs can be advantageous with proper care. It discusses seed quality, orchard practices, protecting young trees, and basic bulb care and winter readiness.
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