Night and Dawning at Westward Hope
Ronald Cray, a young engineer, shelters Helen Ware after she kills a man in Virginia. The pair hide his crime, nurture a fragile romance, and face a courtroom confession. Helen's memory returns at the trial, clearing her of murder as they depart for a new life together in the West.
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Ronald Cray
New Mexico
Clay
Cray
Virginia
Ile
Ned
Helen Ware
West
Ronald
Helen
Sally
Garments for Baby as Welcomed Gifts in Washington Star Style
A Washington Star style guide advises baby garments as ideal birthday gifts for a mother. It notes small yokes and dresses in nainsook, cambric, fine linen, and pink or blue flannel, with simple embroidery and lace to keep clothing practical and attractive.
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Washington Star
Chin Chin Collar Tops This Season's skating costumes
A fashion note highlights the chin chin collar as a popular innovation for skating outfits this season. The illustrated hat features white velour with black seal trim and complements the costume trend.
Forehead Fashion Returns to Modern Style Echo
The article notes a new fashion edict demanding visible foreheads as essential for models and society. It contrasts past concealment behind bangs with a renewed emphasis on a high smooth forehead, praising historic painterly ideals and the alliance between masters and hairdressers.
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Councils of Fashion
Gainsborough
Watteau Era Forehead Style Highlighted by Painter Torrez
Describes Watteau women with airy brows never hidden by curls and the directoire era when Torrez and other painters shaved a small scalp along the hairline to stress whiteness and smoothness of the forehead rather than conceal beauty.
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Directoire
Torrez
Get the Right Neckwear in Smart Collar Styles
The article describes collar choices for different ages and outfits. It contrasts stiff linen and pique collars with softer silk, crepe de chine, and hand-embroided collars. It notes how collars should turn over a dark tailored coat and suggests detachable fasteners to keep them in place.
Use for the old raincoat in clever repurposing
The text suggests transforming an old silk raincoat into a bathing suit for summer, with blouse and skirt cut from the best parts, bloomers from leftovers, and accessories from spare pieces. It also proposes waterproof envelope shaped bags for carrying rubbers or slippers, with taped edges and braids for handles.
Harriet A Chapman Dies at Ninety in Charleston
Mrs Harriet A Hanks Chapman of Charleston dies at age ninety. She was a third cousin of Abraham Lincoln and granddaughter of Sarah Bush Lincoln, stepping mother of Lincoln. Also notes railroad wage hours talks, a fatal train wreck near Veedersburg, a hospital escapee, hoof and mouth payments to farmers, a Carlyle murder, and other Illinois briefs.
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Harriet A. (Hanks) Chapman
Charleston
Chapman
Abraham Lincoln
Sarah Bush Lincoln
August H. Chapman
Chicago
Danville
Fyfour E
Veedersburg
Ind
Chicago State Hospital
Dunning
Jane Woodard
Springfield
Carlyle
Sherman Brown
John Brown
Davenport
James Sterritt
Red Cross Fund
Wilson
Nicholas Hunt
Hyde Park District
Thompson
John J. Halpin
James Gleason
Healey
Gleason
Rockford
Winnebago County
Prophetstown
M McNamara
Muldoon
Northwestern Steel Company
Strkers
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H. M. Egbert
W. G. Chapman
Skater
News OF Illinois
Lincoln
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