Decoration Day Revered as Nation’s Unity and Heroism
A lengthy discourse extols Decoration Day as a unifying American ritual honoring fallen soldiers who fought to preserve the Union. It argues war purge of sectionalism, praises national virtue, forecasts future global leadership, and lauds the enduring moral lessons drawn from the Civil War amid calls for peace and progress.
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Pan
South
North
American Brotherhood
Republic
Europe
Asia
Summer Morning Frock Details and Dress Trimming Trends
The article outlines a buff linen summer dress with black taffeta bow accents and Irish lace buckle, a buff hat trimmed with black wings, pale buff gloves with black embroidery, white buckskin boots, and veiling skirt. It notes varied dress touches and silk trims, including net undersleeves called Dolly Madison, as Mary Dean signs off.
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Dolly Madison
Mary Dean
The Real Test of Honest Opinion on Winter Country Life
Diogenes sought the honest man and urged finding a suburbanite who will reveal his true view of country life in winter. Harper's Bazar notes he then set out to apply this supreme test.
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Diogenes
Harper's Bazar
A Man Cannot Possess Better Than A Good Woman
A wry proverb attributed to Simonides notes a man cannot own anything finer than a good woman and nothing worse than a bad one. A concise reflection on virtue and character in relationships.
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Simonides
A System for Packing a Trunk for Travel
A traveling woman describes a space saving trunk packing method. She uses a sturdy partition for hats, a sawdust box with medicine, wrapped shoes with boxes inside, several large linen covered envelopes for dresses, and a top tray for laces veils and gloves.
Fashion's Fancies Lace and Color in Modern 1920s Dress
Bright citron yellows trim gowns or outfits with embroidery touches. Oriental colorings appear in borders while wreaths and vines create stylish garlands. Silk blossoms on pins replace gold brooches. Ombre ribbons and a little ta ffeta jacket als o serve as chic accents. White cloth coats feature black velvet panels with wide Irish lace inserts. Lace, real or machine, dominates fashion, overtaking Venetian imitations.
Jewelry Recovered From Flower Bed in Theft Case
At Kingston on Thames police court a general servant is charged with stealing from her mistress of a pearl pin and a pearl and diamond ring. A reward notice led to a garden search where detectives found part of the jewelry in a flower-bed and the remainder in the prisoner’s bedroom.
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Kingston-on-Thames
Ivydeane
Southborough Road
Surbiton
London
Decorations of the Daughters at Washington reception
The jewels worn by the Daughters of the American Revolution at a Washington reception are valued over $500 000. The piece notes that jewel estimates vary and compares the potential impact of ammunition value in the revolutionary era to shorten the war, suggesting fathers of the revolution could have shortened the war if they had $50 000 worth of ammunition at key moments.
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Washington
Poston Transcript
Woman's Shoe Laces and Heart Strings Parable
A reflective line notes how a woman's shoe laces being broken resembles a broken heart string, drawing a comparison between everyday measures and emotional fragility.
Woman's Long Illness Recovered By Pinkham Remedy
Mrs. Bertha Murr of Louisiana Mo describes twelve years of illness and eleven doctors with crippling cramps and monthly pains. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with rapid recovery and urges other women to seek help. The Pinkham firm notes the medicine uses native roots and herbs with no narcotics and offers confidential advice from a woman.
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Louisiana
Lydia E. Pinkham
Bertha Murr
N. 4Th Street
Pinkham Laboratory
Lynn
Mass
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