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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1905
Page
2
The disappearance of high crowns and oversized hats is welcomed as good taste. New shapes feature wide brims and eg shaped crowns, with heart and pear forms. Egg shapes show upturned backs with decoration, while oval forms may return. Some brims slope or roll with small violet accents.
A writer describes restoring gloves using a soap cleansing method learned from a demonstration. He details rubbing softened soap on the glove by hand, with minimal or no water, to remove grime and regain soft color and suppleness.
A sewing tip explains shrinking a woolen dress braid before sewing to a skirt to avoid puckering. Wet the braid, hang to dry without wringing, and add a few inches for shrinkage. Do not pull too tight to prevent a drawn look or make it too loose to avoid a ruffled effect, especially with serviceable brush braid.
A description of a blouse design featuring a deep yoke with adaptable embroidery. Narrow valenciennes lace runs in rows from the yoke to the belt, with three evenly spaced side rows. A shallow yoke uses insertion lace, edging frilled from each row. Sleeves are full, finished with long deep cuffs and tucked styling.
A New York model debuts an exclusive mahogany red silk gown, signaling a fashionable spring trend. The design emphasizes rich color and luxurious fabric as a standout style choice.
A white chip hat features a low round crown and a brim wider at the sides, left side turned over for three inches, right side barely touching the crown. The left brim is covered with flat sprays of lavender violets. the right with white and pale yellow violets and foliage. A violet velvet ribbon folds around the crown and threads through a slit to the underside, forming flat folds over a bandeau across the back.
A fashion description showcases a gown with two Dox plaits on each side of the front and a cu y center to reveal a soft chemisette. The full bishop sleeve features a plait at the top and narrows at the wrist, suitable for any solid silk or wool color.
The article notes the lasting popularity of transparent yokes and guimpes, selling in top shops. It highlights high priced yet versatile pieces like muslin and lace cuffs and the pervasive stiff linen collar with numerous styles ranging from masculine to feminine, featuring fagoting embroidery and dots.
Ribbon plumes, decorative and feather like, arrive in millinery as silk crosswise strips lightly hemmed and gathered along a center cord to mimic stems. Dahlias, primulas, and lilac will lead spring chapeaux, with flowers competing with ribbons for trims on back turning shapes, a Paris vogue.
A house gown described as a very full long open front low neck item with Span ish ruffles, called a Falalie by some, paired with a soft taffeta petticoat and matching embroidered stockings and slippers. It emphasizes comfort, beauty, and coordinated accessories for a cohesive look.
A young woman debuts a lace jacket with cream net applique and pale blue lace disks. Small sleeves and a deep corglet define the Paris fancy, with the front gathered by tiny pale blue velvet bows. The pale blue Parsifal silk skirt features only a deep hem.
A possible trend foresees the Juliet cap, a delicate head dress of gold or silver mesh with jewels, becoming common in theater wear. Observers hope the charming accessory replaces the maligned theater hat, deeming it a practical and stylish adaptation.
The coat features embroidery on muslin with Swiss lace and a tight fitting, long basque cut. It pairs with thin skirts of mousseline or voile. Spring mantles boast exquisite linings visible only when worn, a pity to conceal.
The Henry Phipps Institute in Philadelphia outlines practical rules for tuberculosis patients to prevent spread and aid recovery. Avoid spitting on streets, use spit cups, burn napkins, and keep hands and lips clean. Cough into a napkin, sit outdoors, rest, sleep with open windows, and follow physician prescriptions. Also explains how indigestion can cause nerve poisoning and affect mental state, linking chronic dyspepsia to broader symptoms.
In the far East the Japanese win victories astonishing the world. They show reserves more enduring and sharper in tactics than Russians. A simple rice based diet yields brawn and brains, unlike the Arysian meat and vodka. Mental clarity and energy require a clean blood, simple natural living shared by workers and soldiers alike.
The article cites Dr Willard Parker and English actuary Mr Nelson to claim alcohol shortens life, contrasting temperate individuals with drinkers and citing Rechabite longevity findings. It includes Kochlakoff and Meg experiments showing alcohol reduces gastric digestion and impedes meat digestion in dogs.
A two part recipe notes navy bean soup with parsnips onion celery and tomatoes simmered to tenderness then blended and finished with cream or milk substitutions include corn and a peanut butter based dish with cornstarch tomato juice salt heated and steamed in a granite bowl, then dried.
In Hardy county West Virginia the south fork of the south branch of the Potomac freezes into a chain of fishable pools. Men kneel at three open holes with copper wire snares to snare fish as downstream players beat the ice to drive fish upstream. The pursuit repeats until a catch is gathered or energy ends.
Charles Barton aged 82 from Hagerstown was sent Wednesday to the Maryland Penitentiary to serve a life sentence for murder. He may become the oldest inmate if he serves two more years. Other inmates include an 83 year old ex-prisoner, a 75 year old, a 70 year old, and three men aged sixty five.
Miss Daisy Badland of New Zealand arrives in Middleboro to wed her lover Francis Wentworth, an Englishman who served in the Boer War. He came to America after the war, worked at Easton with James Rankin, then bought an abandoned farm in East Middleboro to raise ducks and chickens, and recently brought his bride home.
Workmen uncover a four foot long man trap in a Cornwall farm well while removing rubbish. Once used to deter trespassers the device shows a powerful spring and danger signs. Though legal outdoors since 1827 and restricted indoors after sunset, such traps now appear mainly in museums or as curiosities fetching 20 to 40 dollars.
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