Weight Midsummer Costume From Linen Fabrics
The article describes a morning costume using two linens with a plain skirt and attached bow waist, plus trims of embroidery. It highlights novelty linen gowns, ginghams, and cuer embroidery, with color contrasts and a cravat-like collar in one piece. Also notes window plant varieties for different light exposures and hints at seasonable fabrics like a light weight crinoline and seersucker styled outfits.
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Harper's Haxar
Wwe
A Burlesque Scandal of a Milwaukee Starlet
A Chicago Tribune retelling recounts a Milwaukee girl, fresh from high school, rising in a burlesque troupe led by Manager Engel. Plans to smuggle her into a rival production with a staged prince and a Milwaukee lover ended in a dramatic awakening scene, exposing a deceitful escape plot and prompting concern for the young performer’s future.
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Engel Wi
Hug
Otto
Prince
Mr. Engel
Milwaukee
Nellie
Bariexque
Engel
Anil
New York
Chicago Tribune
Petticoats of Mustin Sell Fast at Low Prices
Petticoats are selling like hot cakes at low prices from a dollar and a quarter to two dollars. A girl’s plan adds fullness and a frilly edge by buying the $1.25 petticoat and six yards of embroidery then gathering the embroidery at the top ruffle. Embroidery costs five cents a yard, making a dainty, updated skirt for about thirty cents more than the original price.
Fashion in Belt Buckles and Dress Accessories
Floral French silver belt buckles in tawny hues with ribbon slides. Velvet bands with pointed ends feature fancy buttons or tiny buckles. Strapped acrona vests create striking ensembles. Skirts are simple with tucks. jackets show elaborate Irish and filet lace combinations.
Fashion notes on dresses and trims from a past era
The article sketches tips for dress styling with brick red, cream, and pastel ideas. It mentions tassels as accessories, sleevelots as separate undersleeves, white alk fringe on a cream dress, small black dotted white dresses, lace cuffs, and lace stock as finishing touches.
Portrait of Fort Sumter Painting Arrives in Charleston
A 1863 war time painting of Fort Sumter by Lieut. John K. Key, nephew of Francis Scott Key, shown in Charleston. Blockaded shipment carried it to England where it stayed until recently returned to Charleston.
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Fort Sumter
Ft. Sumter
John K. Key
Francis Scott Key
Charleston
England
Naval Yard to Build New 16000 Ton Battleship Connecticut
Naval constructor Capps will oversee the work on the new 16000 ton battleship to be built at the New York navy yard. The vessel is to be completed as fast as contractor efforts allow and will probably be named the Connecticut.
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Naval Constructor
Capps
New York Navy Yard
Connecticut
Dry ranges and dwindling feed across western territories
Mohave County Arizona reports dry poor ranges stocked with cattle and horses, plus a band of about 5,000 Angora goats for sale at 3.50 per head. Coconino County Arizona notes fair ranges with ongoing drought, water scarcity and poor outlook. Carbon and Pima Counties Arizona describe very dry seasons, scarce moisture, dying cattle, and little winter feed, while irrigation crops and hay promise a better yield in other areas.
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Mohave County
Ariz
O. Li. M. Gaddis
Coconina County
W. Davis
Carbon County
Wyo
J. F. Crawford
Pima County
Aris
Tucson
E. L. Whitmore
Saguache County
Colo
J. T. Melvin
Cochige
Elias
Increase of Silos Promises Stable Dairy Feed Supply
Reports from New York indicate many new silos are being built as farmers recognize silos as insurance against feed shortages. Stored crops can be kept for years without losing nutrition, reducing weather dependence and stabilizing dairy output across seasons. A few dairies already enjoy year round abundance, while the rest strive to catch up.
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New York
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