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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1898
Page
6
A fashion note describes the new empire veils as an exclusive trend, affordable only to very extravagant women or those with substantial funds. It explains fabric, length from two to two and a half yards, and styling details like hanging smoothly, crossing behind, caught on the left shoulder with a jeweled pin, with the border reaching the chin.
A compilation of excerpts from London and American papers criticizes theatre hats and headgear etiquette, praising restrained outfits and low or no hats in theatres while noting rising bicycle fashion and broader dress tolerance, with judges opposing knickerbockers in halls of justice.
The Philadelphia Ledger notes boutonniere styles for ladies vary by dress and complexion. For dark outfits use light flowers and for light outfits use dark flowers, with white outfits favoring dark red roses. violets work with any color but green, limits apply. Sprays start with a large rose, then medium and small, plus maidenhair fern and Aspelazus.
A French court denied Mlle Chauvin approval to join the bar, rejecting her petition as the Procureur General abstained gently. The report notes her attire and mentions her varied studies including philosophy and literature as part of an encyclopedia like legal course.
Orange, N J fashion observers note the latest Paris trends with pebbled jewel slides on neck ribbons and gilt frames for embroidery. Sleeves trend tight to the wrist with puff tops, rhinestones rise in popularity, trained evening skirts return, and new jackets and cravats appear amid evolving day wear and grand reception styles.
Rev. Maurice Penfield Fikes of First Baptist Church in Trenton New Jersey introduces six pretty girl ushers to fill seats and collect offerings. The scheme brings full pews and almost $300 added to the church treasury amid mixed reaction from fellow ministers.
Fragmentary text describes a garment sequence with satin lattice and velvet ribbon. It mentions a guimpe and a cross lattice feature that imitate a yak above the blouse, suggesting an elaborate medieval or historical costume detail.
In Clinton County Pennsylvania a reclusive woman known as aunt Maggie lives alone on a bare ridge. Hunters found her mountain hut stocked with bear and deer skins a St Bernard messenger dog and rifles. She welcomes children but shuns adults offering little about her past or why she chose isolation.
A London Telegraph note explains a new silk fishing thread made from mulberry pulp derived silk. Silkworms, now seeking work, yield a tenacious invisible line after a process using vinegar immersion, cold water, caustic treatment, drying in shade, and optional sulphur bleaching.
A Chicago Times-Herald piece describes frog fishing in Louisiana with a broad punt, cane pole, twenty-five feet of line, three hooks tied with red flannel and a jug to prevent malaria. The frog is lured, hooked, killed, and discarded, a grisly scene framed as a murder in cold ice water.
A laudable effort is being made in Dublin to hold an exhibition of manufactures and raw materials in the city next year. It is proposed to showcase local industry and resources.
The tale recalls Colonel Allen D. Chandler of Georgia narrating the 1863 Hazlehurst capture of Union Brigadier General Neal Dow. Dow’s transfer to Richmond followed a tense Montgomery escape while Chandler and aide Coon Mitchell guarded him. The account ends with Meade and Grant denying rumors of retreat amid press scrutiny.
An insurance man recalls a man who stored 100 cigar boxes totaling 10 000 cigars valued at 10 cents each and insured for 1000 dollars. The smoker later claimed the policy paid because the goods were consumed by fire though no fire occurred. The tale highlights technicalities vs. practical fraud.
In Honolulu harbor a gunboat loading coal saw a Kanaka crew dive for coal as a man-eater slept beneath a lighter. Three Kanakas leapt overboard, killed the shark with knives, and surfaced smiling as the sea ran red, ending the maneater threat.
Harper's Magazine notes the spring wheat belt spans from Minnesota and the Dakotas into Manitoba and the Canadian Northwest. It argues northern growth yields superior food quality due to sun, dry air, and pure waters, with richer albuminoids in grasses and fresher fruits, potatoes, melons, butter, and dairy products.
A historical note describes a substitute for rubber produced by boiling rape oil with sulfur until solidified. The product is described as blackish brown with a strong penetrating odor, though improvements in purification are reducing these defects.
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