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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1898
Page
3
Edward Wilbur Mason describes a tranquil dawn as mist lifts and birds fall silent. The scene shifts from waking thrushes to pale amethyst skies and wetlands where bitterns call and crickets sing, ending in a reverent morning hush.
A narrator recalls three years in Central America with a railroad survey party and a coffee plantation. An American planter’s slave Ferrara schemes with a jungle trap using a living tree to attack the party, wounding the narrator and his ally Carlinos. Ferrara is captured and sacrificed by plantation workers as vengeance.
A Chicago inventor claims a practical color photography method using a mechanical approach with a transparent line ruled medium placed on a dry plate. He says exposure yields preserved hues and would democratize color imaging for art, industry, and daily life.
Chicago druggist H B Leavitt answered a call to summon John Olson but a female caller pressed to confirm residence. Olson’s flat near Hill and Wells was later robbed of over 100 dollars in silverware, jewelry and clothing, with the telephonic ruse traced to the crime.
Hamuda Kasdarli a Turk from Porte Farina near Tunis measures 594 pounds after being enticed onto a platform scale despite religious scruples about weighing.
The text notes that a typical vessel traveling the Suez Canal incurs a toll, with an example figure around $4,000, illustrating the cost impact on small freighters and standard liners.
The wedding dress of Queen Marie Antoinette has been discovered in the ancient church of Kenuweg near Vienna. Austrian brides historically presented their gowns to churches or used them for vestments to adorn images of the Holy Virgin.
The piece describes a linen waist with silver stripe and tailored construction, notes size range and yardage, and shifts to social anecdotes. It then discusses how women use penknives, preferences in gifts, and popular knife styles sold by jewelers and in shops, with anecdotes from Chicago Times Herald and Chicago Record.
The New York Press notes a new decoration trend using coque feathers with added touches such as white polka dots, metal sequins, or edges from other feathers. Ostrich plumes feature tiny contrasting dots achieved by selective twisting and dying, with potential imitators and chenille dot embellishments.
The article notes larger imported gauze fans for the season with many black and white styles replacing color. Black gauze fans feature ebony sticks with silver spangles, while white gauze shows painted satin inserts, lace, and gold embroidery. ivory and gilt sticks appear, emphasizing ornate, fragile fashion coquetry.
Christine Nilsson known as the Countess de Casa Miranda visits her father’s little home Snugge in Vedersloefs parish then travels to Gottiosa and stays at a small inn kept by an old friend. Forty years have passed since she left her friends and the simple fireside of youth.
A cadet blue and crimson checked tweed belted Eton jacket with a silk vest in blue and plain silk revers. It can be worn over a shirt waist or alone, with a seamless back and a single front dart belt. No. 357 covers sizes 82 to 40 inches bust. 1.5 yards of 54 inch fabric needed.
A Washington lawyer notes women overlook one growing field selling law books. He says the expanding courts and rising demand create vast opportunity for women in this business, where printing and legal texts surge.
A returned correspondent praises Miss Barton for effective care of wounded after Santiago. He recalls botched quartermaster and medical handling and credits her with turning to hospital needs and preparing better meals, saving lives. The piece notes the wounded remember her work.
Medicine first admitted to women in Russia. Unattached women surgeons aided troops in 1877. A recent law lets diploma holders join government service with privileges and a pension upon appointment.
An advertisement from Up To Date Pattern Company invites readers to send ten cents for patterns described in the column. The offer notes the firm at 153 West 23d Street, New York City, providing readers a means to obtain various sewing patterns.
The essay traces historical dinner times from Elizabethan twelve o'clock to Cranmer at noon and Venner’s 11 o'clock suggestion in 1650. It laments modern artificial hours and muses on preferring an eight o'clock supper and bedtime, noting the clash with theatre and social events.
A frequent headache cause is too little blood in the brain with pain on top of the head, dizziness, and ear noises. The remedy is a slight stimulant such as strong tea or coffee or hot soup to boost circulation and relieve the ache.
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