Anne Gages Beau Theodore Rivington Reese Engaged
Anne Gage returns from Georgia with a fiancé named Theodore Rivington Reese. Her friends gossip about his wealth looks and age while Paris of skepticism gives way to wary joy. Anne prepares a three day visit and reception as her future husband meets her circle.
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Hilda
Anne
Gail
Fanny
Hilda Sushed
Theodore Rivington Reese
Teddy
John Wilbur
John
Gabe
Gage Parlor
Lingerie style Angerie hat for home millinery
Julia Bottomley describes the lingerie Angerie hat crafted at home using embroidery lace Swiss and batiste. Hats are built on wire frames with sheer mull or chiffon coverings, featuring edgings or narrow lace, puffed crowns, ribbons, and garden flowers. The style suits both maid and matron and launders well.
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Elay
Julia Bottomley
Summer hat fashion and hair care advice piece
The article describes a hot weather dress wear idea with embroidery and flouncing, a white straw hat trimmed with a May blossom wreath, and lists materials like embroidery and flouncing. It also advises girls to wear hats in summer to avoid sunburnt hair and notes Breton peasant style influences on summer fashion.
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Bether
Britany
Dean's Kidney Pills Ad Promotes Weak Kidneys
An old Kansas ad extols Dean's Kidney Pills claiming they help sick kidneys and the body’s strength. Testimonial from Ted Hiatt of Oswego, Kansas, recounts kidney improvement and avoiding surgery after using the product. Also included is a Missouri classified style notice seeking a marriage prospect from Hazel Eyes of Bingville, Missouri.
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Dean
Ted Hiatt
Oswego
Kans
Kansas City
Chicago
Dean’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Bingville
South Missouri
Hazel
Kansas City Star
His Claim to Prominence in a Social Moment
A man at a social gathering met Senator Julius C. Burrows of Michigan. He praised Burrows as a man of prominence. Burrows replied he was the man who “died at first” just before Casey’s famous Mudville game.
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Julius C. Burrows
Michigan
Burrows
Senator Burrows
Casey
Mudville
Success Magazine
Satire and Secrets in Small Town Society
The dialogue features Banks and Rivers debating a women’s secret society in their town. Banks argues women tell secrets, while Rivers jokes that secrecy defies stereotypes. The exchange touches on social satire of privacy and self-perception among townsfolk.
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Banks
Rivers
Summer Coat for Evening Lingerie Gown
A simple black chi summer coat in three quarter length with slashings connected by taffeta silk tabs. The neck is very low, fastened only by a silver cord tassel. Edges are embroidered in a silver wave design. Chiffon pairs with light taffeta silk as an option.
Irish Lace Collars Regain Summer Fashion Spotlight
As warm weather returns fashion shifts to Irish lace collars. Women pair four inch collars with coats and blouses, the lace design featuring a dipped front and plaited tabot finished in Irish lace and linen.
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Anne Gage
Fanny Leal
Hilda Maing
Georgia
Geil
Gali
Fannie
Mportant
Castoria
Bears
Carter
Turely Vegeta
Amy de Pul
Nuine
P Peuilid
Sally
Druggidts
Mall
PaxTom Toilet CO
Borros
Mass
Cascarrts
Daisy Fly
Soman
Losila
N. U
Cincinnati
Resinol Chemical Company
Baltimore
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