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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1911
Page
3
The piece showcases how designers blend flowers and plumes in child headwear and adult millinery. It describes two pretty bonnets with blue braid brims, silk edge, and roses, plus an older girl’s veil and a virernerie style hat with crochet balls, braid, and motifs. It notes careful mounting and finished edges, highlighting miniature fashion as a charming, dressy craft.
Separate guimpes and undersleeves pair with summer gowns in matching sets. Cheap snow white and cream options with black or white chiffon are suggested. Embellished collars, black satin edges, and striped calico petticoats are discussed. Also tips on laundering, button updates, crochet covers for molds, and a heart shaped cushion for home use with detailed sewing instructions.
A new pretty nightgown design blends sheer dotted Byren with fine namsook fabric for the upper yoke sleeves and full shirt. The Swiss and nalmook are joined at the bust with ribbon beadwork. embroidery offers variations for home seamstresses with many possible combinations.
A fragment describes a new breakfast cap style for girls featuring an oblong shape with allover lace embroidery, lace insertion, and a lace fringe. The cap sits low on the back of the head, held by a fastening, with a wider front ruffle tapering toward the ends.
A fragmented instruction urges renovating a black chip hat by burning tint and dust removal, using olive oil on a saucer for brushing, and warming near a fire. It suggests drying properly before repairs, with guidance on reshaping the brim using a warm cloth and hot iron if needed.
A delicate lace waist features thin, attractive white lace bordered with white satin. A lace headpiece with blue satin ribbon knots at the side and a white wreath of pink roses decorates it. The plastron and pulled under sleeves are crafted from white tulle.
Revived parasol styles feature Spanish lace and dead white chiffon, selling at $20. Descriptions mention black chiffon lace drooping over frames, enamel and gut metal bundles, and variants in black or black and white. A black silk version with deep fringe is offered, with blue shades also noted.
Rivers across Kentucky Illinois Indiana Missouri and neighboring states drive a booming pearl fishery as mussel beds yield shells used to make buttons. Fishermen traverse muddy river bottoms collecting pearls valued from six to fifteen hundred dollars, with markets in Europe and the United States.
In a tense domestic tale Jimmy Lanning suspects his wife Ina of nightly absences. After a week of covert surveillance he discovers Ina waiting at home while he secretly watches from the basement, both finally learning they have swapped roles in a mystery of trust and nocturnal routines.
An essay from Ireland Yesterday and Today depicts Irish devotion to home. A west of Ireland traveler recalls stokvel voices of returnees from England with 20 pounds in hand to pay rent. A cabin and land near the birthplace bind him to stay, despite hardship.
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