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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1907
Page
3
The piece argues that true style requires vast means, a slender figure, and distinctive personality. It notes current vogue favors high waistlines, long cling, and minimal attention to the dress itself, with innovations like mixed textures met with limited enthusiasm. It describes outfits with cream point d esprit, velvet ribbons, and yokeed indoor frocks, emphasizing emphasis on waist height and color accents.
The piece surveys elaborate hair fashions of fashionable women from opulent coiffures to empire curls and indelible waves. It notes long preparations, the use of masks and metallic sheen, and the evolving head shapes with fringe and jeweled bands featured at social events.
Reported sighting of a baboon like creature near Darby Pennsylvania unsettles Delaware County residents. Some fear it as a practical joke while others arm themselves or set traps. Zoo officials deny any lost simian. theory leans toward a native local monkey or hoax.
Carl Hammond, a 60 year old homeless man from Long Island City, spent seven days locked in an ice house where hunger and cold drove him near death. Rats gnawed at his fingers and neck as he lay trapped until children and Policeman Stull rescued him and provided water and food. his condition is uncertain but he may recover.
In Danville Moomington Newfoundland eight guests dine on an elaborate eight course banquet atop a 200 foot concrete smokestack built by the Tilmole traction system. Miss Marguerite Richey climbs the narrow interior ladder to serve the party while a crowd gathers below.
Busby writes of a terrifying storm bound night in a remote Dubuque county hut. He hid as rattlesnakes crawled across his chest and walls, leaping from a doorless cabin to safety. The electric light revealed a cabin teeming with serpents as rain pounded outside.
Captain James Barr was buried when a shipment of green coffee was loaded into the Lakewood lighter at Bueh stores in Brooklyn. He was trapped under fallen cargo for two days before being rescued, suffering a broken leg and ankle but later revived and expected to recover.
A lengthy discussion on colonial architecture contrasts old and new in American homes. It traces how colonial houses evolved from spacious halls and fireplaces to more compact, efficient layouts with updated heating and plumbing. It notes the enduring appeal of square forms and broad halls while highlighting practical changes like hot water, kitchen flow, and the shift from separate servants’ quarters to integrated spaces.
A reader reports a misrendered phrase about Minne and the femwuy Tada, noting odd spellings and a linkage to lodging. The note questions root spelling, wonders if maidens and lodger terms reflect a lexical error.
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