Fashions Preview and Mourning Advice From A Past Era
A column surveys spring and summer fashion trends with emphasis on leg of mutton sleeves, round skirts, rich petticoats, and decorative millinery. It notes silhouettes inspired by early 20th century dress, including crinoline hints, watermarked ribbons, and oversized ostrich feathers, while offering cautious guidance on appropriate mourning attire and ready made options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cam
Letty Lind
Atorm
Roel
Ear charms and the beauty of ears in ancient myth and modern fashion
A reflective piece on ears as a perceived asset in beauty, noting cultural views from ancient myth to modern actresses. It discusses how ear shape affects perceived attractiveness, methods to conceal ear flaws with hair styling, and the idea that beauty includes selective hearing as in the Japanese three monkeys motto. It concludes with a view on retaining only what is good and beautiful in what one hears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleo de Meroge
Travel and manners unite the world in shared habits
An editorial argues that travel shows people are largely alike, and manners matter less than genuine interest in others. It notes how language and history reveal common human nature, and that ease with strangers comes from curiosity and generosity, not rigid etiquette. It also comments on fashion, noting black costumes with blue accents and brown-black combinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Home Journal
Amusing party refreshments with whimsical fruit sculptures
The article describes playful edible crafts for children's parties using apples, bananas, oranges, and other fruits. It suggests making figures like an elephant, an Indian in a canoe, Paddy and Paddy's pigs, a clown, and mud turtle favors from prunes, peanuts, and toothpicks, emphasizing simple materials and quick assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Carly
Paddy
Bunny
Velvet Neck Ribbon Fashion Accord With Ball Gowns
Black velvet neck ribbons are hugely fashionable with ball gowns. The ribbon is wide and worn comfortably, fastened at the back with a jeweled bar. In front a diamond pin or buckle or diamond slides along the sides complete the look with fine jewelry over the velvet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rejane
Virgin Pine Oil Cure Promises Cold Cure in Hours
A dubious tonic touts Pure Virgin Oil of Pine with whisky and glycerine as a cure for colds and coughs. An authority claims the mix heals in a day, but druggist records reveal it is sold cheaply in halfpint vials labeled under the Foot and Drag Act. A second anecdote recalls Bishop Talbot collecting contributions from hoboes, exchanging a dollar for a fake cathedral tale in Laramie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Ives
Ives Am Gord
Tix
Leach Chemical Co
Cincinnati
Talbot
Pennsylvania
Idaho
Wyoming
St. Paul
Talbm
Laramie
Reading Matter About Canada Sent To Family
A letter from Mrs Ed. Troupe expresses satisfaction with Canada after nearly a year here. She praises the country, notes brighter winters than Illinois Iowa and Michigan, mentions two light snow storms, and asks for reading material about Canada for her father and brother to join them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Illinois
Iowa
Michigan
ED. Troupe
His Coveted Sensation
A thoughtful young man reads a magazine story while a companion muses on craving berserk rage as a dramatic feeling. The exchange hints at education and emotional intensity as the club window frame casts a quiet backdrop.
Case of eczema in the south from Cuticura ad
A Hydropolis Louisiana man recounts his wife suffering eczema for three years. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment the illness subsided and she fully recovered following the complete Cuticura regimen. He thanks the company and endorses it locally, dated January 6 and September 1, 1906. The piece ends with a Bacon quote on advice and example.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cutteura
Robert
Hydropolis
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the Seaver Herald
Maud ©. Thomas
Beaver
Oklahoma
William T. Quinn
Bes
Albert Wellborn
Coasty
Terriorial
Federscraven
F. P. Madison Beaver
Okla
LS. Munsell
Ayer
H. Loofbourrow
Oklaboma
Dean & Laune
Eee
Territorial
O & Land Office
Woodward
Hoover & Swindall
Texas
Land Office
Department of the Interior
Alwnender
Alexander
Mayes
Joe Im
Sil Courts
Unites Land Office
Woodward, Ok
Briggs & Wybrant
Bones Abstracter
Fred C. Tracy
Beavar
R. Wright
Adverse
Oklahome
W. Herod
Clyde H. Wyand
H. D. Meese
Geo. H. Healy
Riverside
Xzawder & Bdaly
Otlehome
the Advertis
Nolee
Boar's Head
Ben Jonson
Europe
AG Asset
Western Canada
Maidstone, Sask
C. J. Broughton, Esq
Chicago
Cuticura
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