This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1899
Page
2
A 1899 fashion roundup highlights winter hats, bonnets, and gowns featuring velvet petals, jewel embellishments, and feather decorations. Velvet dominates hats and trimmings, with pearls, lace, and embroidered fabrics. A changeable taffeta waist with black velvet bands and bows completes the ensemble, reflecting the era’s ornate style.
Fashion is eclectic with new attractive items allowed if they suit the main lines of the era. Return toward the empire and directory periods, soft materials and molded silhouettes. Soaring tunics reveal the form while Valenciennes and English ornament are popular. long gowns show restrained ornament and gentle bows.
Fashion notes describe black velvet garments trimmed in ostrich, pink velvet, and gold jewels. Velvet tam and matching belt detail with chenille sleeves and metallic effects. heavy embroidery and spandies decorate coats and reverses. Undergarments feature varied undershirts and buttoned closures to reduce fullness, with some women layering webbing for extra warmth.
The piece outlines a low necked sleeveless princess gown with emphasis on close undergarments for stout figures and extreme cling. It lists colors willow green automobile red violet silver gray and beige as fashionable for elegance and ceremony. It describes violet silk embroidery with silver spangles, plaited lines, and a black galloon trim. It notes a bodice opening with light plaited satin and epaulettes over the shoulders.
The piece describes winter footwear fashions with emphasis on low or high ankle styles and decorative elements. It mentions two large pointed tongues covering the instep, varied ribbing, jeweled or gold buckles, white and colored options, and bedroom slippers with optional trim for evening wear.
The readable fragments describe a distant scene with unclear figures and places. Names and concrete events are missing or garbled. The passage hints at a meeting or sequence, but details remain uncertain.
Fragmentary OCR note mentions Sarina Fates and patterns, with unclear context and repeated garbled phrases. It references possibly a winter model event or subplot and a person named Ghar or Lig, but vital details are unreadable. The readable bits suggest a story fragment about a figure and events around a venue or residence, but specifics cannot be determined.
A fragmented fashion note details moss green velvet gown with draped velvet bodice, rhinestone fasteners, puff sleeves, and moss satin trim. Watermarked fabrics show peacock eye patterns and lattice embroidery, paired with an moss green silk skirt and light green magenta accents amid mentions of tulle and embossed decor.
Public auction notices describe farm and dwelling sales in Washington County and tax sales in Hagerstown. Listings include details on the Williamsport road area near the Hagerstown and Laiymsville turnpike, with terms requiring one third down and balance over two years, and tax sales of parcel lot No 2 in Winter's addition fronting Madison Avenue with specified arrears and costs.
A circuit court for sitting in equity orders a notice to defendants in a pending estate matter. The document names Deibert and Leah Reynolds among heirs and details a preliminary distribution plan under supervision of the court. It directs publication in a local newspaper and sets a deadline to appear by December 5.
Timetable excerpt shows connections and departures from Hagerstown to Baltimore, Cherry Run, Williamsport, Chambersburg, and Shippensburg with daily and Sunday variations. Includes Norfolk and Western lines, Fast Mail, and through trains to Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Chicago, and the East Coast, detailing leave times and arrivals.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.