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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1902
Page
3
An article notes the fall gown trend with gowns already completed for Lenox and other resorts. It describes a white satin mousseline dress with tea rose yellow chiffon, Irish crochet lace, and rose motifs, plus a bolero bodice and trailing yellow chiffon skirt in a decorative ensemble for a matron spending the season at Lenox.
The article notes a shift from wigs to transformations in women’s hairdressing, praising modern styles as fashionable and time saving. It describes three coiffure illustrations, one evening style with a side part and low neck coil, adorned with a wreath of blossoms and diamond-like dew-drops, as seen by observers in society.
Ellen Osmonde notes early fall hat styles as Paris dictating fashion. Black hats with Lamballe shapes and white underbrims lead trends, plus corsage trims. Mushroom shapes with roses and bows inspire urban looks, with black velvet borders and lace veils on Louis Seize hats. A crinoline street hat in black with green plumes appears.
A clipped dialogue notes Inferred Appreciation with Dolly and Polly, Dolly hints at listening as if to a three dollar concert. It also parodies two kinds of girls no fellow should flirt with one young and one older, from the Town Topics column.
A burglar calms a restrained victim with a revolver and a whispered warning to avoid waking a captive, while stating his own eagerness to escape with the loot. The scene unfolds as a crime report from the Chicago Record-Herald.
A brief Washington Star excerpt features Senator Sorghum noting a friend’s conscience is not clear but a bad memory that serves a purpose for some people. The exchange underscores political slyness and selective recall in public discourse.
Sir Georges Arbuthnot Burns leads opposition to J Pierpont Morgan in English shipping plans and Cunard ties. Lord Inverclyde, head of Cunard, halts Morgan’s scheme by refusing join, while proposing a government subsidized line between Britain and Canada. Other items mark Sir Lian Chen Tung’s rise in China and Cardinal Gotti’s potential papal succession. Lord Alverstone is named chief justice of England.
A dozen or more Americans reportedly received Prussian decorations during the Kaiser’s visit, raising questions about their acceptance under U.S. law. Notable awards include the Order of the Red Eagle and the Order of the Crown, with details on their origins, designs, and wearers.
The Chicago state employment offices, opened in 1899, are shown to have steadily aided job seekers across the South, West, and North sides. Data indicate more applicants on the South Side, with nuanced gaps between skilled and unskilled work and a strong tilt toward domestic service for women. American natives form a minority among applicants, with most laborers foreign-born.
A $100 cash prize is offered for naming the new Daily Limited train to California to be placed in service November 1902 by the Rock Island System and Southern Pacific via the El Paso Shore Line. Open to the public with no loss of any act. Send inquiries to John Sebastian, Passenger Traffic Manager, Rock Island System, Chicago.
Foot ease powder promises relief for tired feet and hot aching feet. Trial package offered free from A. S. Olmsted of Le Roy New York with instruction to request Allen's Foot-Ease.
Twelve years of hospital and private care give Miss Virginia Grane, president of the Nurses' Association in Watertown New York, a strong testimonial for Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits it with curing inflammation and ulceration of the ovaries and womb after other treatments failed and shares personal recovery from womb prolapse. The ad offers free advice to sick women and cites a $5000 forfeit if testimonial is not genuine.
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