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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1903
Page
3
A fashion shopkeeper defends the separate waist, arguing it remains in style with a large varied stock this winter. Descriptions include chiffon foundations with lace and tucks, pale mauve and blue chiffons, crepe de chine, Valenciennes lace, and elaborate yokes. The piece notes many appealing blouses and slips for table and home wear.
A fashion discussion notes skirts becoming more bouffante with volants and lace trim, describing lace evening toilettes with five graduated volants and fur ther lace, plus net frills. It covers short morning and country wear, stiffened hems, crinoline relaunch fears, and three-tiered skirts with tabbers. Frock revival for afternoon and evening wear appears in Paris with Parisiens embracing the princess style under Mme La Mode.
Fashion notes from Ellen Osmond e describe how Paris and London shift from tight to loose veils, with summer hats already trimmed and winter styles following. The illustration contrasts two veil methods: a round veil for afternoon wear using chiffon and a lacey, more elaborate veil worn tossed back over the hat.
A dialogue from Tit-Bits shows two people walking and discussing rejection. She notes how terrible it would be to be rejected by a woman, he agrees and adds he could not bring himself to do it. They fall silent as he contemplates.
Philip asks about the word coroner and Sister Reeth explains it as a doctor who inspects deaths without medical aid. The scene shows a teaching moment in the classroom context.
A Sunday school lesson recounts Solomon's ascent to throne life after David, his dream at Gibeon where God offered wishes, and Solomon asking for an understanding heart to judge Israel. God grants wisdom plus riches and honor, with a promise of lengthened days if he stays faithful.
In Paris crowds filled streets for a walking race day as 1 600 competitors lined Champs Elys es and Place de la Concorde. Midinettes carriers chansonniers and others led to a spirited, unruly procession with many gliding runs and near disqualifications, while 350 prizes including furniture and francs spurred competitors from Savoyards to Bretons.
The article recounts a massive Paris to Nanterre procession with over half a million spectators and 20 000 participants on wheels and horseback. Mile Cheminelle won the race, while chansonniers staged a 16 kilometer poem walk from Montmartre to Sauresnes and back, each poet composing on a coin related subject announced at start.
The Workingmen's Educational and Home association plans a $200000 five story club building in East Eighty Fourth Street New York. It will offer a model gymnasium with track and glass rooms plus a lecture room and library for 1400 members.
The New York working class association will open a comprehensive program of lectures debates and courses. A 1200 seat ballroom with stage and gallery is planned on the fifth floor plus a bar cafe reading room and billiard room on the first, library and classrooms on the second, multiple small meeting rooms on the third, and a dining hall and parlor for women on the fourth. The building will be granite first two stories brick above with terra cotta trim and ornamental metal work. Gas and electric lighting and two elevators are included and the interior finished in hardwood. District Attorney Haymaker of Pittsburg recounts a nervous near miss after strolling on a railroad track and narrowly avoiding an oncoming train. He jokes this will be his last such risk. Also notes on debt aversion and a social quip about Willis hair.
In the AAU cross country event John J. Joyce of New York City defeats Alec Grant for the second time, signaling a strong challenger to Grant in distance running. The article also notes English and Irish cross country traditions, the Morris Park course, and related athletic topics from 1900s amateur sport circles.
The note notes fraud concerns and partnership liability. It states a lost or stolen note does not release the maker and discusses practice in Missouri. It mentions an artificial gut tapercha being made in England under Gentzach patents.
Housekeepers are warned about cheap baking powder schemes using alum and bone-derived ingredients. Authorities advise sticking to cream of tartar brands. Paris introduces a baby party game with a nurse and a milk bottle, ending in barley sugar rewards and audience amusement.
Booker T. Washington notes two motives for colored people moving to cities. He cites the proliferation of schools and social events like cake walks as attractions. He emphasizes that rural colored citizens are not oblivious to metropolitan social allurements.
Miss Whittaker of Savannah says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her four year uterine troubles in three months. She reports regular painless beds and health restored, praising the remedy over doctors.
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