Illustrated Fashions Show Sashes and Gowns of Color
Sashes of various materials and styles frame this season with wide ribbons and large back rosettes. Black and white ensembles dominate, with green accents and red detailing enhancing delicate daytime gowns. Boleros, moire jackets, and lace trims shape silhouettes while sheer fabrics gain depth from bold sashes and decorative medallions.
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Dresden
Steen
Batiste
Sarah
New York
Fern care tips and fashion notes from Home and Flowers
An article outlines Boston fern cultivation with soil, moisture, drainage, and temperature guidance. It explains varieties Nephrolepis exaltata Bostoniensis and N Wittboldii, their growth habits and propagation, plus winter houseplant care and fern-related fashion remarks from the era.
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E. E. Rexford
Wittboldtt
Pineapple Preserve and Domestic Economy Reflections
A column contrasts old fashioned home canning with store bought goods, detailing pineapple preserve methods and the sterilization basics. It blends practical tips on fruit selection and sugar ratios with a narrative vignette about fashionable self care and salon visits.
Home Preserved Fruits and Labor in Hot Weather
A collection of old fashioned preserves and methods for canning fruit in heat. Instructions cover pineapple, raspberries, blueberries, tutti frutti, quinces, and parboiling hard fruits, with notes on sugar ratios preserving liquids and optional brandy. Also included are a brief exercise routine to improve posture and flexibility.
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Toll
J. B. Pinkham
Contents of the Basket headline in New York Evening Post
A thin man on a suburban train carries a basket that meows and clucks prompting a curious child’s questions. The scene unfolds with playful dialogue about the basket, while unrelated snippets reflect social concerns about fashion and grooming habits in the city.
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New York Evening Post
Masy
Mrs George Gould at the Polo Game
Mrs Gould cheers on her sons at a polo match in New York. She stands on an automobile seat and moves among players discussing points with the team, while wearing a gray gingham dress and a white leghorn hat. Neighbors admire her nerve, others joke about wealth's leverage, as Gould boys receive enthusiastic crowd support.
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New York Telegram
Gould
Mrs. Gould
Tommy
Fashionable Somersaults for Fat Reduction
In New York Sun fashion tips, turning a somersault on a long mattress is praised as a fat reducing exercise. The piece suggests simple routines for stout women, including wall kicks, side repetitions, chair jumps with a broomstick, and playful dancing to stretch and exercise, claiming noticeable waist changes over time.
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New York Sun
Dutch in New York furnishes a modern art vibe
A Twenty third street shop showcases art nouveau and mission furniture in a Dutch dining room, featuring ash paneling with a Lowland canal scene, gray plaster ceiling with dark beams, red brick fireplace, copper accents, and a mix of stained oak and ash furniture. Green denim cushions and red leather add color while blue china contrasts the dark wood.
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New York
Care and dress tips from Good Housekeeping on infant care
A long excerpt covers cooling a hot baby, feeding, and fluids during summer, plus general parental guidance on infant hygiene. It repeats advice from a physician about keeping babies minimally clothed, baths to reduce fever, and frequent nursing. The piece also touches on women’s behavior, fashion trends, and practical home tasks like stain removal and cooking tweaks.
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Washington
Dee
Belege E
What a Man Likes
A New Orleans man secretly likes a slightly unconventional girl but fears public opinion. He is overly dependent on social acceptance and lacks independence in matters of affection, being more sensitive to societal views than the weaker.
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Owever
New Orleans Times Democrat
English Factory Women Lead in Reform Push Across Atlantic
English workers in factories and shops push for petitions and reform, while American workers lag. Lancashire Yorkshire and Cheshire petitioned Parliament with thousands of signatures from textile women, backed by deputations in London and Chelsea. Speakers, all former mill workers, demand shorter hours, more leisure, recreation, and voting rights to secure labor justice.
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Baltimore
Heling
England
Lancashire
Shire
Yorkshire
Cheshire
House of Commons
London
Chelsea
Miss Riddish
Iine
Frederick Nathan
Miss Adams
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