Fashionable summer color schemes in light fabrics and linens
New York June 12. Fashions illustrated emphasize tasteful color harmony for summer wear. White and light shades dominate with black and white contrasts, tan and ecru combinations, and linen dresses featuring decorative laces, trims, and embroidery. Pattern dresses in linen suits and tailored items are highlighted along with accessories, coats, pongee wraps, and bridal attire suitable for the season.
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Ecru
New York
Gadding Girls Shape Fashion and Morality in Emporia
A western paper denounces mothers and gadding girls age fourteen to seventeen in Emporia, urging home duties and plain dress to curb temptation. It notes fashion shifts toward soft bridal satin and chiffon styles, bonnet resumption, and Directoire influences as society presses for stricter conduct and guided youth.
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William Allen White
Emporia, Kan
Gazette
Emporia
The
Aoime
Subtle Summer Fashion Shifts Noted in New Styles
The New York Tribune observes subtle yet marked changes in summer fashion. Descriptions are elusive, but the overall shift toward lighter silhouettes and updated bodice designs signals a new season style direction.
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New York Tribune
Linen gown pattern promotion for outdoor summer wear
Heavy linen dresses are showcased in sage green with matching linen lace collars and cuffs. The ad lists fabric yardage for sizes and waist patterns 4353 and skirt 4166, notes pattern coupon details, and instructs readers to mail 10 cents per pattern to The Journal Pattern Department in Indianapolis with size and quantity.
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the Journal
Indianapolis
Ind
Fashionable flora and a plea for mothers’ summer vacations
The piece surveys summer dress emphasizing floral motifs and artificial flowers, then urges families to give wives and mothers a vacation. It laments the endless urban labor of women, imagines daughters funding a respite, and argues youthfulness depends on varied activity, travel, and opportunity.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Domini
Asbury
Mountains
Washington Star exposes adulterated fruit products in home markets
The Washington Star notes government scientists reveal widespread adulterations in canned fruits jellies jams and pickles. It highlights dangers of mislabeled products such as raspberry and strawberry jams made from scraps and saccharine fruit butters, urging cautious consumer awareness in homes.
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Washington Star
Washington
Don’t cling to him love tips and home remedies
Don’t cling to him too tightly. Keep your individuality and humor. Do not cry for effect, disagree to agree, and give him space. Practical advice covers gentleness, mischief, and routines from hair and skin care to cooking, stretching exercises, soda uses, and a clothes tree for airing garments.
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Sethian
Man Seeks Comfort From Old Beginnings
A man drifted from his patch of steady living and now longs for his past comfort. He shows a conflict between hard changes and a wish to return to a simpler start.
New York Dressmakers and Their Parisian Style Influence
The article depicts New York dressmakers as well connected to Paris fashion, with buyers modeling gowns in showcases and hotels. It notes prominent houses, Peacock Alley society promenades, and the habit of fitting gowns in clients’ homes, highlighting logistics, costs, and staffing of fashionable establishments.
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New York
Terry
Paris
Newport
Philadelphia
Boston
The Greatest Jewish City. Buffalo Commercial.
Mayor Low spoke at a protest meeting against Russian persecution. He noted 250 years since New Amsterdam when Spanish and Portuguese Jews were welcomed and that New York now houses more Jews than any city. He argued Jews are quiet, industrious citizens treated kindly, a strength to a nation.
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Buffalo
Russia
Low
Newsterdam
New York
Kishineff
Pingree potato patch ends as Detroit abandons land
Springfield Republican notes the Pingree potato patch in Detroit, started by Mayor Pingree and later Governor, to aid working people. After ten years the program is abandoned due to lack of cultivators, with charitable societies previously hiring city and suburban lots, supplying seed and land.
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Springfield
Pingree
Detroit
Union Relief Association
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Louis Quinss
J. Marott
Washington St
Indiana
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