Fashion notes of gowns and skirts for winter wear
Tailors push elaborate gowns with wide variety of fabrics from woolens to velvets and silks. Skirts range from five to seven gore styles with yokes, belts, and lace. trousers and jackets in rich trims, with bold passementeries and embroidery. The piece details bodices, boleros, and coats, noting new sleeve styles, yoke shapes, and the revival of inset plaits alongside vivid fabrics and trims.
Fashion notes on trims and passementeries
They are trimmed with stitched bands of cloth or velvet, box or side plaits and Persian passementeries. New York, Oct. 3.
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One Thousand Comely Women Seek Work in NYC Ad
New York Press reports a controversial ad by the Professional Women's League promising work at booths in a planned exhibition. Mrs. Knowles notes an overwhelming response, with many women claiming they meet the age and looks criteria.
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Little Italy
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Professional Women's League
The Local Option System in Massachusetts Voting
The October Atlantic piece by Frank Foxcroft explains the annual local option vote in Massachusetts towns. It describes how residents decide whether to grant licenses for intoxicating liquor sales, noting variations by town and the mix of motives including revenue and property concerns.
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Atlantic
Massachusetts
Gosnold
Boston
Paris Correspondent Captures Zola Household Quiet Life
Boston Herald's Paris report sketches Mme Zola as a gentle, subdued figure and her husband as a moral bourgeois man. An American remark about licentious writing provokes shocked laughter from Zola, who proclaims there should be no second wife.
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Chicago Business Women Club to Open Downtown Clubhouse
The Chicago Business Women's Club signed leases and will move into the former Technical Club building on Clark Street near Adams. The six-floor clubhouse includes a large reception room, reading area, gym, ten bedrooms for downtown residents, a public dining room, and private dining rooms. Membership supports both business and social activities with monthly dinners and daily classes.
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Chicago Tribune
Technical Club
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Grand Pacific
la Salle
Dearborn
Loop
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New York
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Boston
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Mary Bartelme
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Chicago Business Women's Club
Flavoring Vinegars From Garden Plants and Wild Herbs
Practical guide to making vinegars and flavor extracts from goose berries mint nasturtiums green peppers and herbs like tarragon and elder flowers. Includes steps for fermentation aging stirring spicing and bottling with notes on storage and shelf life.
Heart of the home and a tastier kitchen in a home maker’s view
A New York Tribune piece extols the kitchen as the home’s heart and argues for frequent wallpapering over paint. It favors bright colors, clean rooms, adorned servant spaces, and stylish drapery in bathrooms to lift mood and reduce turnover. A Washington Star note adds praise for nonalcoholic grape juice and outlines two methods to make it at home with and without sugar.
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Philadelphia
New York Tribune
Washington Star
Little Lessons in Economy Potatoes for quick breakfast dishes
Digestible morning potatoes vary in breakfast dishes from potatoes a la creme to hashed brown and duchesse styles. The guide outlines using cold boiled potatoes, butter, flour, milk, and seasoning to create creamy, browned, or rolled omelet shaped dishes with brief cooking times and parsley garnishes.
Potatoes and Oysters A Vintage Serving Guide
Practical kitchen notes on serving potatoes and oysters with multiple methods. Includes puffed potatoes, small boiled potatoes, Bohemian Potato Puff, and two baked oyster preparations in shells with butter lemon and crumbs.
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J. B. Pinkham
Veiling and Lace Fashion Pattern Description
French veiling with lace and velvet trim showcased in a blue gown with twine lace black velvet ribbon and white mousseline yoke. Details include snug waist round yoke deep plaits, fitted sleeves, five gore skirt, and pattern sizes for busts and waists with a 10 cent pattern coupon.
Women Vote and Civic Life Rise in Colorado Era
Helen M. Nixon notes that women’s suffrage has sparked civic awakening in Colorado, tempering activism with duty. Readers urged to view patriotism as civic action, not politics, as women increasingly participate and register for elections. Fashion notes advise chiffon bodices, tucks fading, and bold color trends, while a New York beauty pro promotes olive oil for hair and skin care.
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Helen M. Nixon
Era Magazine
Colorado
Ohio
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