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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1902
Page
15
A fashion overview details fur trims for jackets and gowns, noting white broadtail and black fox as popular choices. It describes lace appliques, guipure flowers in relief, and decorative stitching. Evening gowns feature black net over white satin with tuck techniques and rhinestone buckles.
Jewels adorn glove fasteners with turquoises and white enamel while pearls also appear. Auto red and black coats and gowns surge in spring fashion. Long black velvet sacks trendier with a slight rear flare. Brown tulle with chenille dots pairs with fur trimmed toques and wraps, completing chic ensembles.
The Chicago News reviews 1904 importations of underwear showing many beautiful matched pieces for fashionable women. Hand embroidery, fine materials, real lace, and elaborate trimming mark the garments as high in price. Large applique roses, velvet, and pearl embroidery decorate garments and sleeves.
A long biographical tribute to Gen Andrew B Spurling of the Second Maine Cavalry now living at 608 La Balle Avenue Chicago. It recounts his Civil War exploits including scouting, capturing Confederate riders, leading charges at Evergreen Alabama and other actions earning a congressional Medal of Honor. The piece notes his wartime heroism, promotions, and postwar reflections on duty and citizenship.
The Dover fox farm in Dover, Maine, owned by Elijah Norton, is described as Piscataquis county’s best paying farm. It houses 40 to 50 silver gray and Alaska blue foxes in subdivided enclosures, with tight wire netting and three feet of earth below. Foxes are fed scraps, are tame, and prices for silver gray fox fur range from 100 to 2900 dollars, high due to use in royal robes.
A fragmentary commentary traces how pie culture spread from New England through the country and abroad. The piece notes Kipling’s travels and cites immigrant influence on pie popularity, suggesting the dessert travels with generations and crosses cultural lines.
A compact look at notable toasts from Washington and guests during festive seasons. Washington’s Yorktown dinner toast to Cornwallis aroused united cheers from British, French, and American officers. The chaplain’s discreet toast to the first two words of the Third Psalm also drew a clever reaction.
Early New England magistrates deemed tobacco more sinful than excess liquor and limited its use to medicine or private elderly use. It could not be planted freely, smoked publicly, or even smoked in homes before strangers. Two men could not smoke together and Sabbath smoking near meeting houses was forbidden. Some towns required medical certificates to smoke.
Bralne Vengemire describes a curious horse tale as a gelding kicked in a stall by another horse later slipped its halter and walked past two horses to strike back. The avenged horse then took its revenge again, injuring the kicker with seventeen nails mounting the other horse’s shoe in its hindquarters.
A fragmented report notes Buckingham Palace houses twenty clocks kept in operation. Several clocks date to earlier eras, with movements still functioning. Keeping these antique timepieces running is described as a task of notable importance.
The article notes a rising Muslim population worldwide and cites estimates of 250,400,000 Muslims and 447,000,000 Christians. It comments on religious devotion levels, mentions Muhammad and Islam, and references the British empire context shaping the era.
A Missouri paper notes the untimely death of Uncle Jimmy Bimp, praising him as a mighty good man. The obituary could not be printed last week due to an unavoidable crowding of notices and the final obituary appeared later.
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