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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1898
Page
15
Alice Varnum reports on the new spring and summer fashion trends as retailers introduce fabrics like grenadines and maires, with shaded weaves and lattice trimmings. Hair nets, hats, and gowns feature high collars, long sleeves, draped satin, and jeweled accents, while bridesmaids and tea bouquets adopt floral parades and parasols.
Cream three-fourths cup butter with three-fourths cup sugar. Add three-fourths cup molasses an egg a tablespoonful mixed spices a cup milk a teaspoon soda dissolved 244 cup flour with 2 teaspoon cream of tartar. Stir well bake in jelly cake tins and when cold join with jelly or white icing.
A table center of drawn linen work is described with a colored square background. The pattern is outlined with a thick cord sewn firmly then filled with double cross stitch starting as an ordinary cross stitch and overlaid with another cross.
The readable fragment mentions someone named Sirkied Wywotkeq working in a fax thread and comments on colors used in the finished work, noting white as well as possible starlet blue or other colors.
M Quap reports on a Lime Kiln club meeting where Brother Gardner laments the hold of dreambooks on the colored population. He cites numerous dreams about money, marriage, luck, and election outcomes, dismissing the dream book as superstition and urging members to ignore it.
The New York Troth notes a sharp turn in a romance as Edith rejects Smithers, who previously appeared to be faltering but now appears to rebound or shift in prospects. The brief quips capture a social scoff at a stalled courtship.
The New York Journal reports a domestic dispute involving Mrs. Peck-It and Henry Peck-Not, noting contrasting remarks about fault within the family. The brief item signals a quarrel but provides no further legal or official action.
A promotional offer from The Progress and The Free Press in Shreveport Louisiana combines 52 issues of The Progress with 104 issues of The Free Press for 1.50 plus 15 cents for mailing, plus a free 500 page annual year book and almanac for 1898. The book, published December 25, 1897, covers encyclopedic subjects and practical directions. Subscriptions may renew or begin now, with the book mailed separately and the offer available for a limited time.
The Silver Knight Watchman is a weekly family paper edited by U S Senator W M Stewart. It promises a correct account of Congress, condensed weekly news, and broad circulation nationwide. Subscription price one dollar per year. samples and agents sought.
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