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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1898
Page
31
A long, ornate survey of post holiday fashion trends notes the coming season’s fabrics, trims, and silhouettes. It highlights hats, nets, and toques, with emphasis on long sleeves, high collars, and intricate embroidery, plus new materials, drapery, and color accents in gowns and outerwear.
A historic recipe fragment describes mixing three fourths cup butter and sugar then molasses an egg spices one cup sweet milk soda dissolved flour and cream of tartar folded to a dough. Bake until jelly like then join with jelly or white icing for a layered cake.
Describes a table center design with a drawn moon pattern. Instructions note laid over a colored square, with threads drawn in squares and worked with linen thread. Adds finishing with a thick cord around the edge and double crochet work for a sturdy finish.
A fragment notes crafting work in a textile thread, praising the beauty of white work and possible use of arlet and blue or other colors. The quirky phrasing hints at handmade stitching and color choices.
At a Line Kiln club lash meeting Brother Gardner derides dreambooks and their backers. He notes many members display dreambooks and claims such pages promise luck, money, or marriage in dreams. A speaker, M Quan, promises to expose dreambook fraud and invites a doubter to approach.
A clipped quotation from the New York Truth notes that Dene a som appears to fade, while the opposite is stated as he has just come from Edith refaved Jim. The fragment suggests a contradictory report about Smithers' status and a related name Edith and Jim emerge in the text.
In this brief note the phase The Silent Factor appears with misprints for Mrs Peck-It and Henry Pork-Bnk. The New York Journal is cited, hinting at a domestic quarrel type anecdote involving two parties and a public interest angle.
Public notice-style advertisement promotes a combined subscription deal for The Progress and The Free Press at 1.50 for a year, plus a free 1898 Almanac. It promises extensive editorial quality and urges prompt action, with mailing and additional book costs detailed and dates referenced.
The Silver Knight Watchman, a weekly family paper edited by U S Senator W M Stewart, claims to provide a correct weekly account of Congress and major happenings. Subscription 1 per year, agents wanted, distributed from Washington DC.
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