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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1906
Page
2
A chaotic collage of quirky notes from politics to theater. References to Lipton, Greece, Persia, Venice tides, and a Springfield prodigy mingle with jokes on matrimony, crime cures, and a phantom rail switch. A scattered miscellany of cultural chatter and snatches of satire.
The article surveys women and children’s outfits with mauve velvet gowns, elaborate trimmings, and separate shirts as fashionable. It notes box plaits, full skirts, embroidered bodices, new long arm gloves, and chic millinery with pale felts and tudor shapes in golden brown hues.
A cretonne darning bag in two compartments stores stockings and darning cottons separately. Each section has its own drawing string. A cretonne panel stiffened with cardboard hides a needle pad beneath the top bar. Ribbon draws the strings.
Fashion notes describe dressy headwear featuring chenille patches, buckles in peacock hues, and black velvet wedding looks. High hair styling returns with herringbone satins in gray, plus radium crepe de chine and chiffon as evening tunks. Velvet coats and gowns surge, including a dark blue velvet street dress with a wide circular skirt and banded foot.
Melt butter and onions carrot and parsley without browning. Add water and oatmeal, simmer two hours or more adding water as needed. Strain, return to fire, thin with stock milk or water, heat to boiling, season with salt and pepper, then whisk in butter. Serve.
The article notes skirts, especially walking skirts, remain elaborately plaited though a few smart models use many gores to add fullness and shape.
A left costume features violet velvet with a double breasted jacket and pale blue velvet waistcoat edging. An empire style outfit uses a dark red cloth skirt, velvet plaits, and a velvet bolero with a plastron trim. Gray waistcoats, silver buttons, and white lace chemisette complete the ensembles.
A fragment describes a chocolate pie method with unsweetened chocolate sugar water hot milk eggs salt and vanilla. It includes steps to melt chocolate whisk in milk pour over and bake until puffed and set, noting a custard like texture and pumpkin or date pie resemblance.
A new glove described as strictly new with no seams comes in tan gray and felt. It features two fastenings a clasp and a large pearl button. The felt shade is especially attractive and versatile for many outfits. Dame Fashion notes an economical turn in style.
The excerpt advises polishing iron or brass bedsteads with a damp wash leather, then a dry cloth, and to apply vinegar to tighten tight screws before retrying. It also suggests crossing a bit of wire to hold flowers in a vase, and cleaning stove mica sides with flannel dipped in vinegar.
A New York guardian in the Surrogate's office quietly manages about 9,000 apprentice sailors in the United States Navy. For twenty two years he has acted as their guardian, arranging enlistment for underage boys through a private contract. He notes the system now runs smoothly, with around eight thousand sailors under his care scattered worldwide.
The article extols growing sea travel safety due to advanced ship design and signaling. Submarine signaling and wireless telegraphy enable distant, precise communication for collision avoidance. A Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse voyage near Weser, Nantucket, and Sandy Hook shows signals heard distinctly, confirming maritime navigation improvements and directional determination.
Esther Hallam notes in the National Press that Nelson’s fame rose from victory and grew steadily over a century. Even in youth he spoke of renown, hoping for a Gazette of his name, while contemporaries praised him as “There is but one Nelson” amid the Nile’s legend and Lords’ tributes by Lord Minto after the Nile victory.
The article explains Mohammedan inheritance rules and the practice of wakfs or family endowments. It notes how unbridled division of estates harms families and society, and how Islamic law allows tying up property for pious uses to benefit mankind. It traces origins to the Prophet’s family and parallels with mosque dedications.
In Everybody's Magazine November piece The Rothschilds of France, Vance Thompson details the funeral of Baron Arthur Rothschild as a grand Parisian display. Traffic halted, crowds stared, and a medieval procession showcased the family's social power despite the Baron's unremarkable life. The account notes contrasts with Victor Hugo and ends remarking that such anecdotes reveal social life of the era.
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