This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 16 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1907
Page
6
A period article reviews muslin garments with trimming and drawers matching. It notes embroidered gowns and nightdresses, French beadwork, and scalloped edges. It cautions that very tight fits harm fuller figures and praises long lines and draped styles for body balance.
The text discusses a shift from short sleeves to mitten sleeves in summer and autumn frocks. It notes long sleeves may appear on tailored dresses, with sheer fabrics, horizontal tucks, and drooping finishes. Designers hint at a transition toward longer sleeves while preserving some short sleeve styles.
Velvet ribbons and fringe edging take center stage in the coming autumn styles. Velvet ribbons in two or three widths appear in home craft reconstructions and ready to wear bodices, while striped fabrics and lavender accents highlight new coat borders and gown trims.
The description highlights heavy lace usage on gowns with festoons of Sowers cut from pon padeur taffetas and mounselines, wet in the gown material. It notes ample narrow Valencian ruffles, chiffon bands, dyed gulpure and Ireland lace, plus needlework and rackings to create variety.
A rubbed and shiny Gloth surface may be restored by thorough application of turpentine. Rub well into the material until the entire surface is revived with a uniform finish.
A sewing suggestion describes a decorative linen case for a hair brush to keep it clean during travel. It calls for a full shape edged with silk cord, ribbons on the handle, and hanging from a dressing-table mirror. Embroidery options include cream with pink roses, red with pink ribbons, or pale blue linen with white highlights.
The article notes a rise in women’s outdoor activity driving demand for gloves across golf driving walking and motor gauntlets. Fashions favor buckskin leather gray tan and black shades with ventilated dusskin designs. Golfing gloves fit closely at the wrist with elastic while keeping the hand free and driving gloves may include a wrist strap for a snug yet loose fit.
The piece describes jabots with deep turnover, embroidered Maen with knotted tle, and silk and muslin designs. Noting Irish lawn embroidery with plisse fans, spotted foulard edges, and lace trim, it highlights muslin jabots and Irish crochet lace as fashionable elements for Angerie and similar garments.
The passage advises never leaving the veil on the hat long, as it stretches and soils. It suggests unpinning when the hat is removed, shaking the veil, pulling it round, and then storing it in a piece of Lisaile paper to keep it clean and folded.
A short guide describes a blue glow from touching a lamp in a homemade setup and warns of perceptible shock according to Popular Mechanics. It also notes Spain’s rapid electricity adoption with 80 percent of dynamos and motors imported, while curbstone brokers in New York use wireless receivers for market quotes. Giraffes and elephants reportedly disrupt telephone lines in Africa.
A new mechanical calculator, described by Popular Mechanics, can add subtract multiply and divide along vertical and horizontal lines via a keyboard, run by a small electric motor and printing records. Invented by a bookkeeper with 12 years of development, it aims to halve current bookkeeping time. The article also notes electric railway origins with Davenport and Del Negro and explores sodium as a potential cheaper conductor for electric cables, demonstrating a 180 foot iron tube filled with melted sodium passing 500 amperes.
George W. Richardson explains a compact wireless telegraph using a telegraph key in the primary circuit and a homebuilt coil, with a spark-gap receiver assembled from a power lamp and dry batteries. The article details aerial and ground connections, tuning coils, and practical distances up to miles under favorable conditions.
A Kentucky medical board official warned at an American Medical Association session that three quarters of graduates from the Medical Cosmeme t are unfitted to practice. Only about 25 to 28 percent pass. 58 percent were refused licenses. The critique cites cramming, teaching to tests, illiteracy among some candidates, and widespread incompetence blamed for patient harm and wrongful deaths nationwide.
A fragmented tale follows Miss Blink and Mrs Blinky two women who haunt a real estate office seeking a house. An agent discovers their true motive is idle curiosity and habit rather than genuine purchase intent, as the pair prod with questions about rooms, cleanliness, and even a murder site. The narrator notes their persistent, misdirected interest and evasive behavior amid sales attempts.
Senator Foraker chats in Xenia Ohio about a rival and vows to respond. He cites a tale of an elderly husband told to Henry, claiming his own future wife would not marry Matt Simmons. Henry retorts that the wife once refused him three times, despite his improved looks.
A hazy note from the Chicago Daily News hints at a grand show titled fighting the samosa with coy references to a Katherine Circus. The fragment suggests a warlike, carnival tone and a playful, chaotic label.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.