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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1905
Page
2
scattered notes report odd claims from bomb scares to royal intrigues. references include a sack of varied topics from Persia’s shah to New York fortunes, yacht costs, a jewel heist in Newport, and a prowling talk of naval paternity, all set in a fragmentary, era-style column.
The piece previews autumn fashion trends with colorful appliques, touches of gold, and aluminum trims in gray taffeta. It notes royal blue and inauguration blue, Myrtle greens, and deeper plums as favored shades, plus methods for washing ribbons and ornate collar details. It also describes the traveling gown in rose-pink Sicilienne with a caped collar and velvet ribbon accents.
Four cups of white sugar and one cup of hot water are boiled eight minutes without stirring. Test by dripping from a spoon, and if it threads, rub against the cake bowl rim. if it forms a ball, pour out and beat rapidly with a wooden spoon, then add flavoring and allow to cool. It cuts soft for days and can be mixed with nuts to form bonbons or colored with cranberry juice or parsley juice. Tender parsley leaves are pounded to extract juice, strained, and added to boiling water for a pale green color.
French makers novelties in cut and line appear here with Empire coats in white serge or white cloth. Skirts match and the tailoring is severe or features collars, cuffs and heavy open work embroidery.
Fashion notes favor surplice-cut blouses with a sheer guimpe and lace collar for summer dresses though they suit older girls better. Heavy embroidery or appliqué borders appear along the surplice edges while rear frock trimming remains light with valenciennes edging.
The article describes enhancing blouse appearance with new neckwear including a three inch turnover collar of canvas embroidered with a spot, a chameleon ribbon or glace silk band with a rosette knot, and rainbow ribbons for various uses. It notes high collar details, plaited ends knotted below the neck, and hem-stitch borders as decorative elements.
A fashion note explains that in modern dress a waist and skirt alone no longer suffice. An outside coat or matching wrap is essential, even with a linen shirt waist frock, which should be worn with a coordinating third garment. The era's heat is noted as a drawback.
The article discusses fabrics for coats, noting eolienne and colieine as options. Eolienne is praised for its flowing lines in loose coats, while vodo in coat and skirt styles loses favor. Taffeta coats are considered a better investment overall, despite higher initial cost.
A local fashion note suggests that when a girl crafts a fancy white petticoat to wear with transparent skirts, the finest ruffie possible is one sewn from handkerchiefs, praising the stylish effect and resourcefulness of repurposing linen.
A late French design for a traveling gown in brown linen with a loose jacket trimmed in heavy all over lace and matching edging on the sleeves. The skirt features new ornamentation with stitching and could suit white or colored linens with matching lace. Also described is a delicate Paris summer blouse in fine lawn with embroidered edges and a rolled collar option for warm days.
The text notes extensive use of red shades in garden colors and fashion. Geranium red is especially popular, worn widely in gowns. other vivid reds include tones from camellias and gardenias. The tone emphasizes strong red aesthetics in attire and decor.
A walking length gown in green rajah silk features a draped bodice with a cream batiste yoke and lace, cut steel buttons, silk trim, and a matching waist ruffle. Elbow sleeves carry the silk trim and the outfit is completed by a green straw braid hat with parrot wings.
Readers are invited to study a shift in style from ornate dresses to tailored coats and long skirts. The text contrasts strawberry pink fabrics with gold thread details and lace accessories, then pivots to coats in short banquet and bolero forms and long skirts with cross cuts, sweeping the floor without dragging.
An 1859 excerpt by Thomas Starr King describes the Franconia Notch Profile as a 80 foot rock visage formed by three masses. The piece notes timing for viewing, its resemblance to a human face, and the broader New Hampshire mountain grandeur beyond the famous profile.
Williamstown resident PB P Paquette says he hatched chickens in thirteen days after receiving eggs in incubation. He notes the eggs were already incubating when he received them and the quick hatch surprised him, prompting further thought about the process.
The world’s largest plant is likely a seaweed species that can reach about 200 feet in length. Its stalks are dried and used as rope by South Sea islanders.
A Hebron farmhouse nearing collapse is notable for its age and for housing key origins. The timber for New York City s Bowery theater was cut here, and Prof Oscar Allen born on the farm pioneered nickel plating in America after studying in Germany. Levi Allen oversaw the timber work in 1825 26.
The oldest known letter, 400 years B C, found in Attica. deciphered by M Wilhelm of the Austrian Archaeological Institute. Engraved on a folded feoden leaf, it asks the market porter to deliver to Nau sins or to Thrasicles and requests a blanket of sheep skins if possible.
A trained carrier pigeon bred in Wakefield was released 150 miles away in Cornish. Despite being mated and settled with B Woodbury, the bird flew back to its old home in Wakefield within about a year, demonstrating remarkable homing ability.
A thunderstorm in Bucyrus Ohio struck an iron hitching post in front of David Kramter’s residence. The post was destroyed and its main portion toppled into a bed of dahlias where one red blossom was flattened. The white flowers remained unharmed.
A Massachusetts man and a young woman fishing from a Lake Ponacook wharf in New Mexico. The pair hooked nine two pound pickerel and a one pound fish, with the larger catching the disappearing tackle by the tail before landing. The fish were weighed and brought to shore, illustrating an eager catch and quick action.
A fragment notes a woman who lived near Palmyra Mohan for twenty years and within two miles of her home. She remained unaware of a panicked war in existence, with a pond two miles away revealing no connection to the buried matter.
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