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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1900
Page
5
The article describes a pink crepe de Chine dress with cream satin and black velvet ribbon, detailing plaited folds, a high waist, and a lace apron. It notes wearability for street and dress occasions, with accessories like pink gloves and a pearl hatpin. It also touches on summer headwear, mothering tips, and beauty advice columns.
A fashion note details two parasol styles in white satin with black and gray trim and a green moire option. It also critiques women’s dress and hair trends, urging sturdy waist design, collar practicality, and neatness, while noting evolving hairdos and recent fashion critiques.
A chaotic OCR excerpt combines kitchen instructions for rolled meat with berries and suet paste, then shifts to dressmaking notes on fabrics and detachable fronts. It also recounts Topeka shop superstition among female customers and a Monday purchase anecdote. The piece mixes culinary, sewing, and social quirks from a bygone period.
Aunt Trudy writes from Button Rose Cottage on Aug 4 1900 about organizing a colony. She recalls scouting a distant promising Kansas area, finding a trout farm near a creek and river crossings, and imagining a self sufficient community with farming, schooling, and trade. She notes social dynamics, local characters, and the dream of starting a Kolony despite rugged obstacles.
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