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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1903
Page
2
A lively seaside column details summer dress trends with purple, gram green and plate tones, silk coats, and embroidered hats. It notes the rise of white shoes and sheer stockings, and how outfits adapt to hats and accessories for hotel dining. A hotel gossip thread recounts a splurge on a grand livery turnout and envy of resort life, contrasting stylish display with moral judgments.
Mary Gould Lytle argues that the American woman’s throat and nasal voice offend European sensibilities. She urges women to train their speech to project from the tongue tip for a clear musical voice, claiming it is a duty and improves perception abroad.
Abby Morton Diaz, an American author and social worker from Belmont Massachusetts, championed progress, women's rights, and world peace. The piece traces her lineage from Mayflower ancestor George Morton, highlights her early upbringing in New England, and notes her literary and public activism including leadership of the Women’s Educational and Industrial Union of Boston.
A dramatic hazy vignette unfolds with a frightened woman saved from a fall by Greatrox as she vanishes through shutters onto a plaza. The narrator describes a yellow crepe gechine dress, lace panel, velvet ribbon, and delicate silver spangles on her face in a garbled yet vivid theater-like moment.
Advice on storing and applying perfumery to household items and clothing. It covers lining drawers with scented paper, creating sachets, placing scented bags in garment pockets, and using small amounts of perfume on skin and after washing. Emphasizes light, subtle fragrance over strong musk or patchouli.
A historical caution on neck care notes that stiff starched collars and high necklines harm neck beauty. It contrasts modern dress with grandmothers’ looser coverings and advises wearing soft ribbons or lace rather than collars to avoid skin compression and excessive perspiration.
The piece discusses pictorial ads driving revenue for photographers and a public figure who allegedly had a contract with a studio. It notes the actor's denial of likeness, suggesting a possible double, and compares the ad to another famous image. The tale hints at lucrative endorsements while warning about uncanny resemblances.
A new negligee stock features a very soft silk handkerchief in large size with five to six color options including navy blue green, black and crimson. The fabric is batik dyed with stones tied in silk creating white areas and a wheel like pattern. It is folded and knotted for display. The World’s W C T U convention in Geneva, Switzerland, won its sixth annual award.
A fragmentary fashion note discusses children's white wool frocks and light coats with decorative trims, describing wearers with wrinkled faces and the aim to protect gowns. It mentions suitable footwear, soft coats for warmth, and a stain remover mix of lemon juice and salt for linen fabrics.
The readable fragments show scattered phrases about ture and putting articles in the man two or three applications may be necessary and the note about worry. A line about White mohair adds a decorative mention without clear context or complete details.
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