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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1902
Page
7
A fashion column bemoans women walking for themselves versus maids, notes costuming shifts like tan shoes on wide lasts with Cuban heels, and heralds the sailor hat’s return for summer wear. It also mentions velvet and suede accessories and the trend toward longer outing skirts and refined street attire.
The article describes a white rough straw hat with a wreath of ereb apples, satin ribbon rosettes, and versatile styling for day and evening wear. It covers footwear, fabrics, colors like Venetian pink, embroidery, and heavy applique laces, plus the rise of triple skirts, long white cloth cloaks, and fall color schemes. It also notes open-air verandas in homes, decor shifts for autumn, and the use of screens and covered verandas to extend summer living into cooler months.
An eclectic preservation piece blends ad copy for a cereal patent food Cere-Frato with home kitchen tips. It discusses a breakfast to all day food, notes ingredients like wheat and fruit sugar, and adds furniture and scent hints, then shifts to piano placement and studio scents, followed by Sunday dinner etiquette and a Cream Sauce recipe with precise measures and steps.
A collage of recipes and home preservation tips. It covers breaded tongue with tomato sauce, tips on keeping tomato color in catsup using whole spices and proper tomatoes, and a Turbot dish with milk sauce and baked layers. Includes a corn pudding recipe and stray notes on selling preserves and a small delicatessen.
An East End barber recalls the pride of coster youths in hair adornment and curling, noting their meticulous taste in hairstyles. He contrasts East End grooming with West End fashions and describes his experience in curling and styling, highlighting the era’s barber trade and social trends.
Fragmentary OCR text notes shops and bookstalls in Paris with elusive references. The readable bits mention new forces, a set, and Meektom X ions, implying a cryptic or mislabeled historical item.
Fragmentary OCR report notes a group in Japan involving a figure named Mm and a speaker described as Spokes who carried food on rice. After three days they refused, declaring failure linked to the Sea es foode and malt. The text is garbled and many names are unreadable.
A distressed wife suffers from sadness nerves and backache with faintness and heart palpitations. A doctor’s misstep is blamed while the piece extols Mrs Pinkham who claims to have relieved thousands of women and invites readers to write for help.
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