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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1903
Page
5
A first person tale of hours at sea spent becalmed and battling fickle winds. The narrator recalls a fatal Sunday when the ship ran aground near a harbor, with no provisions aboard and adverse currents complicating the sail.
A vivid column from Southampton NY details latest outfits for women including white linen skirts with blue embroidery, unlined cotton coats, pearl and silver buttons, and practical shoe tips. It critiques warmth and practicality, mentions tailored skirts, parasols, gloves, and chic parasol ensembles. It also notes a trend toward blue feather belts, embroidered cuffs, and a variety of summer accessories.
A man carrying a large sum aboard a Motte Carin train journey is duped by a young well dressed woman who offers a cigarette. He sleeps, awakens to find the money and the cigarette smoking companion vanished, prompting police interest and questions about the share.
A fragmented column blends Advice on not overusing borax in cosmetic water and sun exposure with a Brittany wedding custom. It notes that borax can dry skin and warns water should not be applied soon after sun exposure. It describes a tradition in which the bride is lightly slapped and then kissed by the groom after the ceremony.
A truncated 1900s style excerpt describes thin women seeking flesh and softness, with mentions of empathy and a Chinese woman named Kin amid unclear, altered phrases about meals, growth, and penalties. The garbled text presents a troubling, fragmented social vignette with limited coherent facts.
A historic note stresses that summer complexion depends on diet and daily care. It recommends lean meals with fruits vegetables fresh fish and eggs while limiting meat pastry and coffee. It also advises gentle face care avoiding frequent soap and using lemon on the dressing table in summer.
The 1903 Sorosis election honors Charlotte B Wilbour, charter member and first ballot president. The article recounts Sorosis origins in 1868, the name choice, early members like Fanny Fern and Alice Cary, and Wilbour’s vision to advance women through education and work.
The Mantcee ruling class has been giving lectures at the Chicago Fortnightly club on Chinese literature and customs. Kin, a graduate of the Woman's Medical College of New York, notes advances as women prepare for library work in Germany. Sick gloves are worn with dressy toilet. Miss Mary Garrett Hay, formerly or
Eva Boover a fourteen year old girl from Haverhill Massachusetts saved two young children by throwing a bracing oil stove from a window at the Scan nell home and carrying the two little daughters to the yard. The note includes stray lines from a poem and a question about marriage to an heiress.
A column scolds rude service and boorish behavior by men and women who mistake independence for courtesy. It contrasts curt shopkeepers and home workers with Japanese politeness, urging mothers to instill manners and proper grammar in children, praising courtesy as essential to true civilization.
A fragmentary excerpt discusses women in the Talmud praising wives as anchors of home life and confessing gendered roles. It claims an unmarried man lacks joy, notes a wife provides repose after daily toil, and asserts women have superior judgment compared to men.
A new white linen skirt features a pointed yoke of Irish embroidery and graduated box plaits with embroidered panels. It pairs with a white net blouse lined in white silk matt and a linen bolero edged in Irish gul pure. Open sleeves reveal drooping sleeves of the wet blouse.
Gloves featured show preference for white silk styles over wash kid and champia. Embroidered backs and lace edging at the wrist add elegance, with silk gloves appearing especially pretty and fashionable.
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