Vintage Cloth and Cottage Lore from Vacation Spirited Notes
A nostalgic fragment catalogues summer attire like reversible mesh shirts and dotted lawn gowns, noting white on white or black reverse options. It shifts to vacation hints and quirky cottage economy tales about furnishings, costs, and Uncle James's resourceful misadventure with recovered goods.
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Bigres
Wells
Mary
Jens Din Tor
James
Tnele
Jamen
Fashionable Red Dresses and Accessories Inspire Evening Gowns
A feature on red dress fashion notes gowns with velvet ribbons and spangles, detailing aprons of chiffon and olive veils, and elaborate bows. It highlights coronation bows, velvet towers, and head coverings seen among New York women, downplaying red as a hiding color for flaws.
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Milo
New York
Popular Colors Dominate Early 20th Century Hats and Gowns
The piece details fashionable color trends for hats and dresses, noting red hats with edged helms, silk costs, and preferred materials like wool veiling and black silk. It discusses coordinated outfits with hats, sleeves, and simple yet chic gowns, emphasizing smart, affordable styles for evening wear and social occasions.
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Muade
Chantilly
Hla Pat Wow Ota
Umbrellas and fashion in early popularity trends
A fragmented notice discusses umbrella styles and feminine fashion influence. It notes that ivory, pearl, and silver handles appear on popular designs, with attention to natural wonders and decorative buckles. The text remarks on feminine taste and the broad appeal of certain accessory trends.
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Winbreias
Lillie Deveraux Blake Led Women To Legal Gains
The article highlights Lillie Deveraux Blake’s push for married women to own earnings and control their wages. It recounts a New York streetcar injury case where a statute claimed wives were their husbands’ servants, denying earnings. Blake argued for practical legislation to guarantee independent income and legal protection for married women.
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United States
Lillie Deveredse Blake
Lady Wellies
New York State
Busine
New York
Marie
Gad
Jude
Dainty Nainsgok Waist Styles Garnish Women
The article extols sheer white fabrics trimmed with delicate lace as cool fashion choices. It notes women prefer lightweight coats when chilly, and describe two toned and lined waist garments as fashionable for May days.
Legislative Worker For Women
The New York legislature passed it readily and Governor Oviel signed it making it a statute. Lillis Devereux Blake drove reform advancing women’s rights through multiple laws enabling census female enumerators civil service access pensions for war nurses and guardianship reforms. Her efforts spanned national and New York state laws and included memorials and ongoing advocacy for women on boards of education and higher salaries for women teachers. Her life traces from Raleigh to New Haven to New York, with a portrait of Devereux Blake in a New York home emblematic of her enduring influence.
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New York
Oviel
Lillis Devereux Biske
Mie Blake
United States
Blake
Times
New York State
Alun
Othera
Lillie Devereux Blake
Congress
3. PS
Na“Mound
Mra Blake
Raleigh O N. C
Jonathan Edwards
New Haven
Conn
Yale University
Yale
Summer gown of etamine and women’s fashions
The article reviews etamine fabric for dresses praising its cool, dustproof, wrinkle resistant qualities and elaborate trimmings. It notes fashionable hats, vivid colors, and references to social figures and past lectures by prominent women, including Mrs Blake and Lille Devereux, with remarks on attire and public perception.
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Tulle
Photographic Emotions and the Feminine Mind in Paris
ALICE A BROWNE reports on Dr Hippolyte Buraduc and photographers claiming to reveal women s inner states through "vital energy" photographs. The piece describes radiations from brain and face during prayer or social scenes, with warnings of dangerous implications for feminine behavior and public perception.
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Paris
Wanda
Hippolyte Buraduc
Titkins
Bedlam
Batwick
Puothey
Haraduccally
Crea
Ture
Siothar
Alice A, Browne
Character Types Describe Women by Noses in Society Study
The article, extolling Greek and other nose types, analyzes women by facial features. It suggests women with certain nose shapes embody social traits, describing signals of flirtation and curiosity while noting not all are malicious.
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Alexandra
Queen Victoria
Anett
Charity Dispenser Honored by City Officials
Mrs Sophia Demuth of Alvan is described as a leading distributor of charitable aid in central Illinois. She has served as superintendent of the Alton Provident Association aiding the poor, with support from Mayor A W Vout and city officers. Appointed two years ago as balloon filer for the est court for county.
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Sophia Demuth
Alvan
Central
Alion Provident
Sichleen Sears
A. W
Mie
Alton Homans
Ballon
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Swat
Bincke
CIA
Legislative Worker For
United States Senate
Platt
Lille Devereux
Judiciary Department
Mnork
Morgan Dix
Emile Gvereee
Elf
Biekety
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