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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1913
Page
6
Washington Stax outlines fall fashion notes with a focus on tailored suits and draped skirts. A wedgwood blue and yellow gown features gray fox fur trimming, a cutaway jacket, and a crossed white wool vest.
A fragmentary caption describes a frock styled for a girl with visual appeal to age ten, noting a drawing that shows a blouse and a dress as part of a modest schoolgirl outfit. The passage hints at fashion contrasts between Armenian and Russian influences in attire.
A simple wall mounted wool skein holder using a board with holes and pegs. Pegs set at varying distances allow winding any skein size without a second helper, with picture rings on top for hanging the unit.
A French critic notes English women now wear clothes more easily. The piece urges simple, practical dress over stiff, ostentatious attire, praising gingham house dress and apron. It champions relaxed elegance, urging wearers to treat clothing as a joy, not a burden.
The era's blouses show sheer fabrics replaced by lace and tucked net brasels with satin rib bone trims. Flesh tinted chiffon slips create a suggestive transparency while fine embroidery and organdie fabrics appear without stiff collars. Anglique models feature net and embroidery draping over the bust as delicate decorative bands and cuffs endure.
George Banks of Bangor Michigan, claimed to be 115, born in 1798, has worn the same clothes for 32 years and follows a simple diet of soup and tobacco. A Civil War veteran and former enslaved man, he lives in a dirt-floored log cabin seven miles from Bangor, unseen by health officials who urge cleanliness.
Grand Rapids residents probe Benjamin Wood thirteen as his eyes allegedly petrify over years. Specialists and oculists report progressive visual decline with apparent petrification, sparking medical curiosity and concern in the community.
An 19th century travelogue recalls Milton's cottage near Chalfont St Giles. It describes the garden, the cherry orchard, and the room where Milton wrote Paradise Lost. The article notes nearby houses linked to Breakspear and Ellwood, now a museum and curiosity shop.
Mrs W G Hanford and Mrs Beatrice Recknadel of New York climbed Mount Washington crossing the dangerous Jacob’s Ladder trestle in darkness. They reached the summit about ten o’clock after four and a half hours a mile wide, completing a wager inspired ascent.
A Chicago suburb engineer faced a broken side pod as the train’s power failed. With the aft control gone, he shut off power and, after climbing along the coal, swung to the first car platform and signaled brakes, stopping the train in a few hundred feet.
A nurse urged Alfred Lord Tennyson to write a hymn during illness. He handed a scrap that became Crossing the Bar, later sung at Westminster Abbey for his funeral, a poem that moved many hearts.
The Rev. Edmund Heslop of Wigton Pennsylvania suffered dropsy for a year with swollen limbs and heart flutter. After using Dodds Kidney Pills, the swelling disappeared and he felt restored. He confirms continued faith in the remedy and invites contact through Dodds Medicine Co. Buffalo NY.
A man sets out at twenty one to seek wealth and returns at sixty with a house and lot. The property carries a $1,200 mortgage and a life insurance policy valued at $32,000 according to the Philadelphia Ledger.
A fragmentary quote hints at a tense demand about pockets and a pursuit of change. The brief text implies a confrontation over money or valuables and suggests someone will go through pockets to find it. No further context or identifiers are available.
The fragment suggests a discussion of allocating six thousand dollars to housing contracts or related deals. No clear entities or context to confirm dates, places, or organizations.
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