Fashions Bright Silk and Chiffon Gowns Inspire Tea Dress Charm
Olive Harper surveys fashionable gowns with chiffon and silk contrasts in New York. A chameleon silk dress trimmed with black chiffon features rosettes, ribbons, and a bertha. A golden tea gown blends chiffon with pink and lace, while a delaine chiffon dress over blue taffeta shows velvet and lace accents. A gray walking gown with gigot sleeves and decorative revers completes the stylish lineup.
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New York
Poetey DY Dry Goods
Olive Harper
Semi Annual Clearance Sale at Jamestown Dress Goods
Advertises a broad clearance of fabrics and notions with deep discounts. Lists wide range of fabrics including Wool, Challies, Silks, Ginghams, Shirtings, Muslins, and patterns. Mentions discounted items such as American Cashmeres, Cravenettes, Bloodcloths, Lawn, Pongees, Latinos, and Gloria Umbrellas. Ends with hosiery, undergarments, and price clusters from 2.98 to 4.98 and 10 percent discounts on hosiery and underwear.
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Jamestown
Amoskeag
Merrick
Gloria
Clams and Their Life Habits and Medicinal Value
Special Correspondence from July 19 describes two main clam types, soft and hard, and notes giant clam species. It explains clam anatomy, feeding via incurrent and ex-current siphons, the foot used to open shells, and how clam juice helps weak stomachs due to natural phosphates. Indians used clams in meals and clambakes. the piece links historical and biological context to nutrition.
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Bostox
Jaly
Pacific
Atlantic Seaboard
Indian Archipelago
United States
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
New England
Robert F. Waret
Premonitions of Death Among Soldiers in Battle
An elderly veteran recalls soldiers who foresaw their deaths before combat. He cites Boss McKellar from Butler county who predicted he would die in the Wilderness battle and did so, and John Dunbar who, after telling friends this would be his last night, was also killed next day. The anecdote notes recurring, inward premonitions and final outcomes.
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McKellar
Butler County
John Dunbar
John
Ohio
French Art of Today Reflects Genius of People, Not Hopeless Debasement
John C. Van Dyke argues in Century that Paris remains art’s world center, balancing brilliance and eccentricity. He contends French genius preserves art from decay despite academic excesses and foreign imitation, praising rebels Watteau through Courbet over pompous grandiosity.
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Paris
France
Italy
Spain
Poussin
Lebron
Corneille
Republic
David
Ingres
Cabanel
Watteau
Fragonard
Delacroix
Millet
Corot
Courbet
John C. van Dyke
Photographs of Lip Speech Triumph by Professor Dameny
The St Louis Republic reports Dameny of Berlin achieved a landmark by photographing lip movements of a rapid speaker. By arranging successive negatives into a print, deaf mutes skilled in lip reading could clearly interpret every word spoken.
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Dameny
Berlin
St. Louis Republic
Sympathy and Love Amid Financial Struggle
Maude laments a dire predicament confessing love for a poor young man. Belle questions whether he will marry her, while Trath notes the social hurdle and choice facing the pair in a tense domestic moment.
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Maude
Belle
Trath
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W. Jarvis
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Scott & Bowna
Jas
Keystone Watch Case Co
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Aline
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Emidek
York Chemical Works
York
Suemanate Ray Rere
Ryarosma
Bright
Col EM Warren
Titusville
Barosma
J. K. Bronne
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Warren, Penn’a
J.K. Ronne
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