Lovers of Riches and Loss in a November Hollow
In a gray November hollow, George wrestles with love across social gulfes between Miriam dying and Alice later revealed as his true partner. Miriam dies after a brief reunion and George wins five thousand dollars in damages from the railroad that separated them. Alice accepts the future, and Miriam seems to bless their union as autumn leaves drift.
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Alice
Miriam
Miraim
Travelers’ Magazine
Circassians Accused of Cannibalism in Jaffa Letter
A Jaffa letter reports that a Circassian group killed and ate a girl. The victims allegedly removed graves, baked the flesh in ovens, and were imprisoned while awaiting sultanate decision.
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Syria
Jaffa
Lager Beer Boom Sparks Massive Industry Growth
The text notes that thirty years ago Lager beer was almost unknown in the country but is now produced by 2,500 large establishments with more than 150 million dollars in capital invested. It states the yearly value of the reduction is over 200 thousand dollars.
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Modernizing Gowns and Accessories for Stylish Rooms
A variegated gathering highlights useful and ornamental items. It covers updating gowns and jewelry, tulle enhancements, wall decorations, and the display of handsome fans and gloves. The piece reads as a tipful guide for contemporary fashion and home adornment.
Altering 6 year olds dress with cashmere and polonaise accents
A guide from American Queen describes practical alterations to extend and modernize old navy serge frocks and black velveteen dresses for girls around six. It covers recutting flounces, adding lengths with cashmere kilts, plaited skirts, cuff and collar changes, drapery wraps, and color refresh for navy and blue velveteen ensembles.
Fancy Jewelry Trends Favor Odd and Quaint Pieces
The piece describes a range of jewelry styles from oxidized silver elephant heads with gold trappings and diamond eyes to spiders with cat's eyes, dragonflies, beetles, and old Roman coins mounted in gold. It notes men's love for English ring gold and scarf pins leaning toward quaint designs, with rare stones like lapis lazuli and Alexandrite gaining popularity amid mourning jewelry trends.
Tulle Fashion Reigns In Evening Dresses New Styles
Tulle remains the dominant feature of evening gowns and shows in colors from pink to cerulean. Dresses feature bead drops and metallic accents, with white skirts dotted by buttercup buds and white satin bodices. Floral sprigs like forget me nots and heather ornament light fabrics, with wool embroidery on tulle and florals on gauzes and satins. Steel gray and sang de bwuf join the stylish dinner dress palette.
Velvet and Silk Gown Described in Detail
The description notes a strong contrast gown with a square bodice and velvet train, the gray Ottoman silk skirt studded with steel and smoked pearl beadwork depicting daisies and fern leaves. A velvet scarf crosses the skirt toward the train, with chenille cord and bead pendants. Pearl fringe decorates the bodice and a large red velvet geranium adorns the right shoulder.
An English decorator suggests horizontal wallpaper printing
A decorator proposes printing wallpaper to hang horizontally as well as borders. He warns that precise lining is crucial, noting a slight misalignment at one end becomes obvious down a long wall. He outlines a method drawing a horizontal line two feet below the cornice to check upright accuracy and matching patterns.
New Fancy Fans Feature Iron birds and pearl nests
Handsome oval fans arrive in two styles. One Que fan uses white downy feathers with a tropical bird centerpiece in scarlet, green and gold and a gold wire nest with three pearl eggs inside. A black feather fan with ebony handle displays a scarlet velvet cluster at center. Fashion trend shifts toward shorter dress gloves as sleeves extend farther.
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Que
Color harmony for interiors by Decorator and Furnisher
Advice on pairing wall and wood colors for painting. Darker woodwork than walls, walls darker than ceiling. Suggests using bird's egg blue walls with Indian red woodwork, yellow walls with Antwerp blue accents, Pompeian red with bronze green doors.
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Antwerp
How Some Representatives Dress
A cornucoopia of outfits among members noted in a Chicago Journal field report. It surveys politicians from New York to Ohio and Kentucky, contrasting Prince Albert coats, sack coats, black frocks, and plain black ties with little color amid the era’s funeral black attire.
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New York
Prince Albert
Hewett
Randall
McKinley
Ohio
Gov. Robinson
Massachusetts
Ben Butler
Robertson
Kentucky
Proctor Knott
Phil Thompson
Kasson
Holman
Carlisle
Chicago Journal
Old Nat and the odd post office letters tale
A crowd gathers as Old Nat reaches the post office window and jokes about his busy schedule. He boasts of keeping up with white folks by clever letters and hints at future ambitions including the County Judge’s office. Separately a Californian learns Los Angeles county corn is irrigated by subterranean water from a buried river.
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Wabash Valley
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Los Angeles County
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