Costumes for the Restaurant Dinner
Attractive dresses worn by women of good taste spotlighted for a dining event. The feature describes fashionable outfits and styling cues suitable for an upscale restaurant dinner setting.
View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.
Start Free Trial
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles
Articles on This Page
This newspaper page contains 15 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1912
Page
3
Needful Touch of Black Velvet for Summer Gowns
The article discusses summer fashion emphasizing black velvet accents. It notes weather affects fabrics and favors, highlights silk, Bengaline, and velvets, and describes girdles, bows, lace, piping, and belts as key adornments on light frocks for a refined, feminine look.
Fashionable white foulard gown with blue ring accents
The illustration features a white foulard dress with blue ring sprinkles and a Ve nise lace trimmed skirt. The design emphasizes conservative ornamentation for dinners and social events, noting versatile fabrics and velvet details to personalize the gown.
Liniment Claims Fast Cure For Sprained Ankles
A sprained ankle may be cured in three to four days by applying Chamberlain's Liniment and following directions with each bottle. Sold by Lemmon's Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemmon’'s
Jim Flynn by Walt Mason Versed in bravura verse and bravado
A whimsical poem argues Jim Flynn should confront danger with nerve and defy rivals. It riffs on bold fights and comical threats while invoking legends and exaggeration in playful cadence.
Railroad Notes And Oddities From Vintage Columns
A collage of humorous vignettes and social snippets notes Nell’s marriage, a boastful child, a tale from The Delineator, a horse sent to pasture by rail, and Indianapolis mayor Shank urging women to lead a campaign for cheaper living alongside a quip about a funeral joke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Tribune
Shank
Indianapolis
Smith
Henry
Knights Gather For Unveiling Columbus Monument
Knights of Columbus from the United States and Canada gather in Washington for the Columbus monument unveiling sets for Saturday. about 50 000 Knights expected to march in the parade preceding dedication exercises with President Taft cabinet and Congress joining. Cardinal Gibbons to preside at Sunday high pontifical mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Knights
of Columbus
United States
Canada
Columbus Monument
Taft
Congress
Catholic Church
America
Cardinal Gibbons
No Need to Be Troubled by Constipation
Advertisement notes Chamberlain's Tablets provide an agreeable bowel movement without unpleasant effects and encourages a trial, offered for sale by Lemmon's Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Lemmon
Six Men Shot In Big Strike Riot
Newark reports at least six shot as riots erupt with strikers clashing with police and bystanders. Italian women attacked workers on the Lackawanna line. a policeman fired, casualties rise, several arrested as crowds disperse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
Po Nce
Lackawanna
Brussels
Central & Suburban Railway
Nivelles
Brabant
Aft Wavre
Berinage
M. Vandervelde
M. Denis
Madrid
Aller
Asturiasm
Nurses Convene in Chicago Under Cruise of Activities
The American Nurses Association annual convention opened in Chicago with about a thousand young nurses attending. Over three days the program includes light work and social events such as musicales receptions automobile rides and local pleasures. President Miss Sarah E Sly of Birmingham Michigan presided and welcomed by Mrs Catherine Waugh McCulloch. Replies from Miss Annie Damer Yorktown Heights New York Mrs Idora R Scroggs Kingfisher Oklahoma and Miss Margaret McKinley St Louis followed. After reports Miss Sly gave the president's address then the group adjourned for a reception at St Luke's hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
American Nurses’ Association
Sarah E. Sly
Birmingham
Mich
Catherine Waugh McCulloch
Annie Damer
Yorktown Heights
NM Y
Idora R. Scroggs
Kingfisher
Okla
Margaret McKinley
St. Louis
Sly
St. Luke’s Hospital
Ohio 48 Unit for Harmon at Democratic State Convention
Ohio delegates to the Democratic national convention in Baltimore were instructed to vote as a unit for Gov. Judson Harmon after a state convention rejected the minority report 597 to 357. The majority report was adopted viva voce. Washington also reported the Interstate Commerce Commission ordered freight rates from Detroit to the Atlantic seaboard to be discriminatory against Detroit. the Detroit rate was set at no more than 78 percent of Chicago’s rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Ohio
Baltimore
Judson Harmon
Detroit
Washington
Jane
Mich
Atlantic Seaboard
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
British capitalists visit Canada on Empire of Britain tour
A party of over 500 British capitalists arrived in Quebec aboard the Empire of Britain for a Dominion tour. They represent more than 200 million pounds in capital and plan extensive investments. The itinerary includes Montreal Ottawa Toronto Niagara and western provinces, with visits to Lacord de Govade London and leading English manufacturers eyeing Canadian branches and factories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quebec
Que
Dominion
Canada
Montreal
Ottawa
Caen
Torronto
Niagara
Cobaltg
Ontario
British Columbia
Pacific Coast
Lac Odt de
Reforming Ghurgh Synod Opens National General Convention
About 125 000 communicants of the Dutch Reformed Church in North America are represented by clerical and lay delegates at the opening of the General Synod National Convention in Grand Rapids Mid. The Rev Dr Puck nan of Buffalo N Y chairs. a new president will be chosen. There are 689 congregations in the United States and Dutch Reformed Church in America has grown since its New Amsterdam origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids
Muteh Reforma Citrch
North America
General Synod National Convention
Ool
Theodore Hoosevelt
Bib Baal & Alg'teet
Okie
Nfmeter
Bae
United States
Anerica
Atrenath
Hollandera
New Amsterdam
Tow New York
New World
America
Holland
Puck Nan
Buffalo
N. Y
General Synod
Convention Fodsas
la the Etistoni
Cautionary note on treating cough with Chamberlain remedy
A fragment advises keeping loose sputum from a child’s cough and using Chamberlain's remedy as needed. It mentions prior successful use and notes a local sale through Leemon's Pharmacy amid epidemic concerns and public health guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Givine Chamberlain
Leemon
Pharthney
For Sale and Want Ads Fragment Age 7 Column 1
Classified readers glimpse a seventh year column fragment listing items and notes for sale or wanted. Readable lines mention local goods and requests, with prices and contact hints implied in the torn text.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jim Flynn
BY Walt Mason
Jim
David
Flynn
Jack
Nell
John Alexander
Miss Minnie
Joseph
Minnie
Massachusetts
Frank
Lippincott’s
Budapest
Austria-Hungary
Count Tisza
Harmon
Wilson
Reformed
Ghurgh Synod
Sessior
Col. Roosevelt
Grand
OLR
Saskatchewan
ST. Paul
Great Northern Railway
Minnesota
Luse Land & Development CO. Ltd
Southwell & McCulley
Iowa
Irame
B ’S
Oran
Rock Island
Rock Island Plow Go
Corg
Mason Transfer & Storage,co. Y
Washington, Iow
Search the Washington Evening Journal Today with a Free Trial
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Washington Evening Journal?
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
Browse Newspapers
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
By Location
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
By Date
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
By Publication
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.