Styles-Pearls and Color Trends Sweep Spring Fashion
Earls and London draw on suggestions for styles pearls grow in popularity as hints on dress and millinery color. Magnolia gardenia lotus and orchid hues lead the palette. Gray and lettuce green promise fashion while old fashioned long earrings return on bodices. Silver braid buttons and trellis shell decorations accent outfits. The corset shifts toward comfort rather than stiff confinement in pursuit of a lissome figure.
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Earls
London
Chicago Daily News
Ribbons on Lingerie Highlight Fashion Era Preferences
In recent fashion notes, ribbons adorn lingerie styles, signaling a trend toward delicate finishing touches. Designers emphasize ribbon accents as a modern, feminine detail shaping intimate apparel aesthetics.
Fancy Evening Waist Blouse Described in Vintage Couture Text
A description of an evening blouse crafted in yellow panne with black velvet trim and stitched panne bands. The garment closes at the front below a guipure insertion band, accented by a black velvet ribbon.
Color guidance for dress and millinery based on eye and hair tones
Advice suggests eye color determines dress shade. A blonde should favor pure white, a brunette often looks best in cream. Brown eyes pair well with brown dresses, a general rule proposed for choosing colors.
Spring Fashion Notes For Women Of The Season
The article describes gowns and hats for spring with notes on fabrics trim and silhouettes. It advises model gowns in lightweight cloth with stitched straps, recommends blue for blue-eyed women, and discusses color choices for different hair types along with body- flattering details like tucks and stripes to enhance appearance.
The Fashion of Corsets in Modern Dress
The piece notes that corsets dictate a strict fashion with elongated waists and shortened backs, condemning extremes as foolish yet acknowledging that earlier corsets were more injurious and hygienic in comparison to current styles.
Irish crochet craze enhances evening crepe de chine gowns
Iria Crochet notes the persistent craze for Irish crochet, now applied to soft crepe de chine evening dresses. The blend with fine fabric creates incongruity that can be stylish when worn with skill and discretion. Individual style allows wide wear without looking outlandish.
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Iria
Photographs of apartments popular in home decor
The piece notes a trend of displaying home photographs with shop albums bound in dark paper and chamois leaves. A recent Easter gift album shipped abroad featured the first bars of Home Sweet Home etched on a brown chamois cover.
Peaked Crepe Gowns in Fashion Vogue
Shingles and deep circular plaits appear as a vogue on crepe and manase gowns. A pale yellow gown features shingles for the bodice and skirt, with the hem finished in lace and actin diamonds.
Morton ex secretary J Sterling Morton Father of Arbor Day dies
J Sterling Morton editor, lawyer, politician and founder of Arbor Day, dies aged 70 after years of public service. Born 1832 in Jefferson county New York, he moved to Nebraska reaching prominence in legislature and national politics. He served as Secretary of Agriculture from 1898 to 1902, a friend of Cleveland, and is famed as the Father of Arbor Day.
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Morton
Arbor
Day
J. Sterling Morton
Arbor Day
Cleveland
Charles Morton
New York State
Jefferson County
Bellevue
Neb
Nebraska City News
The
Nebras
America
Chicago Woman Elected President of International Kindergarten Union
Mrs. Alice H. Putnam of Chicago is elected president of the International Kindergarten Union at Boston. Other officers include Vice Presidents Mrs. Lallah B. Pingree and Miss Nora A. Smith, with Miss Fannie Bell Curtis and Miss Evelyn A. Holmes in key secretary roles. Mrs. Putnam has long been active in kindergarten work.
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Chicago
International
Jkindergarten
Alice H. Putnam
The
Kindergarten
Union
Boston
Lallah B. Pingree
Mias
Nora A.smith
New York
Fanniebell
Curtis
Brooklyn
Evelyn A. Holmes
Charleston
É. Gy
Harriet Niel
Washington, D.C
Putnam
Senator Depew and Twain Exchange Frosty Hand Insight
The account recounts a meeting between Senator Depew and Mark Twain. Depew tells a story, ends laughing. Twain smiles sadly and requests to see Depew's hand. Twain examines the palm and notes: you must wait for the first frost. The remark ends with a chuckle about opening with a stone as chilly air sets in.
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Senator Depew
Mark Twain
Mr. Clemens
Depew
New York Times
England imposes six month dog quarantine law
A new English law requires all dogs imported from abroad to be kept in quarantine for six months. The owner bears the cost, and the quarantine location will be provided by British authorities.
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England
Macbeth Watches Dagger Shape in Delirious Moment
The passage portrays Macbeth plagued by insomnia and seeing a dagger before him. The Presence mocks his vision, asking if it is a Mauser rifle or a Krupp cannon. Macbeth concludes it is a dagger and resolves to act at the decisive moment.
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Macbeth
Retirement of Alderman Souker Moves Public Life
Public life loses Alderman Souker as he retires from office after years of service. The editor suggests placing the note under Public Improvements in the community section.
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Souker
Puck
Rejected Manuscripts Told Fresh Tales by One Author
A Buffalo Commercial excerpt notes an American woman novelist refused to let rejected manuscripts confess defeat. Each draft, upon editor's table, seemed pristine as if never journeyed, as if pressed flat by a hot iron, defying the common tale of decline.
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Buffalo
Noted American Playwright Bronson Howard Seriously Ill in France
Bronson Howard, renowned American playwright, is seriously ill in the south of France. In his fifty first year and at the peak of his fame, he began as a Detroit newspaper man and rose to fame with works like Baratoga, Diamonds, Hurricanes, The Banker's Daughter, Wives, and Young Mrs Winthrop.
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Bronson Howard
France
Detroit
Baratoga
New York
Winthrop
First street lighting sparked by Common Council decree
The article recalls New York's 19th century beginnings with street lighting by order of the Common Council, requiring a lantern from every seventh house, followed by Baltimore gas lighting and New York's early locomotive milestone by Peter Cooper.
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New York
Common Council
Baltimore
Peter Cooper
Reading Congress: Senators and Representatives Peruse Records
The piece notes that many lawmakers are not listened to in Congress yet read widely. They study newspaper reports and the official Record, dedicating the first hours of the morning to this labor.
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Senate
House of Representatives
Alligators and crocodiles compared for habitat habits
Alligators stay in fresh water while crocodiles often venture to sea. In the West Indies crocodiles have been found far from land headed toward an island, potentially out of sight.
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West Indies
Prodigious Power of a West Indian Cyclone
The article estimates a cyclone's energy at over 400 million horsepower, a force vastly exceeding human capabilities. It compares the cyclone’s power to all human means of the era, noting the extreme magnitude and energy required to sustain the hurricane.
Primary in Montgomery County Sparks Snarl at Edge of Road
Report from Montgomery County describes the congressional primary where supporters of Egenbright and Wilson lined up on opposite sides of a road and walked down the middle, producing a tense scene. The Kansas City Journal notes pining for principles and criticizes the staging as undignified.
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Montgomery County
Egenbright
Wilson
Congress
Kansas City Journal
Arcturus Identified as Hottest Celestial Body
A radiometer measures heat from stars and celestial bodies. The article notes Arcturus as the hottest star observed. It mentions a method to gauge heat from a human face at 2000 feet using the instrument.
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Arcturus
General Brugere Leads French Mission to Ro Chambeau Memorial
Gen Brugere commander in chief of France's army and vice president of the superior council of war heads the French mission to Washington for the Ro Chambeau monument dedication. He rose from secretary general at the Elysee to Governor of Paris and is cited as the strongest man in the French army today.
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Rochambeau Monument
Washington
Gen. Brugere
France
Council of War
Carnot
the Elysee
Paris
Retu
Dreyfun
Wevil
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