Spring Fashion Gossip on Hats Bonnets and Gowns
New York April 2 report notes little change in bonnet shapes with varied brims and bold trimming, while spring gowns show similar autumn lines. Silks, ecru and gold tones dominate millinery, with new mesh prints and heraldic motifs. Dress fabrics favor soft tints, delicate patterns, and restrained ornament. sleeves, basques, and draped skirts reflect updated but restrained spring styles.
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Wisconsin
New York
Jace
Lagt Kutsen
Sarah
The Weekly Wisconsin Fashion Notes and Tragedy
The piece reviews spring fashions with lace dresses, beaded fronts, embroidered costumes, and trousseau arrivals from Paris, highlighting silks, wools, garnitures, and jet trimmed wraps. It also notes wedding gown preparations for Princess Beatrice and concludes with tragic reports of fires killing children in South Carolina and a mill accident in Wisconsin.
Dying Hero Grant Autographs for Relief Engravings
Gen Grant’s condition remains fragile as a New York artist visits his home with steel engravings for autograph. Doctors state throat and breathing show slight improvement while comfort allows brief interaction. the scene includes gifts for Senators Chaffee Stanford and Dr Newman.
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Stanford
Newman
Barker
Shrady
PamarEvpuis
The
Ledger
Gen. Sheridan
Washington
Wall Street
Grant
United States
St. Louis
Missouri
Waverly
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Sedalia
Labette
Columbus
Iron Mountain
Marshall
Davnas
Tex
Marlin
Falls County
Diphtheria Cured by Tobacco Leaf Bandage Reported
An 15 year old Milwaukeean girl and her father and brother were reportedly cured of diphtheria using a moistened tobacco leaf applied to the throat and covered with Canton flannel. The March Health and Home letter by Thos B Keogh, US marshal, details the unusual remedy and its claimed success.
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Health and Home
Washington Medical Monthly
Thos. B. Keogh
United States
Western District
North Carolina
Calf Birth in Sparta Wields Five Offspring
A Sparta Wisconsin resident reports his cow gave birth to five calves on April 4, with four surviving. In unrelated trivia, the note states that all U S Presidents except Washington, Harrison, Taylor, and Grant were admitted to the bar.
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Panama Railroad
Pacific Mail Company
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Wis
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Toda
Washington
Harrison
Taylor
Grant
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