22 Apr 1905
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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1905
Page
1
The article surveys light fabrics like taffeta, noting soft finishes and new spring dresses with volles and taffeta trims. It describes a girl’s red dress, a cozy corner seat design, a bronze spring hat, pink muslin outfits, and updates to corsets drawing on Marie Antoinette fashions with Queen Anne style, focusing on comfort and straight lines.
The piece surveys spring headwear and aprons with Parisian flair. It highlights tiny picture hats, delicate linen trims, white chip bats with blue accents, and embroidery edged aprons with bibs and lace, noting new treatments for lace frills and varied waist ties.
The article describes blue velvet fronts with green embroidery, a white taffeta waistcoat, white guipare chemisette, and new sleeve detailing with puffs and double cuffs. It notes a velvet or satin girdle and elaborate embroidery motifs. It also highlights snug utility boxes for summer houses, finished in bright cretonne to add color to rooms.
A method to preserve cake indefinitely is to place fresh bread slices in the cake box and replace them as they become stale. The plan relies on bread absorbing moisture and maintaining freshness.
A selection of chic Paris inspired garments features a white poplin blouse with green lace trim and jeweled buckle, a delicate pink and white French frock for children, and a blue and cream checked wool suit with a velvet collar.
The St Peter’s Protestant Episcopal church in Tacoma boasts the nation’s oldest wooden belfry, a 700 year old spire built around the bell. Pioneers selected the tree steeple from a Douglas fir, forming a small church beside it as Indians opposed early worship. Today Old Town preserves the tower amid a few homes, while Tacoma’s pride remains in this historic landmark.
Moses Stannard of Madison Connecticut, once a copperhead during the Civil War for raising a Confederate flag, faced a civil suit in New Haven. His arrest and brief imprisonment at Fort Lafayette followed the action. Nearby in Don Toribio street residents sprinkled holy water as two brothers quarreled amid rumors from the Mexican Herald about the Wandering Jew portending misfortune unless deterred.
A London trial claims to have proven an effective smoke consumer. The invention consists of a line of tubular fire bricks made from a special material, arranged within the furnace to channel and reduce smoke emissions.
Tennessee farmer Joshua Fleener, age 30, keeps eleven timber rattlesnakes in a stone den built near his He is noted for winter care of the reptiles, one snake dying this winter, and occasional fights when the den grows warm. The snakes were captured near his home, a rare local species. Elsewhere a science professor reports the rabbit as highly cold tolerant, surpassing dogs and other farm animals in a cold test.
The rock crystal and silver ewer from the Beaudesert estate of the Marquis of Anglesey sold at Christie’s for 4,000 guineas, about $21,000, reflecting its refined workmanship and historic provenance.
A robbery trial in Manchester England featured the prisoner offering expert criticism as a locksmith opened his cell door from inside. A Lancashire case mirrored this, when a barrister who had just freed a client offered a string and two hairpins to open a court safe.
A New Jersey inventor creates a tobacco pipe with a stem and bowl made of asbestos. Strips of asbestos are coated with a paste of condensed milk and plaster, baked to set, and colored by heat. The article likens an insect eye to the pipe’s intricate layered view.
The Cullinan diamond, found recently in the Transvaal Premier wine, is kept secret with limited details. Descriptions note its large size about four by two and a half by one and a half inches, weight around 1.75 pounds, four cleavage planes, two natural planes, and a white ice like appearance with few flaws. The stone is valuable and contrasts with the Jagersfontein gem now eclipsed as the record diamond.
A blacksmith in Aswarby near Steaford, England, found a 22 carat gold wedding ring stuck on a harrow tooth during repairs from a neighboring farm. It is believed the ring was lost in the sand and picked up by the harrow during its use.
A note on whistle gloves where each Ringer ends with a wooden whistle producing ten notes for a tune. It lists British naval vessel nicknames such as Majestic, Magnificent Maggie, Prince George, Hermione, Royal Oak, Undaunted, Empress of India, Nile, Victorious, and Foudroyant among others.
Inhabitants worship a guarded circular pool where humans and animals are sacrificed. Each house maintains a private Juju. Boys of the tribe undergo age related endurance tests as part of their coming of age.
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