02 Dec 1905
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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1905
Page
1
Millinery in New York features felts and Miroir velvet for autumn hats with gold and silver trims and feather faced coverings. Eyelet embroidery remains in demand for both summer and winter gowns, with simple yet costly designs in black and white. Sponge pudding recipe and tips on meat larder handling round out the piece.
A light end dark brown striped skirt set with matching bolero features dark brown velvet cuffs and revers. The ensemble combines airy fabric with rich trim for a refined look.
The Montreal Star reports on evolving hat styles with side tilting and tobagrean slides. More jeweled hatpins are used, and hats end at the back of the hair, while fashion avoids short women under ten.
A woolen suit mirrors a man's frock coat with a three quarter length cut. It uses soft gray fabrics this year and features a snug back and side fit with a double breasted front fastened by cloth covered buttons. The coat collar, coat sleeves with two cuff buttons, and erect skirt finish the design.
The piece surveys winter fashion trends with velveteens, chiffon finishes, fur trim, and bold color options. It highlights hats with empire coats, elbow gloves, feather boas, Parisian sleeve fits, plaid silks, and gown diversity at weddings. It also recalls Mrs. Lorillard Spencer’s wedding slippers in champagne satin with orange blossom rosettes and duchess lace stockings.
For a nursery, decorative burlap strips in blue or brown with English tapestry borders display nursery rhymes. Strips fifty inches wide cost 90 cents and feature goose girls, flocks, wind gardens, and maid scenes. They can decorate walls as well as walls.
The article notes that many top women’s styles borrow from men’s fashion this season, with the cutaway coat as a leading influence. It highlights frock coats, paddock coats, dinner and evening coats as models for new women’s garments, and mentions waistcoats, tovers, collars, and sleeve shapes reflecting mannish ideas. A simple walking hat in smoke gray velvet with a wide sharply rolled brim is described.
A fragmented set of kitchen hints describes cleaning enamel with salt and vinegar, using salt under baking pans to prevent burning, roasting a bird breast down for juicier meat, and using outer lettuce leaves as greens. The text ends mid thought with miscellaneous vessel mentions and misspellings.
Fall coats for children ages 2 to 6 draw attention with unusually stylish cuts and fur cloth varieties. Fur cloth imitates skins like mole and Persian lamb, with finer grades offering collars that reverse inward. Ripples plush provides a rich, textured look.
The Pompadour remains despite repeated calls from Dame Fashion for its removal. Hairdressers note headlines predicting its end fail to budge, as women cycle between new styles like the cornets or Mary Mannering curls but often return to the high front. The enduring clash between trend and tradition continues.
Parboil turkey then stuff with twenty four oysters bread crumbs salt and pepper and two tablespoons butter. Sew in a bag and boil. Sauce uses twenty four oysters butter salt pepper and sour to form a stiff paste then paste into hot sauce and boil until thickened.
Reproductions of colonial era furniture gain favor in modern collections. Boudoir pieces, especially eighteenth century dressing tables, are duplicated in mahogany with a rich golden brown finish. Paired with matching dressers and bedstead, these items create an attractively furnished bedroom.
Joseph Lent and William Jason of the Frances V Silva crew faced a giant shark while hauling a trawl off the South Channel near Cape Cod. The massive fish gulped the gear, dragged the dory, then swam away as the men escaped in rough seas. The crew corroborates the tale.
An old paper bag lime trap for pheasants is explained. A conical bag lined with lime is fixed to a twig and peas lure the bird into the mouth, where it cannot withdraw and eventually dies from saffpea Hom.
A local obituary notes the death of a resident aged eighty at Great Waldingfield near Sudbury Suffolk. The deceased was survived by one hundred two descendants including children forty-one grandchildren six great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren.
Annual totals exceed ten million dollars for spring and autumn maneuvers across European armed forces. The article notes heavy expenditures by multiple nations and highlights the ongoing defense planning and training cycles.
Roxbury correspondent reports Mr Williams of Waterbury uses windup watches hung on two hickory trees to lure and trap squirrels. Watches tick like nuts, drawing multiple squirrels to the branches where decoys cause mass feeding then killing. He claims a tally of 196 squirrels.
An old report notes a conical watch tower built by Arabian colonists before Vasco da Gama's discovery of Mombasa and argues that Arabs traveled down the east African coast to the Sabi river and possibly tapped northern Rhodesia gold reefs.
A famed Pony Express rider from Santa Fe to Independence in 1853 rode 800 miles in five days thirteen hours without a rest. He previously matched the distance in eight days in 1852, riding with horses changed every 100 to 200 miles on a $1,000 wager. He, a stocky French Canadian, was known for fearlessness and later drove a flock of sheep from New Mexico to California. He was killed in Santa Fe.
Tratt Crump delivered several specimens from one of California’s most remarkable orange trees. The 55 year old tree shows no sign of slowing. its highest yearly yield reached 1500 golden globes, with some fruits taken by local boys before harvesting. The tree arrived in 1849 via Thomas Hanna, auctioneer, from the Sandwich Islands and was given to Mrs Crump in 1851.
A German firm markets Ita baby carriages with a stork image. The British museum catalogue holds over 3,360,000 entries and grows by 60,000 yearly. The library spans 43 miles of shelves, adds 276,000 newspaper issues annually, and receives about 61,000 books each year under copyright, with 16,000 gifts.
The John Adams birthplace cottage at Independence Avenue and Franklin Street in South Quincy is preserved by the Quincy Historical Society and open to visitors. Abigail Adams wrote famous letters to John Adams here during the Continental Congress era, while soldiers passed by daily on the way to Boston. The house, heated by fireplaces, endured the cold winter of 1775 1778 as Abigail described wartime days and urged separation from the king's party in her correspondence.
In Berlin the Prussian railway administration ruled that young women subordinates must salute first, a station master had asked about. In Searbrook a high school principal sought authority to ban corsets during gymnastic exercises and the government approved a strict prohibition.
A fox hunting parson at Berksmere church in England used a saddle to preach. He could not complete sermons unless astride a saddle, so a curiosity was made for him and he delivered eloquent sermons while seated.
Variation in telephone transmission speed noted between land and undersea cables. Land lines carry signals at about 16 000 miles per second while undersea cables exceed 6 020 miles per second in the observed measurements.
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