08 Jul 1905
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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1905
Page
1
The article outlines clothing for young girls in brown Holland and white linen blouses, detailing morning one-piece dresses, afternoon two-piece outfits with bands, and accessories. It notes care tips, embroidery trends, and color coordination, plus methods to freshen gowns without washing and dusting frame surfaces.
A traveling gown of black and white mohair is noted, featuring black braid and button detailing. The garment’s simple, durable design suggests practical travel attire from the period. Contains distinctive fabric and trim cues for identification.
New fashions feature white paired with patent and colored leathers in pumps and slippers. White leather trim, narrow bands at tops, and white kid fronts appear coquettish. Rumor says white is to be worn with these shoes and white stockings may return to favor.
A brief recipe describes Cream butter with sugar then add egg yolk nutmer and flavor. Fold in flour baking powder milk and egg white mixing until smooth for a cake baked in two stages with a sugar coating.
A French woman prepares midsummer attire with a wardrobe of colorful girdles and silk in new shades like chartreuse and menthe. She buys wine tones, champagne yellow taffeta, and chiffon remnants to refresh her tat and waistline.
A lively trend report highlights Irish laces, silk stockings dyed to match frocks, linen shirt waist suits under ten dollars, swede slippers with valley embossing, and a pongee parasol. Fashion notes favor cornflower blues, embroidered belts and cuffs, double wells of elusion and white tulle, pale green silks, and ready made slips with corded hems. Home dressmakers are advised to select popular aids to beauty from abundant new Spring notions, especially for rural dwellers seeking the latest ideas.
Revolutions in shirt waist styles come gradually with demand for more severe lines and plainer fronts. Embroidered waists remain popular but favor simpler conventional patterns, replacing last year’s involved flower designs.
Persian embroidery offers versatile trims in many colors. A two inch wide band can decorate sleeves cuffs collars fronts and even the back. Used boldly it enhances jackets and dresses with a distinctive period feel.
A historical note describes a cement for repairing glass from boiled tsinglass in spirits of wine. It also suggests tea leaves moistened with vinegar to remove flower stains, packing spices into a mouse hole to deter rodents, using a screw with a string as a corkscrew, and placing absorbent towels with a smooth and rough side for unspecified use.
A white cinth style costume features an accompanying coat in matching fabric. Embroidered detailing in brown and gold adds a rich accent to the ensemble.
A model wears a creamy white wool costume with black silk piping along the bolero and revers. Embroidered cream bastiste on black decorates the revers. The outfit features a tucked batiste waistcoat with double frills and a V waist, plus a skirt with stitched box plats and cross straps at intervals for a neat, linear effect.
A New York Sun tip suggests a simple warm day salad. Slice hard boiled eggs over lettuce and dress with French dressing. Mix grated cheese with dressing and spread. Dust yolks with a potato ricer powder. Garnish with olives and gherkins.
A period sketch notes that ostrich feathers tend to haunt themselves, with fashion imagery of three plumes placed at hat side to wave in different directions, reflecting styling trends of the moment.
The Crystal Palace Theater of Vari eties in Leipzig showcases Papuss a South American hunger artist who remains in a six sided glass bottle for eight days and nights. He endures with only minimal movement, existing on air and showing a mummified appearance. The stunt contrasts with Merlatt Lucci and Dr Henry Tanner who previously demonstrated restraint without confinement.
A German physician Dr Franck describes how a man nearly choked after swallowing a large piece of tough meat. With natural methods failing, the doctor used Seidlitz powder to generate gas. the pneumatic pressure forced the meat down and into the stomach, saving the patient.
At Dortmund Westphalia Dr Peitmann performed a rare heart suturing operation previously done only six times. A stabbed youth had two hours to live as the doctor opened the chest displaced a rib and sewed the wound with an assisting finger in the wound. He recovered quickly and left the hospital, undisturbed.
The native cattle of the Hereros in Southwest Africa are tall and lean with long horns. They have little value for beef or milk but are excellent for riding and hauling loads. They can travel for days without water or food, guided by reins attached to a stick through the nose.
A London article notes a Japanese man from Bizen reportedly marries and divorces many times, now wed to his thirty sixth wife. It links his pattern to a jealous sister who persecutes each new bride, prompting swift, inexpensive divorces in the Rising Sun era.
The Mala Malay people fear omens from sneezing and stumbling and warn that rising late from meals portends trouble for the unmarried. Rats nibbling clothing curses wearers. a star near the moon signals a wedding. An animal visiting a home predicts disaster and a wild bird flying in must be freed to banish misfortune.
New Yorker Robbins astonishes Europeans with remarkable cycle exhibitions riding tandems triplets and quads in sequence and balancing at extreme angles. He performs suspension in air on an ordinary wheel, gaining fame in New York as an all around rider before devoting himself to spectacular displays.
Hakon Hanson found a small gold baby ring while gardening at Myron G. Willard’s home. Inside the ring is the engraving Kittie Wagner. The ring was lost thirty five years ago by a Pleasant Grove school pupil during recess and is described as now in first class condition.
Excavations at St Martin de Re uncover trenches of citizens fallen defending the town against the English in 1627. A spherical bomb was found with black powder consisting of roughly one third mica, one third carbon, and one fifth sulfur, with iron oxide from the shell.
A Madagascar hound spider, the largest in its family, weighs about a pound with legs larger than a cedar pencil. It does not spin webs but trails prey like a hand, following faint scents through weeds to catch lizards, rats, or moles, sometimes killing creatures over a foot long. Professor Barnaby notes a dog spider pouncing on a full grown rat.
England's tallest Great Dane is shown in a photograph herewith. The dog attains a tremendous size and weight, surpassing the average man in weight and nearly matching a fixed pony in height. He is being exhibited in Leadem Hall Market.
Mrs. Charles H. Baldwin of South Beach Conn. awakened by a burglar alarm fired a revolver shot at two men trying to enter her home. She set off a giant firecracker, which exploded above the intruders causing them to flee in fright. Police were summoned afterward.
A royal study shows Prince Gustav of Sweden engaged to Princess Margaret of Connaught enjoying an afternoon on skis at Christiania. The page also asks how the word quiz originated, recounting a London wager to coin a term seen on walls and boards.
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