Hobby Horse for Autos to Shield Frightened Horses
An inventor proposes a metal hobby horse mounted in front of cars to disguise the vehicle and ease horse fears. The dummy steed doubles as a storage space with a tail-raised design allowing access to car beds, a head lamp, and a horn operated from the mouth. Also notes the first jewelry store allegedly started in Chang On 3,000 years ago with early fashions using pearls jade and coral.
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Chang
B.C
Chang On
Embroideries on Gowns and Outdoor Sports Fashions
Gowns in sheer white fabrics feature open buttonhole palm leaf embroidery with a pale blue girdle and full sleeves finished by pleated main sock embroidery. Outdoor sports styles favor straight lines, V-neck knits, and new goblin-eyed caps with eye openings for face coverage.
Dressing Sacque Styles and Stocking Tricks for Women
Ladies gain fashion and comfort in a practical dressing sacque featuring tucked yoke designs and versatile collars. The article recommends fabrics like Japanese silk and chalite, plus cashmere and albatross, and notes that belts are optional. It also offers stocking tips, advising a half size larger for comfort and economy, and suggests using silk ribbons sewn to corsets to secure stockings with elastic loops for a neat appearance.
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Jeep
Spangles Trim Gowns in Metallic and Brown Tones
Fashion notes celebrate black net gowns adorned with jet silver gold or steel paillettes. Gold spangles dominate demand while bronze or gold tones heighten the craze for brown. Mauve blue and green patterns appear, with white spangled designs also listed.
New Summer Styles In Lace and Sleeves
The article discusses fashion notes on lace and velvet touches in tea gowns and manteaux, with Valenciennes lace, silk stockings, and new sleeves as the focal point. It notes the director Lavis and redingote coats may continue into summer, white chemisettes, and varied sleeve designs reducing prior bulky puff styles while allowing more personal tailoring.
Cleaning and preserving tips from a colonial house guide
Instructions advise restoring color with quick remedies like sal volatile or hartshorn. Sponging plush with chloroform refreshes fabrics. For nickel, scour with borax and hot water, rinse, and dry. It also notes kitchen measures, explaining 4 pounds sugar equal 1 pint, and liquid weights a pint at 16 ounces.
Fascinating Lace Headgear for Evening Wear
A Tambour scarf fashioned from mantilla lace forms a long wide head covering to drape over the gown edge, creating an exquisite frame for the face. Ideal for opera or theater-goers who want warmth without a hat, this lace accent complements evening costumes with refined grace.
Potato Time Table and Ribbon Trimmings
The text lists cooking times for potatoes baked steamed boiled and peeled with various times. It then describes ribbon trims including gold and silver gauze ribbons and soft wired sashes used to drape boleros and basque outfits with thin skirts.
Death notice for Charles Aeckerlin of Antwerp
The undersigned announces the death on January 3 1905 and burial on Friday January 6 at 10 am in Kiel cemetery. Memory is asked to be kept in affectionate remembrance. Antwerp Matin.
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Kiel
Charles Aeckerlin
Antwerp Matin
Gladstone Speech Notes from Norwich May 16 1890
Facsimile of notes by Mrs James Duncan the 21 year old stenographer in the gallery of the house of commons. She accompanied Gladstone on his East Anglian tour and reported all speeches verbatim from the Norwich address.
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Gladstone
Mr. Gladstone
Norwich
James Duncan
House of Commons
Quaile Found Under Snow Crust
A. E. Manchester of Slade's Corner Dartmouth Mass about ten miles from this city found twenty two frozen quail in the snow. They were fat and in good condition and had been dead perhaps a week or two huddled together buried in crusted snow making escape impossible. Forest and Stream New Bedford Letter notes a hard luck tale of a flock wiped out by severe winter.
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Manchester
Slade's Corner
Dartmouth
Mass
New Bedford
ExJudge Milier Denies Politics Involvement In Local Press Letter
Ex Judge Samuel Miller of Mercer Pennsylvania says he seeks a political rest after twenty years on the bench and denies involvement in supporting any candidate. He recounts a remark by United States District Attorney George Jenks about preferring hell to Washington, then jokes about reprieve after three months. Also described is a seventeenth century fireback found in Kentish England, featuring a king in a chariot over a bridged torrent, framed with oak leaves and an illegible bottom inscription.
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Samuel Miller
Mercer
Western Press
Ghering
United States
George Jenks
Washington
Hell
Pennsylvania
Jenks
Nington
Ashford
England
Colossal idol near Kamakura towers over Yokohama
A colossal bronze idol sits two miles from Kamakura and about twenty from Yokohama in Japan. Dating to the reign of Emperor Shomu who died in 784, it stands 6345 feet tall from lotus base to crown. The face measures 16 feet by 94% feet, eyes span 2 feet 9 inches, eyebrows 5% feet, ears 8% feet. Chest depth is 20 feet and the middle finger reaches 5 feet. The lotus throne leaves are 10 by 6 feet each.
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Kamakura
Yokohama
Japan
Diety
Shomu
Arctic Owl Seizes Decoy Duck in Newburyport
Mr. Baumgartner watched his live duck decoys when a large white Arctic owl swooped in aiming to seize one. He fired twice, killing the owl which had a six foot wingspan. The incident occurred on the river.
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Mr. Baumgartner
Newburyport
Viking pirate skin relic fetches fifteen dollars in London sale
A Danish pirate skin fragment about the size of a half dollar sold for fifteen dollars at a London auction. A guaranteed genuine lock of Edward VII’s hair failed to find a buyer. The Viking was said to have raided Hadstock Church in Essex over nine centuries ago and his skin was nailed to the door as a warning. The Windsor royal chair was also claimed from the king’s tomb in 1789. The parchment like relic drew astonished interest among buyers.
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London
Edward TV
King's Tomb
Windsor
Hadstock
Essex
Ancient gateway at Kendalough opens to Seven Churches ruins
The Kendalough gateway in County Wicklow Ireland marks the entry to the Seven Churches ruins dating to the sixth century. Although the churches are ruins, their historic and religious significance continues to attract travelers from around the world.
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Kendalough
Courty Wicklow
Ireland
Lone Widow's Hundred Gate Case in Montreal Court
Mrs J Brossard a Montreal widow kept about a hundred cats in a rented house. The landlord sought to cancel the lease claiming nuisance and damage to the premises. She defended herself arguing poverty and loneliness. Judge Taschereau ordered eviction and payment of back rent and costs.
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Montreal
J. Brossard
Taschereau
Toronto Globe
Freak Fox Caught in Trap Near Leominster
Frank D. W. Gleason of Leominster Massachusetts set a trap for a mink and caught a fox that baffled locals. The animal is neither albino nor wood gray but shares traits of both, making it a striking, unusual specimen in local sport.
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Frank D. W. Gleason
Leominster
Mass
Silk Production in America Eyes Great Future
A discussion on America's potential to become a leading silk producer cites notable successes in Georgia and substantial progress in New York State within twenty five miles of New York City, suggesting a rising industry trajectory and economic implications.
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America
Georgia
New York State
New York City
Silk production progress shown near Tarrytown
Prospects are promising as Joseph Cussani of New York City demonstrates successful silk cultivation at his Pocantico Hills country home near Tarrytown. This year he produced about 150 pounds of raw silk, noting that 300 cocoons yield one pound, illustrating the scale of his achievement.
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New York State
Joseph Cussani
New York City
Pocantico Hills
Tarrytown
Cussanl
Saved by Woodrat's Nest in Red Wood During Fall
H Hollenback of Boulder Creek California was kicked from a 200 foot cliff by his mule. He fell 50 feet into a large woodrat nest inside a red wood tree about 150 feet above ground. A rescue party belayed him down with ropes to safety.
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H. Hollenback
Boulder Creek
Cal
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