Styles That Will Be Much Worn In Summer Fashions
Walking skirts in irregular checks especially black and white will dominate. Bias circular models with front seam and side plaits, plus a short bolero, lead current trends. Gored skirts and hip yokes offer fullness, while new yokes shape the hip line. Summer frocks feature tweed, velvet trims, and straw hats with winged backs. Paris cuts extend to daylight wear with chemisettes and lace details. Recipes for beef and fish dishes accompany fashion notes in this page.
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Paris
Valuable German Discovery Claim
A German report describes a compound of carbolic acid sapponine camphor and turpentine with curious properties. It is said to solidify when heated and melt again when cooled, a behavior unlike albuminous substances whose coagulation is permanent.
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Germany
Peacock Feathers and Fashion Trends Featured in 1900s Style
A recipe for Mountain Dew Pudding with eggs, milk, crackers, coconut, and meringue is paired with a fashion snippet praising peacock feather accents in hats and Silk Wars style garments. The piece notes chic blue green feather contrasts, and describes draped bodices, lingerie chemisettes, and plaited skirts with hip fittings.
Kidney Toast Recipe for Three Sheep Kidneys
Kidney toast describes skinning and cutting three sheep kidneys into six pieces. Melt butter add kidneys a small shallot and a teaspoon of chopped herbs or spices for flavor.
Prune Pudding Stew Method from Old Cookbook
Prune pudding is simmered slowly without sugar then folded with stiff egg whites cream of tartar salt and optional sugar. Bake in a water bath ten minutes then remove parboil pan bake fifteen minutes until browned and serve cold with cream.
Real Shirt Waist Returns Promised for Summer
The shirt waist promised for the season returns to the original garment’s simplicity. The bishop sleeve has disappeared and is replaced by the old-time shirtsleeve, moderate at the top, set in to rise slightly and ending in starched cuffs.
New Button Designs Spotlight This Summer Wardrobe
Buttons take prominent role for linen and frock fashions this season. Handmade styles feature mercerized thread embroidery, denim with raised flowers, silk covered and hand painted variants for ties, and linen covered molds with pale blue forget-me-nots. The plain shirt waist gains beauty from decorative hand embroidered buttons replacing bone buttons.
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Artis
Batiste
Bowman House in Lexington Burns. oldest landmark lost
The Bowman house on Appleton street near Arlington-Lexington line burned, with a financial loss under 1500 dollars though its historic value is high. Records say Lexington’s first settlement began about 1640 to 1642, and the Bowman structure, prior to 1900, was dated 1649 though experts doubt such an early build. Buckman Tavern, Munroe Tavern, and Hancock house remain pre 1700 landmarks in Lexington.
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Bowman
Appleton Street
Arlington
Lexington
Vinebrook
Town Hall
Lexington Town Hall
Buckman Tavern
Munroe
Hancock
Old Men With Young Wives Propensity of the Times
An insurance agent cites unusual statistics on ages of husbands and wives. He notes that as men remarry, their wives tend to be younger, with first wives about four years younger, second wives ten years younger, and later wives far younger. He argues younger spouses rejuvenate older men and may improve life expectancy, even for a 70 year old considering a 20 year old wife.
Luck of a Crocodile in Singapore River Tale
A five foot crocodile trapped in the upper Singapore river drew superstition from coolies who hailed the saurian as the god of the river. After painting red Chinese characters on its back with white paint, they released it amid loud cracker fire in a local custom reported by the South China Post.
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Jenith
Singapore
South China Post
A Bishop on Dancing in Church Fundraising
The Bishop of Durham answered a correspondent in One of Our Blameless Dances, saying he favors no harm from dances but does not support their use to aid church work. He endorses freedom for others to hold conscientious opinions.
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Bishop of
Durham
Chickens Fly Through Plate Glass in Town Incident
Frightened prairie chickens seeking refuge from a village bell dash across the street. One bird crashes through a heavy plate glass store window, tearing a six inch hole and dying on the floor. The second bird enters the same hole, shatters glass, then escapes unharmed. The tale is reported by a Wolsey dispatch.
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Wolsey
S. D
Sixty Years in Business and Ivory Worker Simon Shaller
Simon W. Shaller of Ivoryton Connecticut is the oldest ivory worker. He is in his seventy third year and has been connected with the ivory trade since age nineteen.
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Simon W. Shaller
Ivoryton
Conn
Mr. Shaller
Candle Shot Through Board Reported by Correspondent
A weathered pine fence board served as a target for a firearm loaded with three drams of black powder and a standard candle. The candle passed through, leaving a clean hole and embedding in the sand behind the target. The candle came out torn but not shapeless. Carry Carret notes Clarence Corn has ears open.
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Mabel
Clarence Corn
Rare Monkey in Captivity Arrives at English Zoo
The Liverpool Mercury reports a brownish olive Buttikofer's quenon specimen recently brought to a British zoo. The creature, from West Africa's Liberian forests, travels in tree-top troops and is noted as extremely active with long limbs and a white nose.
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Buttikofer
West Africa
Icelander Needs Long Nails Story
A sailor notes distinctive features of Icelanders claiming their right thumbnail is as long as a Chinese man’s pinky nail. He explains the nail’s use for snuff, saying Icelanders shape snuff into a plug and scrape it off with the long thumb nail. He contrasts ornament with utility.
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Iceland
Tke
Pallbearers to Be Paid Under Baltimore Will
The will of Catherine McGowan of Baltimore Maryland offers probate in the orphans court. It provides that the six men chosen to serve as pallbearers shall be paid two dollars each for acting.
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Catherine McGowan
Baltimore
Orphans’ Court
Whales Near Cape Cod Bay Attract Fishermen
A large echo of finback whales has been spotted near Race Point on Cape Cod bay. Local fishermen report the biggest concentration since 1879 when many were killed and believe a strong bait school lures the whales into the area.
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Bay Inn
Race Point
Cape Cod
Wheat Stalk Six Feet Long Observed Near Sacaton
George E. Brown, superintendent of irrigation for the Indiana, arrived with a six to eight foot stalk of wheat taken from eight acres owned by Ralph Blackwater, Sacaton miller. The field lies in the Salt River reservation about fifteen miles above the city. The stalks exceed six feet and heads are large. bloom is not yet present, suggesting further growth.
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George E. Brown
Indiana
Ralph Blackwater
Sacaton
Salt River Reservation
Arizona Republican
A Parrot's Pets Entertains With Bird Feed Mischief
A parrot, owner fond of birds, keeps sparrow proteges and mimics all around. While dining outdoors in summer, the man feeds crumbs to tame birds that hop onto the table. The clever parrot now tosses seeds from its mind for the amusement of its feathered companions.
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New York
Lames
Mass
Liverpool
Eng
Mercury
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