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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1897
Page
4
Rich trimmings on skirts and bodices feature velvet, satin, and lace finishes with chiffon waists and plume details. New models emphasize rich fabrics and decorative plumes, with outfits including green moss tones and Valenciennes lace, for theater or day wear.
A Normandy hotel hosts a vivid fete titled A Butterfly Banquet by bright American guests and local children to raise funds for fishermen families. Young attendees parade in cowslip yellows and nasturtium tones, wearing elaborate gowns with gauze, taffeta, and lace, while butterflies released at a flowered table provide the finale to a festivity praised as charming and hopeful.
Nina Goodwin notes the banquet was a great success and that the poor fatherless little children benefited from the event.
A Louisiana brigadier general and his son, his adjutant, drilled a brigade in Virginia. When the general ordered left, the son shouted over the head of the column, Pa says heat of the column to the left, illustrating how discipline and miscommunication nearly disrupted ranks. The anecdote is cited from the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
A simple man wanders into a city museum and asks about a meteorite. An attendant explains it fell from the sky on a country farm and caused no injuries. The visitor reflects that the Lord is kind though cheerless at times.
Mrs Hayrake describes the incident as true saying they took him away yesterday to a sanitarium. The rumor notes doctors attempt a Keely motor treatment to cure him amid village talk and speculation.
A brief, archaic dialogue shows a young Higgins asking to kiss Mias Tonspot and the woman guiding him with a ring gesture. The fragment hints at a flirtatious exchange, ending with a promise or instruction about kissing.
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