Butter House Romance and Dairy Work of a Western Girl
A fragmented piece describes a butter house scene with a Western girl milking cows by a clear stream. It recalls a dairy routine, the butter making process on a mechanical scale, and the idle pastime of a Cleveland girl named Cleve lomb at Greg Gables, highlighting social class and rural labor in a bygone era.
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Speteries
Panny Davenport
Telved
Greg Gables
Cleveland
Neldonh
Wells
EL Eveland
Wigley
Washington
Kinlergarten
AML
Dalronwen
Marlborough
Willy Dilly
Ian Io
Rat West
Yachting Caps and Summer Hats Shape 1900s Style
A hatter reports on the season's outdoor wear with white duck yachting caps, Alpine bicycle hats, and pancake derbies. He notes Mackay and Gould among golfers, Lyndon and Whitney, plus Prince George’s derby influence. Monograms replace colors, and demand for small caps rises as cycling and wheeling grow popular.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mackay Yachting
Harry Whitney
George Gould
Summer outing gowns of the fin de siecle in Paris fashion
Paris notes describe the 1895 summer ward robe for fashionable women. Outing gowns feature dark blue ducal fabrics, trimmed jackets, boat necklines, bows and quills, and short godet skirts. Athleisure styles rise with camel hair suits and sporty ensembles for mountains and tennis, while outfits blend elegance with practical travel needs.
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Ryman
Paris
Adbrinette
Mt. Blane
Yale
Switzerland
Winda
Ronell
Sania
Boston
Mysterious Verse Echoes of Milk Song and Robins
A fragmentary verse voice hints at a rural scene where iron resolve meets dawn. It images a figure tied to land and family, a country pace, and a morning face with a bright milk pail, mingling with robin song.
Hypothetical Nightlife Gossip From Old New York
A fragment from the New York Prose hints at a late night scene in a restaurant where two students of psychology and physiology discuss a pale nervous man. They joke about his profession and observe him, noting his hands and nerves as they test a theory of observation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cretonne Spreads Across Fancy Heds and Erads
A Philadelphia Press item describes cretonne spreads used on hats and bodices, noting their common and fancy patterns. The text mentions burgundic tints, thick trims, and a deep frill around the edge as desirable features for fashionable garments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Brimmed sailor cap and yachting hat in summer resort setting
Walter Be. Wilson describes items for seaside leisure including a brimmed sailor, a small bicycle cloth cap, a grass cloth yachting hat, a light weight tile and a pancake derby. He imagines someone facing the world at any summer resort in the country.
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Wedeo
David BR. Hill
Walter BE. Wilson
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Wlan Org
Wii
Zandringham
Tivey
Pune
Darwenport
Egunnen
SeGow
Herter
Hyde
Peters
Abel
F. Mereas
Enoes
Nore
Ameble
John
Jim
John Mac Jim
Tees
Jem
Cover
Ruth Ashimorian
Jol
Lane
Eatia Feil
Joan
Phix
Dan Fogg
Lenox
Berkshires
Mackay
Ethridge T. Gerry
Gerry
Ata Cleaners
Uf Liege
Janet
Colnr
Yan
Payne ‘Whitney
Golf
Gerhard
Oure OF
Fife
Gebbard
Prince George, Duke of York
Isife
London
Iim
Fas
Yachteng
Adathelc
Nery
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