Purely Feminine Fashion Notes From a Philadelphia Club
Dr. Rost of the New Century Club in Philadelphia demonstrates an India made violet silk dress with gold stars worth about 98, featuring a full width vertical slit and a long silk belt. The piece showcases 1890s style trends, discussing garments, headwear, and the era’s fashion obsessions with lace, embroidery, and elaborate silhouettes.
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Dr. Rost
New Century Club
Philadelphia
India
Tabae
Great Britain
Indies
Mary E. Wilkins
Jennie Young
Colhuahua
Chihuahua
Coshulia
England
Paris
Mmr
Duchess of Portland
Wight
Wellbeck
Margulis
Vanity Fair
Hutthara
Oscar Wilde
London
Bowery
Brooke
Marguerite
Notable women on the Balon of the Champ de Mars jury
The text notes Jeline Lemaire and Mile Broviac as fret women serving on the jury of Balon at the Champ de Mars. It mentions Humphrey Ward's novel David Grieve translated into Swedish and references a Liberal paper last year. The piece discusses women writers appearing in morning and evening newspapers in London.
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Jeline Lemaire
Mile. Broviac
Balon
Champ de Mars
Humphrey Ward
David Grieve
Bulag
Syeckbola
Loudon
Montana Musings on Travel and Industry in the West
A rambler passes through Spokane and Bozeman reflecting on water power and growth. He contrasts Spokane’s early tents with brick buildings, notes mills, smelters, and potions in Great Falls, and recounts schooling incidents in Anaconda. The piece blends satire with observations of education, mining, and agriculture across Montana.
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Elgar W.nya
Montana
Spokane
Washington
Bia
Carling
New York
Great Northern
Union Pacific
United States
Censua
Aman
Wyoming
Handy
Sida Park
North Carolina
Great Falls
Great Abundapee
Hillmes
Hillmes It Came With A Wild Whoop From the To~ Dina Ocbad
Anaconda
Pianos Very Nervous Waves Explain Tuning Troubles
A humorous Globe Democrat piece recounts a dissatisfied piano buyer and a clever salesman who uses wave sympathy theory to locate causes of rattling notes. Cases include misbehaving pianos due to doors, furniture, stoves, castors, and room objects, with anecdotes from dealers and a St Louis anecdote.
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St. Lewis
Hadge
Ivy
Cale
Ron
Plesse
St. Louis
Detroit
Beentleman
Brief note on will and congress action over silver price
A fragmentary letter cites the speaker hoping Congress will act on silver prices and mentions completing a will. The writer warns they cannot go on unless action occurs and signs BN.
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P.S
Congress
Witness Trial Quips Highlight Lawyer Doctor Banter
A Herald report notes a courtroom exchange where a lawyer remarks that doctors sometimes err, prompting the doctor to retort that lawyers’ mistakes can be fatal, buried six feet under ground or swinging six feet in the air, echoing the era’s blunt legal humor.
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Herald
Remarkable Wolpal Woman Life In Cultural Study
Special correspondence describes Wolpal women in northwestern Arizona as highly skilled in baskets pottery dyes weaving and garments while preserving distinct hair styles and matrilineal traditions. The piece compares their domestic crafts to American housewives and notes a local shopkeeper fraud anecdote amid a broader portrayal of tribal customs and childrearing practices.
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Lehinen
Greece
Troy
Wondo Po
Pume
Grencu
Artsons
Revlater
Tomastown
Wolpal
Arizona
Dall Sho
Abe
Dara Net
Weil Kolt
Shufeles
Pip
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Mme. Vincent
Napaleon Banapette
Opee
Bisheide
Napoleon
Paresal
Jaca
Snowshed No. 9
Butte
Tam
Billings
Mr. Burbank
Bozeman
Anaconia
MR. Tree
Thom
Pault
Lis
Edmoured Review
Scott
Nautch
Pandennia
Yorkshire
Morris
Helmsbringia
Saturday Review
Enema
Chalor
Haltec
Hee
Judy
Ivo
New York Sun
EJ. Trowall
Matuerville
Geneva
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