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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1894
Page
2
The oldest dressmakers’ bill, dated 2800 B C, appears on a Chalacan tablet with entries for ninety two pure vestments for priests and various robes, collars, and sashes. An earlier similar account dates to over 1400 B C, per the New York Sun.
The Western North Carolina segment of the Richmond and Danville system, built by the State, faced bankruptcy. Colonel Charles Fisher lost his investments while his daughter sought to mend the fortunes by writing stories. The World credits Christian Reid with Southern life novels and sketches born from the contractor’s misfortune.
The New York Post criticizes winter hats and bonnets using fur and feathers as barbaric and tasteless. It condemns wholesale bird slaughter for fashion, calling fashion a Moloch that consumes vanity and warns against cruel displays in society.
More than 100000 people are jobless in New York and Brooklyn yet domestic service faces a tight labor market. Demand for maids cooks and similar help remains strong with agencies and Ellis Island missions reporting many applications. Officials note no wage drop to explain the shortage and cite a factory closure in New Jersey that displaced over 20000 women nearby.
The Greenville News sketches Mary Yeargin a Laurens County SC native who earned funds as a cotton gin engineer to afford college in Columbia DC. She taught then studied at Cornell and helped advance South Carolina women’s higher education by aiding an industrial college study leading to the Normal College’s creation.
A New York World description outlines a model street gown in lavender satinette with chinchilla borders on the underskirt, long overskirt gathered by dark lavender velvet ribbons, and a fur-trimmed velvet jacket. A matching capote in dark lavender velvet features a black feather bunch and antique gemstone ornament.
The article argues that modern dress ages gracefully, enabling women around sixty to wear latest fashions without copying younger styles. It notes increased culture in attire and criticizes misfitted flashy dressing, predicting the fading of such youth-obsessed looks.
Milliners showcase rich brown shades and lace trimmed suits for youth. Paris women favor black wool satin gowns with bordered stitching and green hopsack gowns with basques and black moire revers.
William F. Arbuckle of Topeka recalls building a Kansas Nebraska sod home with four rooms and glass windows, the “Shack With the Glass Eyes,” a warm durable shelter now fading as windmills and modern cottages replace the old earth structures on the plains.
A snippet of jokes and quips from humorous columns and cartoon captions. Items reference social satire, manners, and light banter about marriage, gossip, and school life. Notable lines include a widow seeking a memory stone for her husband and a nursemaid exchange about a teacher’s sight.
A Detroit Free Press excerpt warns that a daughter should learn to be agreeable without mocking others. It laments ridicule among youths and notes how sharp wit targets the ill dressed or burdened, urging restraint and empathy toward those who bear heavy loads.
Fragmentary text discusses language origins and references French, Indians, and a country name. It notes debates over gold and silver trade and mentions a sentence about Canada and Spanish links, ending with a Yankee Blade attribution.
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