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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1892
Page
3
A London duchess endures a long gown fitting with lace work and color laden gowns described. The piece notes bold color combinations gray chiffon with pale yellow, cardinal with reseda, pink with lemon. It also highlights parasols trimmed with ribbons and varied sunshade loops. Sticks vary from tortoise shell and carved cock’s heads to bamboo and teak golf stick handles.
A historical note observes that for every rare bird used in millinery such as the hummingbird and kingfisher many perish. The text describes deaths from starvation and wounding, with birds left to die in woods as decoration fades.
Two women who served in the 1848 revolutionary army in Hungary died recently. One, known as Karl, rose to first lieutenant of hussars before an artillery major halted her career by marriage. The other, Josef, was decorated for valor and married later. A Hungarian observer notes about a dozen women fought in the insurrection.
A London tea firm is run entirely by women with all staff, managers, and agents female. The company owns a Ceylon estate and handles blending tasting and packing by women under male instructors. The London packing rooms are stylish spaces that have become social hubs for women.
The New York Post reports that women's work writing retail ad copy is expanding in large cities. Women draft attractive notices for daily papers and monthly catalogs, sometimes earning significant weekly sums by crafting multiple advertisements for various firms.
A New York Press styled excerpt contrasts Japanese bath habits with Western tastes then surveys royal blue fabrics, velvet ribbons, Venetian satin wedding gowns, and spring fashion details. It highlights hot baths, grooming routines, and a range of trim trends from bows and fringes to lace capes and blouses.
In the Bishop mine a dry slope yielded white flies with red eyes and a four foot white rattlesnake. Prof. Harlow Ballard collected specimens and suggested the flies came from an ancient, air rich, light starved slope. The animal and insects disappeared after reopening the shaft and reintroducing light.
Read about evolving parasol styles from plain pink to modern shot satin designs. Earlier women favored simple options like plain or moire parasols, while contemporary trends feature chiffon, lace edged parasols with broad ribbons and shot satin finishes.
London notes a curious beetle in the possession of W. G. Dudley Wyatt bought in Mexico City. The live insect is about an inch long with gilded legs thorax and antenna and an embroidered coat sewn to its shell. Wyatt tours the East and India, claims it has not eaten for seven months, and plans to donate it to South Kensington authorities.
An 1880s style advertisement offers one hundred dollars for any annu of Catarrh cured by Catarrh Cure F J Cheney & Co. Toledo. It claims F J Cheney has been trusted for 15 years and that Hall’s Catarrh Cure works by affecting blood and mucous surfaces. It promotes testimonials and sells at ten cents per bottle through druggists.
In Keg street Kansas the town faces strain as many husbands and wives live apart. The social fabric is fractured with parties rare and the community relying on two churches for support.
An assortment of notices and advertisements tout medicines such as Hoxsie’s Croup Cure and bradyerotine for headaches, with claims of opium-free formulas and prices. Additional items report immigration increases in Baltimore, cigars for foreign markets, patent patent counts, and a commerce treaty with Germany. Names include A P Hoxsie, S B Leonard, and A R Hanks. places Syracuse, Buffalo, and Mountain Peak.
An advert promises Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription cures for female weaknesses and disorders. It claims to improve digestion, enrich blood, ease pain and nervousness, and restore health, with a money back guarantee if unsatisfied.
The old fashioned pills claim to prevent relieve and cure sick headache biliousness constipation indigestion and derangements of the liver stomach and bowels. They are described as the smallest cheapest and easiest to take.
Dr F. Brown of Suspension Bridge New York writes of his seventeen years practice and endorses Kilmer Swamp Root plus Kilmer’s A D Anointment as cures for kidney liver and bladder troubles. He cites a patient cured after three bottles and claims consistent positive results across many cases for chronic or acute ailments and hemorrhoids.
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