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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1893
Page
6
The piece highlights a shift toward second skirts and draped effects with knife pleatings and long kilts in new gowns. Other models show very flaring backs with plain lower hems and triple frill waist trim, complemented by decorated bodices and full frilled sleeves.
A New York Advertiser piece argues it is no longer proper to scent many dress items with bold perfumes. It prescribes subtle fragrance methods using sandalwood powder and pine musk to create sachet bags that impart a lasting, delicate aroma.
Skirts of street dresses are cut to uniform length and move with less lifting. Most gowns have trimming varying by material and style. Double and triple skirts gain popularity signaling upcoming drapery trends. tall wearers benefit but short women should avoid them.
A 19th century tone mocks ringlets as relics of sentimentality while noting modern women face a range of curl devices from curl papers to tins. It notes daily fear that corkscrew curls fail, turning spirals limp with ragged ends and overlong strands.
A curio filled panorama on exotic headpieces and native beauty practices contrasted with Western fashion. Descriptions of Samoan and African adornments sit beside Edwardian fur trends including Isabella capes, Persian lamb garments, seals and marten trims, moire silks, and duchess guipure lace.
Lavender harvest in a nearby English town reveals a revival of antique scents as workers cut stalks and bundle them for distilleries producing soap lavender water and other luxuries. Grandmothers stored lavender to scent linen and deter moths and now dried blossoms are separated before sachets.
The article explains lavender sachet sacks for drawers and decorative torpedoes where flower heads sit in a stalk case with ribbons. It notes shaking bags restores scent and that lavender stalks can be dried and used as incense, with smoldering stalks fragrance a room.
A description of spool production from long sticks to finished spools using saws drills and knives. The piece also recounts stories of a missionary gift contest for a crippled boy Jimmy and a brave dog Pat rescuing sailors and signaling distress. The closing vignette describes a traveling hypnotic fakir selling rheumatism rings and a boxing match between illusion and reality.
A Chicago Journal excerpt recounts a social embarrassment at a luncheon where two women mimic conversation by counting aloud to comic effect, prompting neighborly curiosity and amusement. The piece ends with a note on parrot breeding in hothouses being impracticable.
A fragmented OCR page compiles jokes and humorous dialogues about daily life. It includes quips about perseverance, etiquette, stage jokes, and light aims at readers. Characters tease each other in punchy one liners and short exchanges. The tone mirrors early 20th century humor columns.
A playful riddle about a round little face turned to the sun with soft golden hair that floats white in the air. It sleeps at night and wakes at dawn, inviting children to guess the answer, which is revealed as a dandelion.
Miss Ingalls tests Tommy Brooks on seven times eight. He struggles to answer, but remains hopeful as he contemplates a refresher slate session after school. He longs for his mother’s praise yet worries about admitting his lapse.
A dog accompanied by sailors struggles through roaring surf to the reef. After multiple wave burials and a tense wait, the man is carried up the reef and into the boat. A rope line is secured as shore men haul the line and danger is overcome, the dog rallying to safety.
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