CHICAGO CLIPPINGS went live on Kindle last night. This morning I'll set up the promotional launch which, if all goes according to plan, will begin a week from Thursday. The book will be free for five days following the launch.
CHICAGO CLIPPINGS
Update: As of now, CHICAGO CLIPPINGS will be free for five days beginning on September 3. Amazon changed the dates on me last time without notifying me so I'll keep checking and make sure that doesn't happen again.
Showing posts with label 1912. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1912. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Monday, August 10, 2015
1912 Fashion News
Update on CHICAGO CLIPPINGS and then on to fashions.
I have been working on the cover for much of the past two days. I'm learning a lot about ebook covers and Photoshop I didn't know before and am getting close to finishing a cover thanks to very helpful suggestions from a Facebook writers group.
But for now, here are a few news items about what to wear that make me happy I did not live in 1912.
Fashion’s latest decree to women is that they wear pictures of sweethearts on shoes. This decree comes from Boston, and, perhaps the fact that Boston is headquarters of the shoe trust, has something to do with it.
San Francisco, Cal.––It took six women jurors just six minutes to decide that when a lady had set her heart on having a certain pink corset in a shop window –– brocaded silk trimmings and fluffy ruffle edges––and finds, after taking it home, that the said corset does not fit, the lady has right to take the corset back and demand her money. On the calendar of Justice Chas. E.A. Creighton, this is recorded as the Penn-Burdell corset case, and is the first to be decided by a jury of women in this city.
Dr. Mary Walker, champion of male attire for women, has left Presbyterian hospital, N.Y. where some people thought she was going to die because nurses tried to make her wear nightdress. She wanted, and now is wearing, pajamas.
Chief of Police McWeeny says he’s going to inspect all bathing suits used on Chicago beaches and decide if they’re proper or not.
Chicago Great Western Railroad has issued order forbidding men to wear red shirts and ties. Afraid they might be taken as danger signals.
Milwaukee.––Miss Letta Buschmann fainted in court when a tailor she is suing declared before everyone in court that she ordered a suit from him “to make her look thin.”
Miss Aline Gordon of New York, of course, has bought two pairs of stockings. That isn’t so strange; most young women wear ‘em but Miss Aline’s are of pure gold, $100 a pair, and she can wear a pair but twice.
I have been working on the cover for much of the past two days. I'm learning a lot about ebook covers and Photoshop I didn't know before and am getting close to finishing a cover thanks to very helpful suggestions from a Facebook writers group.
But for now, here are a few news items about what to wear that make me happy I did not live in 1912.
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Fashion’s latest decree to women is that they wear pictures of sweethearts on shoes. This decree comes from Boston, and, perhaps the fact that Boston is headquarters of the shoe trust, has something to do with it.
San Francisco, Cal.––It took six women jurors just six minutes to decide that when a lady had set her heart on having a certain pink corset in a shop window –– brocaded silk trimmings and fluffy ruffle edges––and finds, after taking it home, that the said corset does not fit, the lady has right to take the corset back and demand her money. On the calendar of Justice Chas. E.A. Creighton, this is recorded as the Penn-Burdell corset case, and is the first to be decided by a jury of women in this city.
Dr. Mary Walker, champion of male attire for women, has left Presbyterian hospital, N.Y. where some people thought she was going to die because nurses tried to make her wear nightdress. She wanted, and now is wearing, pajamas.
Chief of Police McWeeny says he’s going to inspect all bathing suits used on Chicago beaches and decide if they’re proper or not.
Chicago Great Western Railroad has issued order forbidding men to wear red shirts and ties. Afraid they might be taken as danger signals.
Milwaukee.––Miss Letta Buschmann fainted in court when a tailor she is suing declared before everyone in court that she ordered a suit from him “to make her look thin.”
Miss Aline Gordon of New York, of course, has bought two pairs of stockings. That isn’t so strange; most young women wear ‘em but Miss Aline’s are of pure gold, $100 a pair, and she can wear a pair but twice.
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Monday, August 3, 2015
Having a bad day?
Today is Monday - a bad day for many, so here are a few clippings from Chicago Clippings to give you a different perspective and cheer you up:
Felix Lorenze, Jeannette, Pa., tried death by drowning. Rescued. Threw himself in front of train. Found out what cowcatcher was for. Tried to hang self with towel. Landlady objected. Carbolic acid. Presumably he’s happy now.
Man tried to hold up Miss Alma Carroll of Lake Forest near her home. She responded with a right and left and robber fled. Miss Carroll captured his hat and turned it over to police.
Ninety-two cases of dynamite exploded near village of Jaudon, Mo. Village shaken as by earthquake. Dynamite used for blasting by Kansas City Southern Railway. Watchmen lit fire in storehouse to prevent dynamite from freezing.
Plaster of paris hoofprints of horse owned by H.O. Jeffries, editor Nowata, Okla., Advertiser, have led to arrest of Jeffries for murder of Mrs. Irene Goheon. His was only horse in county fitted with racing shoes.
Patrick Sheehan, who is seen in jail about once a week, has a habit of “playing dead” for the benefit of policemen. Yesterday he “played dead” and was surprised when students came and demanded different parts of his body. It didn’t take long to show them that he wasn’t dead.
Mrs. Thomas Doran, W. 47th st., was warned by the building department that her house was not safe. She moved. Five minutes after the last piece of furniture was moved the house fell into the adjoining lot. No one hurt.
Feeling better now? Remembering that things can always be worse?
I am getting closer to publishing Chicago Clippings but it is my husband's birthday and our 49th anniversary this week so it won't happen before mid August. If you haven't read The Coffin War yet, you can read it while you are waiting. :-)
Have a good week.
Felix Lorenze, Jeannette, Pa., tried death by drowning. Rescued. Threw himself in front of train. Found out what cowcatcher was for. Tried to hang self with towel. Landlady objected. Carbolic acid. Presumably he’s happy now.
Man tried to hold up Miss Alma Carroll of Lake Forest near her home. She responded with a right and left and robber fled. Miss Carroll captured his hat and turned it over to police.
Ninety-two cases of dynamite exploded near village of Jaudon, Mo. Village shaken as by earthquake. Dynamite used for blasting by Kansas City Southern Railway. Watchmen lit fire in storehouse to prevent dynamite from freezing.
Plaster of paris hoofprints of horse owned by H.O. Jeffries, editor Nowata, Okla., Advertiser, have led to arrest of Jeffries for murder of Mrs. Irene Goheon. His was only horse in county fitted with racing shoes.
Patrick Sheehan, who is seen in jail about once a week, has a habit of “playing dead” for the benefit of policemen. Yesterday he “played dead” and was surprised when students came and demanded different parts of his body. It didn’t take long to show them that he wasn’t dead.
Mrs. Thomas Doran, W. 47th st., was warned by the building department that her house was not safe. She moved. Five minutes after the last piece of furniture was moved the house fell into the adjoining lot. No one hurt.
Feeling better now? Remembering that things can always be worse?
I am getting closer to publishing Chicago Clippings but it is my husband's birthday and our 49th anniversary this week so it won't happen before mid August. If you haven't read The Coffin War yet, you can read it while you are waiting. :-)
Have a good week.
Monday, July 27, 2015
Chicken Clippings
We have seven hens and a rooster – our first chickens ever, and are amazed at how personable they are. We are keeping them for eggs, not Sunday dinner. Anyway, having chickens has made me more sensitive to clippings about them. Here are some from my book Chicago Clippings:
Joseph Schubert admitted charge of his landlord that his chickens were eating cement floor under his store and said they laid hard shelled eggs because of their diet.
Rev. G.A.T. Cornelius, Los Angeles, while feeding chickens, came on egg with his initials on it. This may prove something but we don’t know what.
A. Greer, Asheville, N.C., refused $500 for bulldog which he has trained to keep chickens in coop until they lay their quota of eggs.
Maltese cat hatched 15 chickens from eggs of hen belonging to Peter Donlin, Pittsfield, Mass., which died.
A Columbia, Conn., hen is said to have laid an egg bearing a picture of Col. Roosevelt. This is the ultimate in campaign press agent work.
Gary, Ind.–Judge Huber interrupted court until he went home and got chickens out of rain.
New York.–In mix up of suitcases on steamer Robert Fulton, Mrs. Hull, Brooklyn, lost one containing $600 worth of jewelry and received one filled with broiled chickens.
Bristol, Pa.–Mrs. Ellen Buck, chicken fancier, as an experiment, made flannel coat for rooster, whereupon 65 other chickens followed her around until they all got coats.
Bloomington, Ill.–Lady Show You III, champion hen, has been sold to J.A. Bell, Chicago, for $800. Has record of 82 eggs in 82 consecutive days and 281 eggs for last year.
Tarrytown, N.Y.–Hen belonging to Gilbert Brown laid 72 eggs in icehouse last summer. Brown training other hens to try cold storage system.
Rooster perched on bellcord of N.Y., Bridgeport, express, causing signal for engineer to stop train. “&@5!*!” being what the engineer said about it.
Boston.––“Freckles,” cat owned by Mrs. C.A. Buzzed, had litter of kittens. Were drowned. “Freckles” kidnapped 3 chickens from hen and is raising them.
This chicken story is from a September, 1899 Oregon newspaper: Three hens belonging to Dr. Shaw, of Russellville, Ky., are high flyers. They recently ascended 200 feet in the air in pursuit of a hawk. When the noon whistles blow they quit scratching gravel and hasten home to dinner.
Joseph Schubert admitted charge of his landlord that his chickens were eating cement floor under his store and said they laid hard shelled eggs because of their diet.
Rev. G.A.T. Cornelius, Los Angeles, while feeding chickens, came on egg with his initials on it. This may prove something but we don’t know what.
A. Greer, Asheville, N.C., refused $500 for bulldog which he has trained to keep chickens in coop until they lay their quota of eggs.
Maltese cat hatched 15 chickens from eggs of hen belonging to Peter Donlin, Pittsfield, Mass., which died.
A Columbia, Conn., hen is said to have laid an egg bearing a picture of Col. Roosevelt. This is the ultimate in campaign press agent work.
Gary, Ind.–Judge Huber interrupted court until he went home and got chickens out of rain.
New York.–In mix up of suitcases on steamer Robert Fulton, Mrs. Hull, Brooklyn, lost one containing $600 worth of jewelry and received one filled with broiled chickens.
Bristol, Pa.–Mrs. Ellen Buck, chicken fancier, as an experiment, made flannel coat for rooster, whereupon 65 other chickens followed her around until they all got coats.
Bloomington, Ill.–Lady Show You III, champion hen, has been sold to J.A. Bell, Chicago, for $800. Has record of 82 eggs in 82 consecutive days and 281 eggs for last year.
Tarrytown, N.Y.–Hen belonging to Gilbert Brown laid 72 eggs in icehouse last summer. Brown training other hens to try cold storage system.
Rooster perched on bellcord of N.Y., Bridgeport, express, causing signal for engineer to stop train. “&@5!*!” being what the engineer said about it.
Boston.––“Freckles,” cat owned by Mrs. C.A. Buzzed, had litter of kittens. Were drowned. “Freckles” kidnapped 3 chickens from hen and is raising them.
This chicken story is from a September, 1899 Oregon newspaper: Three hens belonging to Dr. Shaw, of Russellville, Ky., are high flyers. They recently ascended 200 feet in the air in pursuit of a hawk. When the noon whistles blow they quit scratching gravel and hasten home to dinner.
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