1800s

‘Mary Poppins’ lawyer dresses like it’s the 1800s with custom Victorian clothing and dip pens

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‘Mary Poppins’ lawyer dresses like it’s the 1800s with custom Victorian clothing and dip pens

She parties like it’s 1899. Oregon’s Adelaide Beeman-White is winding back the clock on haute couture by dressing like she stepped out of a time machine from the late 19th century. Instead of the usual suit, the 27-year-old associate attorney wears a handmade long skirt with puffed sleeves, a feathered hat and even a parasol, … Read more

Yellow fever, scourge from the 1800s, is coming back — and the US is woefully unprepared

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Yellow fever, scourge from the 1800s, is coming back — and the US is woefully unprepared

“Yellow jack” is back. The mosquito-borne disease known as yellow fever is primed for a resurgence, say medical experts, and the US is woefully unprepared. Yellow fever joins other diseases — malaria, dengue, leishmaniasis — that were once confined to the tropics, but have now spread northwards into the US due to a warming climate. … Read more