Umbrellas and fashion from the Chicago Record Woman
A column on umbrella styles praises designer artistry and ornate handles in wood mother of pearl and silver. It compares gnarled imported wood and carved ivory with practical care tips, then shifts to notes on age, beauty, and charm in women, quoting Octavia Thanet and Jocelyn Davis, and ends with a Missouri fried Johnny cake recipe.
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Dinan
Mulas
Jocelyn Davis
Chicago
Octays Thanet
Ladies’ Wome Journal
Sverman
Miust
How to Serve Apples in Four Nies Ways
A vintage recipe sketch from the American Agriculturist listing Buttered Apples Compote Frosted Apples and Miroton of Apples. It outlines steps to bake stew and dress apples with sugar, butter, lemon, alum, custard, and whipped egg whites to create dessert styles.
Electric tea kettle gains vogue in London drawing rooms
A London silversmith firm introduces an electric tea kettle praised for cleanliness and ease of use. The device heats water via room lighting connections and pours without removing from its stand, reducing scald risk. Candle powers from eight to fifty are offered, with sixteen being optimal for ordinary use.
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Mater Progress
London Silversmiths
London
Stands for plants four models to build at home
Home crafts piece outlines four plant stand models from simple to hanging racks, with design notes for stability and placement by a window. It covers a half circular three shelf stand, a small bench with a window box, a top bench rack, and a wall hung rack, plus finish and napery tips.
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France
Elizabeth B. Sage
Judd
First Way to Cook Cranberries from a Vintage Recipe
A damaged OCR recipe describes cooking cranberries with water and sugar. It instructs washing cranberries, combining with water or wine, heating until berries burst, then simmering twenty minutes without a cover while ensuring berries do not reseal. The instruction calls the result a delicious preparation of aranberries.
Blackheads Indications and Home Treatments
An 19th century note on blackheads or comedo as a sign of general debility. It describes the skin lesions on face and neck, links to dyspepsia and constipation, and favors bowel cleansing, diet, saline waters, and local applications with sulfur and glycerine. Suggestions include soap and friction, watch-key expulsion, and Demodex folliculorum as harmless. Emphasizes stomach or bowel disease attention.
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Castile
Pretty china closet ideas for the dining room decor
The article extols china closet improvements in dining rooms, noting corner oak or ash cupboards with brass fittings, glass fronts, and vivid decor. It praises Copenhagen ware, Doulton pitchers, and chocolate pots, with tips on shelving, backdrops, and tasteful color schemes to enhance displays.
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China
Copenhagen
Eyebrow and eyelash care in Victorian fashion
A Victorian era piece notes how brow and lash grooming shapes facial expression. It details powders, brushes, and routine actions used by women, including permating the brow tip, cologne, and a silver mounted brush to shape a refined arched line. Eyelashes are described as thickest midline and renewed every five months.
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Tutson
Desert
Grand Dames
Ovid
N. VY. Press
The Woman to Cultivate Mind and Character
A meditative piece extols women to nurture intellect and moral growth beyond vanity. It urges self-education, resilience against defeat, and devotion to country and humanity, framing inner illumination as the true measure of lasting vitality.
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Gourt
Adern
Julla Ward
Thanksgiving Pie How To Cook Pumpkin And Squash
A Tribune column explains pumpkin and squash pie preparation. It details slow steaming, draining, and mashing pumpkin, then mixing with milk sugar eggs ginger nutmeg mace and spices. It notes pastry lined plates for rich corner pieces and compares squash pie as easier to make with similar ingredients.
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Tribune
Christmas Fan Gussy and Home Craft Trends
A fragmented 19th century homemaking column outlines Christmas fan decorations using cretonne and art muslin, with instructions to shape, cover, and hang a fan on a wall. It suggests rich fabrics, embroidered satin bands, and a lined nightdress case as decorative elements, plus a Brobdingnagian envelope-style closure.
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Cuud Housekeeping
Pouchotiggy with Crown Sago Recipe
A quirky recipe instructs boiling eggs in water vinegar and salt then draining and rinsing. It adds butter and a splash of cayenne before basting and serving the eggs immediately for a crowned dish.
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Adda
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