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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1894
Page
4
Notes on powders, toiletries, and hygiene for women. Discusses powder use for skin, shaving aftermath, and preserving complexion. Advises on gentle cleansing and avoiding harsh steam or soap. Includes remarks on laundry damage to fine garments and milder remedies for the face.
The piece describes two sailor hat styles with linen shams and drawn work, plus a fashionable French straw hat paired with a violet silk gown. It then offers sewing tips to remodel a silk waist using Renaissance lace, moire ribbons, and strategic bows, with pricing notes on shams, sheets, and quilts.
A New York World excerpt describes waist ribbons coming together with forked ends for light silk waists and recommends a black moire stock collar as a becoming addition, reflecting period dress language.
The Leghorn hat is described as remarkably picturesque for Newport travel with filmy streamers, clusters of black violets, and black satin ribbon loops at the brim. The crown is partly hidden by violets and green leaves, with crepe de Chine streamers and a rosette at the back.
A Victorian recipe segment outlines Lobster Farole made by thickening milk with flour and butter, adding chopped lobster meat and mushrooms, seasoning, and baking in shells. It also provides French Pancakes instructions with a light egg batter, seasoning, and cooking in a buttered pan, finishing with jelly and rolling.
A comic Irish tale shows an Irishman asking for jobs for his brother and father. The foreman tests the men by asking their abilities. The Irishman praises both relatives as good workers. The foreman replies that the father should come so the three can stay away.
An odd event at a Shelf Halifax area mill saw a hen sparrow entangle itself with a length of net tied to its nest. The bird apparently flew while entangled and died by hanging, found suspended about a yard from its nest.
A collage of short tales and morals for children including how Polly and Peter keep house, Grandmother’s troubles, and a cottage scene with apples. It blends playful episodes with a moral about leniency, laughter, and family bonds.
A historic note on the microphone as a key instrument in electrical research. It describes how a fly’s footsteps, a horse’s tread, a fly’s scream at death, feather rustling, dress fabric brushing audible, and watch ticking can be heard remotely, with a musical box linked to the setup.
The narrator describes a rural domestic scene with threshing by an uncle and preparations for a visitor, noting chores around the house. Peter, a child at play, is the central figure while others attend to farm tasks, meals, and hospitality. Dora Read Goodale, in St. Nicholas.
A strange discovery last spring placed a bird s nest between carved roses atop a marble column in a large store s millinery section. Tiny threads of silk and cotton, plus crumbs from cake and bon bon, were used by the nest builders as they fluttered among laces ribbons and artificial flowers amid busy shoppers.
A six year old knelt by his ailing mother and prayed. He rose with a bright countenance and said he believed God would heal her, arguing that asking implies belief.
A new Indian paper began with two blank pages and a column note that some specially interesting matter had been held over for want of space. In a separate journal a blunt notice announced that the next issue would not appear due to Christmas.
A brief, two character exchange reveals a child named Harry asking his mother about the frequency of punishment. The mother asks for clarification and the boy jokes that the switch should be left alone. The fragment hints at a domestic scene with discipline.
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