Novelties in Lweeting Tenetts and fashion coupons
The piece notes the season's social events and the McDowell fashion magazines offering coupon patterns. It lists prices for Tin Mode de Paris Paris Album of Fashion The French Dressmaker and La Mode, urges mail orders to McDowell & Con, and adds a quote from Hannah More on education. It then shifts to assorted readings on health, fashion devices, and curious tidbits from around the world.
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McDowell
la Mode
Messrs. McDowell & Con
West 14Th Street
New York
Birth Month Brooch A Novel Zodiac Jewelry Trend
A vintage feature touts birth month brooches as a new novelty in jewelry. Twelve designs in gold with zodiac signs and symbolic wreaths, from Aquarius snowdrops to December holly, use enamel colors to highlight each month. These collectible pieces promise to be prized gifts.
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Aquarius
Taurus
Scorpio
Sagittarius
Capricornzs
Apple Meringue Pie A Trench Dessert Delight
A well made apple meringue pie ranks among the best French desserts, surpassing lemon meringue. Stew tart apples until tender, thicken with cornstarch, lemon rind and juice, nutmeg, then bake in small pie shells. Top with two egg meringue, sugar, and brown gently for ten minutes.
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N. Y
Queen of Madagascar and the stocking tax royal tale
A Philadelphia Times correspondent recounts Ranavalona I of Madagascar, describing a tax on stockings imposed at receptions and by royal order, the queen’s lavish wardrobe in a Paris shop ring and her incognito public appearances in white dress. The piece contrasts royal excess with colonial views and notes no Protestant church is inside Rome’s walls.
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London Missionary Society
Reyal Raind
Vascars
Hesina
Nanavalo
Queen Victoria
Gersress
Duchet’s
Paris
Werth
Redfer
Ranavalons
Ranavalona
Cor
Philadelphia
Rome
Popolo Gate
Clothesline box and reel cut for easy use and upkeep
A simple clothesline box and reel design saves labor and expense by protecting the line when not in use and keeping it clean. Posts should be properly placed and the line kept taut for quicker washdays. Also includes a walnut vinegar based relish recipe with shallots and spices for gravy.
Numbered hairs and a mother's care in verse
Poem recalling a mother's gentle touch as she braids and straightens the speaker's hair through illness and pain. The line about numbered hairs is contrasted with a father's unfathomable love, framed by comforting voices and tender care in a Chicago Advance publication.
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Fannie L. Hall
Chicago
A False Mascot Dinner Ends in Tragedy on the Plains
King, a lieutenant, hosted a farewell dinner with cavalry officers and their stylish partners before a night scout. A masked mascot portrait promised safety, but during a brutal Indian ambush King was mortally wounded. A photo of the mascot was found on his body, blurred by blood and unreadable, and sent to his family.
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King
Ile
Leutenant
Ife
King’s Bachelor Quarters
King’s Regiment
S le
Bret
Sber
San Francisco
Refreshments for a Card Party Menu Variations
The guide contrasts elaborate and simple menus for card parties. It lists oyster patties celery rolled bread cocoa and creams shaped as grapes apples and pears plus small cakes for formal gatherings. For club meetings, it suggests wafers tea chocolate light sandwiches a simple salad and light cakes with coffee to avoid spoiling dinner.
Heart Disease 30 Years Postmaster Reveals Recovery
Kokomo Indiana postmaster G W McKinsey, a former soldier, describes long battle with heart disease after leaving the army. He suffered palpitations, breathlessness, and sleeplessness, went on to recall finding relief after a timely medical notice.
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G. W. McKinsey
Kokomo
Ind
Coinage of silver urged as remedy for trade distress
The piece denounces the 1873 act separating silver and gold as class legislation and treason aided by a European syndicate. It calls for restoration of silver to the old 16 to 1 ratio and urges readers to subscribe to the Enquirer for truth on the issue, promising commissions and free samples.
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United States
Enquirer
Exquirer
Compa
Cincinnati
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Marengo
Lawrence
Kan
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Wis
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China
The
Land of
Canary Islands
Islands
London
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Albert
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Queen
Sterling
Japan
California
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Yale
Brown University
Paul Wilson
Concord
Argentine Republic
Albany
Hewan Woxr
Canada
Madagascar
New Yorker
Gare
Gwendolen Overton
Dr. Miles
G. W. McKinsey, P. M
Dr. Miles Medical Co
Elkhart
Brown's Tron Bitters
C. Wedi Browners
Iain
Baltimore
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