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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1895
Page
7
Poetic vignette by Marienne Heaton describes an old couple with servants preparing a lonely table for two, as memories of youth fade and family losses mark time, set against a hopeful scene of love and renewal in a stately home.
A beech tree in a forest narrates a life spanning generations. A hunter couple Hans and Eva carve their initials, inviting danger from a poacher forester whose threat culminates in Hans’s death and Eva’s grief. The tree endures, aids the lovers, and ultimately witnesses its own fall as foresters and a vengeful figure meet their end beneath its weight.
A Demorest's Magazine item describes a delicate book-shaped veil case built from crepe tissue and brass rings, detailing a simple foundation, inside lining, and openwork exterior. It praises low-cost materials, outlines assembly steps, and suggests decorative uses. Also included are brief notes on Boston school reforms, a Missouri bride, Worcester bicycle tax, and a call for clear teaching ideas.
A compendium of old fashioned textile cleaning tips from St Louis sources covers removing iron rust and mildew from white fabrics using lemon salts oxalic acid and chalk, drying curtains, washing embroideries with bran water, and etiquette on church wedding invitations with guidance attributed to Mrs John Sherwood.
A garbled wartime era summary notes tariffs and cordage values for a first rate ship, mentions Captain John L. Crew now major and called drummer boy of Chiclamaug. Reports Argentine torpedo boats, six ships costing five million, literacy rates for Germans and French, death of Admiral Jon Brrooxe Ensier, and a revived earldom of Clare in London.
Oxrorp ties fasten with three buttons replacing laces. Black ties with pearl buttons and military heels. Tan leather shades vary widely. Surpe gloves fade from proper attire. Glace kid leather in vogue. Lace coats deemed novelty this year. Black lace with tinted ribbons shines. Valenciennes lace trims yellow highlights. Box plait fronts on chiffon and ribbon collars surge. Cape styles include black ostrich feathers Medici collars and small tips. Accordion plaited silk mull capes with lace insertions appear in summer novelties.
Fruit is arranged on a large dish with green edge leaves. Bananas are opened slightly and served on individual plates. Oraners are eaten in half with an orange spoon and the peel used as a cup. Pineapples are peeled sliced with core removed and sugar served. Often several fruits share one dish while each guest has a plate. Oranges may be eaten natural or with sugar, delicious and healthful.
In Concord New Hampshire ninety four year old Dante Wensten's sister in law Mrs Ezekiel Webster resides. Elizabeth Bryer of Omaha Nebraska became Americas first woman to naturalize on February 14 1857. The Brice sisters daughters of Senator Brice plan a bicycle and Kodak tour of rural France this summer. Mary Brown of Knoxville Tennessee the last revolutionary pensioner died at ninety one. she married her revolutionary soldier husband in 1834 when he was aged.
A collection of brief proverbs and sentiments exploring uncertainty expectation joy life poetry fame death and learning. Notable lines touch on perception imagination and human nature attributed to Selden Congreve Sophocles gruss Cowper Burton Martial and Young in a compact enamel of aphoristic reflections.
Scheele discovered Grirorkay in 1789 he described it as the soothing principle of every oil. Axtinony is present in many countries and exported to this country and England from France Spain and Volland.
If you cannot visit, the store offers to mail samples with prices clearly marked. Send name and address and indicate preferred sample type, and the company will mail selections for you to compare. This allows you to see quality and pricing and save money by the process.
Sale advertisement touts Ten Thousand Yards new jaconet duchesse at 12c and blue brown and cream stripe duck suitings at 10c. Features fine Lucia silks 85 and 40c, 40c corded Kaiki wash silks at 25c, Scotch lawns, and other dry goods with promises of substantial savings and price comparisons to generic goods.
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