Ornamental memorandum and life tips excerpt
A Rural New Yorker excerpt discusses a decorative tea pad memoranda for groceries and a wall hanging with attached pencil, praising its practicality. It then covers an engagement announcement etiquette and ends with an English physician's note on deep breathing to improve circulation and body warmth. The items reflect household advice and social customs of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Tetterby
Dickens
John
Annie Hamilton Donnell
New Yorker
Homemade screens in tasteful ornamental designs
A Prairie Farmer excerpt extols homemade screens as decorative and practical furniture. It discusses using pine frames, staining or painting, and choosing silk or cretonne fabrics to match room color. It notes ready-made frames exist but simple at home screens are feasible and versatile for hiding objects or screening spaces.
Economy in Cooking and Housework Essentials
A Philadelphia Press piece urges the housekeeper to please the consumer with attractive, well prepared, economical meals. It advocates varied menus, sensible garnishes, proper cooking, and careful selection to cut costs while maintaining quality. It also notes guards for hands during heavy domestic work with wash-cotton mittens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Economist
Philadelphia Press
Hill Withdraws From Presidential Race In Gossip of Gopham
Senator David B. Hill of New York has said he will not seek the Democratic presidential nomination next year. The article also covers the Vanderbilts' Cannes and Nice visit, Rockefeller tax extradition worries, and sweeping New York police reforms, with other society notes and a census of high society movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David B. Hill
New York
Riat
Hill
Cleveland
Bismarck
John D. Rockefeller
Texas
Rockefeller
Lone Star Commonwealth
MEXI
Gov. Morton
Gov. Hogg
Mr. Rockefeller
Mediterranean
Barbary
Edith
Mexico
Rockefellers
Dr. Warkhurst
David Wecuster
THE
Celluloid Company
Broadway
Hood Flourishes Claim of Sarsaparilla Cure
An 19th century advertisement touts Hood s Sarsaparilla as a mighty curative. The copy urges readers to try it, citing “Precu LIAR in combination” and “great curative value” in its preparation and ingredients. The tone is promotional and medicinal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Restored Nerves and Health
Purported medical ad claims Hood's Sarsaparilla purifies blood to cure nervousness insomnia loss of appetite and debility. It asserts lasting benefits from purified vitalized blood, with promises of strong nerves sweet sleep and health.
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Hood
Imperfect Inventions And Sea of Youthful Verse
A collage of light verse and quips from Life Boyhood and Judge plus gossamer poems about love and longing. It weaves jokes about telephones grinning with a girl’s charm and misses a kiss, a boy’s pond side fantasies, La Grippe satires, and a gull’s dusk song as youth pleads for time and affection.
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A. T. Worden
Judge
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Vanderbilt
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Webbs
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Sage
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Ami
la Grippe
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Boston Transcript
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Ala
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Atlanta
Dougla
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Ores
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Mass
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Paris
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Allegheny, PA
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