Engaged at Home How to Announce in Style
A guide for announcing engagements with home tea or supper, including sample speech, invitation notes, and the role of family members in delivering the news. Suggestions cover guest announcements, toast inclusion, and formalities for intimate circles and friends.
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Miss Schuyler
New York City
M.D
Jackson Frothingham
Aline
Mother
Jackson
Martha
Rosanna Schuyler
New York Telegram
Tales of Ads Help a Sick Child Find Quiet Play
A New York Tribune note describes how mothers used illustrated advertisements cut from magazines to entertain very young convalescents. Pictures provided subjects for stories, allowing storytellers to tell classics like Cinderella with minimal invention and eased pain for the patient.
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New York Tribune
Nurses Conven tion Opens Amid Hat Restriction in New York
The National Nurses' Associated Alumnae held its thirteenth annual convention at Mendelssohn Hall, New York City, with 600 delegates from 15,000 graduate nurses. An order barred hats over two feet in diameter, prompting Miss Jane M. Pindeil to ask attendees to remove large headpieces so all could hear on the platform. Miss Jane A. Delane, president, urged unity as the gathering continued.
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National Nurses’ Associated Alumnae
Mendelssohn Hall
New York City
United States
Jane M. Pindeil
Jane A. Delane
Washiton
D. C
Lagerlöf as Sweden's Most Read Author in 19th Century
Harper's Bazar notes Selma Lagerlöf's Gustaf Berling's Saga published 1891 with about sixty thousand copies in print for five million Swedes. One in twelve Swedes owned a copy and almost all youths read it. Her Nils Holgerssons underbara resa has about 125 thousand copies.
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Selma Lagerlof
Scandinavia
Snorri
Gustaf Berling
Gosta Berling
Miss Lagerlof
Nils Holgerson
Sweden
Harper's Bazar
Why Working-Girls Marry
The article by Florence Sanville in Harper's notes that many teenage mill workers marry to escape labor. A fifteen year old in a Pennsylvania silk mill says girls marry around seventeen to leave the mills. Sanville laments parental encouragement of marriage amid bleak family outcomes.
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Harper’s
Florence Lucas Sanville
Philadelphia Consumers’ League
Pennsylvania
Silk-Mills
Miss Sanville
Mills
Social Graces Of Dolly Madison In Olden Days
Gaillard Hunt in Harper's recalls the Dolly Madison era and the First Drawing Room framing national society on two principles. High public rank equaled high private rank and prominent families kept private life status, before later generations challenged equality of men and social barriers.
Yoke effects dominate the season's skirts and blouse styles
Fashion notes show vivid yoke effects on new skirts with stitched joins. Blouses trend toward side-front closures. Belts in suede patent leather and natural kid adorn silk wool and linen outfits. Long skirts suit day and evening wear while short skirts appear in wear. Snail-shaped collars remain prominent with satin silk and velvet varieties.
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Maire
Anthemic Questions Echo Civil War Echoes
A lengthy verse laments patriotic resolve amid injuries and loss while a historical note discusses Valley Forge Park improvements. Atop Schuylkill heights Washingtons army site gains a lookout tower and museum restorations. July 4 milestones from 1863 to 1898 are cited as national triumphs.
Valley Forge Restored Turned Into Public Park
Historic Valley Forge has been restored and beautified as a public park for all. The change ends the era of hostile fields and missing paths, with Pennsylvania funding and patriotic efforts guiding the project to preserve this revolutionary site for the nation.
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Valley Forge
Pennlvania
Nia
Pennsylvania
The Inevitable Result in a Parrot Tale
In a curious exchange, Mr Headafhouse asks how a parrot’s head feather burn happened. Mrs Headafhouse explains the bird wanted a cracker and Willie gave it one, leading to the mishap.
July 4 in American Wars
The Fourth of July marked notable wartime events in U.S. history. In 1861 it opened the first day of Congress’s extra session with eight states unrepresented.
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Congress
Manila
Birthday celebration in Manila honors American birthday
Filipino residents, including a large Chinese population, join a Manila observance with drums trumpets speeches and a Luneta parade. Attendees wear duck suits and flag pins as vehicles and pedestrians march by while firecrackers torpedoes and toy pistols delight crowds and a fireworks finale ends the day.
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Philippines
Stars and Stripes
Manila
Luneta
Nevel Rope Fastener Claims Easy Non Slip Use
A novel patented rope fastener shaped like a W with an inverted V forms three slots to secure rope without knots. The rope is woven over the upper slots and under the lower one to prevent slipping, with a spring hook at the apex for attachment. marketed for sails and clothes lines.
Soar Cream Pile Recipe From Early Kitchen
A vintage pie method uses two eggs three quarters cup sugar one cup chopped raisins half teaspoon vanilla pinch salt and sour cream. Whisk yolks with salt, fold in cream sugar raisins and vanilla, pour into an open crust. Beat egg whites with light sugar and spread on top. Bake moderately.
Chestnut Kernel Custard Puffs with Lemon Sauce
Mix a rounding tablespoonful of flour and a quarter cupful of sugar. Add a cupful of chestnut kernels boiled and mashed, then gradually half a cupful of milk. Cook five minutes stirring, beat three egg whites until stiff and fold in. Fill three quarters full, bake in a pan of hot water until firm, then turn out and serve with whipped cream or lemon sauce.
Nuts and Cheese Toasted Cracker Bake
Chop a pint of English walnuts or blanched almonds and toast almonds if used. Layer chopped nuts with grated cheese and bread crumbs in a small pan. Season with butter in dots and dashes of salt and pepper. Soften with boiling water and bake twenty minutes.
How to Use Leftover Cheese for Flavorful Dishes
Dry cheese can be grated into powder for soups and pasta or added to scallops. Remaining cheese can be beaten soft with mustard or cayenne, thickened with vinegar into a paste for spreading on crackers or using in sandwiches.
Recipes and home tips from a bygone issue
A collection of kitchen and household hints including sugar icing coconut cookies orange segments on lettuce with mayonnaise, a palm plant tying method, pink and white icing ideas, black ink to restore leather color, a date walnut sandwich, furniture scratch care with linseed oil, linen preparation with soap, and rug cleaning with kerosene to reduce dust.
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Washington Herald
Fashion Notes
Uncle Sam
Valley Forge Park Commission
Schuylkill
Washington
Germantown
Fort Washington
Fort Huntington
Mount Joy
Philadelphia
Episcopal Church
Isaac Potts
Vicksburg
Grant
Gettysburg
Lee
Cervera
Santiago
Shakespeare
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