The Woman's Hour and Modjeska's Nadjezda in Review
A column blends commentary on The Woman's Hour and Modjeska's Nadjezda, noting American female caricatures like Eureka Grubb, public reaction to gender depictions, and the appeal of Rosalind and Arden stage antics. It contrasts critics, audiences, and the provocative portrayal of the American girl amid fashion and fancies.
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Eureka Grubb
Modjeska
Eureka
Daisy Miller
Fair Barbarian
Mme. Modjeska
Arden
How to Dress and What to Take for an Ocean Voyage
A correspondent shares practical tips for crossing the Atlantic, advising lightweight summer wear for some trips but heavy wraps for Newfoundland winds. Emphasizes minimizing undergarments, packing a few dresses, a waterproof suit, and a capucine hood, plus a portable folding chair and practical seating near the head of the table.
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Newfoundland
New Umbrella Styles Debut For Spring Sunshades
The spring sunshade lineup features the Mignon and Coaching parasols with novel cuts and trims. A Robinson Crusoe shade with silk fringe and a seamless shade made from a single fabric piece appear among bold color options, including green and Cardinal, with brocade varieties and decorative box pleats.
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Jace
New Parasol Styles With Lace Edges and Shell Shapes
Fashion notes describe parasols edged with lace forming cascading cross patterns. Satin shades with pompadour or escurml lace fall to a flounce. Lace trims atop a large shell, matching umbrellas in mud surah ottoman grass grain and changeable silks, with artistic handles in natural woods ivory or shell. Prices range from $10 to $35.
Dress and millinery notes with new bonnets and gowns
A survey of fashion trends describes cork and wood framed bonnets, gilded basket hats, and refined craft for women in brass work and repousse. It covers tailor made suits with jeweled buttons, new limp waistline details, and the stern postilion basques in riding habits, plus jetted net accessories and restrained skirts.
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New York
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Harlem
London
Sorosis
New York World
Fancy Work Crochet Earpiece Tutorial
A detailed crochet pattern describes forming a long strip to fit between ears using treble crochets, chains, and shells. It covers joining around corners, creating ear surrounds, narrowing sections, and adding scalloped edges with tassels, including a palm-sized technique for threading and knotting.
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Reg
Knitting Oak-Leaf Stockings Pattern From Old Instructions
A historical knitting note outlines an oak leaf pattern for stockings with narrowed top, leaves spaced ten stitches apart, alternating rows, and specific thread over needle techniques. Instructions cover leaf shaping, counting stitches, fringe prep, and sequence of leaf rows with knit and wrap actions.
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Jace
Homemaking crafts with warp weave and decorative textiles
Instructions describe knitting with threads, weaving techniques, fringe finishing, and sewing projects. Includes bottom point shaping, color weaving methods, tissue paper braids, and fringe crinkle finishing. Also covers red wool shirt usage for rugs, shell stripe knitting, silk handkerchief folding, gathered center pieces, and decorative corners with tapestries. Details range from rugs and mats to cushion edges, wall pockets, and curtain ideas.
Soft hats stay favored by Boston batter in fashion talk
A Boston batter argues soft hats are out of date while detailing favored styles and prices from three to ten dollars. He notes large cap sales to rail conductors and ship crews, including the navy cap used on vessels such as Gate City and City of Columbus, and recalls a Wagner cap lost in a gale near Mystic Bay.
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Hassan
Melinda
Boston
Cynic
Washington Street
Boston & Maine
Gate City
City of Columbus
Navy
International
Nova Scotia
Bostona& Maine
Mystic
Pranece
Polly and the Poultry Burlesque in Harper's Drawer
Polly the parrot, a South American bird, learned profanity aboard ship. The mate tried a watery discipline to curb her swearing. During a gale, Polly confronted the drenched hens and cocks with the quip Been swearing again, hain't ye.
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Polly
Harper’s
Sanitary Suggestion Endorsed by Dr Woodbridge
Dr Woodbridge recommends a simple first aid for venomous bites to suck the wound with the lips, a practice advised for bites on the neck or from poisonous insects to apply immediately for rapid relief. The Norristown Herald reports this guidance as a practical sanitary measure.
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Norristown Herald
Woodbridge
Prophets and Benner Forecast a Century of Cycles
Samuel Benner, an Ohio farmer and self styled prophet, argues that prices for iron hogs corn and provisions move in fixed cycles. He claims these cycles repeat at determinate periods and predict future booms and panics through 1899 and beyond, urging caution with pig iron and hog markets to mitigate hard times.
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Samuel Benner
Ohio
Benner
Veniver
Tie
Iott
Mississippi
Prophecies of Samuel Benner on Droughts and Crops
A historical summary cites Samuel Benner from Ohio making weather and crop forecasts. It predicts alternating droughts and floods through 1886, prolonged cold winters 1887 88 88 89, rising rainfall after 1888, a great flood in the Ohio and Mississippi basins by 1891, a grasshopper year in 1889 for western states, and cheaper bread this year amid lower corn and hog prices.
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Ohio
Mississippi
Mississippi River
Samuel Benner
Widower seeks German bride at Castle Garden tale
The Mount Vernon widower William Mock is matched with a German immigrant woman at Castle Garden after detective Groden arranges the meeting. Mock, wearing a red emblem, presents a bouquet, asks for more character details, and agrees to write back as they exchange future residence and promises to write. A second tale recalls Sergeant Joe Getehell of the First Maine Cavalry sharing amusing recollections from Bull Run era.
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York
William Mock
Mount Vernon
Castle Garden
Groden
Waesland
Mr. Mock
Sue
Portland
Maine
Catchell
Pawtucket
First Maine Cavalry
Joseph Getehell
Pope
Fitz Jol Porter
Bull Run
Augusta
Israel Waghburne
Getehell
Joe Getehell
Bath
Joe
Lee
Appomattox
What Ruined Him
A Wall Street Daily News vignette recalls a string of financial collapses among investors and officials. The tale ends with a quartermaster general’s failed cheese contract showing the absurdity of overreaching schemes.
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Wall Street Daily News
Wall Street
Army
Boslly
Marriage Barter Idle Wish in Witty Quip
A witty exchange has a wife sighing that it would be a bad custom for women to trade husbands like horses be traded. She jokes she would cheat a rival woman badly before sunset.
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Jane
Aiea
Remnant meals show thrift and taste in tough times
In a town kitchen column a chef urges saving leftovers to feed families, presenting Remnant Breakfasts and Suppers. Recipes include curry lamb with buckwheat and shirred eggs, plus multiple dinners, puddings, and a raised waffles method, highlighting economy and practical cookery.
Weekly Globe Club List Appears With Mixed Entries
Fragmentary OCR shows a club list with vague pricing and incomplete lines. It includes references to a premium and journal costs and uncertain entries, offering little readable detail beyond generic items.
Hop Bitters Promoted as Universal Family Medicine
Advertised remedies tout hop bitters as safe for all ages including children and the elderly. The copy claims health benefits for kidney trouble, malarial fever, indigestion, insomnia, paralysis, and general vitality, urging daily use and citing Methodist clergy and others endorsing its efficacy.
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Oswego
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