Tidies and new crochet ideas for home decoration
A column on making tidies for furniture using crochet and fabric scraps. It covers rosettes with braid centers, silk ribbons, momie cloths, pongee, and scrim with stem stitch outlines, plus washable, inexpensive options. It also mentions Queen Anne tatting, silk bolting cloth tidies, and a baby hood crochet pattern with step by step instructions.
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Worcester
Simmonds
Legion
Kensington
The Work Table Explanations A Letter From Mrs Niles
Excerpt from a periodical page describes corrections to a lace edging pattern misprinted earlier. Mrs Niles provides an original contribution detailing pattern components, materials and stitch instructions, noting printer errors and urging caution with sourced patterns.
Lamps Supplanting Gas as Popular Home Light
In Boston, lamp and gas fixture dealers report lamps in fashionable designs and ever-lower prices. Elaborate brass and copper lamps with duplex burners are selling for three to four dollars, appealing to middle and upper classes alike. Oil lighting is praised for softer, clearer light and rising oil sales fuel growth in seaside homes and inland residences where gas is scarce.
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Washington
Boylston Street
Spring Dressmaking Fashion Rules and Techniques
A detailed guide on designing and sewing spring dresses, focusing on pattern choice, lining, and fit. It covers bodice varieties, sleeve puffing, trimming methods, bias cutting, and matching plaids, with tips on buttonholes, closures, and appropriate fabrics for different dress parts.
Endowment and estate figures for Mrs Garfield revealed
An intimate friend in Cincinnati describes Mrs Garfield’s wealth after Garfield’s death. About $412,000 in government bonds plus $50,000 life insurance and $40,000 salary remnant, plus $30,000 Garfield estate, total near $450,000. Income about $16,000 a year plus $5,000 annual congressional pension for widows of ex presidents.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Congress
Garfield
An Undesirable Acquaintance
A New York Journal snippet shows a couple at home with snappy banter about sweets and money. The husband fumes after a vestibule visit, mentioning a Kentucky fiend with thirst and no car fare left.
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New York Journal
Wicked looking machine promises hair removal by electricity
A Boston beautifier extols a new electric treatment for facial hair, showing a diabolical looking device and claiming it can permanently destroy hair roots. The procedure is described as not very painful and a gradual elimination of each hair is required for lasting results.
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Boston
Lave
Shaye
Making Floor Oilcloth From Start To Finish
A detailed early method describes floor oilcloth production from sizing with glue through fifteen heated rollers, multiple paint coats using ochre, steam drying, pumice stone smoothing, hand printed color impressions with eighteen inch blocks, and final varnish application before market.
What Is One Man's Meat Is Another Man's Poison
A hotel keeper notes how people react differently to foods like strawberries mushrooms and potatoes. He cites cases of unusual digestion misfits from bread to coffee and tea and recalls doctors who advocate dieting versus routine meals amid anecdotes of indigestion insomnia and peculiar tastes.
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Massachusetts General Hospital
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Abernethy
Bave
Astley Cooper
Boston
Family Dinner Demonstrated at Boston Cooking School
Miss Leonard presented a tenth lecture on a family dinner with a full bill of fare: tomato soup, roast chicken, mashed potatoes, and broiled mushrooms with apple porcupine for dessert. The session covered stuffing, trussing, giblet preparation, and timing tips, plus a detailed sauce and meringue dessert method.
Rough on Rats and a Life-Long Fight with Suicide
A historical account from Brockroy dated April 23 recounts the death of Andrew G. Lawson in Campello deemed suicide with peculiar circumstances. The autobiography notes decades of self destruction attempts, including poison, hanging, drowning, and matches, and ends with a translated will and a plea for understanding and translation of his biography.
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Brockroy
Andrew G. Lawson
Campello
Lawson
Paine
Emil Lagergren
New York
Oliver Street
Oak
Charles Anderson
Anderson
Sealing Letters With Wax Furore Spreads Nationwide
A Jewelers' Circular notes a rising craze for sealing letters with wax and stamps. New York leads fashion with gold water charms, desk seals, and ring seals. Instructions warn against overheated wax and advise careful, circular application for a clear impression.
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New York City
The Dangers of Blood Poisoning in Spring
The article warns of rising blood poisoning after President Garfield’s death and links ill health to impure blood. It advocates spring cleansing to restore liver and kidney vitality, cites War ners Safe Care as a remedy, and warns that neglecting blood purification may lead to death.
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Garfield
Noah Schenck
D. D
Brooklyn
D. H. Bruce
Syracuse
N. Y
Warners
Making a Barrel Hammock For Cheap Comfort
The season for hammocks nears and instructions describe turning an old flour barrel into a hammock. Clean and paint staves, then prepare rope longer than needed. Weave rope over and under staves from near the end, knotting ends higher on one side so weight tightens the structure and prevents openings.
Earthquake Theories Meet Calamity of Common Sense
A Somerville Journal snippet notes scientists hold seventeen earthquake theories while a skeptical Californian exits a trembling house in a towel and soap regarding the true cause of quakes.
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Somerville Journal
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Woman's Educational and Industrial Union Correspondence
Peyperly
Cincinnati
George M. Smith & Co
Washington Street
Mass
Gloucester
Eva M. Niles
Baby
Saxony
Florence
Wigan
Mrs. Garfield
Boston Maida
Welk
Boston Cooking School
Andrew J. Lawson
Brandy
Ohasen
Guat
Gustaf
Atlantic Avenue
Victor Ek
Prospect Park
Vietor Ek’s
Central Park
Ney
Campellé
Aden
Scicidr
Lowe
Ailen
Anrat Burgess
Ody
Asseen
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