Howards Letter on Grant's Death and Saratoga Scene
The writer describes being in Saratoga after Grant's death, meeting Wall Street figures like Russell Sage and Judge Hilton, and detailing the social and financial aims surrounding Mount McGregor and West Shore schemes. He critiques Vanderbilt's conduct, recalls Stewart's fortune, and notes public fever over Grant and his family's tributes, with vivid, period-tinged observations of society and politics.
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Woman's Hour on Tasteful Stationery and Needlework Society
The Boston Society of Decorative Art, formed in 1878, grows from an auxiliary to an independent group, later merging with the Boston School of Art Needlework. It educates and employs workers in decorative handwork, evidences rising standards, expands its rooms at Park Square, and funds expansion through sales and charity. It details contributor paths, commissions, and acceptance trials, while noting restrictions on certain crafts and the practical use of wax seals and visiting card etiquette.
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Stationery Styles and the Case for a Personal, Distinctive Paper
The article urges adopting a personal stationery style with consistent size, tint, and finish. It condemns fleeting fads like hemstitched borders and El Mahdi papers, advises plain linen or smooth plate finishes, and recommends buying quire quantities for price efficiency. It notes seals and monograms may personalize papers without excessive embellishment.
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Wedding and other fancy work at Boston decorative art show
At the Boston Society of Decorative Art exhibition in York Harbor Marshall House several pieces are shown. Wedding dogleys feature delicate white linen, flowers in white silk with gold thread, and washable materials. Watercolor pongee painting, large leaf designs, and lacelike embroidery are highlighted. Baby blankets of fuzzy white flannel with floral embroidery and color touches show practical warmth. New linen floss designs on white linen create striking blue accents. Embroidered photo frames and other items use gold and silver thread. A luton silk tissue material, washable like cotton, appears in work aprons with pockets and text detailing old spinning tools and proverbs.
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Sensible views on underwear and corsets from Jennie June
Jennie June urges women to resist fashion danger in undergarments. She condemns cheap flimsy underwear and steel corsets that distort the body, praising well cut breathable corsets for support and elegance, noting summer lacelike options as comfortable luxuries.
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In Her Creat Travelling Act
A fragment from the Chicago Herald depicts a parent scolding children Bobby and a sister for mischief by the water cup and window. The dialogue shows threats of punishment and warnings about danger, reflecting domestic scene language of the era.
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Grant's World Tour and New York Tribute to a General
George Alfred Townsend reflects from New York on Ulysses S. Grant’s career and death. He notes Grants global travels, impact on the Union, and lasting memorials from Trinity to the Hudson, while pairing praise with portraits of Irish and municipal politics and Plymouths monuments.
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Widow’s secret hoard of dry goods shocks Providence
In Providence a deceased Angell Street benefactor left a vast, untouched stock of dry goods worth about 70 000 dollars, hidden in trunks and rooms of her home. Investigators found 100 silk and velvet dresses, lace, china, and hundreds of packages never opened. Relatives learned of the fortune after her death as private sales and auctions begin to reveal the extraordinary inventory.
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Dakota's Rising Star in Wahpeton Fame
Minneapolis Mail reports Miss Taylor rose as a new Dakota star after moving to Wahpeton three years ago. She took a pre-emption then refused marriage offers, then homestead and free claim as others offered farms. Now she claims twenty seven cows and many calves, won first prize for butter at the county fair and excels at riding and driving amid prairie life.
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Texas Sittings Parody in Washington Building Scene
In Washington city a building under erection across from a public building prompts jeering. A clerk watching from a window notes a coworker has not worked, wondering who gets paid. A workman mocks a government clerk for idleness as the scene unfolds.
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