The Woman's Hour on Mothers Duty to Schools and Fashion Notes
A Chicago era column urges women to engage in school politics, arguing mothers manage children and education best. It cites Rev. Hale on school boards, calls for vote participation, and stresses informed action. Separate fashion notes discuss box-plaited panels, braids, and Paris handkerchief bonnets, plus dressmakers’ tournure and bustles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Hale
Boston
Massachusetts
Laveilles
Pretty and Odd Styles From Capri the Dame Allows
A guide to fashionable accessories and dress trends for women and girls, noting capes, shells, brown furs, light tissue ball dresses, visette cloaks, white felt hats for children, and various bonnet styles. It surveys gloves, Paris and London fashions, and practical notes on fit, texture, and embellishments.
The Well-Dressed Woman Through Seasons and Styles
A fashion overview traces the well dressed woman from simple summer cottons to plain winter cloth, then to smart daywear for calls and teas, and finally to dinner or ball ensembles of velvet, silk, lace, and jewels. It notes restraint remains even in opulent stages.
Fashionable High Hair Styles For Full Dress Occasions
The article describes simple high coiffures for formal wear with back hair raised in a French twist or tied at the nape, including bangs or curls and variations such as a pompadour roll. It notes preferred hair ornaments like jeweled pins, side combs, and back combs, plus feathers and flower sprays for different ages and styles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Paris
London
Jay
Knitting patterns for infant undergarments and vests
Dainty silk and wool undergarments are discussed with attention to warmth and health. A detailed hand knit vest pattern uses Saxony wool and size 9 needles, with complex rib and shoulder decreases. An infant shirt pattern follows, offering border motifs, construction steps, and sleeve shaping, labeled suitable for grown sizes with adjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lapy
Saxony
Kuit
Womanhs Educational and Industial
Selected Fancy-Work for Elegant Table Decor
The article explains how neatness and color create an inviting table without large expense. It discusses affordable options like printed china, English ware, and blue Cayton ware, plus embroidery and color psychology in table settings. It offers step by step color schemes for centerpieces, borders, and fruit depictions, with guidance on materials and techniques.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ost Gimet
Trenton
Satin covered pasteboard box with gilt disks and embroidery
Instructions to craft a decorative pasteboard box with satin covering and cotton padding. It explains cutting top bottom and side pieces, overcasting edges, attaching the top, and finishing with a satin bow. The design features gilt or silver crackle-work disks, autumnal or spring backgrounds, and careful painting or embroidery for a showy keepsake for a young bride.
Crafting a lined packing trunk with decorative transfers
Describes making a covered packing trunk from a common chest lined with unbleached muslin and stuffed with curled hair under a lid. The exterior uses cretoure or similar material, a wide edge band, cord, deep worsted fringe, cords and tassels, large transfer flowers at corners and center, creating a sturdy chest to store dresses and keep them neat compared to a closet.
Embroidered Linen Table Covers in Diamond Star Pattern
Coarse gray linen table covers are described with a common diamond pattern. Each diamond hosts a star, three star groups are stitched with Berlin worsted in various harmonizing colors. After embroidery, lines are trimmed with black velvet ribbon and edges finished with fringe or tassels at the corners.
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Berlin
Crochet Washstand Mats From White Cotton
Instructions describe making a set of wash-stand mats from two balls of No. 8 white cotton. Includes a large round mat for the wash-bowl a smaller one for the pitcher another for the mug and two for the soap dish and brush tray. Guidance on chain start loop round widening finish border and starching.
Embroidered Canvas Ball Sack and Worsted Cover Pattern
Instructions describe making a fabric ball cover from yellow or gray Japanese canvas and silk for Jining, with a lined bag edge, a flap fastened by two buttons, plus a worsted cover forming a two half ball, decorated with bright floral motifs for a child.
Boston Busy City Compared With Philadelphia
A reader contrasts Boston and Philadelphia, depicting a daily street procession of horse-drawn vehicles with pedestrians crossing amid noise and disorder. The piece critiques Boston governance and imagines how Mayor Smith would curb such chaos if it occurred in Philadelphia.
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Boston
Philadelphia
Smith
Drunken State Explained As Heightened Risk In Stairs Falls
The text argues that a thoroughly drunk person can tumble down stairs or a precipice more safely than a sober person who struggles to restrain, leading to fractures and injuries. It critiques temperance leaders and cites the drunkard’s lack of effort to avoid danger.
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Credimus
Prentice Mulford
First Canoe Up Nile Describes Voyage and Incidents
A Star correspondent aboard the Canadian voyageur expedition reports on Nile progress from Korosko to Assouan, defending crew efficiency amid rumors, detailing accidental killings near Gebes, Bedouin encounters, camel transport, and visits to Luxor and Esneh with glimpses of Theban ruins and mummy market decline.
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Montreal
Star
Voyageurs
Korosko
Nubia
Boamen L
Luxor
Assouan
Nile
Mediterranean
Shilal
Wady Halfa
Governor Cleveland Discusses Cabinet Speculation and Press
Albany December 4 The New York World prints Governor elect Cleveland's remarks on cabinet forecasts and press scrutiny. He says no living man can predict future moves and decries misquotation including a belittling attack on Hemricks. He plans private travel to New York with Actors’ Fund guests, delaying Washington plans until near March 4.
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Albany
New York World
Cleveland
Executive Mansion
Actors’ Fund Association
New York
Sam
Hemricks
Mr. Llendricks
Tian
Washington
Draughts News and Matches From British Clubs
Central Club in Glasgow hosts games between Martins and Currie while a new weekly Draughts Players Weekly Magazine is announced for January 1, 1885 under Glasgow editors Frazer King and Ross. The issue promises Drummond editions, original problems, match results, and general draughts interest.
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Messrs. Frazer, King and Ross
Glasgow
Drummond
J. Ross
Polmadie Road
Strick
St Johns First Marriage Revealed By Union Signal Tale
A letter printed in the Union Signal alleges that Illinois Governor St John was married at 19 to a woman in Olney and faced desertion, divorce, and later remarriage. It claims the governor acknowledged the child and supported the family, praising his subsequent marriage and condemning partisans who attacked his record.
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Union Signal
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Cucaco
The
Inter-Ocean
Illinois
Olney
Close of a Romantic Life Expatriate Fighter Dies at 60
Frederick D. Klemm born in Saxony April 24 1824 escaped a Heidelberg duel revolt jail aided by Carl Schurz wrecked near San Francisco reached Boston 1854 married 1854 moved Dedham 1856 built a hotel with value stated at 25000 and left a married son His death followed his wife by two weeks and pleurisy ending a turbulent 60 years in Dedham Massachusetts.
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Frederick D. Klemm
Dedham
Pausa
Kingdom of
Saxony
Germany
Heidelberg
Carl Schurz
Boston
Motley
Conolie
Going Down Hill How a Venerable Town Evaded Rheumatic Paralysis
A 78 year old Iowa man recounts years of rheumatism that left him nearly bedbound. After failed treatments, he credits Warner's Safe Rheumatic Cure with restoring use of his limbs and easing pain. Endorsed by Elder Overcamp and Dr. Brindleton, the letter argues the remedy offers hope for the aged facing debilitation.
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Towan
Burlington
Hawkeye
New York
Anliet
Gool
W. Dettens
Pella
Mach Aline
Star T
Elder Overcamp
Warner
DeGens
FP. W. Brinlehotf
Epistolary Etiquette and the Fashions of Letter Writing
A lively survey of 19th century correspondence rules and chic practices. It covers handwriting styles, preferred stationery and colors, sealing wax techniques, and the proper placement of stamps. The piece warns against gum sealing and upside down stamps, praising upright stamps and middle-envelope addressing.
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England
Que
Veteran Connecticut Wheelmen at Ten-Hour Tricycle Match
Charles Sawyer aged 82 rode a tricycle in New Haven with friend H T Douglas, amusing onlookers. Major Knox Holmes aged 77 rode against G L Hillier of England in a ten hour match, Hillier giving one mile per year of age. Holmes rode 74 miles, Hillier 56, final score Knox Holmes 126 miles 260 yards to Hillier 146 miles 250 yards.
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Connecticut
New Haven Journal and Courier
Charles Sawyer
Colebrook
H. T. Douglas
Prince Street
Sawyer
Knox F Holmes
G. L. Hillier
England
Hillier
Major Holmes
Hiiker
Knox Holmes
Why One Fair College Maid Was Left
A fragment reports a stealing incident at a chapel where a bouquet vanished. The note implies a male culprit enjoyed his spoils as an apparent gift to a lady, reflecting a rural college gossip tone and incomplete details from the Dickinson Liberal.
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Dickinson
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Prince of Wales
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Mathieson
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Collins
Forty-ninth Regiment
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Dongola
Camel Corps
Colonel Denison
Canada
Nie
Ottawa District
Baptiste Terreau
Joe Laroque
Baptiste
Esneh
Karnak
Mr. Mareh
Upper Egypt
Thebes
St. George
Anu
Herodiade
Charles F. Barker
Chess and Checker Players
Pemberton Square
Isaiah Borker
Isaiah Marker
Cambridgeport
Maas
Bridgeport
Mass
Plack, Black
Harrison
Isaiah Barker
Mr. Martins
Mr. N. Currie
Paisley
William F. Larkin
Haverhill
Checker News
J. TL
Fredenet Leeds
Harrison and Pinkham
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Sristol
Falkirk
Messrs
Strickland
J. M' Lachlan
M’ Lachilan
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Urs
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F. W. Drinkwater
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Gould
ST. John’s
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