Wheaton Seminary Golden Anniversary Highlights Women in Art and Design
The Wheaton Seminary in Norton Massachusetts marked its golden anniversary with alumni reunions and speeches by influential women. Miss Susan H Ward urged practical art training for women, proposing architecture and interior decoration as viable careers. The piece links female artistry to modern household design and cites Tiffany and La Farge as examples of women influencing art in public spaces. It also promotes home decoration as meaningful missionary work and includes knitting patterns and a booklet promotion by Mrs Eva M Nines.
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Wheaton Seminary
Norton
Mass
Susan H. Ward
Newark
N.J
New England
Wheaton
Orange
N. J
Olk
Garrett Sisters
Rhodagnes
New York
la Farge
Associated Artists
Louis Tiffany
Vanderbilt
Iba
Trinity Church
Seventh Regiment Armory
Wallnawer
Samuel Coleman
The Worg Table Cross Treble Stitch
A crochet guide outlines the cross treble stitch technique dubbed the worg table. The article details step by step motions, stitch counts, and tips for clean texture and even tension for project accuracy.
Cross Treble Stitch in Crochet Tutorial
Step by step crochet guide explains making a chain then cross treble stitches. It covers inserting the hook, drawing loops, and completing the stitch with passes over two and three loops. The sequence repeats to form a cross treble pattern in the center.
Knitted Infant Shirt Pattern by Mrs Niles
Mrs Niles provides a simple rule for knitting an infant shirt using four skeins of Star Light white Saxony yarn. The back of the shirt begins at the bottom with seventy eight stitches, with alternating knit and seam rows and a sequence of increases to shape the piece.
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Buckeye Publishing Company
Minneapolis
Minn
Eva M. Nines
East Gloucester
Mass
Dassen
Bamboo-colored work-basket boxes from fish twine
Work-baskets crocheted in single crochet from fish twine are made a size smaller than the wooden box they shape. Wet with starch they stretch. stiffened with boiled starch then stretched over the box and tied. Dry, then coated with shellac and varnished to resemble bamboo. lid lined in blue satin with a needle-case and pincushion inside.
Ear coverings crochet pattern with shells and tassels
Instructions describe crochet work to fashion ear coverings from size 20 knitting cotton using fine steel hooks. Steps include creating a long foundation chain, forming trebles and chains, shaping around both ears, and adding shells, scallops, tassels, and decorative touches in multiple rows to complete a decorative net with tassels on each scallop.
Knitting Pattern Fragment with Cast On and Rows Described
A garbled knitting instruction fragment lists cast ons and row sequences. It details stitches per row with terms like knit, purl, slip, and various “over” and “narrow” actions, mentioning stitch counts from seventeen to eighteen across rows and repeats.
Convenient Travelling Case for Short Journeys
A how to guide for sewing a traveling case from canvas and Silesia lining. Use one and one-half yards of 32 inch wide Aida canvas and two pieces of deep cardinal braid. Fold and bind with braid, create a 20 by 14 inch face, and embroider initials in cardinal silk or worsted.
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Silesia
Sewing and knitting hints and house care notes
Short, practical notices on packing a dress case with tapes and folding methods. Additional how-tos cover leaf edging repetition, knitting instructions for a cross treble stitch, a note on swim school lack, a housekeeping tip, and a Graham wafer substitute recipe using oatmeal.
How Lacer Beer Is Brewed in a Baltimore Sun Style
A detailed tour of a 19th century brewery describes malt preparation, mashing in a 600 gallon tub, and the extract boiling with hops. It covers cooling by air and brine cooled tubes, fermentation in deep cellars, and swift kegging via hoists, noting distinct regional methods and the role of fresh Hartz mountain air.
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Baltimore Sun
Hartz Mountains
Cooling Summer Menu From The Cook
The article describes hot weather eating, favoring cold meats like lamb, squabs, and chickens, cold vegetables such as asparagus, and fruit. It emphasizes neat presentation, salads, and abundant fresh fruit, plus careful ice box hygiene and separation of dairy from meats. Milk should be moderate, skimmed milk and buttermilk urged. avoid ice water and dyspepsia. Breakfast should be light with cold items like radishes, oatmeal crackers, milk, cold lamb, fruit, and asparagus.
Favorite Names for Girls in Philadelphia Normal School
A Philadelphia Telegram analysis reviews 300 graduates names from the Normal School to rank favored girls names. Mary leads with 80, Anna 24, Elizabeth 17, Laura 16, followed by Margaret 13 and Katherine 12, then Helen Emma Lillian Clara Jane Louisa Alice Caroline Emily Harriet Florence and others.
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Philadelphia Telegram
Mary
Anna
Elizabeth
Laura
Margaret
Katherine
Helen
Emma
Lillian
Clara
Jane
Louisa
Alice
Caroline
Emily
Harriet
Florence
Buffalo Man Upset After Stairs Compared To Street Car Ride
A Buffalo man who bumped down 107 stairs is irate at the idea that similar effects could be achieved by a Toledo street car ride lasting five minutes. The Detroit Free Press article contrasts the two incidents to illustrate impact and perception.
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Detroit Free Press
Buffalo
Toledo
Largest diamond claim spurs curbside jeweler alert
A Detroit Free Press note states the world’s largest diamond weighs 475 carats and warns readers that a one and a half pound fake may circulate. It urges immediate examination by a jeweler if such a gem appears, suggesting likely bogusness.
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Detroit Free Press
Hints to good health and cancer explained
Hints discuss epithelioma or cancer with General Grant’s case as a reference. They cover cold causes from fatigue and poor habits, and explain cancer origins in epithelium and sarcoma differences. Advice includes early extirpation for local cancers, medical care for advanced cases, and general health tips. Also notes on drinking water contact with zinc pipes and remedies for corns and chilblains.
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Grant
America
Virus Attenuation and Germ Theory in Pasteur’s Work
The excerpt recalls Pasteur’s role in establishing parasitic origins of fowl cholera and his concept of virus attenuation. It explains how parasites deplete essential life constituents, exhausting the host soil and preventing recurrence, linking this to vaccination theory as summarized by Professor Lyndall.
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Pasteur
Professor Lyndall
Hygienic conclusions on tuberculosis transmission at The Hague
At the International Congress of Hygiene in The Hague in September, conclusions report TB pulmonary phthisis can transmit from sick to healthy in certain cases. Precautions include ban on sharing sleeping spaces with advanced TB, ventilating rooms, preventing sputum contamination, disinfecting bedding and clothing, and using steam and boiling water for disinfection, with convalescents urged to avoid prolonged contact with tuberculous patients.
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The
Hague
Sormani
Pavia
Zinc Dissolution From Galvanized Iron Water Study
Dr F P Venable surveys how zinc dissolves in water, noting soft and carbonic acid waters dissolve more readily. He reports health concerns from zinc-contaminated water, cites conflicting data but leans toward its injurious effects. French government tests prompted a ban on galvanized tanks on ships. Heaton analyzes a spring water before and after a half mile journey.
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F. P. Venable
Ministry of Marine
Heaton
Hemostatic Powder Impresses Paris Academy
At a Paris Academy of Medicine meeting Professor Bonafoux presented a powder with strong hemostatic powers. Composed of colophony, resin, and gum arabic it reportedly arrests bleeding in large arteries and may aid in major surgery. Experiments on brachial arteries and carotids in horses show marked success and vessel obliteration within days.
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Academy of Medicine
Paris
Bonafoux
Simple silver nitrate cure for ingrowing nails without removal
M Monod reports twenty years of treating ingrowing nails with a simple method that spares nail removal. A free nitrate of silver application at onset eases discomfort, often by the next day, enabling mild walking with a comfortable shoe. Nail extirpation reserved for exceptional cases.
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M. Monod
Hair health cures and life expectancy from old period notes
An 1872 investigation by Dr. A Hughes Bennett suggests the externally applied equivalents of theine caffeine theobromine quaranine and cocaine may share similar effects. A burdock root scalp treatment is proposed, and Le Journal d Hygiene lists life expectancy probabilities for moderate drinkers versus total abstainers across ages 20 to 60.
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A. Hughes Bennett
le Journal d'Hygiene
King of the Damps Showdowns on Brooklyn Dumps
A New York Sun feature recalls South Brooklyn’s Meadows. Old Irish rag picker Mike, dubbed the King of the Dumps, parleyed with Italian scavengers each dawn. He boasts profits from lead pipes, tin, salvage, and metals while noting Italians push him out, yet he still makes about five dollars daily in a harsh, evolving street economy.
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New York Sun
Tenth Ward
Brooklyn
Mike
Til
Ley
Luther
Jersey
Eyetalians
Frozen Champagne Imitates Frozen Treats at Table
Dr Hammond's Mr Oldmixon notes the humor of frozen champagne. A butler slaps the bottle to thaw the congealed flow, entertaining guests and sparking laughter. A spill may splash the tablecloth, yet the playful mischief saves listeners from dull talk and suggests serving wine as a sorbet with spoons.
Boston Cooking School Shows Pineapple and Jelly Preserving Notes
A visit to the Boston Cooking School on a warm day reveals students, Miss Leonard, and the principal at work on preserves and jellies. The article outlines strawberry syrup and jelly methods, currant jelly, pineapple preparations, and two Tutti-Frutti preserves, with housekeeper tips and notes on keeping jars sealed, plus a summer hiatus for the school’s articles.
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Boston Cooking School
Leonard
How Brushes Are Made and What They Are Made From
An overview of brush materials from Russia bristles to horsehair soft brushes and tampico grass. It describes bristle scarcity and costs, steel wire for scrubbing brushes, and fine finish brushes used on silver with high velocity rotary action. It notes methods for fastening bristles, including pitch and wiring, and preserves a vintage example of a solid-backed brush still in use after fifteen years.
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Scientific American
Russia
Sedgwick Improvised Message For Whiskey Aid At Headquarters
A Cincinnati Enquirer account recalls Major General John Sedgwick at Union headquarters during the Civil War. A volunteer soldier asks for influence to obtain whiskey. Sedgwick writes a bearer note, but the man recognizes the name and distrusts the paper, choosing to leave with the document rather than buy liquor.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Segewick
Sedgwick
Third Corps
Trather
Leing
Sedgwik
John Sedg Wick
John Sedgwick
Railway Building Slows in Six Months of 1885
The Railway Age reports U S railway construction for the first half of 1885 trails behind the same period in the prior five years. Through July 1 mileage totals 805 across 25 states by 56 lines. Georgia Florida Kansas Missouri Minnesota Nebraska Texas show gains of 50 miles or more, with California and Pennsylvania also seeing 4 to 6 lines under construction.
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United States
Georgia
Florida
Kansas
Missouri
Minnesota
Nebraska
Texas
California
Pennsylvania
Peruvian Life: Bull Fights and a Bold Woman in Lima
Lira Peru April 30 describes Lima’s earthquake era homes with iron gates and flat roofs used as barns. It notes the city’s churches, limited theaters, Protestant missions, odd customs, and a sensational tale of Francisca Villaverde Greenhouse who bullies officials and excommunicated priests before marrying General Macario Serio Monteblanco and allegedly pulling a bishop’s nose.
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Lira
Peru
Lima
Riniac
Mercedes
St. Peter
Callao
Republic
Church of England School
Philadelphia
Mr. Thompson
Pacific Navigation Company
West Coast
Thompson
Continent
Isthmus Patagonia
Collahuayas
Bogota
Colombia
Buenos Ayres
Francisca Villaverde
Greenhouse
St. Mich
Macario Serio Monteblanco
White Mountain
Novel church idea prompts mixed reactions at street gathering
Philadelphia Call notes Mrs Dusenberry describing a new concept at the street church. Mr Dusenberry comments on flirting yet hopes the congregation will view it. discussion turns to the type of choir with mention of an inaudible choir.
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Philadelphia
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Cal
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Ashington
Cincinnati
A. B
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Holyoke Ass
Ciara V
Bussie Tower
Drable
M.D
N.B.D
Phthisis
Damps
Order Department For Preserves and Jellies
Ivaak Walton
Hall
Washington
Globe
Providence Sunday Star
Calle
Arrac de Batavia
Arrac
Boston
Jefe Politico
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