The Woes of a Man Sent Shopping in A Newspaper Satire
A humorous essay rails at women shoppers and bankrupt sales, recounting a man’s misadventures in Damask and Crash, fighting through crowds for five cent corset covers, and lamenting the trials of matching worsted with his sister’s requests. It blends fashion notes and domestic quips with playful social satire.
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John
TurbSundDay Lobe
Damask & Jash
Damask & Crash
N. B
Iever
Travelling Caps for Ladies and Light Silk Hats
A historical note on travel attire for men and women cites ladies caps and tennis outfits, praising light silk hats as comfortable for long railway journeys. The reflection mentions a July trip and a travelling companion, highlighting practical dress choices and comfort in hot weather.
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Princess of Wales
Fancy work tidies weave rose yarn on cotton and frame
Instructions for making large tidies using Germantown yarn No 10 cotton No 8 yarn a wooden frame and nails set one inch apart. Wind yarn and cotton in layers, knot crosses, trim edges, and boil lightly for finish. Includes smaller mats with zephyr and wheel motifs and a border pattern for a decorative tidy.
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Germantown
Nellie Shafer
Quill Lace Collar Crochet Watch Pocket Instructions
Knitting pattern details for a lace collar with twenty four stitches and a crocheted watch pocket. Instructions include multiple knit and purl rows, slip stitch actions, increases and bindings off, plus a note to avoid creating a stitch at the ninth row turn. Crocheted pocket uses buttonhole twist and ring chain technique.
How to crochet scalloped pockets and woven rainbow mat
Instructions describe crocheting a scalloped pocket lining with sixteen double crochets, rows of increases, and turning work to form eight scallops. Then fold twelve sheets of tissue into strips, weave into a checkerboard mat, tack corners, trim fringes, and dye with colored worsted to create diamond star patterns on coarse gray linen. Ends with sewing black velvet ribbons over the diamonds.
Cabinet photograph case crafted in plush with satin lining
The passage describes a plush cabinet photograph case in the preferred color, about nine by twenty six inches. It outlines a wide oblong piece equal to the cabinet height, three inches more than three times the width of the picture, lined with satin or silk, lightly padded with sachet powder, edged with a silk cord to tie after folding twice to form an envelope like receptacle.
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Wheaton Seminary
Fichus
Todd” Nichols
Ribbon shade for round lamp globe with lace border
A shade crafted from a ribbon three to four inches wide fits around a globe. The upper edge is gathered to suit the globe’s contour while the lower edge receives a finished antique lace border.
Whisk Broom Holder Craft Description
A craft instruction describes making a decorative whisk broom holder using a straw cuff gilded or bronzeed, adorned with peacock feathers, secured by a satin ribbon bow and finished with a hanging ribbon. The tone is practical and period style, focusing on simple ornamental detailing.
Stitching a Woolen Star Centerpiece Pattern
Instructions describe cutting tongue shaped woolen pieces three inches by two inches at the broad end, outlining with coarse buttonhole stitch in shaded Germantown yarn, placing a contrasting color star in the center, then attaching a carpet center and sewing three rows of pieces around it.
Letters From Boys Afterwards Called George Washington
Two letters written by boys who became notable men. Richard Henry Lee writes to Washington about a picture book from Alexandria and hopes to visit next week. Washington replies thanking Dickry for the gift and mentions reading to Sam and plans to visit.
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George Washington
Richard Henry Lee
St. Nicholas
Alexandria
Cousin
Uncle Jo
Sama
Richard Hennryyler
Washington
Dickry
Sam
Ben
G. W's
Bustle Conjecture Prompts Royal Rustle Fashion Satire
A humorous monologue extols an outrageous bustle and stylish bonnets with ribbed laces and pads. The speaker jokes about fashion’s impracticalities, imagining princes admiring the cumbersome garment while confessing the strain of wearing it and its booming, paper stuffed design.
Hiring a Bartender in Chicago News Piece
A Chicago News item recounts a scene where an applicant is asked for qualifications and told to work immediately. The exchange ends with the instruction to remove coat, don an apron, and start tending drinks.
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Chicago News
Quirky Odds and Ends From Yankee Nations
A miscellany of curious claims includes James Cowan in Middletown owning 4000 hens, O C Ward in Cherryfield stockpiling 20 240 dozen eggs, a one leg one eyed Brattleboro chicken, a nine member East Bridgewater family weighing 1800 pounds, and Old Lyme woodchucks totaling 700. Also noted are a 93 year old Moultonboro woman who avoided medicines, a Magini violin valued at 2000, and assorted oddities like a Bradford man with a first printing copy of The Boston News-Letter. A Brookfield house holds three watches and two clocks, all stopped recently. Another fragment mentions a peculiar monster with twitching bodies and multiple heads, plus a Geor</S:
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James Cowan
Middletown
Clayton Record
Salem
Weymouth
A&w
Franklin Smith
Bradford
George Et
Grant
Vicksburg
Yee Hing's Power and the Chinese Secret Societies
A Philadelphia Herald correspondent reports growing evidence that Chinese oath bound societies like Yee Hing are infiltrating the United States. Cipher proclamations on rice paper circulate, with links to trade empires See Yap and San Francisco agents.
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New York
United States
Philadelphia
The
Herald
John Wing
North Ninth Street
Race
Shanghai
Tien-tsin
Pekin
Fou- Chou
Yeo Hing Coul
China
Cochin China
Kiang-soo
Rieve
Sam Yap
See Yap
San Francisco
Kansuh
Thibet
Kuen- Inn Mountains
Asia
Hindoo Kush
Bokhara
East India Company
See Tap
Iself
America
Europe
Ohio
Tonquin
Kingdom of
Anam
Cherry Street
The Secret Messenger and Buddhist Heroism Chronicle
A turbulent tale traces a secret messenger’s disappearance and a mass purge by Buddhist chieftains battling imperial forces. The narrative follows the rise of Yee Hing disciples, their brutal suppression, and a reformation that left millions allied to a transformed order. In North Reading, Mrs. Lucinda Howard nears her 102nd birthday with memories of Washington and early technology.
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le Secret
Mibers
Suen Che
Perial
Her Awful Secret Ends in Baltimore Wife’s Suicide
A Baltimore wife Bertha Bohm Hadden, daughter of a tragic German family, killed herself by hanging using a Fourth of July flag from a bedpost. Her husband, Richmond Hadden, had feared her melancholy after her typhoid recovery and raised two children since their marriage.
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Baltimore
Globe-Democrat
Saxe-Weimar
Germany
Claus Bohm
Frau Bohm
America
Richmond Hadden
Eastern Avenue
Bohm
Hadden
Iis
The Rain Hat of the Japs
The Japanese rain hat is made of broad leaves closely platted and sewn together. It is about two feet broad, and looks like an immense inverted butter-bowl. If the wearer also has a rain coat of coarse pampas grass hanging from the shoulders, he is proof against the rain. The author recalls prison convicts in chain gangs wearing grassy coats, resembling animated bundles of straw.
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Chicago Tribune
Hammond Beaten and tarred in Charleston woods
About a year ago Ross Hammond, a handsome and educated youth, came to Hamline and befriended Miss Lucy Bowman and Miss Anna Bowman. The two sisters lured him to the woods, beat him senseless, tarred and feathered him, and left him for dead. He was found yesterday morning near the scene of the assault.
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Charleston
W. Va
Ross Hammond
Hamline
Lucy
Anna Bowman
Hammond
Bill Nye and the Adamses a playful birthplace reminisce
The piece muses on birthplace, Adams family history, and Nye style humor. It recalls John Adams and John Quincy Adams as well as presidential eras and personalities, with satire on modern presidency, and ends with Nye’s quip about his own writings and a reader’s amused response from Wisconsin.
The Heathen Must Co-to College
A Yale English composition prize awarded to a Chinese student is contrasted with American enthusiasm for boat races and baseball. The piece notes a lament that Chinese students are perceived to be quietly winning academic and intellectual gains while Americans chase sports and spectacle.
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Minneapolis Tribune
Yale
America
Another W. H. H. Murray Case in New York Sun
The Rev. Joseph Cook oversees the Cook farm at Ticono Grove George, with his father Kevinn involved in winter duties. The 500 acre farm is renowned for raising fine blood horses.
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W. H. H. Murray
New York Sun
Joseph Cook
Cook
Ticono Grove
George
Kevinn
Coffee Consumption Figures Surprise New York Graphic
The piece notes that the United States consumes annually a vast range of coffee from 500,000 to 708,000,000 pounds, a fact presented with a light humorous jab about habitual coffee drinkers at boarding houses.
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New York
United States
He Will Enjoy Life New York Journal A summer joke
A Harlem man asks a Brooklynite where he will spend the summer and the reply is humorously fixed on the hammock behind the Brooklynite’s house. The exchange frames a lighthearted urban quip from the New York Journal.
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New York Journal
Harlem
They Certainly Look Immoral pamphlet noted in Burlington Free Press
A Burlington Free Press item discusses a German professor who published a pamphlet with a curious title Die Daimmerungerschemungen in Jahre 1883 und ihre Paysikulische erlarang. The item hints at the obscurity and humor found in German book titles.
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Burlington Free Press
Barker's American Checker Player book announced
Charles F Barker of Cambridgeport announces Barker's American Checker-Player a 179 page cloth bound volume with 22 openings 634 variations and 35 critical positions by Wardwell and Lyman. Price one dollar post paid mail orders to No 8 Houghton Street Cambridgeport Massachusetts. Three orders receive one copy.
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Barker
Messrs. Wardwell
Lyman
Charles F. Barker
Charles Er
No. S
Houghton Street
Cambridgeport Mass
Position No 1196 in checker problems by D P Haughey
Position No 1196 shows D P Haughey of Bowersville Ohio with a sequence leading to a win for White. The page also notes prior positions by Isaiah Barker and William Keller and mentions a proposed weekly checker paper with reader support goals and subscriber pledge.
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Isaiah Barker
Cambridgeport
Mass
D. P. Haughey
Bowersville
Checker Weekly to Feature Games News and Subscriptions
The Elmira Telegram outlines plans for a weekly checker paper aimed at students and players. Eight pages in two columns will include positions, foreign news, miscellany, and checker news from America, with a focus on beginners and pros alike. Subscriptions are $1, payable after the first issue, and readers are urged to subscribe to support the game. A recent fifty game match in New England was won by Barker over Wright with draws. Brown of Warren, Me., reports scores from correspondence games.
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Wee Ie
Checker Weekly
Checker
America
Checker Department
E. E. Burlingame
Elmira Telegram
Elmira
N. Y
New England Chess and Check Rooms
Neswess
C. F. Barker
Z. Wright
Wright
Barker
G. W. Brown
Warren
Brown
J. F. Weaver
la Plata
Ee Brown
William Forsyth
Hall
J. F. Arnold
Farmington
W. C. Eveleth
West Batavia
Dr. E. F. Brown
Lincolnville
S. Locklin
Grover
I. O. Whiteside
Aurora
Neb
Drummond
Kossuth at Home and His Daily Routine Revealed
An observer details Lajos Kossuth at his study aged 88, noting a simple breakfast, a cold bath, and walks. The room shows sparse books, a map focus, and Kossuth’s enduring vigor despite aging. He speaks of botany and a longing to climb Mont Blanc, underscoring his lifelong vitality.
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Kossuth
Eagle
Mont Blanc
Alps
Benefits of the Calico Boom in Lowell Fashion
A Lowell Sun letter advocates a calico dress craze to boost print cloth demand and ease economic disparity. It argues inexpensive calico fosters neat, stylish outfits for rich and poor alike, encouraging broad adoption for church, entertainment, picnics, and street wear.
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Lowell Sun
Calico
Lowell
Where Does J Morris Himself Come In Ms Morris Crawford
The piece praises local orators and lists speakers such as General Tom Browne of Indiana and Henry 5. Lape, comparing them to classical figures. It notes the town rostrum glow and the impact of eloquence on crowds, mentioning Hendricks Harrison Voorhees and McDonald among others.
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J. Morris
Ms. Morris Crawford
Wabash College
Voorhees
Mr. Harrison
Demosthenes
Cicero
Tom Browne
Indiana
Demonthenat
Henry 5
Lape
Greece
Rome
Hanpegan
Hendricks
Harrison
Vooreat
McDonald
Thompson
Forumae
Eicero
Local Courtship Sparks Near Cochran Woman and Suitor
In Cochran a young woman gathering blackberries in a field attracted her suitor as he rode by. She tossed berries at him and he answered with kisses, then they stood together until the last berry vanished. Rumor says they will marry soon.
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Cochran Ga
Honor Without Profit. A Child’s Quiet Dissent
A Times of India piece recalls a child who has just learned catechism and confesses disappointment for obeying the fifth commandment to honor father but finds no reward in labor or worship. The brief sketch probes faith, obedience, and personal piety in a humble, domestic frame.
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The
Times of India
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Dole
Damocles
Boston
Georgie and
Dickey
Dodge
Whitehall Times
Yee Hing
Wee Hing
Sapgiing
Hopelees
Nowerey
Lucinda Howard
North Reading
Reading
Lucinda Shelden Howard
Washgton
Danvers
John Howard
Congress
Judge Hulton
Fulton
Charles
Wilmington
Lucinda Parker
Bill Nye
Adamses
Quincy
John Adams
John Quincy Adams
John Q
Massachusetts
Adams
Julius Cesar
B.C
Mr. Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
Potomac
Mr. Hayes
Republic
Fremont
Hayes
House of Representatives
Andrew Jackson
William H. Crawford
Henry Clay
Clay
Deal
Seward
Bini Nye
Nye
GLOBE
Kinnie Kinnick
Wis
Nyx
Eptror
Chess and Checker Players
Pemberton Square
William Keller
Columbus
Black
G. Jewitt
Hull
J. L. Richmond
Whitburn
Jewit
Jewitt
White Dyke
James Smith
Spennymoor
W. Wins
Te Ricunony
Swan and Adamson
Richmond
County Forum
Anti-Tobacco
Big Pipe
Bristol
Beessee
Seeles
War
Cambridgert
Checker News
Love
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