Woman's Sphere Sermon and Paris Fashion Update
The article comments on Rev. Savage's sermon urging women to pursue their natural roles, then shifts to theatre audience reactions to a baby on stage in Separation at the Globe. It details Paris inspired dress trends with yokes, basques, peplums, and trims in blue and white, plus fabrics like Napkin a thick buff cotton and Marseilles and Chambery colors.
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Morgan Dix
Savage
Pasler
Weir
Mr. Savage
Globe
Susan Anna Brown
Crinoline fashions and bonnet trends from Paris
From Paris Mme Raymond notes crinoline return affects skirts and fronts. Bonnet styles evolve with braided galloons, Chantilly lace hats, colored straw, florals, feathers, and metallic braids. Embroidered tulle bonnets and trimmed petticoats outline summer wardrobe shifts and economical wool options.
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Mme. Raymond
Paris
Wash Dresses and Summer Toilets from Paris Modistes
Paris modistes send wash dresses for next summer at Newport and Saratoga. Figured Swiss muslins and percale without glaze, ecru batistes, Chambery and Scoted ginghams shown. White Swiss with raised clover and rosebud patterns, tambour-like, trimmed with gathered muslin edges and Valenciennes lace. Shirring at neck shoulders waist and hips, polonaises with reverse sides or open fronts, long pantom points.
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Harper’s
Paris
Newport
Saratoga
How Dresses are Decorated with Braid Ribbon and Buckles
Fashion notes from L Art de la Mode describe season trimmings for wraps and dresses using ribbons, buckles, and garnitures. Black garnitures, fringes, appliques, and floral motifs with chenille and crystal detailing appear on rich trims for evening toilets.
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L’ Art de la Mode
Romance Sparks Across State Lines On Unlikely Match
Two years after a New Hampshire born Miss Nellie Pearson declined a geology gift, a Colorado caller arranged a friendship with Eugene Weston of Canon City. Weston and Miss Pearson married in Union City, with Weston noted as a longtime geologist, botanist, and public official in Colorado.
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Colorado
New Hampshire
Nellie Pearson
Eugene Weston
Canon City
Col
Pearson
Mr. Weston
Manchester
Miss Pearson
Weston
Anchester
Union City
Pattee
N. H
Broomfield
Episcopal Church
Pike’s Peak Company
Pheblo
Gettysburg Through Colonel Dodge on Generals Meade and Lee
The Harvard Historical Society heard Colonel Theodore A. Dodge recount the Battle of Gettysburg. He notes Lee's 1863 invasion, Union decisions at Cemetery Hill, Sickles’ misstep, Pickett’s charge, and Meade’s cautious pursuit, with casualty estimates and strategic judgments.
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Dodge
Meade
Lee
Gettysburg
Theodore A. Dodge
U.S. A
Harvard Historical Society
Pennsylvania
Halleck
Hooker
Richmond
Washington
Lincoln
Frederick
Longstreet
Sickles
Hood
Ewell
Potomac
Household Cookery Plans and Frugal Menus for Six
A housekeeping column offers meals and budgets for a family of six, with detailed menus from Breakfast No. 2 to Dinner No. 1, plus methods for scalloped veal and Lyonnaise potatoes. It includes recipes for soups, liver, beef bouillon, oyster dishes, and a guide to availed corn preparation.
Peck's BD Boy and a Confederate Aid Letter
A boy persuades a groceryman to donate to Confederate veterans through a letter to the Richmond Grand Army. The man initially refuses, then relents after the boy argues Patriot support and human need and sends twelve dollars via express with a Southern-tinged farewell.
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Peck
Tampolig
Richmond
Confederate Grand Army
Alere
Express
Wno
Wisconsin
Hennery
Dixie
The Goat and the Circus Posters
A New York goat, returning home in pain, admits swallowing circus posters on a billboard. The father cautions that stories about an white elephant were too tough to digest, while suggesting tin cans and old shoes may ease stomach kinks in this cautionary tale.
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New York
William Persuason
William
Stnger
Artistic Furnishing Floors and their coverings detailed
The article outlines practical steps for improving home interiors under the Artistic Furnishing series. It covers floor treatments from painted stained surfaces to wood carpeting and parquet, discusses wax polish, rug choices, and border ideas, and weighs carpet versus hard floors for health, cleanliness, and style.
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Japan
Tlan
Wilton
Kidderminster
Brussels
M. Hayard
Ney
Halla
Darrow
Boston's Appreciation of Wagner
A Philadelphia Call notice recounts Boston crowds listening to a hand organ performing Wagner selections from Lohengrin. A stranger asks about a row, but locals explain the crowd gathers for the new band organ and its Wagner music.
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Boston
Philadelphia
Hop Bitters Miracle Cures Promoted by Puffery
A historical ad style excerpt touts Hop Bitters as a cure all amid warnings against testimonials. It cites a Pittsburg physician joke and claims thousands cured, including a woman with aching health and a patient named Godfrey, while criticizing doctors’ fees and urging belief in the remedy.
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Pittsburg
Lis Jake
Godfrey
Fsumwé&Wylm Apis
Magazine and Journal Subscription List Featured
A historical price list shows subscriptions to numerous periodicals including Atlantic Monthly Boston Medical Journal Century Magazine Cottage Hearth Country Gentleman Gardeners Monthly Harper's Magazine and London reviews. It details new and renewal prices and indicates a note that specimen copies are not furnished and addresses are provided.
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Egular
Price
Arthur's Home Magazine
American Dairymen
Art Interchange
American Poultry Journal
Atlantic Monthly
Ccseessee
American Art Journal
American Garden
American Naturalist
American Agriculturist
Manuels
Army & Navy Ee
American Poultry Yard
British Quarterly Review
Blackwood's Managing
Brainerd's
Beadle's Saturday Journal
Burlington Hawkeye
Boys of
New York
Jullon’s Magazine
Bee-keeper’s Magazine
Babylund
Heaton Pilot
Boston Medical Journal
Boston Medical and Surgical Journal
Christian Leader
Century Magazine
Country Gentleman
Connecticut
Chicago Adlvance
Christian Herald
Eseeeseeereee
CourierJournal
Dermorest’s
Doukhve's Magazine
Detroit Free Press
Engineering and Mining Journal
Edinburgh Review
Cees
Vorney
Frank Leake
Germantown
Green's Fruit Recorder
Gardner's Monthly
Home Circle
Harper's Magazine
Harper's Weekly
Harper's Bazar
Harper's Young People
Hierald
Home Journal
Troiliana Farner
Eeeeeee Independent
Cceeeree International Reviow
Lowi Homest
Journal of Microscopy
Lippincott’s Magazine
London
Lancot
Ccseecreeervenenne
London Quarterly Review
Ohio Farmer
Puck
Portland Transcript
Phrenological Journal
Mtuna
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Harry Packer
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Sue
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Cemetery Hill
Hull
Bermuda
Abe
Eseburg
England
THE
Weekly Globe Club
Princeton
Rey Thera Tech És
Teeenee
Journal
Aan
Iew
Ern 'S
Lady's Magazine
Arte Popular Science Monthly
Produce Exchange Bulletin
Philadelphia Medical Times
Practical Farmer
Rideout's Magazine
New Yorker
Saturday Evening Post
Wahine School Times
Sunny South
Vick's Floral Magazine
Westminster Review
Wide Awake
Waverley Magazine
Watchman
Western Stock Journal
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