The Woman's Hour and a Call for Self Reliance in Morals
The piece argues that women should learn to support themselves and pursue market value skills. It urges girls to choose a profession, cultivate discipline, and adopt a clear plan, noting exceptions exist but emphasizing determination, apprenticeship, and long study before professional aims. It highlights the power of purposeful living and self-respect among working women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Btuart Phelps
St. Nicholas
Chile
American Morals and the Paris Emphasis on Decorum
A letter from Paris to the Philadelphia Telegraph criticizes American society’s morals and double standards. Lucy H Hooper laments looser dress and behavior, defends old proprieties, questions treatment of actresses like Sara Bernhardt, and urges social ostracism for perceived evils. She mocks calls to reform and suggests a sequel titled We Ought Not to Do So but We Will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy H. Hooper
Paris
Philadelphia Telegraph
American Society
Madame
Sara Bernhardt
Mrs. Threestars
Mme. Mabille
Morgan Dix
Fler
United States
Little Suppers and Frugal Feasts for Small Gatherings
A writer in Demorest's extols small, affordable suppers as charming social events. Eight guests cost about $2.74 with coffee, cake, salad, and light fare. The narrator favors simple, well arranged tables, Boubois mottoes, and a cozy spread over grand banquets, hosting up to twenty guests.
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Demorest’s
Bermuda
Ribbons For Bonnets And Dresses In Fashion Notes
A fashion writer notes ribbons are rarely used for costume bonnets but popular for straws and summer dress garniture. Twisled silk ribbons with satin reverse in same shade are favored, widths vary for loops bows belts and sashes. Summer wear features very wide pale ribbons for draped sashes with water color painted ends of fruit or flowers.
Ribbon Trends in Dress Fabrics and Trimmings
The article describes ribbon materials and colors, noting lupis currants leaves and strawberries as decorative motifs, dark cool tones with light grays, and velvet satin-lined No 12 width for dark straw hats. It explains Figured brocaded patterns have largely fallen out of favor, used only for cutouts on basques, overskirts, or bonnet crowns.
Fashionable Buttons for Summer Fabrics and Tailored Suits
Thin summer fabrics favor fewer buttons though some artistic pieces appear. Tiny carved beads of pearl, onyx or wood set in steel or gilt frames create stylish buttons for jackets, grays, silts, wools, and silk costumes. Enamelled turquoise silver buttons charm young ladies, while steel buttons enhance Slegi-gray silks and poplins in trims.
Mortified Maidens and a Boarding House Scandal
In a Boston boarding house two maiden sisters accuse a widow of improper relations after observing late visits. They inform the landlady of an alleged affair, only to learn the pair were married months earlier in a secret union. The tale mocks hasty social judgments.
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Boston
Three Meals a Day for Infants Aimed at Health
An 1884 American Journal extract urges three moderate meals of cow’s milk for infants to curb enteric disease. The Rochester Foundling Asylum’s reform stemmed from misinterpreted advice. A physician notes his own child’s obesity from excess and urges careful portioning to prevent fatty degeneration and childhood illnesses.
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Manufacturers’ Gazette
C. E. Page
M. D
American Journal of Obstetrics
Rochester Foundling Asylum
Crafting handsome patchwork covers from scraps and trims
Intense guidance on making table covers from varied fabrics. Describes assembling patchwork squares with black braid and gold silk, lining with crepe, and finishing in antique linen. Cheaper options include crimson or garnet Canton fabric with gold bands, or crocheted fringe. Suggests silk carpets as scarf table covers with Roman ends and canary lining for a comfy, stylish result.
Scrap Quilt Work Assembling Rich Fabric Squares
The text describes making decorative quilts from scraps of silk satin velvet tapestry and other materials. Pieces range from one inch by two inches to eight or nine inches, laid on foundation with lining, stitched and edged with feathers. Designs include Russian cross, flowers, butterflies, stars and raised embroidery using various scraps.
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Corber
Istuhice
Zephyr Ball Cover Craft Instructions
Instructions describe making a soft ball cover from canton flannel pieces sewn into an oval shape, stuffed with materials such as wool scraps, then wrapped with Zephyr yarn. The process uses a darning needle and twine to cover the ball, finishing with cords, tassels, and decorative twisted Zephyr cords.
Knitting Instructions for a Circular Seam
Cast on stitches divisible by three then work back and forth decreasing by three each pass until three remain. Change color and knit down, then restart at the first line. Repeat sixteen times, join at ends to form a perfect circle.
Fence Row Insertion Instructions From Historic Knitting Guide
Cast on fourteen stitches and knit every other row plain. The loops in the over twice must be dropped. First row knit plain. Second row knit three over twice narrow knit one over twice narrow knit six. Fourth row knit four over twice narrow knit one over twice barrow knit five. Sixth row knit five over twice narrow knit one over twice barrow knit four. Eighth row knit six over twice narrow knit one over twice narrow knit three. Tenth row knit seven over twice barrow knit one over twice barrow knit two. Now knit two rows plain and repeat from the beginning.
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Barrow
Fancy Work Transforming Tables with Ornamental Covers
A guide to making decorative table covers from velveteen cretonne and embroidery scraps. Describes color harmony, border strategies, palm leaf motifs, fringe finishing, and using cretonne squares for larger room centerpieces. Includes techniques for buttons, stitches, and tassel finishing.
Knitted Edging Pattern Steps with Incomplete Text
The provided OCR text outlines a knitting edging pattern across four rows. It lists cast on eleven stitches and sequence actions including slip one make one knit two together three times and other increases and decreases. Several words are garbled or repeated, with unclear terms like purt and ee 48S.
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J. W
Hyde Park
Perplexed Captain Seeks Yankee Over Chinese Cook
Two weathered seamen visit a U S court in a bid to remove a Chinese cook from the Sokoto ship to avoid a fine. They fear the Chinese man’s potential disappearance and press for a replacement by a Yankee cook. The cap’n hints at allowing the cook to slip away unawares, then departs to report to the crew.
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United States Court House
Tam
Sokoto
Singapore
Old England
Llable
Caphila
Five Interesting Files From Early 20th Century Observations
In Glendive a woman shot at an eagle stealing a dog but saved the dog’s remains while the bird fled with two leather losses. H. Stuart Wortley recounts a Malakoff cat with a bayonet pinned foot, later treated by regimental surgeons. A Colorado hatchery fish commissioner was attacked by a large blue heron, then killed by Colonel Sisty. A one legged Denver hotel patron saved by a dog during a blaze. A San Rafael lady tamed two wild hummingbirds by feeding them honey from a flower.
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H. Stuart Wortley
Malakoff
Platte River
Colorado
Wiliam K. Listy
Coyne
San Rafael
Summer flower beds and care for small garden spaces
A practical guide to starting a flower garden on limited ground. Choose sun and shade based on space, avoid border walks for beds, and use small crescent or diamond beds with bright geraniums and verbenas edged by alyssum. Emphasizes deep digging, proper edging, and encouraging cutting flowers for summer arrangements.
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Wiliaam Curlet Bryant
Excelsior
Distinction
General Grant
Eros
Duchess of Sutherland
Harry King
Conrad Kuchner
Ruby
Baquet
Mira
Henry Cuonel
Firefly
Jupiter
Culeus
Brilliant
Hatever
Treatment of Seeds
Readers note that dry seed treatment yields better germination in many cases. Water newly sown seeds only after a delay, avoid deep planting, and use a fine open compost with sand and peat. Cover barely and keep moist with a light paper lid, especially for small seeds like primula and begonia.
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Vick
Experience With Geraniums Blooming In Winter
The geranium is a popular flower with much written about it. Floral writers agree that plants that bloomed all summer will not bloom in winter, and late for winter blooming.
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Vililetius
Anna Scott
Dazzler
Ernest Lanth
The Bad Boy and the Sunday School Hero
A reformed boy recalls breaking up a street fight to defend a local girl from a persecuting bully. The scene includes the boy’s injuries, a sympathetic minister, a grateful grocer, and a girl who later thrives at a reform school, with her mother mourned yet proud. The tale ends with the boy reflecting on forgiveness and community judgment.
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Evan
iPeck
Sam
Florence Nightingale
John Sullivan
Humane Society
Terra
Uhey
Industrial School
Stpmother
Danes
Belug
Hennery
Jim
Ina
Lim
Aley
Ties Ore
Heaven
Geocerymin
Remnant plans for dinners and breakfasts listed
A long OCR text presents varied meal plans and recipes including Remnant Breakfast No 1 to No 8 and Dinner No 1 to No 2 with prices, dishes, and preparation notes. It features polenta, corn bread, fried perch, lamb, beefsteak, soups, sauces, and desserts, attributed to readers from Hyde Park and Mrs. Whitney, with detailed cooking steps and measurements.
A Man as Black as a Hat in a New York Case
A short stout woman and her one eyed husband led to the Tombs seeking a warrant for James Morrissey, who allegedly brutalized them. Mrs Duffy described him as “as black as a hat, as tall as the moon and as thin as a goat’s tail.”
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New York World
Rosana Duffy
Patrick
Park Street
James Morrissey
Morrissey
Neetle
Insana
Boston society banter on Bostonian traits and marriage odds
A Galveston News fragment notes Nora Perry praising Matthew Arnold for calling Bostonians cold and provincial while also finding the Boston dollar warm. It adds a quip about a Boston girl of tender age torn between Harvard graduate and a champion prizefighter, leaning to the former in interest but heart to Sull.
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Nora Perry
Matthew Arnold
Hop Bitters Promises Cures Overclaims in Murky Ad
An aged advertisement railes against testimonials for miracle cures and touts Hop Bitters as the true remedy. It cites dramatic savings on medical bills and features a tale of a patient allegedly cured in days after doctors gave up. The piece brands patent medicines as dangerous and exaggerated.
The Weekly Globe Magazine List Precise Subscriptions
A dense catalog of periodicals and magazine titles arranged for subscription orders. Lists numerous publications by title, price, and notes on subscription terms including minimum durations and address limitations.
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Gould
Summer Klowers
Pegk
Kilulty
Marlon Harland
Chelsea
Bey
Keuama
Ener Gaves
Pittsburg
Globe Gloe
Arthur's Home
American Dairyman
American Poultry Journal
Atlantic Monthly
American Art Journal
Armorivat Garden
American Naturalist
Army & Navy Journal
American Poultry Yard
British Quarterly Review
Blackwoord's Magazine
Brainerd’s
Aweeeee LO Beadle’s
Boston Medical and Surgical Journal
Christian Leader
Century Magazine
Wey
Connecticut
Chicago
Christhay Herald
Ei Geneateeasree
Couriers Journal
Demorest
Magasin Donahoe
Detroit Free Press
Engineering
Edinburgh Review
Flora
Forney
Frank Leslie
Chimney Corner
Forest
Germantown Telegraph
Green's Fruit Recorder
Gardner's
Cis
Godey
Harper’s Bazar
Harper's Young Herald of Health
Housekeeper Home
Indiana Farm Independent
International Reviews
Homestead
Journal of Microsco
Journal of Chemistry
Lebraneais
Lippincott's
Magazin
London Lancet
London
London Quarterly Review
Methodist
Americ Mining Record
Mother's Magazine
N. Y. Medical Journal
N.Y
N. Y. Sportsman Obie Farmer
Puck
Portland Transcript
Phrenological Journal
Sehen
Tee
Wee
Journal
Princeton Review
Prairie Parmer
Peterson
Lady's Magazine
Popular Science Monthly
Philadelphia Medical Time
Practical Farn
Rideout
Rural New Yorker
Saturday Evening Post
Scientific American
Sunday School Times
Sunny South
San Francisco Chronicle
Spirit of the Times
the Republic
Vick’s Floral Magazine
Westminster Review
Wide Awake
Waverley Magazine
Watchman Western Stock Journal
the Weekly Globe
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