The Woman s Hour on Dotted Veils and Fashion Notes
The Woman s Hour comments on fashion absurdities in a London Truth letter about a young woman seeking work, praises a local style scene in Boston, and notes women’s public scrutiny. It discusses attire on Tremont Street, a terra cotta dress, and the dynamic between private life and public reputation. It also surveys music and dress trends with velvet and embroidery, and remarks on economy versus spectacle.
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London Truth
Ladies’ Exchange
Helen
Mr. Lowell
Boston
Tremont Street
Cardinal Arasol
Dotted Veils and Eye Strain Highlighted by Herald
The Chicago Herald disguises a reform quest as it cites an optician warning that dotted veils common in fashion strain the eyes. He notes many women suffer eye and nerve issues from beams and shadows, with colored dots worsening impact, plus zigzag cords in veils.
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Chicago Herald
Glimpses of Fashion Seasons and Fabrics in Demorest's View
The piece discusses fashion seasons and fabric trends, noting velvet and cotton seasons as terms. It highlights sat teens ginghams foulards and lawns, arguing the season is varied with splendor fabrics despite heat and country wear. It emphasizes economy, coolness, and stylish choices amid abundant options.
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Demorest
Fashion in Dress and How to Adapt It to Your Figure
A London doctor links dress to personality and offers rules for form and color. Short and stout bodies should avoid bold stripes and large patterns, wear hair high, use high necklines, and favor plain sleeves. For young girls, emphasize fullness to hide slender or skeletal arms, while tall figures can carry large trims. balance with shaded colors and selective detailing.
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London
Fashion Notes On Children's Wear And Evening Costumes
The article outlines Tampico style trends for children and women including drooping brims over sailor hats, chintzes and organdies, silk bodices with lace waists, and lace trimmed skirts. It covers hat shapes, ribbons, laces, embroiders, and new fabrics, with emphasis on colors like bright yellow and roses, and details such as French crepe lisse neck trimmings, Greek sleeves on evening bodices, box plaiting, and royal satin brocades.
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Jersey
Moliere
India
Parisiennes
Lacrosse for the noble red man and the modern field game
Harper's Young People offers a vivid overview of lacrosse its origins among Native Americans and its rules field setup players positions and play strategies. The article explains crosse sticks the ball sponge rubber posts and goal setup while detailing tactics such as tack jiy and long throws as key skills in Canadian tutors style play and notes the sport's comparatively lower injury risk versus other games.
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Sea Sreer
Neeling
Swish
Blue
Crosse
Red Crosseas
Trou
Lie Diue
Blues
Reds
Harper
L’eople
Jarvis Brush, Pioneering Pin Maker, Dies
Jarvis Brush who helped make pins practical died recently. Dr J J Howe devised a 1836 machine for wire pins and Brush founded 1840 the American Howe Pin Company of Birmingham Conn sending the first solid headed pins. The company supplied U S pins and exported to Europe, and Brush invented a pin sticking method that shifted from hand work to self acting machinery enabling one worker to place 100 to 200 dozen pins per day.
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Jarvis Brush
J. J. Howe
American
Howe Pin Company
Birmingham
Brush
Favorite Prescription Endorsement From Dr. Waterman
Dr G B Waterman of Baltimore endorses Dr R V Pierces Favorite Prescription describing it as the best remedy for female complaints and recommends it to all customers after noting its claimed benefits and extensive use by his clientele.
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R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N Y
Waterman
Baltimore
Groner Andrews
Lowell Carpet Corporation
Lowell
Ayers
English and French furniture styles in 18th century revival
Dealers favor late 1700s English styles over Elizabethan or Queen Anne for households. French Louis Seize furniture with gold and white lacquer appeals to grand drawing rooms, while Louis XIV to Louis XV pieces suit stately halls. Italian Renaissance designs enrich libraries and dining rooms, often in black wood with ivory inlay and antique tapestry upholstery.
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Eastlike
Sheraton
Chippendale
Adam
yErooms
Louis
Louis XL
Francis L
Henri L
Louis Mil
Louis Qastorze
France
Louis Quinze
Louis Seize
Interior color and woodwork trends in mahogany age
The article catalogs furniture woods and finishes favored in drawing rooms and libraries. Mahogany remains dominant with circassian walnut and rosewood notes. English oak for dining rooms. light woods like ash and oak for bedrooms. Textiles include silk damasks, satin, plush, and Beaux tapestry. wall coverings imitate embroidery. wallpapers mimic tapestry. Ornamental woods, inlays, and brass work feature in mantels, doors, and frames.
Ebony furnished interior with Japanese decor and mirrors
Describes a refined room with ebony work and walls lined in Japanese silk. The ceiling matches, small level furniture, low tiles and short sofas, with inlaid wood and a veiled Venetian mirror motif. Curtains, portieres of Japanese silk, grille accents, and bright shelf bits complete the stylish interior.
Dining Rooms And Chambers In Elegant Early Style
Dining rooms use square tables with oak as the favorite wood and mahogany or cherry in many rooms. Sideboards feature beveled glass or richly carved designs, with linen cloths embroidered in colors or drawn work. Chairs have high square backs and leather, tapestry, or cane seating. A refined dining space pairs leather walls with wood wainscoting and leathered surfaces, using leather-like papers. Chambers show light and dark woods in simple carved mahogany suites, beds with high headboards and canopies, and four poster beds. ash and oak head to English styles. The day use favors bolsters, with an oblong bolster preferred, and a linen slip, hidden by a counterpane at day’s end. A well-appointed lady’s room includes a picquetry floor, blue Daghestan rug, Japanese chintz nails, a tent-shaped ceiling, and simple mahogany furniture. The bed features an eider-down silk cover and an oval bolster, while mahogany mantels, bevelled mirrors, Japanese chintz curtains, and Japanese silk portieres finish the look.
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San Domingo
Madras
New York
Phitner
Mahogany Library Furnishings and Sittting Rooms
Mahogany is favored for libraries with a large square writing table richly carved and uncovered. Bookcases are low with bevelled glass doors. Mohair plush in olive or terra cotta red decorates handsome libraries, walls in tapestry. Simpler rooms use lighter woods for mantel and shelves, silk or chintz curtains, Brussels or Wilson carpet, and a variety of chairs including red or gilt willow, cushion chairs, Newport and Shaker rockers.
Ornate Halls Described in Harper’s Bazaar
The article details furnished halls with wood settees, mirrors and pegs, carved tables, high box seats, and hardwood floors with oak wainscoting. The finest halls feature Oriental rugs, mosaic doors, marble wainscoting, jewelled doors, stained glass transoms, gaslight fixtures, a marble vase, and elegant stairs with six and three fourths inch treads.
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Harper’s Bazar
Decorative arts for leisure time attract attention and teach art
The article urges hobbyists to embrace decorative arts as a leisure luxury, noting easy access to instruction through lucid lesson books and plentiful designs. It highlights painting glass and wood, embroidery, and cretonne scenes as attractive, affordable pursuits, with examples like screens and panels using Persian motifs and Watteau scenes.
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Atmateurs
Long Kensington
Table Decoration Styles For Supper Tables From The Reader’s Hint
Readers learn several decorating ideas for tables including low baskets with white flowers and maidenhair, central fruit displays, pressed greenery across the table, wreaths of roses on a glass plateau, and color harmony with a single palette. Suggestions cover white tables with yellow blooms, violets with yellows, white azaleas with roses, and blue and white china with wallflowers. The piece urges originality while keeping good taste as paramount.
Saving a Life by Pressing a Button iN Lan
An early description of an electric emergency stop system for machinery. A weight on a wire rope around the throttle valve falls when current is released, cutting steam and halting engines. Buttons wired throughout a factory allow instant shutdown from distant points upon press.
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Llvery
A Wild Life Lesson From a Cistern Tryout
In a rambling prairie tale a boy nicknamed Sam faces probation for bad acts and recalls a chaotic day at a grocery with neighbors and ministers, a caged family scene, a near-drowning misadventure, and a lye mishap. The piece blends humor and local color, ending with a shop sign about fresh livers.
A Very Ancient Powder-Horn in Centreville History
Mr James H Williams owns a powder horn that serves as a curious map of New York State dated April 12 1760. The etched horn shows landmarks like New York City the North River Half Moon Saratoga Fort Miller and Oswego Falls with a Continental soldier image and the name Rheuben Smith. The horn is well preserved and regarded as a notable curiosity.
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Centreville
James H. Williams
State of
New York
New York City
North River
Half Moon
Stillwater
Saratoga
Fort Miller
How's
Royal Bloom
Fort Edward
Fort George
Niagara
Iron Rally
German Flatt
Bittons urged to send pamphlet history with two stamps
WorLD's Dispensary Medical Association of Buffalo and F. Anthun & Co. of Holyoke Mass. advise that Brown's Iron Bitters is a good medicine and sells well. The note suggests addressing the case history for a pamphlet and includes two stamps for postage.
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World’s Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo
F. Anthun & Co
Holyoke Mass
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National Pharmaceutical Association of the United States
Josep Roserris
Baltimore Pharmaceutical College
J. Faris Moore
Edward Earickson
Baltimore College of Pharmacy
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Ayer
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Price
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Sherman
Rest Arthur
Gran
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Carter
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Whitney
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Hubbard Bros
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Meurier-Journal
Louisville, Ky
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