Silk Culture Exhibit Dominates Institute Fair Debut
Readable features show silk culture from multiple states including Massachusetts Texas and Virginia with demonstrations by Miss Mary Davidson Mrs Tuttle and Miss Lizzie Burnside. The Italian expert Mrs Augustine explains the reel loom process to unwind cocoons into silk with skilled effort praised as accessible for amateurs and promising for women nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Institute Fair
Our Union
Massachusetts
Texas
Mary Davidson
Junction City
Kan
Tuttle
Flatonia
Tex
Lizzie Burnside
Winchester
Clinton
Ruby Strong
Williamsburg
Mass
McBride
Woman’s Department
Woman's Sub Culture Association of the
United States
John Lucas
Augustine
Katie
New England Manufacturers and Mechanics’ Institute
Boston
Embroidered Suspenders Mantel Lambrequin Instructions
A reader asks for directions to make embroidered suspenders and a mantel lambrequin. Instructions describe ribbon widths, lining, fabrics, and mounting methods, with sources for supplies and patterns such as Butterick No. 9504.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitney’s
Fashions Show New Passementeries and Velvet Details
Scraps describe elaborate passementeries with bead corsages and gold silver spanglies suited to seal-brown silk or velvet. A Washington street sighting features a dark blue cloth costume with a short jacket and deep red velvet skirt. The piece includes a batty leather vest under a blue basque, priced at 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Street
Proposing in Texas in a Chamber's Journal sketch
A humorous Texas style courting vignette shows a couple in rocking chairs, a deer hound named Cooney, and quilting talk. The man and woman exchange flirty misfires as they near a marriage license, with quiet humor shaping their courtship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chambers’ Journal
Texas
Cooney
Ketealuy
Staronu
Mia
Brazil
Kase
Wealthy Women in America Richest Single Ladies and Estates
The Cleveland Leader notes highly wealthy American women. Eliza beth Garrett is cited as the richest single woman with an estimated fortune of 15 to 50 million dollars. Other names include Catherine Wolfe with 6 million in real estate and 600 thousand yearly income, Mrs. William Astor around 1 million, Mrs. A T Stewart with princely income, and Mrs. Gammell contending for wealth among unmarried women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Kt. Alien
St. Louis
Bernice Morrinson
Tiere
Ropers
Corpus Christi
Tex
Texas
Catherine Wolfe
New York
Peter Wolfe
Lorillard
Mrs. Rogers
Madison Avenue
Twenty-fourth Street
William Astor
Marshall O. Roberts
A. T. Stewart
Gammell
Garrett
England
Miss Hamilton
Scotland
Surgical Advance Gives Artificial Eye Natural Motion
A Philadelphia operation yesterday aims to replace destroyed eyes with an artificial eye capable of motion like a real eye. Previous prosthetics were fixed and easily identified, but the new method promises dynamic movement matching natural gaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Providence's Innocent Amusements
A Saint Paul Herald fragment recalls a child at East Fourth street window reacting to a dandy passerby. The scene captures playful innocence and urban manners with a witty exchange about a father’s fondness for fun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
St. Paul
East Fourth Street
Mamma
DIY Holiday Chromes and Mosaic Needlework Tips
A Victorian style guide outlines thrifty holiday gifts using magazine chromes as bookmarks and covers, mounted on satin and cardboard with ribbons, plus banner styles and gilt effects. It details dyeing satin with Diamond colors, creating scrap-book style albums, crazy patch lambrequins, mosaic tassels, and scented herb pillows for sensible, artisanal presents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atoss
Perhay
Longfellow
Gentlemen's Fall Styles From English Influence
American menswear follows English trends with updated cutaway coats, new sack coats, higher collars, and varied fabrics. Overcoats use dark browns and grays, with velvet, fur options costly. accessories include silk kerchiefs and varied hats like derbys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Albert
Ecru
Mucon
Union Club
Oakdale
Gordon Hlue
Chinaman Driven to Madness by Unrequited Love
Ah Chung, a well educated Chinese immigrant once employed by Henry Hewett, is confined in the Portland city jail after a rejected romance with a German nursemaid drove him to madness. The piece notes his English fluency, his dismissal, and laments the bitterness of love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland Oregonian
Ah Chung
Henry Hewett
Hewett
Cnat
U. S
Des Moines
Iowa
Remarkable Mirage Over Crescent Canada Reveals Elevated Hills
A rare light refraction near Crescent, Canada, on Sunday October 12 lifted the Sierra Madre views about 60 0D feet, making Colonel T. B Hall’s ranch appear in the skies. Trees and surrounding mesas seemed to rise over a mile in a two and a half mile span before fading back to normal. The effect drew keen observers for nearly two hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Sierra Madre
Crescent
Canada
Sierras
la Canada
T. 8
Hall
Barrel cider barrel burst causes home damage in Rochester
A prominent Rochester police officer bought a cider barrel that fermented and exploded, blowing staves and hoops around and knocking out a buckler pier under the house. The blast caused the dwelling to settle and several doors to jam, but no one was hurt. The item also notes Dr Scott advertising electric goods in this issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
Dr. Scott
Tooton
Mats
Cthuret
Tuureta General
Sanford
Yorrmanine Centar
Call. Co. WN
Picuws
Sparton Gal
Genertor
Scott
Gr. Scott
Dr. Scotts
United States
Luciuas
G. A. Scott
Broadway
New York
Thanksgiving Dinners and Classic Cookery Receipts
A compendium of holiday meal instructions with roast turkey methods, fish dishes, gravies, sauces, and various meat and seafood preparations. Includes roasting times, sauce recipes, and tips for preparing wild duck, mutton, chicken fritters, mayonnaise, and sardine salads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cayenne
Shelp
Maryland
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Pleasant
Porter
Nonotuck Silk Company
New England
Woman’s Silk Culture Association of
Maine
California
Hiawatha
Butterick
The
Bazar
Paris
Brother Jonathan
Ds. Kinley
Jacksonville
Pla
Demorest
London
Pall Mall Electris Association
OF London
Ace One
Mai
Mazon
A. J. Townsrnd
Chicago
Sam
Townsend
H. Suman
Pinparrow
Beethoven
Beatty
Violai Gambi Dilapasou
Viola Dotel
Harpotlan
Joven Organs
Clarionet
Vox Coleate
Maestuso
Hearty Organ and Piano Co
Monman I
W. P. Hadwen
Daniel F. Beatty Organ & Plano Co
Washi
Nton, New Jersey, U. S. A
WeEwil
Subi
Gopery
Lapy
Perault
I&c
America
Ladest
Godey's
Lady's
Godey's Lady's Book
P.O. Box HM
Gobrs
BACH
Godey
Phila
Worth
Express
Addo MM
Babcock & CO
Centerbrook
C.W. Dorr
Bacine Seeder Company
Waterbury
Reece Thoroug
CAL Strate
Leisure Hour Pub. CO
Clark Street
Fowler
Mordus
Conn
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