The Woman's Hour and the Best People Debate
A chatty group in a Boston circle debates who qualifies as the best people. Minerva champions cultured elites, while Melinda and Melusina push for social position and moral worth, with Hassan noting exclusivity and the danger of snobbery across wealth and class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minerva
Boston
Melinda
Hassan
Atlantic Monthly
Paris
Beacon Street
Melusina
Abelsope
Harte
Winter Clothing Standards for Women in Demorest Style
The piece urges women to prioritize merino hosiery and underwear for warmth over outward fashion. It recommends one-piece wool undergarments, confidence in combinations, and a layered outfit approach with corsets, wool skirts, and coats. Emphasizes health benefits and practical dress construction for young teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Demorest
A Lady's Boudoir and the Private Retreat Ideal
The article traces the evolution of the boudoir from a gallant, voluptuous space to a private feminine sanctuary. It advises long, light rooms with one window, delicate furnishings, and small decorative items. It notes the term French origin from boudoir meaning to sulk and reflects on historical uses and cultural perceptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Genlis
Letime
Evening Silks in Light Colors Stimulate New Designs
Evening silks and light brocades have strong demand this season prompting manufacturers to produce new designs for late autumn. Some patterns suggest fruits, others nuts and shaded leaves with harmonious colors and little contrast, favoring graceful designs.
Fashion Notes on Evening Gowns and Fabrics of the Season
The article describes garments and fabrics for evening wear including Basque coats with satin trains, lace veiling, and beaded embroidery. It advises brocades suit older women, favors white and colored sarahs for young girls, and praises surahs for wearability. It notes combinations of white and black silks with beaded gauze net lace or grenadine and puffed fronts with ruched trims.
Plain Wool Street Costumes Dominate This Season's Fashion
Fashion notes describe a move toward simple wool street suits over silks, with options in camel's hair, Biarritz, and ottoman reps for lighter weight. Garments feature wool skirts over foundation layers, velvet trims, standing collars, and velvet accents. Dark tapestry wools provide color while remaining subdued, and postilion basques in cushineye or bison wool remain on trend with intricate braiding and draped overlays.
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Harper’s Bazar
Tere
The Early English Girl in Our Midst
A vividly observed portrait of a modern English girl in St. Louis fashion, detailing her wardrobe from trousers and hats to walking cane and gloves. The piece contrasts her practical, tailored style with social expectations, noting her independence at dances and preference for modest, refined attire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Somerset
Captain Kidd
Ste
Etiquette of Formal Social Calls and Receptions
Guidance on sending invitations by mail or messenger, proper calling days, and the etiquette for at home and ball receptions. Details cover invitation formats, reply wording, guest movement, chaperones, dancing procedure, favors, ball room setup, lighting, dress, and post event goodbyes with emphasis on formality, timing, and proper conduct.
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Berand
Walten
New York
Madison Avenue
Joan W. Brown
Miss Brown
Julius C. Jones
John W. Brown
Wight
Lovelock
Counnot
Vitalizing Treatment Promises New Nerve Strength in Workmen
A Philadelphia medical ad touts a Vitalizing Treatment by Drs. Starkey and Palen at 1109 Girard Street. It claims to restore exhausted nerve force for overworked professionals, reducing fatigue and danger while boosting productivity. A free pamphlet offers full details about the treatment and its action.
German Cotilion Etiquette for Dances and Invitations
A guide to German cotillion etiquette with emphasis on equal gender balance, early invitations sent a week to ten days ahead, prompt acceptances or regrets, and timely calls to the hostess. It notes that the supper is served around seats and a dance leader must be chosen to helm the event.
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Miss C
Revtilemen
Adies
William K. Smith
John Bright
St. James Square
de Giues
Linselt
Germany
Pte
Pte. Requests the Pleasure of Lic
Iberety
Debut Etiquette And Evening Socials From Domestic Monthly
The article outlines etiquette for balls and evening parties, including leave-takings, invitations, attire, and the distinction between balls and evening parties. It details calling after events, gloves at supper, and how debutantes are presented with family oversight, invitations, chaperones, and postdebut visits.
Fashions in Flowers: Florist on Style and Season
A talking florist discusses fashion in flowers, noting seasons dictate blooms like chrysanthemums in winter and long stems for bouquets. He cautions fashion rules govern weddings and funerals with white as a constant, while roses stay in fashion though demand lags between hay and frost.
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Bon Ton
Inman
Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Purgative Pellets Gain Popularity
As railroads advance stages fade, large crude pills are abandoned for Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Purgative Pellets sold by druggists. The sugar coated seeds use concentrated vegetable extracts, a shift from bulky medicines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Maine Shipbuilder O'Brien Defined Local Legacy
The article lauds Maine shipbuilder Lon Edward O'Brien of Thomaston as a pillar of the Pine Tree State’s maritime wealth. Born 1783 in Warren, he built ships solo from 1824, owning entire vessels and yards, and expanded into railways, insurance, lime, and coal ventures. He helped found Georges Bank and served in state government, providing jobs and regional economic growth.
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Maine
Passamaquoddy
Machias
Thomaston
Frenchman's Bay
Bangor
Castine
Telvast
Wiscasset
Bath
Portland
Falmouth
Kennebunk
Lon
Eaward O'Brien
O'Brien
Unite States
Warren
John O Brien
John Counce
Mimself
Georges River
Varois
Ladders Cutting
Mary E. Campbell
Tisety
New York
House of Burgess, O'Brien & Co
O’brien
Randall G. Morse
William Sliger
Alward Robinson
Tr Re
Boston Marine Insurance Company
Fuller
Maine Lloyds
State Senate
Knox County
Old County
Lncoln
Genet
Effects of the Opium Habit and Its Mental Toll
The opium eater shows extreme mood swings from petulant brutality to private kindness. Prolonged use blurs reality, making truthfulness fade and fantasies seem real. Habitual users guard their addiction, dread abstinence, and fear confinement or loss of access to the drug.
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Lars
Ife
A Baby for 20 Dollars in a Caribbean Tale
A letter from Water Island recounts a disturbing sales scene where a Black child is offered for sale at high prices amid a colonial misadventure. The narrator notes sickening prospects and warnings about travel, describing a seller under a tree near a stream and a range of prices from four to six shillings sixpence. The piece satirically critiques commerce and colonial attitudes during the era of mail steamer arrivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Thomas
Water Island
May Queen and the Favorite Prescription by Dr. Pierce
A poem-like notice suggests that if a beautiful young girl who died had received Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription she might have reigned on many May days. The text touts the medication as a cure for disorders labeled to females and is attributed to druggists.
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Tennyson
Dr. Pierce
Gilead
Weekly Globe Club List Price Subscriptions Range
A long OCR listing of periodicals with prices and subscription options appears. Titles include Arthur's Home Magazine American Dairyman Art Interchange Magazine Atlantic Monthly American Art Journal American Garden American Naturalist Army & Navy Journal and many more with varied prices and subscription terms. The list notes that no publication will be sent for less time than one year and emphasizes yearly subscriptions to begin.
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Arthur's Home Magazine
American Dairyman
New Auba
American Poultry Journal
Atlantic Monthly
American Art Journal
American Garden
American Agricultur
ATP Amalout
Army & Navy Journal
American Poultry World
British Quarterly Review
Mackwood's Magazine
Brainerd’s Musical World
Keadle's Saturday Journal
Burlington Hawkeye, Roya of
New York
Hailey’s Magazine
Boston Pilot
Boston Medical
Jon
Cassell's
Christian Leader
Century
M'y
Fireside Companion
Forest and Stremin
Ceceesecreeveene
Germantown Telegraph
Anecees Green's Roll Recorder
Gardener's Monthly
Godey
Household Journal
Harper’s Magazine
Harper's Weekly
Harper's Bazar
Harper's Young People
Herald of Health
le Frateals
Lippincott’s
Magasine
London
Lancet
Edinburgh Revie
London Quarterly Review
Methodiat
America
Mining Record
Mother's Magazine
North American Review D» Y
Medical Journal
N. Y
Fashion Bazar Nursery
N.Y
Sportema
Observer
Ohio Farmer
Puck
Portland Transcript
Miums
Princeton Revi
Prairie Farmer
Peterson's Lady's Magazine
Popular Science Monthly
Potter's American Monthly
Produce Exchange Bulletin
Philadelphia Medical Times
Practical Farmer Rideout’s Magazine
Sunday School
Sunny South
St. Nicholas
Sepepsee
Accenesessee
San Francisco Chronicle
Spirit of the Times
Oseseesees
San Francisco Argonaut
the Critic
Weatminster Review
the Republic
Vick
Weshington Poi Waverley Maga Watchman
Scccccess
Western Stock Journal
Cpm
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Hamilton Post, Jr
Ryad
Soul Street
B.S. VY. P
Nobleson Crusoe
Eihelirida Arauia
Napoleon Bonaparte
West Street
Robinson Crusoe
Sussex Place
Misses B
le Tes
Edward O'Brien
Pine Tree State
Georgia
Pacific National Bank of
Georges National
Thomaston National Banks
Pacific
Sterlin
Georges Bank
Thomaston Bank
Mr. O’brien
THE
Weekly Globe Club
Ory Rual Surae
Sabesinvanss
Peneee
Oan
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