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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1899
Page
7
A New York Sun excerpt describes a young woman who, for three to five dollars nightly, manages large dinner parties and weddings as a professional dinner manager. She preps the pantry, times courses, checks flavors, and ensures flawless service, allowing hostesses to focus on guests.
A Chicago Daily News sketch on modern gymnastic science argues women can gain grace and posture through free gymnastics without equipment. It details slow neck and shoulder development, waist reduction, and coordinated stretches using toe turnout, near-foot stance, waist twists, wall touches, and controlled breathing.
To remove fly specks from gilt frames moisten them with the white of an egg, let it remain about 15 minutes and then wipe off with a silk cloth.
A low cost shirt waist storage solution using a large oatmeal box, creton cover, hinges, padding, and a decorative ruffle. The box serves as dresser storage, a window seat, and a trunk for baby items, combining practicality with ornamental appeal.
A Cincinnati Commercial Tribune note urges regular exercise to improve circulation and digestion, reducing a muddy complexion. It warns against open air exposure with bare lips, recommends glycerin or vaseline, and favors plain unscented soap such as glycerin or olive oil soap over costly fancy varieties for better skin health.
Summer dress goods weave tinsel threads for luminous diaphanous fabrics. Gauze trims and gowns feature swirling gold and silver embroidery. Mousseline de soie highlights shimmering threads as opal-like color by day and phosphorescent by night.
Practical advice urges lady cyclists to carry a needle and thread for dress mishaps, matches, an addressed luggage label, and spare cash for rain or rail return. For long rides keep a small waterproof cape handy.
A Philadelphia grocer tricked a patron into taking a different flour barrel. After two bakings she returned it as unsatisfactory. The grocer refilled the barrel with the same flour, added a new head, and sent it again claiming it was correct. Inside the barrel lay a lost saucer previously used to scoop flour.
A discussion on how modern art and photography have transformed equine depictions. Old portraits favored arched necks, rounded rumps, and dramatic poses, while today’s horses are captured in brisk, accurate action by instantaneous cameras. The piece notes photographers reveal true limb use and movement, challenging past artists’ assumptions.
The New Orleans Times-Democrat describes how mint waste silver is saved from utensils used by the melting gang. Iron tools are oxidized by sulfuric acid while silver remains untouched, producing intricate honeycomb-like surfaces before recasting into coins. The tale ends with a humorous note about Kruger.
The penny postage scheme between British colonies has necessitated extended facilities at the general post office in London as Canadian business alone doubles since the year's start.
The productive area of the Klondike gold field covers from 1,000 to 1,300 square ales.
In an eastern Long Island suburb a traveling salesman staged a clearout of headstones displayed like department store goods. Granite monuments in varied styles were priced plainly from 14.50 to 48 dollars with phrases such as This style and Reduced marked on white painted surfaces, while a rival dealer watched the sale with skepticism.
An Athens Asty item reports a Greek benevolent society in Constantinople printed an appeal to Stamboul Hellenic readers for charity citing Galatians. A police censor demanded St Pauls address, charged the printer with sedition, and jailed him until Greek Patriarch intervened for release after three days.
Philadelphia attorney John A. Ward recalls a morning court incident after his admission to practice. A boy seated beside him heard the crier’s prayer and Ward elbowed the boy to urge him to say Amen. The courtroom audience reacted with laughter as the judge watched. Ward says he has never repeated the episode or advised others to imitate it.
Scientific American recalls Dr Schlatter removing a stomach from a female patient. The woman survived 14 months post operation with nutrition supported as food moved from oesophagus to intestines. Intestinal digestion sufficed to meet needs.
A Washington Post reader laments the never-satisfied mood of the public toward seasons. The lunchroom philosopher jokes about wanting sun and snow in turns, noting the cycle of craving weather changes and the irony of growing tired of both warmth and cold.
The Secret Service uncovers another gang of counterfeiters and seizes a large batch of bogus bills. The notes mimic valued items including Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, a product claimed to aid indigestion dyspepsia constipation nervousness and debility.
A humor exchange quoted by the Standard and Catholic Times features a doctor advising lemon-sucking will prevent seasickness only if done in shade beneath a tall tree. The wry dialogue reflects light medical superstition in a periodical joke item.
An advertising note for Allen’s Fect-Base foot powder claims it loosens tight or new shoes and relieves swollen hot sweating and aching feet. It also cures ingrowing nails corns and bunions. Available at druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents. Trial packs are FREE by mail from Allen 8 Olmsted Le Roy NY.
A fragment from the Indianapolis Journal recalls a woman once Ina, with sorrow still etched in her features. The bitter tears have dried, yet traces remain as a quiet record of past grief.
A humorous exchange shows a stern teacher pressing for the angle of a right triangle’s hypotenuse. A frustrated boy finally offers a personal twist, claiming the problem is equivalent to a son for him.
The advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as the best remedy for chills and fever. It claims to be iron and quinine in a tasteless form with a no cure no pay offer and a 50 cent price.
In a startling exchange, Jaggles notes a new keeper has arrived while Waggles quips that the animals preferred the old caretaker, implying a controversial transition at the menagerie.
A vintage drug advertisement promises a one day cure for colds with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. It notes a money back guarantee from druggists if the remedy fails to cure, priced at 25 cents.
A star centerfielder challenges an umpire who fines him twenty five dollars for a called out, provoking a sharp exchange reported by the Philadelphia North American. The page also advertises Dye products promising fiber-wide results and stories noting Piso's Cure and a wry quip about love and parasols from historic newspaper snippets.
Advert for Hall's Catarrh Cure claiming a constitutional remedy priced at 75 cents. Also a note advising moderation with bees and wasps in Chicago Daily News style.
Robert Downing praises Peruna as the best preventive against summer ills and malarial influences. He claims Peruna kept his body’s mucous membranes healthy, aiding heat tolerance, and offers Dr Hartman’s Summer Catarrh book from Columbus, Ohio.
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