Testing White Lead Quality for Painting Admixtures
A consumer guide from the National Lead Company explains testing white lead purity by burning a pea sized sample on charcoal to see if it reduces to metallic lead. Pure white lead yields a single globule of lead, while adulterated products leave residue. The company offers a blowpipe and booklet featuring the Dutch Boy Painter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ieast
National Lead Company
Woodbridge Building
New York City
Hannibal Refuses to Send Elephants on Vaudeville Tour
Hannibal dismisses a request with a firm note that he will not send his trained elephants to perform on the vaudeville circuit. The exchange appears in his correspondence as he dictates the refusal to his stenographer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannibal
Reward Offered for Catarrh Cure Promotion
A historical advertisement offers a one hundred dollar reward for any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by Lalla Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney & Co of Toledo. The notice states the signer’s trust in F J Cheney and lists WALDING KINNAN MARVIN as wholesale druggists. Hall's Catarrh Cure is advertised as internally affecting blood and mucous surfaces with testimonials available. Also promotes Mall's Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F.J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
C. We
F. J. Cheney
Orin
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Mall
Office Boy Grievances Stir Local Jibe
A witty curio notes a rumor that an office boy’s grandmother has gone on strike and refuses to die during the baseball season, reflecting local humor about work life and sports.
It Cures While You Walk Allen's Foot-Mase
Allen's Foot-Mase touted as a cure for hot sweating calloused and swollen feet. Sold by all druggists for 25 cents with a trial package free. Address Allen S Olmsted Le Roy New York. Do not accept substitutes.
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Allen
Allen S Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
Prudence in Jest Warns Against Serious Speech
A speaker warns that true words spoken in jest may provoke a sharp rebuke if revealed as serious, urging restraint to avoid harm. The verse frames prudent speech as a safeguard against earfuls for too plainly exposing truth.
One Fellow's Sacrifice In Gentle Demand For Whisky And Quinine
A fragment from a wartime or local page hints at a spring habit of drinking whisky and quinine, tied to a joke about Lent and sacrifice. It references U S DIP waste and disinfectant products and promotes a page hooklet for displays. The text lists a Minneapolis address and suggests advertising of various goods.
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Crabshaw
Crawford
U.S
N.ow
Pilde & bin Vo
Minneipolis
Minn
Armenian Tent and Awning Co ad offers stacks colers and tents
An old classified style ad from the Crescent Creamery Co and Armenian Tent and Awning Co promotes stacks colers awnings and tents with prices. The copy includes quips about wisdom and a silly girl with a dimple and asks readers to ship today or write for rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armenean Tent & Awning Co
Minneapoli
Tasa
Crescent Creamery Co
St. Paul
Hats for Dressy Occasions in Straw and Milan Styles
A Vogue inspired guide describes straw models, sombreros, and Tuscan, Milan, and Leghorn hats for school and dressy wear. It notes rolling brim sailor shapes, ribbon bands, silk trims, and bold wide ribbons as popular details. Durability and sun protection are highlighted for Mexican braid sombreros and chip straw taps for young children.
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Milan
Teior
Leghorn
Must match the skirt jumper fashion here to stay
The article explains that jumpers gain popularity by finishing well at the top and matching color to the skirt. It offers tailoring tips for various figures, including short waisted and broad shouldered, recommending bands, V shapes, and decorative trims to create balanced, harmonious looks.
CHIC LITTLE ETON JACKET IN DEMAND DESPITE AGE
A Paris letter comments that the Eton or bolero jacket remains popular as long waistlines prevail. Fashion authorities see continued demand with coats described as delightful plaited braided and ornate. They pair with various skirts and promise future appearances in silk and linen materials.
Melon bonnet cap becomes reigning juvenile fashion
Baby caps of three pieces form melon bonnets with varying fabrics such as dotted Swiss fine nainsook and embroidery. The design places joins behind the ear and uses lace or insertion to trim, with pink linen and embroidery for a plainer version.
Pongee Parasols Display Rich Oriental Designs
Pongee parasols feature all over embroidery or plain fields with minimal borders. Designs include Chinese and Japanese motifs with rich blues greens and yellows on natural ground. Some motels show plain bodies with wide gay stripes or color embroidered borders in pongee tones.
Method to Pack Flowers Without Bruising Delicate Blooms
The article describes a packing method for fragile flowers such as gardenias camellias and orchids. Each bloom is tied to a flat cardboard support with ribbon passed through punched holes and placed in a box tightly fastened to prevent movement. Sprinkling with water before shipping extends freshness to three or four days.
Care for Your Shoes and Boots
Care for Your shoes and boots is advised to prevent mold in damp storage. If dried properly they remain supple. in dry air they may harden and wrinkle. rub with a rag moistened with oil of turpentine to preserve leather and deter rats and mice.
Diabolo Inspired Charms and Pincushion Designs
The popular diabolo game inspires charms brooches and hatpins modeled on the spool pincushion. A central design features a diabolo stool with a plump spool look. An al d s loop may be used and two cushions at ends with ribbon bows for a hanging finish.
Shawls Made Into Tunics For Modern Style
Vintage China shawls once valued at 50 to 150 dollars are being dyed and transformed into tunics. Dressmakers note the fringe and embroidered borders create graceful tunic shapes suitable for this season. The trend blends old heirlooms with contemporary fashion without sentimental objections.
Dotted Nets Attract Attention In Local Shops
A textile feature reveals two Brussels nets praised for their density and design. The closely dotted net sells for 2 dollars 10 cents per yard with quarter inch dots, while the larger loomed pattern costs 2 dollars 75 cents per yard.
Practical Tips Save Silk Stockings From Wear
A society maiden finds use for powder inside slippers to reduce friction and save stockings. Another girl prevents holes by adding a velvet band inside the slipper edge, matching the shade of her embroidered stockings and frocks.
Shaving Papers Holder Described In Handy Sketch
A simple shaving papers holder is shown in a sketch. It uses a square card board base covered with material and edged with cord. A lower slit holds the papers which fold out one by one as needed. The words shaving papers appear in silk and a ribbon loop allows hanging from a wall.
Reading Tips From Ancient Self Help Texts
A fragmented passage discusses skin remedies with oatmeal in bath, mentions chits and howling on a high arrow, honey doses, and reading light from the right. It also extols walking for posture, advising women to hold the head high, shoulders back, and breathe nostrils with slow inhalation.
Hats for Small Girls in Spring Millinery
The article describes spring hats for very young girls featuring broad fronts wired shapes and wide ribbon strings. It notes a shift from ornate wreaths and ostrich tips to daintier designs with large floppy brims, wide stiff straw crowns, and ribbons, quills, and cords as trim elements.
Tubular self fitting belt praised in early catalog
A description highlights a new tubular self fitting belt that uses a ribbon and lining woven together so the pliable lining remains unseen from the outside, emphasizing its sleek inner construction and outer appearance.
The Coat Shirswailst fashion description
A new garment called the Coat Shirswailst appears as a coat worn over a vest or shirt front. It features a double breasted vest with a shawl collar attached to a sit chemisette in white butcher linen. Cuffs and collar facing use contrasting linen.
Fashion Ribbon Trends in Vogue Description
The article notes ribbon trims that fit the figure without distortion, highlighting bold colored outer ribbons and brocade options in vibrant designs with eccentric color patterns and white variants as seen in Vogue.
Linen Hats For Summer Wear Declines No
Linen hats remain a staple for summer fashion with wire frames covered in crinoline and lace. Crowns are plain with ribbons or bows and side finish. removable crown and brim aid laundering. Rim measures 17 inches. crown 6 inches.
Satin Charmeuse Hour of Evening Gowns
The satin charmeuse is praised as the loveliest material for evening gowns. It is described as soft and silky with the supple feel of Oriental satin and the richness of satin duchesse.
The Call of the Soil Across North America
A southern newspaper voice urges returning to farming amid financial unrest. It cites successful leaders with farm roots and highlights Canadian lands offered at 10 to 15 dollars per acre with free homestead 160 acre grants, detailing government agents ready to provide information and railway access.
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Financelal
United States
Canada
Government of Canada
An Unchivalrous Joke in Schoolroom Banter
A sardonic exchange references a Peabody collection of ancient jades and jokes about coeds in Chittenden. The quip hints at campus humor, mingling antiquated terms with student life in a bygone era.
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Peabody
Chittenden
Patents Issued Last Week To Northwestern Inventors
Northwestern inventors received patent grants reported by Lothrop and Johnson of St. Paul and J Chan of Lowry. The list includes pump attachment by F R Harris of Kenmare and an incubator alarm by W S Hasley of Keister, among others from Duluth Minneapolis Chatfield and Sunrise.
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Northwestern
Lothrop & Johnson
Pioneer Press
St. Paul
Minn
J. Chan
Lowry
F. R. Harris
Kenmare
N. D
W. S. Hasley
Keister
A. Johnson
Duluth
O. L. Larson
Minneapolis
A. Murphy
Chatfield
F. A. Spivak
Sunrise
Home as a World of Love and Strife
A short reflection contrasts home as a space of love shut in with a world of strife shut out and vice versa, highlighting how domestic life and external events shape feelings of security and danger.
Mra. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Teething Pain
Advertising copy promises relief for teething children by calming gums and reducing wind colic in a 25 cent bottle. The prose makes health claims typical of 19th century patent medicines and ends with a cautionary proverb.
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Winslow
Mil ton Dairy Co Offers Top Cash for Dreams
Milton Dairy Co in St Paul advertises top market prices for cash offers. The notice emphasizes immediate payment and strong value for customers seeking dairy product sales.
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Milton Dairy CO
St Paul
Miller & Holmes
St. Paul, Minn
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Bob
J. H. Rindlaub
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Sige
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Rere
JTES
Imodel
Eton
Tomas
Paris
Delineator
Melon Bonnet
Valenciennes
New Coekings
Linen
Wats
Satin Charmeuse
Red River Valley
Minnesota
S. J. Burchard
Manhattan
Enna
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