New Dishes Table Sets for Winter Entertaining
Graceful glass and silver tableware shine in new wine sets and tea table accessories. Includes rock crystal wine tooler with silver top, orchid vase, crystal tray with six glasses, ice bowl, cherry dish with silver spoon, and a lemon squeezer with glass and silver. A recipe book library and a rock crystal screen for chafing dish heat complete the display.
Caring for the eyes in a New York Mail tip
The article advises against late nights and eye rubbing to keep eyes looking bright. It suggests almond oil to maintain eyebrows and regular brushing to train their shape, emphasizing care to avoid dark circles bags and redness.
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Pickled Eggs Recipe for Picnic and Supper
A vintage method describes pickled eggs requiring a month to mature. Peel a dozen and a half eggs, boil 12–15 minutes, then pack in glass jars with a vinegar base flavored with cinnamon or cloves, ginger, black and white pepper.
Autumn Millinery Torpedo Turban Toques Take Spotlight
The Tatler notes seasonal millinery showing compact toques inspired by torpedo and turban shapes. Shades lean toward grayish blue plumage with jay wing accents and game-feather effects, blending natural hues with carefully crafted artistry.
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Sachet Shower for a Bride Elect Featured in Frugal Afternoon
A bride-elect hosts an inexpensive sachet shower with Japanese napkins, pink ribbon, and sachet powder. Guests bring thimbles and materials while savoring sweet trifles and DIY sachet tips to fit bureau drawers. The sachets, made from napkins and ribbon, are designed to last a year and be discarded when soiled.
Carnival Bazaar and Woman's Exchange Feature Local Notes
A suburban church hosts a colorful carnival with tissue paper flowers and themed booths including marshmallows and pops. the piece Also discusses the rise of women's exchanges in towns, detailing organization, pricing, and the social value of decorative linen, lace, and heirloom items.
Tortoise Shell Combs and Fashion Advice
A fashion note describes tortoise shell combs suited to various hair colors and the desirability of genuine materials or high quality imitations. It warns that long teeth ensure firm grip and cautions against breakage and embarrassment from a fallen comb. Chinese importers offer ivory and carved jeweled designs, including amber Spanish style and a newer distinct ornament.
Catalogue houses threaten town development and farmers
Ex Mayor William D. Sweet of Fargo rebukes catalogue houses as a false savings scheme that drains wealth from local communities. He warns they centralize trade, erode country merchants, and curb local credit, urging larger villages to resist its reach for healthier town growth.
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Great West
A Peach Luncheon Plated With Outdoor Charm
A luncheon planned to be served on the lawn if peaches ripen and weather cooperates. Decorations feature an outdoor dining space with lanterns and a pink enameled peach centerpiece. Menu includes tomato and caviar canapes and peach ice cream shaped desserts.MADAME MERRI.
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Madame Merri
Health and Beauty Through Exercise and Respiration
The article links beauty to good digestion and circulation and warns against overexertion. It prescribes daily activity including morning breathing, slow drinking water, a brisk towel rub, and rapid dressing. It recommends two deep breathing sessions between ten and eleven with stretching, trunk bends, and head turns.
Infants’ long dresses with delicate yoke embroidery trend
The latest fashion for infants features a tiny yoke in fine sheer fabric such as batiste or handkerchief linen, embroidered by hand and edged with Valenciennes. Skirts are softly set on with subtle fullness, showing princesse hints and garlands of embroidery along the front, with minimal trimming beyond throat and wrist frills.
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Detroit
Free Press
Paris Fashion Hints on Dresses and Lingerie Trends
Paris fashion notes describe lingerie robes rising to new elaboration with extensive work. Yokes feature prominently on blouses, while empire gauze scarves add color to simple gowns. Pompadour sashes of silk tied in bows flutter from the waist toward the dress hem.
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Regulators Set Strict Rules for Bakers in France
The article notes bakers in major fortified towns must hold stock for war, deposit funds with municipal authorities as good conduct surety, and face price setting by law. The rules cover war readiness, financial guarantees, and bread pricing oversight by authorities.
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France
Humboldt merchant outpaces catalogue houses in sale bid
A Humboldt Iowa merchant runs a two page ad boasting he can outsell and outdo any Chicago catalogue house. He argues lower rent insurance and clerks cost, bulk purchases with lower freight, and transparent product details give shoppers a clear choice. Catalog houses cannot compete with the live country merchant.
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North Dakota
John Burns
Humboldt
Iowa
Chicago
Merchants Must Study Mail Order House Tactics
A passage urges local merchants to study mail order methods and adopt them to compete. It warns that mail order houses persuade customers they offer better and cheaper goods, threatening by and large to erode traditional local patronage.
Farmers and Merchants Clash Over Palaces and Taxes
A weekly writer accuses local merchants of profiting from farmers to build lavish homes. The piece questions farmers about the palaces rising for Chicago’s merchant princes and the taxes funding Cook County expenses.
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Chicago
Cook County
Beautiful Marine Clock Presented to Ex Commodore Cheney
Ex Commodore B P Cheney of the Boston Yacht Club receives a bronze marine clock weighing about fifty pounds and two feet high for his Calf Island summer home. The clock, inscribed May 4 1906 Presented to B F Cheney by the Boston Y C members, features a burnished steel dial and dull bronze case. Cheney joked he expected a walking stick, and quipped about the gift in his remarks at the presentation.
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Gen Funston Praises American Volunteers Marksmanship
In San Francisco Gen Funston lauded American volunteers for their marksmanship after a program of shooting drills. He contrasted them with foreign volunteers who allegedly bought a used washtub for 1 50 and treated it as a target, only to return it undamaged.
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