This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1896
Page
3
A hat and shoe cupboard is described built from three wooden boxes placed above a window sill with two outer boxes featuring shelves for hats bonnets and the centre box divided into compartments for boots and shoes. Planing sanding and staining finish the project with brass rod curtains and a fitted cushion for a convenient seating area.
A DIY music stool built from a simple wash tub with sanded wood and enamel coating. It describes making a wide stool to seat two, shaping and finishing with stain or varnish, plus crafting a cushion with flock or horsehair, cretonne cover, knotted ties, stitched buttons, and two ribbons to secure it to a bench.
The article details making a music stool fastened with ribbons, stylish sash curtains with lawn edges, and a stencil of scrolls. It suggests repurposing silver napkin rings into pincushions with bran filling. A windmill motif is noted as popular in fancy work influenced by Delft ware.
A portrait of Mme de Meck, wife of the new Russian minister, as the official hostess in Washington. She keeps a pretty Connecticut Avenue home near the Leiter mansion, speaks several languages, loves music, and curates ornate Eastern-inspired interiors with a grand piano and a scent lamp.
The first shop displays show waists in new styles with two to three folds on fronts and varied cuffs. Belts come in white, black, bronze and more with gimped leather, elastic webbing, or sequins. A standout novelty is a five inch plaid velvet girdle. Dr Mary Walker visits Amherst College influencing campus chatter.
The czarina has agreed to be a patron of the Society For Rational Costume. Leading ladies of St. Petersburg and Moscow endorse reform, declaring fashionable feminine dress irrational and joining the movement.
Sister Anne Ayres founder of the first sisterhood in the Protestant Episcopal church died of bronchitis at St Luke's hospital on Cathedral heights. Born in London in 1816 she came to the United States in 1886 with family and built a lasting charitable work through the Sisterhood of the Holy Communion and infirmaries at St Luke's hospital and St Johnland.
A New York matinee scene shows a fashionable woman lighting a jeweled censer from her chatelaine. The scent wafts as the audience peers toward the footlights, drawing curious glances while she unveils the latest perfume burner replacing traditional aromatic salts.
The Order of the Gray Ladies begins with a gray costume likened to Quaker attire. Members must pay dues and obey orders while aiding the poor, with plans to form a similar organization in New York after London work.
Do not cover a sleeping child’s head and avoid smoking in the room with young or sick babies. Keep feet dry and warm, protect the chest, regulate meals and rest, treat scalp properly, and air night garments daily. The piece emphasizes gentle discipline and regular routines for infants and toddlers.
A garbled schedule lists numerous stations and time entries including Jefferson's Sunday Unscale Boylston Clinton South Bolton Hudson Rockbottom Wayside Inn South Sudbury East Sudbury Weston Waltham Belmont Boston with various morning and afternoon times and Sunday notes.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.