Popularity and Pardon In Mexico’s First Lady
Mme de Diaz, wife of Mexico’s president, is celebrated as the most popular woman in the republic. Carmelita helps the needy, negotiates clemency, and opposes bullfights. The piece shifts to hearth styling from Delft tiles to inglenook fireplaces and modern chimneys, detailing fashionable designs and affordable options.
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Mme. de Diaz
Mexico
Republic
Senora
Dona Carmen Romero Rubio de Diaz
Carmelita
Carmen
Mme, Diaz
Cne
Fashion and Etiquette in Modern Social Calls
The article outlines evolving hostess and guest norms with emphasis on sensible dress for visits, limiting afternoon calls, and adopting English announceing methods. It notes the shift from strict visiting days to flexible hours, the polite role of cards, and the rise of casual, yet proper, hospitality with independent menu and decor choices.
Inscription Chosen For Library Fireplace Panel
A line from a panel beneath the shelf in the library’s fireplace area is described as always reserved for a charming inscription. The exact wording and the chosen inscription are debated or decided in this note.
Simple elegant 15 cent luncheons headline a Chicago society
A well known Chicago society woman demonstrates economical hospitality by hosting Monday luncheons for 14 guests at a total cost of 2.10 dollars. The menu features potato puree, lobster fare, Paris eggs, beef and rice cutlets, snow pudding and dainty treats prepared by the hostess herself.
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Chicago
Home Staining Guide for Renovating Painted Furniture
Up to date women prefer stained furniture in light oak maple yellow or white pine. Apply thick stain, then rub off with rag, finish with wax and polish. Mixed colors yield greens and blues. small amounts create bright crimson or amber tones.
Women’s Patience and the Perils of Monotony in Work
The piece argues women endure pain and privation with greater nerve wear than men when pursuing goals but struggle with monotony. It contrasts male persistence in long campaigns with women’s tendency to burn out from routine, suggesting temperament shapes suitability for certain employments and challenges the idea that all jobs suit women equally.
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London
Debutante laments vulgarity of coming out and marriage market
A Boston Transcript excerpt shows a young woman crying that coming out is vulgar and socially cruel. She resents the debt and scrutiny of marriage prospects, proposing to start a business instead while her mother stalls with shocked reactions.
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Papa
Boston Transcript
Sleeve repairs and new Vassar buildings update
The article explains a method to remodel an old sleeve by removing lining and reassembling with three shirred sections to create modern lines. It then reports on Vassar College construction and faculty changes including Rockefeller funding for a recitation hall and dormitory gifts, plus new hires in English and binding innovations by Miss Nordhoff trained under Cobden Sanderson.
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Vassar
John D. Rockefeller
Laura Wylie
Miss Rogers
Miss Start
Carter
Ida Hubbell
Ethel Nordhoff
Charles Nordhoff
Miss Nordhoff
Cobden Sanderson
Dove Bindery
London
Lang warns against sponges in medicine and daily care
Vienna professor Lang asserts germs in sponges cannot be destroyed and urges removal from the surgeon’s table as well as from bathrooms and washstands, reflecting medical caution of the era.
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Lang
Vienna
Mirror Gaffe Sparks Daily Detroit Laughs
A playful exchange notes a man who is not conceited appears daily in the mirror, trading quips about vanity in a Detroit Free Press style aside. The banter highlights perception and humor in everyday life.
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Detroit Free Press
Secret of Blessing and Wisdom From Proverbs III
The commentary explains Proverbs III 1 17 and 6 tokens on wisdom and life in Christ. It emphasizes keeping God s law for longevity peace and blessing, trusting the Lord with all heart not leaning on own understanding, acknowledging Him in all ways, and valuing wisdom above earthly riches. It links guidance health and abundance to faith in Jesus and living epistles to the world.
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God
Solomon
Christ Jesus
John
John x
Joseph
David
Daniel
Prust
Huppy
Christ
Mary
Jesus
Martha
Flanders and Bean Named Rail Officials
Dana J. Flanders is listed as General Passenger and Ticket Agent while W G Bean is recorded as Division Superintendent, indicating executive positions within the railroad administration.
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Dana J. Flanders
Marlboro Theatre Train Schedule Corrected Oct 5 1896
A theatre train from Marlboro to Boston departs Wednesdays and Saturdays at 11.35 p.m. and arrives in Boston at 12.05 a.m. The return trip from Boston to Marlboro runs Wednesdays and Saturdays at 11.20 p.m. with arrivals Thursday and Sunday at 12.05 a.m. Stops at intermediate stations only when signalled or boarding passengers. J.R. Watson G.P.A.
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Boston
Belmont
Wayland
East Sudbury
South Clinton
West Boylston
Oe Ale
Jefferson’s
Penit Barre
Ware
Northampton
A. m
Sarre
Berlin
A.m. South Bolton
A.m. Hudson
A.m. Wayland
A.m
Hudson
Oakdale
Marboro
Marlboro
South Acton
Whitman Crossing
J.R. Watson
G.P.A
A.M. A
Maynard
TAS
Whitman's Crossing
Rockbottom
Mar
Northboro
Clinton
A. m. Sun
Leominster
A.m. Sun
Fitchburg
Southboro
Framingham
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Delft
Boston Advertiser
Chicago Times-Herald
Boston Journal
Vassar's
D. M. Stearns
Coots Company
Maynard, Mass
Booostoww & Maine Railroad
Southern Division
Central
Massachusetts
Union Passenger Station
Causeway Street
Daniel W. Sanborn
W G. Bean
Ranchi
New York
New Haven
Hartford Railroad
OLD Colony System
Acton
Lowell
Sudbury
Sun
Mansfield
E. G. Allen
A.C. Kendall
Gen’l Pas’r Art
Rufus WyVales
Shawmut Ave
Mass
Fitchburgh Railroad
Ifoosac Tunnel
Troy
Albany
Baratora
Lake George
Adirondackey
Catskill Mountains
Syracuse
Rochester
Bulnos
Niagara Palis
Hamilton
Scored
Cleo Riana
Horroit
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Northwest
Boston and
Niagara Falls
Vermont
Canada
Rutland
Brandon
Middleburg
Vergennes
Burlington
St Albans
St. Johns
Ogdensburg
Ottawa
Montreal
Quebec
Fitchburg Railroad
Washington Street
Robert W. Carter
Charles H. Persons
Stham
Granite
Maple ST
David Harris
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