FashionNotes on New Fabrics and Stylings for the Season
Fashion notes describe bold cloaks and cloaking fabrics Black Chantonnets and nevi tartans among novelties. Moonlight gray sheeted capes and Carrick caps appear, with slate gray and orange color pairings. Winter fabrics Neigenese pourette and kilt pleats feature in polonaise skirts. new underskirts have openwork embroidery Fayal designs. Bustles disappear. back breadths use three flounces. Anna of Austria cuffs and large Puti tan collars in sheer linen cambric trend, trimmed with Valenciennes lace. Waistcoat fiches use Valenciennes and Oriental laces with dark silk dresses for a dressy effect. Bias flounces enhance skirts. polonaises remain elaborately trimmed. Cloth round hats with Derby crowns suit traveling wear, machines stitch rims, and Illy lace reappears among novelties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheetek
Carrick
Neigenese
Austria
Antiquity of Petroleum Across Civilizations
The article traces petroleum use and knowledge across four millennia. It cites Babylonian and Nineveh mortar, Egyptian embalming, Dead Sea bitumen, and springs noted by Alexander and Roman emperors. Regions named include Zante, Ecbatana, Sicily, Caspian Sea, Persia, Irawaddy, Bavaria, France, England, Scotland, Indian archipelago, Trinidad, and imports to Liverpool and China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babylon
Nineveh
Dead Sea
Euphrates
Alexander
Ionian
Zante
Ecbatana
Sicily
Italy
Caspian Sea
Persia
Irawaddy
Bavaria
France
England
Scotland
Trinidad
Liverpool
Africa
China
A Dangerous Counterfeit Ruins Tamaqua Bank Note Trade
A counterfeit $5 note circulated in Tamaqua Pennsylvania nearly matching genuine issues. Washington printing experts say the fake is well executed, possibly by a German connected to a local contact for three months. The counterfeit bears the number 295 against genuine 1,219 with fibers and back-graph errors aiding detection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tamaqua
Washington
Rich Without Money Quote on True Wealth and Character
A moral meditation on wealth beyond money, praising sound health, strong character, and good temper as the real riches. It argues that good lineage, education, and inherited faculties shape a person more than material fortune, noting kindness, patience, cheerfulness, and wit as core riches.
How to Grow Cheerful with Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters
Advice promotes Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a universal remedy for low mood and indigestion. It links melancholy with hypochondria bile and kidney issues, claiming the tonic corrects digestive and urinary problems, purifies blood, and restores bodily and mental vigor.
Gleason'sPictorial and related periodicals price drop
A promotional block lists Gleason's Publications cutting prices for 1878 Pictorial to $2 a year and Home Circle to $2 a year with cheap single copies, plus cheap chromos and agent terms. Also notes Gleason & Co. address in Boston and free postage. Additional items promote Bryant's Minstrel entertainment in New York, Durang's Rheumatic Remedy endorsements, Burnett's Flavoring Extracts, and a Broadway Theater company performing Pink Dominoes in New York and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gleason
Gofleason
Pictorial
Home Circle
F. Gleason & Co
Washington Street
Boston
Mass
New York
America
Metropolis
Bryant
Neil Bryant
Opera House
Broadway
Dui
Broadway Theater
New York City
New York State
Canada
Lyon & Healey
Chicago
Oliver Ditson & CO
Bronaway
E. Ditson
Rheumatic Remedy and Dooley Yeast Powder Ad
An old advertisement touts Durang's Rheumatic Remedy claiming to cure rheumatism with a bottle price of one dollar and six for five dollars, and Dooley's Yeast Powder praised for reliable rise and digestion in baked goods. It also markets Quirk's Irish Tea at 25 cents per package via druggists.
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General Sherman
United States Army
Gaya
Durang
Helphenstine & Bentley
Washington, D. C
Helphenatine & Bentley
Quirk
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Jay Bronson
Detroit
Mich
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Mr. Stevens
Seltzer
Josiah Allen
Samantha
P. A
P. I
DooDie
Qesidante
American Publishing CO
Hartford
Kalliston
Joseph Burnett & Co
Mark
Washington Irving
Pierre M. Irving
Beco
O. W. Felings
Jonas Whitcomb
E. Roy
Amerat Bone
Missionary Society
Joseph Burnett
All Druggiate
van & Co
14Th Street
van Peep
Wilson Sewing Machine CO
S29
New Orlenns
Laos
Sas Francisco
Cal
Pat Altres
Etsabat
Baltimore
Ryan
National Publieeing
Setiadapain Ba
Everett
Promting
Union Square
York
Kerner & Weaver
BEST
A.N Jomxeon
L. C. Emguson
Justin McCarthy
J. Wilkinson
Confederate States Navy
Dot
Confederata L
Orleans
Annie Edward
Sitet
Tim
McCarthy
Linley
Freeeesh
Lady Diedaiz
Tees Suteseders
Sheldon & Company
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