Teeth for Complexion Shape in 19th Century Dentistry
A New York Commercial Advertiser piece describes a dentist displaying a wall ring of about 100 porcelain teeth on swivels to match a patient’s complexion. The dentist explains selecting a tooth to suit a woman’s complexion, and contrasts modern custom shading with historical ivory sets once used for George Washington, noting their discomfort and clumsy design.
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Saeaday
New York
Heaton
Brooklyn Agua
George Washington
New York Commercial Advertiser
Intellectual Salad Bow Debut At Suffrage Event
The New England Woman Suffrage function featured a novel “Intellectual Salad Bow” where lettuce leaves were green tissue paper with poetical quotes. For five cents a leaf, one could keep it if they identified the quotation’s author. otherwise it was returned. The dish cost ten cents and raised 12.68 for the treasury amid much amusement.
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New England
Chicago Herald
Craddock and Miss Murfree A Portrait in Ink
B J R Dane in the New Orleans Times Democrat reflects on Charlce Lighert Craddock and her pen name Miss Murfree. The article sketches two imagined Craddocks and finally reveals the author as a delicate, observant woman of retirement who hides a keen, intense perception behind a prim demeanor.
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Charlce Lighert Craddock
Miss Murfree
Craddock
Charlie Egbert Craddock
Craddocks
B. J. R. Dane
New Orleans Times
Democrat
Remembering John Walton and Portland’s musical farewell
An aged reminiscence from Russell Street in Portland recalls Commodore Edward Preble’s 1807 burial. Musicians gathered from across the country but could not agree on a single piece until one lively Irish jig prevailed, driving the cortege to the Eastern cemetery amid riotous cheers.
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John Walton
Russell Street
Portland
Ami
Tripoli
Commodore Edward Preble
Old Eastern
Edgar L. Woakerson
Decline of Outdoor Advertising Painters
The New York Graphic notes that laws against defacing scenery reduced advertising crews to small numbers. Once gangs riveted by risky, remote lettering now rely on local painters paid by owners, ending bohemian jollity and risky winter nights around the fires gone.
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Enng
New York Graphic
Not to Be Tempted Dr Weir Mitchell Refuses Article
Dr Weir Mitchell a neurologist and novelist refused to participate in an article about a proprietary medicine. The offer came for a magazine focused on advertising the product.
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Weir Mitchell
New York
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