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Newspaper
Dubuque Sunday Herald
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1900
Page
13
The article surveys children apparel with emphasis on era-appropriate fashions. It discusses dresses for ages eight to eighteen, ornamentation, lace, and trims, plus styles like empire blouses and princess robes. It notes fabrics velvet muslin foulard and crash, and highlights needlework, hand finishing, and practical concerns for children's wear.
Mrs Rowland offers health hints for children focusing on hygiene and protecting them from rheumatism colds and cramps. She stresses changing names, airing bedding daily, keeping sleeping rooms open for air, and avoiding outdoor exposure in extreme cold with beds to air during peak sun hours and maintaining room temperatures around 68 to 70 degrees.
A historical note traces lace from royal French courts to Irish peasant weavers and English centers. It covers the origins in Catherine de Medici’s era, Vincolo’s pattern book, and the spread of Irish lace via Countess of Aberdeen. It notes guipure and honiton as key types, and mentions royalty promoting lace usage.
The text blends antique breakfast and luncheon dishes with detailed recipes for beef fritters and salmon canapes, plus dairy and pastry items. It also folds in a cultural interlude on lacework history and fashion notes about embroidered stockings and dress accessories from a bygone era.
A man proudly shares his hopes after proposing to a woman who gently refuses him She notes she does not intend to encourage him and values their friendship He pledges not to bother her and asks for a chance to take winter photography trips despite the rejection
The narrative recalls the Baldwin and Green encounter near a monument unveiling and the 1889 post office stabbing and pistol duel between Col. Wm. Cassius Goodloe and Col. Swope. Both were notable Democratic figures in Lexington, whose fight over power led to Goodloe's thirteen wounds and his death two days later.
Two ounces butter or drippings heat in a stewpan with bacon. Add chopped carrots celery and mace. Simmer until tender then strain and rub carrots. Return puree to pot, thicken with flour and stock, boil briefly, finish with parsley and serve with fried bread bits.
Morristown New Jersey March 24 a Mendham village doctor assisted births of six babies from three twin pairs all born to three sisters who are mothers The pairs include two boy twins and one girl twin Parents named Garrabrandt Freeman and Guerin with the physician noting it as a remarkable overworked day in the county
An advertisement urges readers to use the true and perfect remedy Syrup of Figs to cleanse the system in spring. It promotes the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product, sold as a drugstore item at 50 cents per bottle.
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