Century of Wonders The Steam Engine Shapes Modern Progress
Norman Lockyer argues the nineteenth century was defined by science led by the steam engine. He credits Watt, locomotion advances, electric technologies, meteorology, archaeology, geology, Darwinian evolution, vaccination, microscopy, astronomy, and chemistry for global progress. The piece links industrial growth to scientific breakthroughs and anticipates future discoveries.
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New York World
Norman Lockyer
Watt
Glasgow
Black
Symmington
Forth and Glyde Canal
Mr. Parsons
Stockton and Darlington
James
Mans
Usher
Darwin
Florida
Jenner
Pasteur
Lister
Mobile Crowned by Census as Marriage Leader
The census shows Mobile leads the nation in marriage rate with more marriages per 1000 residents than any other city. The distinction highlights Mobile's social prominence and urban vitality compared to peer cities nationwide.
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Mobile
Union
A New York Hat and Broad Belts in Fashion
A velvet rose hat with black lisse veiling appears in New York styles. The piece features large black velvet petals with frosted gold edges and golden hearts, carried by white tea roses. Also described are elastic-webbed belts studded with steel facets and buckled in front, advised for proper mounting on a foundation to shape a neat corset belt.
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New York City
Sure Signs of Old Age in Woman
A New York Sun item lists markers of aging in women including letters to friends addressed as Mrs, concern for supper at entertainments, sudden interest in church and charity, appeal to younger men, abandoning sober colors, comparing hair fashion to youth, and the shift toward kittenish gravity as youth fades.
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New York Sun
Mourning neckwear fashions in shops and linen collars
The article notes smart mourning neckwear in high stock, with crepe and chiffon, narrow chiffon ruching, and dull silk touches. It highlights mousseline de sole and chiffon as favored materials, and mentions sheer white linen collars and hem-stitched cuffs for widows and mourners. It also reports Helen Keller's first public speech at Radcliffe.
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Helen Keller
Radcliffe College
Helen
Cambridge
Baltimore
American
Uniformity in lace stitches praised over variety
The author condemns varied stitching in lacework as diminishing beauty, preferring consistent, balanced designs. A rose motif is used to illustrate that a cobweb center and uniform stitches yield elegance, while excessive diversity in stitches creates a hodgepodge with little meaning.
Table Tennis and Paper Weddings in Old Columns
A New York Tribune piece describes table tennis as an indoor lawn-tennis style game played on a dining table with a light drumhead racquet and underhand serves. It also notes the novelty of a paper wedding custom, where couples celebrate with papercraft gowns, caps, and decor, as Good Housekeeping describes festive traditions and gift ideas.
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England
New York Tribune
Chenille and velvet fashion bloom in winter outfits
The article details chic winter dress ideas including chenille coiture ornaments and evening gloves with silk laces. It highlights wash skirts of white lawn trimmed with lace, furs with feathered eyes, black velvet boleros with feld thread revers, and Angora felts in gray and brown. A khaki brown ensemble pairs bronze velvet with ostrich plumes. Novel veils in dotted and gold borders emerge alongside black, brown, and white basics.
Stockmen Prepare to Continue Wolf Campaign in Bad River
Anticipating repeal of the State wolf bounty law, stockmen in the Bad River section of South Dakota contribute a handsome sum to sustain the warfare. The State has spent $30,000 for wolf scalps and the present Legislature is not expected to maintain the appropriation.
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Bad River
South Dakota
Grain-O and other era ads blend with world finance notes
A collage of 19th century ads and notices touts Grain-O as a coffee substitute for all ages, alongside government finance data showing Canada’s last year revenue of 51,020,004 with customs and excise leading receipts and a large surplus. Other items promote Kemp’s Balsam, Pan American exposition donors, ocean depth estimates, insanity rulings, Garfield powders, Hall’s Catarrh Cure, Cascanets, Lane’s Family Medicine, and various regional economic and health notices.
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Dominion of Canada
Unnamed Reader Warned by Pinkham Cure Ad
A dated plea urges women with nervous irritability backache and uterine symptoms to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It promises relief if taken promptly and offers confidential letters to Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for further guidance.
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Tam
Mrs Valentine Praises Lydia E Pinkham Remedy
Mrs Valentine testifies to benefits from Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after severe nerves headaches stomach pains and weakness She reports improvement after four bottles and says she feels like a new person praising the product from Camden New Jersey.
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F. J. Cheney & Co
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New Mexico
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