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Newspaper
Freeport Republican
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1883
Page
8
A reminiscence recounts a wife at Ma Stephens' bedside in winter 1877 asking why he never married. His curt reply reveals only one woman he ever wanted to marry, a reply that prompts speculation on regret from both him and the listener.
An unnamed letter cites a gendered habit of haggling over small sums. A wealthy woman refuses an expensive lace, arguing about price while clerks endure, illustrating a broader fixation on savings and sly purchasing behavior in society. The note cites a Terre Haute Mail example.
A fragmentary critique argues fashion must preserve liberty of dress and avoid demeaning, extravagant outfits. It laments “nonaural monstrosities” and urges resisting costly, degrading attire while celebrating draped, expressive garments as living motion.
A Philadelphia Press piece surveys the history and taste of bangs in women’s hairstyles. It notes Indian practices of flattening foreheads and criticizes bangs as impractical, unappealing, and not inherently beautiful.
A compact survey traces attitudes to educated women from 18th century France to 19th century England. It notes early opposition to female schooling, references Liddy Mary Wortley Montagu, Hannah More, and Voltaire, and cites writers like Lessing and Nieluhr on women's intellect and conduct.
A diarist recounts a scene aboard a train where a farmer chews and expels tobacco, provoking crude exclamations from a young train boy. The exchange turns comic and sharp as the author condemns the disruption, praising restraint while lampooning the offending habit and its odor.
A society note mentions a fad where people are asked to draw a cat without a model. One woman keeps a “cat basket” of all attempts, illustrating how few grasp feline form. A farmer and corn kernels anecdote adds local whimsy about seed sources and human nature.
Instructions for wall brackets and folding screens use ebonized wood with a round fan back, black shelf, and ornate decorated fronts. Techniques include felt monograms, flower sprays, and appliques, plus blue satin panels with daisies and butterflies. Also praised are pressed flowers, embroidery on canvas, and a kitchen-horse screen binding.
A Weston capitalist in Wisconsin encountered a chilly lodging night at a country hotel. The host offered a choice between a rowdy ending and a quiet, but included a compromise room with seven panes of glass broken in. The piece ends noting a congressman can retire by talking too much, unlike a naval officer.
An old advertisement touts Mary Stuart face powder and Dr Marchisti Italian pile ointment with money back guarantees. It promotes cough care, dental and throat tonics, Griggs glycerine salve for cuts burns and skin eruptions, and various remedies sold by Swarts Draw, Swants Bros, Emmert & Burrell.
Rev G W Rice endorses Brown s Iron Bitters as a non intoxicating stimulant that can replace liquor and curb the desire for whiskey It is praised as preventing intemperance and preserving vital force amid business and social excesses in a dated 1881 testimonial from Cincinnati Ohio
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