Winter Pickles and Preserves From A Rural Kitchen
A long list of old fashioned recipes for Winter condiments and breads. Sweet pepper pickle, tomato marmalade, chutney, pepper hash, pickled cucumbers, and fruit jellies. Also cucumber pickles, grape jelly, barley and rice breads, rolls, and various puddings. Includes method steps, quantities, and storage notes for long keeping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giase
Elaegar
Ieel
Alice Cour
Roy Tomatens
Kutthorn
Fragmentary Theater Note on Actors and Conceit
A cryptic fragment quotes a critic lamenting actors and their conceit with jumbled wording. The speaker notes the vanity of performers and the difficulty of separating art from ego in performances.
Vere Mar Summer Boarders Discuss Local Residents
Excerpt shows Vere Mar referring to summer boarders and city neighbors. The remark questions whether city people feel at home, noting some would not act as if they were in their own homes. The dialogue hints at social tensions between residents and visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. White Duck
Mother Pelican
Bather Pelican
London Electrician Invents Music Power Device
A London electrician claims to have invented a device that uses four tuning forks to trigger vibrations in a wire contained within a housing. The system supposedly converts these vibrations into electrical motion to operate a mechanism. The report notes skepticism and mentions the inventor’s belief in practical application while contrasting consolation and progress with fear and doubt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hes
Ware
Pallet Must Be Fed and Care Improves Maturity Time
Reported guidance notes that proper feeding and care can help a pallet mature earlier. The article emphasizes how dietary and husbandry practices influence development and readiness. It also references military themes with soldiers marching to the front and notes on free range farming for the pwuka to sustain themselves.
New Coiffures For Girls Adopting Natural Looks In Paris Style
Artificial waves have fallen from favor and hairdressers push natural effects. Two new girls headdresses are shown, one with a gold galon edged band and chignon, the other a colorful beaded bandeau with fringe. Jabbed notes on features and face shapes guide adoption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thalia de Villiers
Paris
Julia James
Stuart Ohe
Wool Embroidery Shapes Winter Fashions Across Worlds
A fashion piece notes wool embroidery gaining prominence in Paris and the Philippines as a key trim for winter gowns. It describes new methods replacing traditional motifs with direct on-gown stitching, declining pockets, and straight fastened coats, while silk and wool blends trend in outerwear and trousseaus.
Hats of Many Shapes Dominate the Season
The article notes a broad diversity in hat shapes this season, with styles influenced by Napoleon, directoire, Marquis, and Breton looks. It describes irregular brims, “poke mushrooms” with short backs and pointed fronts, and crowns of varied irregularity, suggesting no single unbecoming option for any woman.
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Directoire
Marquis
Big Cretonnes With Bold Designs For Home Decor
The new cretonnes and chintzes feature large designs perfect for window curtains and cushions. Birds, especially parrots, appear in vivid plumage across blues, greens, and pinks, while tropical birds and small Chinese Japanese motifs add variety. Some pieces showcase bold bags and hangings with striking effect.
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Cretonne
Slim lines gown hinges on new scientific design
A large woman embraces a new fashion approach making excess weight an asset. An evening gown, crafted by a scientific method, promises slender lines with beading details. The model trims excess avoirdupois into a flattering silhouette, transforming the wearer’s figure.
Pocket Shaped Bags Inspire Fashionable Slung Purses
The article notes Sik bags trend with a long pocket bag featuring a broad band of matching material forming the over‑arm sling. It compares the bag to the old ring purse but larger and often made to match the wearer’s dress. It also highlights straight line styles in skirts for sport wear and mentions plant introductions in models.
Gingham Collars And Acorn Button Trims In Fashion
Gingham collar and cuff sets burst on light frocks then move to serge outfits adding a smart touch to serviceable costumes. Soldier hat indentations and a sharply peaked Japanese crown provide distinctive headwear notes. Novel trimming features Western acorns shaped as dangling embellishments on a new smock and blouse finishes with tan or brownish indented acorns on zephyr wool.
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Atuéeleasa
New York Times
Paris
Beaded Georgette Crepe Afternoon Frock Display
An attractive afternoon frock features georgette crepe with long cylindrical white beads used as trimming. Beads are embroidered on the skirt forming perpendicular lines from the belt to the hem.
Braid Binding Adds Military Flair to New Coats
Many coats are bound with braid for a military touch. The finish adds visual appeal and coats bound this way typically feature steel or brass buttons.
How to Decorate the Square House The Expert Guide by Radford
William A Radford explains finishing options for square houses focusing on wall color texture and pattern to add distinction without high cost. The article describes a two story square home with hip roof basement access via a kitchen hall and novel exterior using rough boards stucco and timbering.
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William A. Radford
Fred
Williams A. Rentond
Tracey Chicago
Formal practical plan to modify house layout without disturbing structure
The article describes updating a Square type house with new wall materials and a reworked plan. It details rear corner treatments from foundation to roof, including a kitchen entrance, built in storage, a cozy corner den with three sided light, bay windows in bedrooms, double fireplace with two flues, French doors, and a large reception hall with an ornamental colonnade.
First Moving Pictures and Early Film History
Moving pictures trace back to early devices like Muybridge’s horse studies and Edison’s kinetoscope. The article notes early innovations in automatic still and motion capture, linking Muybridge, Stanford, and Edison to the development of modern cinema, while also mentioning a separate rumor about Hemmondshaw’s supposed accident and disgrace.
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Edward Muybridge
Leland Stanford
California
England
Thomas A. Adison
Quack and Flight Lessons Among Pond Friends
Ducks and pelicans discuss their youngsters, noting color, feet and nest lessons. Pelicans boast flying and pouch feeding while ducks fret about feet and speech. A fish dinner on the pond builds a friendly, shared plan with guests bringing goodies for a joint gathering.
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Pelicans
Daddy
Mother Pelican
Father Pelican
Modern Magic and the Queen Quality in Girls
A Girl's Companion excerpt extols cheerfulness as real magic transforming mood and outcomes. It laments selfishness, arguing self-centered boys lack friends and that true queenly force, not mere amiability, earns respect in adversity.
Women Praise Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
Mrs Jennie Move of Lima Ohio reports severe displacement led to weakness and backache and she found relief after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She spent six dollars and after two months was well and she recommends the remedy to other suffering women.
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Ohio
E. Pinkham
Jennie Move
North St. Lima
Lydia E. Pinkham
An Old-Timer Reminisces Through Wars
The elderly Uncle Jed recalls ancestors and distant battles from the Civil War to the Black Hawk and Mexican wars, contrasting memories with Uncle Pelez who prefers different times while the narrator pieces together family history.
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Jed
Peleg
Uncle Jed
Uncle Pelez
Cuticura ads and notes mix with humor in 1910s clippings
A mix of advertisements for Cuticura health products, household tips, and light humor. The page includes promotions for Cuticura Ointment and Soap, a brief joke about Mrs Tart, an avowed recipe claim about Loja Beans, praise for Alice Pork and Beans, along with literary quips about J. M. Barrie and Barrie’s club anecdote, plus a cartoonish exchange on parliamentary records and a Connecticut Home Guard joke.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Eneer
Leon
Vere Mar
Vnnes
Hatley
Avorage
Brady
Weber
Philippines
Pacific Islands
Cretonnes
Square House
Ieee
Elvilly
Hemmondshaw
Jove
Srother Pelican
Mr. Pelican
Woman
Pinkham
Cutiura
Dept. Ly
Boston
Ady
J. M Barre
Douglas Sladen
Authors’ Club
Authors
Arthur
Barrie
Mr. Slaten
Home Guard
Connecticut
Christian Register
Minneapolis
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