The Stay-at-Home Germ on Vermont's Lost Town
In northern Vermont near Essex county a remote settlement has lived isolated for 40 years. Tiberius Smith and narrator discover a town that endured no news, no post, and no phones. They revive a local paper the Tiberian Weekly and spark a half century of misunderstanding before fleeing as the press burns.
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Vermont
Essex County
Tiberius Smith
Billy Campbell
Smith
New England
Tilly
Canada
States
Tiberius
Columbus
Tib
Union
Green Mountains
Green Mountain
Bellows Falls
United States
Rip van Winkles
Reuben
Grandpa
Himy
Gettysburg
Jeff Davis
Texas
Sheridan
Tyne
Monitor
Merrimac
Deacon Durgin
Mic
Fort Donelson
Square
Home Hollow
Dainty Lingerie Sketches and Simple Nightgowns
A catalog of undergarments and nightgowns with five sketches. The first shows a mercerized lawn undersap with a tucked waist and basque. The second features a cambric camisole with Valenciennes trimming and ribbon shoulder straps. No. 3 presents French drawers with full legs like divided skirts. No. 4 is an Indian calico night-gown with broderie Anglaise insertion and frills. No. 5 is a cambric night-gown tucked and feather-stitched with a lace frill at the wrists.
Worth on tailor-made gowns and social duties
The article cites Worth opposing tailor-made gowns for daywear and discusses when such attire might suit various occasions. It notes the French preference for morning privacy and the American habit of breakfast dress with a neat blouse, contrasting wedding and charity events. It also chronicles common excuses women offer to justify wearing tailor-made outfits.
Child's Dress Coat with Guipure Trim and Cravat
A child's coat of black plush features a large collar of Irish guipure and a black taffeta cravat with long ends. The cuffs are trimmed in guipure, completing the elegant ensemble.
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Tailored Model Outshines Lingerie Blouse in Comfort
The tailored model suits morning and business wear and travels well for outdoor sports. It resists wilting and does not sell out quickly, unlike the frilly lingerie blouse.
Slippers For The Evening
The article advises on matching satin or kid slippers with evening gowns in pink blue yellow or lavender. It notes ready stock colors or custom orders, dyeing caveats with pastels and rouge, and suggests charcoal for blacking suede or satin shoes. It also recommends shoe trees for cleaning and maintaining shoes.
A Classical Sash Details Gown Accents
A description of a new classical model gown features a long sash draped from between the shoulders and held by velvet strapped buckles. Golden fringes silver beads and colored beads edge many sashes.
Gored Model Garments Assembly Instructions
For gored models the plaits of one breadth overlap the edge of the next. After basting and pressing each gore accurately over the other according to notches and perforations, baste with small stitches that will not pull. After all are joined, try on to determine if alterations are necessary.
Raviolini Italian Style From Poultry and Brain Filling
A traditional ravioli recipe guides making pasta dough with flour eggs and salt, resting the dough, then filling with chopped chicken ham and calf brain mix. The steps cover shaping, boiling, layering with Parmesan, and finishing with beef broth and tomato catsup.
Economize on Table Linen and Irish Stew Roast
The Delineator advises homemakers to use doilies or diagonally placed squares instead of large tablecloths to cut laundry and create an attractive table with a center plant. It notes blue and white china suits breakfast and suggests washing a few doilies as needed. It also cites a critic lamenting the appearance of Irish Stew as unattractive.
Goldenrod Eggs and Salmon Croquettes in Classic Home Cooking
A vintage kitchen guide presents methods for soft boiled eggs, eight minutes from boiling water, and a secures route to soft palatable results for convalescents. It includes Goldenrod Eggs with white sauce and parsley garnishes, plus Salmon Croquettes formed with milk, flour, salmon, eggs, and bread crumbs then fried to a rich brown.
Cooking Guide for Thickening Meat Stews
The instruction outlines removing meat from pan, sprinkling flour and stirring smoothly, then adding cold water and bringing to a boil. It notes removing surplus grease before adding flour if using pork, mutton, or other fat meat.
Old Curtaina Sash Curtains Make Sewing Aprons
Old curtaina and Swiss sash curtains, when clean and mended, become practical sewing aprons. A simple hem tape run and they tie on easily for use when ready to sew.
Does God Answer Prayer in the Kingly Realm
A sermon by Rev. A C Dixon arguing that God as King, Judge, and Father hears prayers. Prayerfulness reflects loyalty. prayerlessness is barbarism. The just God answers through grace, justice, and parental care, with obedience shaping fulfilled promises and responsible petitioning under divine wisdom.
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God
Jesus
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Jersey City
Tiberian Weekly
A. C. Dixon
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