Morning Sunshine in the Nursery Room
Advice on orienting the nursery for morning light and health. Recommends eastern or southern exposure, white enamel woodwork, Delft blue and white nursery paper, white painted furniture, and wicker items. Emphasizes cleanliness, a connected bathroom as a luxury, enamel nursery sets, hard wood floor, rug, built in book shelves, and a conspicuous thermometer with a 68 70 degree safe range. Encourages fresh air and exercise over overprotective care.
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Delft
Coats and Gowns Highlight Narrow Trains and Shorter Coats
In January Delineator fashion notes from New York skirts grow shorter with circular, one or two piece gowns and elevated high waist lines. Coats shorten while worn over one piece dresses. a thin Mat-backed double-breasted coat with large shawl collar and deep cuffs signals economical styling and reuse of furs.
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New York
Lace craft at home with affordable imitations
Expert needlework instructions show how to imitate costly lace using white or ecru lace and bul ton thread. Soak lamp wicks in vinegar for four hours before placing in lamp to ensure a clear flame.
Bethel Notes Gentle Sarcasm in Boston Transcript
A fragment from the Boston Transcript hints at Maud-Jack exchanges with playful sarcasm. The speaker remarks on Bethel urging less frequent contacting, weaving a quaint domestic tone through brief dialog.
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Boston Transcript
Maud
Jack Aoe
Bethel
Small Talk of Facts and Fashions
A fashion summary highlights stiff linen collars with color trims and soutache accents, heavy serges for day and evening wear, elaborate simulated buttonholes on gowns, embossed velvet delta with cut steel buckles, net waists lined in china silk, and color matched waistlines. Ottoman silks and new neck dog collars with gemstones appear. tall white gives way to vivid colors, hats like merry shadows shrink in size with ornamentation, and imported satin faced cloths with interwoven rib are fashionable.
How to Serve Celery with Cheese Dip
Crisp white celery served on a long raw dish with bits of ice. Cream cheese packed in a jar may substitute grated cheese. Grated cheese heaped on a pretty dish and served with a spoon. Guests dip the celery into the cheese for eating.
Traveling Apron Keeps Clothes Clean On The Way
An all over apron with a neat pattern protects a traveler's dress during transit. Remove upon arrival to stay as clean as when you started with little expense and no extra trouble.
Nature the Model for Inventions
From Illustrated London News the article links heart valves to pump and steam engine valves, notes Brunel’s tunnel idea, and compares tools to animal adaptations. It highlights teredo inspired construction, insect grinding and beak-like actions, jellyfish bladders, and natural builders in termites bees and wasps.
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Illustrated London News
Brunel
Thomas
Advantage of a Deaf Ear in Music Listening
In the Philadelphia Items Mr. Garme lbak shares an odd observation from penny-slot phonograph parlors. When he drops the earpiece from his good ear, the brass band music sounds softer and more pleasant through his deaf ear, an enchantment of distance that reframes his enjoyment.
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Philadelphia
Mr. Garmleback
Greeley tale and witty quip on Asa in Chappaqua
Amos Cummings recalls Horace Greeley and his wife in Chappaqua. Mrs Greeley yanks hats and canes from the table while Greeley notes her misinterpretation. The anecdote ends with a quip about the professor’s energy and potential energy of 187 pounds.
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Greeley
Philadelphia Telegram
Amos Cummings
Horace Greeley
Asa
Amos
Chappaqua
Police Dogs Lead to Quick Justice in German Districts
A London Telegraph survey describes the German police dog program run by the Association for Furthering the Breeding and Employment of Police Dogs. Dogs trained to track criminals, locate corpses, and reveal crimes have reduced violence in Brunswick and surrounding areas. The program emphasizes the dog’s mind freshness, master linkage, and rapid case resolution.
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London Telegraph
Germany
Austria
Association For
Brunswick
Paris
Constantinople
What is a sausage at the international congress
The New York Sun reports a satire on a world congress debating sausages. Definitions differ by nation with pork only versus mixed beef and veal and even dog meat proposed as acceptable. A motion defined sausage as a mix of pork beef and veal, defeating the pork purists. The Yonkers item notes a late quip about the Alexander column in St. Petersburg.
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New York Sun
International Congress
Littre
Parla
Congress
Lyon
Alexander
Admiralty Square
St. Petersburg
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Jersey
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Messina
Reggio
Tempted
Judge
Tommy
Mater
Satan
Sicily
Sicilia
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Pyrrhus
Hamilcar
Tiber
Verres
Thys Ia Vales
Genseric
Goth
Belisarius
Richard
Frederick
Anjon
Aragon
Spain
France
Savoy
Bellona
CACC
Golden Reece
Pindars
Aeschylus
Theocritus
Wagner
Damocles
Richard Butler Graenger
The
London Chronicle
Sydney Brooks
Haltl the Haldens
Academy of Sciences
Congress of Butchers
Pariz
Yonkers Statesman
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