Remodel a Directoire Dress With Eighteenth Fashion Flair
The article from Ladies' Home Journal outlines home dress making to remodel a dress in the Directoire era style. It details basques, empire lines, open fish net features, ribbons, and sleeves with velvety cuffs, plus fabric pairings of wool and silk to craft a historically styled look. It provides measurements, materials like net and ribbons, and sewing steps for creating a draped, period-accurate silhouette.
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Directoire
Acts of Kindness From Phillips Brooks on a Moving Train
A Boston Gazette tale recalls Rev. Dr. Phillips Brooks aiding a distressed woman traveling with her weak minded father. Brooks intervened, engaged the father, calmed him, and kept both safe to Boston, after which the grateful traveler learned his name.
Scientific curiosities and innovations from the era
Reports reveal methods to distinguish genuine honey by microscopy and a Melbourne style lumber seasoning claim. Aluminum improves cast iron quality, and various woods yield different charcoal outputs. London tests favor carbodynamite for power with less vapor. Fischer and Tafel produce a genuine nonrotating sugar from glycerine. A translucent amber colored glass substitute, a leather flexible sheet, is described. Hollow brick walls 8x8x12 save cost, fire and moisture proof, set endwise for hollow walls.
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Australia
London
Fischer and Tafel
University of Wurzburg
Sunday work and a physiological case for rest
The article argues from a physiological view that all men need one day of rest per seven and that Sunday rest reduces accidents. It cites railroad and streetcar workers forced to long hours, including Sundays, as a societal danger and a threat to republican institutions.
A Solemn Vow for Newlyweds in Private Union
In the first hour after the ceremony vow a solemn pledge between bride and groom. Promise to never wrangle, confess faults openly, and keep household matters private from all others. Build a quiet shared world with God’s help, renewing the vow at temptation to grow souls as one. Many marriages would be happier if this secret were known.
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N. Y. Mailand Express
Merchant Tailoring lines and best fabrics offered
Like Searchlight Our quest for the latest and best of everything pertaining to a complete line of Merchant Tailoring goods is only equalled by the penetrating power of the modern searchlight We invite the closest inspection of our goods and guarantee satisfaction. If you want a well fitting Suit of Trousers just come in and make a selection from some of the following: Worsteds Tricots Crepe Diagonal Blue and Black Cheviots Thibet Cassimere Suitings Checked Suitings Tan Diagonal Fancy Austrian Trouserings German Plaid French Stripes and in fact all the fastest and best styles offered in the city.
Akron Buckeye Binders and Mowers Repair Services
See Here we are again handling the Akron Buckeye Binders and Mowers with a full line of repairs. If you plan to buy a new machine this season call and see these before buying.
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Akron Buckeye
Do You Want A Windmill Pump Or Repairs
Local firm advertises windmills pumps and repair services as a specialty offering installations maintenance and parts for rural water systems.
Repairing Mills and Pumps on Exclusive Agency
We offer repair services for all mills and pumps and hold the exclusive agency for the east half of the County including Chadwick for the Junior open wheel vaneless mill, praised as top in the market. We will install any type to fit buyer needs. call for prices.
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Chadwick
Various Local News Notes From Lanark Area
In Lanark over Sunday Miss Ida Eley of Mt. Carroll visited. Lawyer Renner handled matters in Lanark last week. Mt. Carroll visitors to John Zuck and to Miss Annie Zack’s home south of town. Reports say farmers benefited by ten days of encouraging weather with fast corn growth and good crop prospects. Mike Brearton reportedly jumped from a Rockford bridge for a $50 purse. the feat succeeded. Wash tubs left July 4th at the park belong to J. M. Glotfelty. inform him to recover them. Beach & Bowers show lacked animals and was poorly attended though performances were well received. The soldiers monument dispute lingers with expected intervention by the Board of Supervisors for deferred payments. controversy over who should pay and prior contract timing noted. J. B. Cull of St Paul began work in his iron mine. iron ore prices weak yet he persists. Cull cites a British head roller in Carnegie’s Homestead works earning high wages, with Carnegie offering raises to lure workers, and Frick blamed for unrest. A wry anecdote about a wife silencing a late-night husband at the door. An editorial note on paper labor and unpaid subscriptions. Dr King’s New Discovery advertised as free samples via Pooterbaugh’s Drug Store with guarantees and health guides.
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J.B. Cull
St. Paul
Mr. Cull
Carnegie
Homestead
England
America
Cull
Rose
Frick
Carroll Democrat
Sovereign Balm Stramonium Liniment Ad Quack Claim
Don’t stop to inquire who is to blame in accidents. Downing’s Stramonium Liniment is advertised as the instant remedy for all injuries, rheumatism, and pains. Relief is promised and the product is sold by H. S. Puterbaugh at 18.
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Downing
H. S. Puterbaugh
PI Art Decade $33up Wantagts Call A Free
Advertisement notice for art decade items priced at $33 and up. Solicits calls and a free address listing for Dan L F Bearrr in Waslington New Jersey. Continues as a local commerce insertion with contact details.
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Waslington
New Jersey
Gum Chewing Factory in Indianapolis Described
In southeastern Indianapolis a small gum factory operates quietly inside a modest shop. Chicle sap is boiled and sun-dried, then sugar and flavors are added. The mass is rolled, cut into sticks, wrapped by young ladies, and packed five flavors—licorice mint pineapple wintergreen and sarsaparilla—reflecting thrifty local industry.
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Todianapoli
Terbaccer
Indianapolis
Indianapolis News
Kentucky Mountaineers and a Fateful Creek Visit
In eastern Kentucky on a perfect April morning a party visits old man Barger’s house. Grandpap warns of danger after reporting Bud Simpson’s alleged assault on Tildy Baker with a fence rail, sparking a debate on appropriate punishment. Cable cars run at fourteen miles per hour in Chicago.
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Bullskin
Kentucky
Barger
Maa Barger
Bud Simpson
Joe Baker
Grandpap
Tildy Baker
Cor
Washington Star
Local Store Offers Complete Farm Equipment Line
Puterbaugh's old stand displays a full assortment of Cultivators Mowers Hay Loaders and Binders with Binding Twine in stock. The shop bills itself as the city's only specialty dealer in this line, promising good value for trades.
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Puterbaugh
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ladies’ Home Journal
Phillips Brooks
Boston Gazette
Providence
Boston
Adeline D. T. Whitney
George Prencis Train
Science and Industry
Monarch
Senour Mfg. Co
Senour- Mfg. CO
Lanark
Ida Eley
Mt. Carroll
Renner
D. M. Zullinger
Mae and
Pearl
John Zuck
J. F. Miller
Chambersburg, Pa
Emma Keefer
Sterling
Annie Zack
Mike Brearton
Rockford
J. M. Glotfelty
Beach & Bowers
Soldiers Monument
Board of Supervisors
Willie
John
Dr. King
H.E. Bucklen & Co
Chicago
Pooterbaugh
Kentucky Mountaineers
Chigo
Reynolds Bros
Reynold's Bros
McKenney Bros. & Lafferty
A. Cotta, Nursery
H. A. Ancaen
M. D
Oxford St
Brooklyn
N. Y
D.J
New York City
Castoria
Kent F. Pannen
125Th Street
7Th Ave
Tue Ceytown Company
Munnay Street
Strickler’s
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