20 Mar 1886
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1886
Page
1
A Chicago Mali column surveys fashion and beauty myths as women chase charm. It condemns reliance on powders and devices, notes methods like corsets and pillow use, and stresses posture, dress, and social presentation as keys to acceptance in polite circles.
A farmer from Amboy, Oswego county recalls a trained dog at the Girurd opera house week. The animal could tell time by the clock and would summon cows when it showed quarter past five. A prank turning the clock to five confounded the dog, who then distrusted the clock after the incident.
Candles remain a staple in homes and churches as gas and electric lighting expand. Beeswax figures, colored forms, and flower shapes become a growing industry in western New York, while candle types like paraffine and beeswax drive ornamentation and dinner party decor.
The report notes 10,000,000 pounds of lard used in Chicago butterine during two months with sulfuric acid to mask flavor and small amounts of pure butter. It cites a New York chemist listing sixty ingredients for margarine, including sugar of lead, sulfuric acid, and boracic acid, yet says the product is claimed harmless. It also mentions a Bible reference about pulpits and outlandish women.
The article surveys sugar candy production detailing improvements in purity and variety. It notes Philadelphia as the leading candy center followed by New York and Boston, discusses green pistache color, various delicacies like papillotes and St Nick's chocolates, gum drops with price ranges, rock candy manufacture, and shifts in stick candy demand with overall price declines.
A Detroit Free Press notice says a Michigan avenue grocer hired a new boy who mispriced items. The boy later claimed a barrel of Hour was sold on account, then another man rolled it away and a separate thief stole the barrel. The tale ends with the grocer's insistence on not being taken advantage of. The piece also notes English reporters and charity spending amid unemployment investigations.
An aged reader from Arlington, Wim Gonlan, 87, recounts paying for a dubious cure advertised in a Charolestown listing. The fragment mentions a doctor, a claim of curing a baby without license, and a reference to a treatment named Citncra Hewmine after three packages, but details are obscured.
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