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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1897
Page
6
A house dress craze features a lavender dress adorned with wisteria and leaves. The conspicuous design uses a full puff skirt and vest-like tucks at the waist, with lace, purple velvet rovers, and removable color options suited to gloomy days.
Silver novelties captivate buyers with fresh designs. A duster made from a fox tail mounted on a silver handle doubles as a display ornament. Large cut glass powder boxes with silver or gilt tops dominate shelves, signaling fashionable elegance in home adornments.
Merchants display a wonderful assortment of rhinestones trimming scintillating with mock gems. Milliners offer pins brooches and ornamental jewels set with stones to adorn hats and buns. Slides with pebbles decorate neck ribbons and single stones are sewn on velvet in sparkling arabesques.
A floor polish recipe credited to Japan blends one pint linseed oil with a pint of strong cold tea five ounces spirits of salts and the whites of eggs. Mix well and bottle. Shake before use apply half a teaspoon to a mop rub with grain then buff with an old silk handkerchief for a gleaming finish.
A collage of vintage quips and caricature snippets on holiday gift woes and domestic scenes. Mr Gildersleeve asks Uncle Ebenezer to choose turkey or chicken for Christmas dinner while Mr Kink favours chicken noting neighbors lack turkeys.
A brief column mixes holiday shopping notes with domestic advice. It lists a quarter’s worth of holly and four dollars’ worth of mistletoe from the Washington Star, then offers guidance on floor staining and cleaning. It warns worry harms the brain and gives onion prep tips, all in compact, era-appropriate prose.
Ellis Parker Butler relates a Christmas Eve misadventure of Mr Gilgal who overindulges, buys a ten foot feather boa for his wife, and stumbles home to a comic wakeup scene. Mrs Gilgal discovers the boa, pounces, and for the first time in years kisses him, mistaking his surprise for affection and not a prank.
A reader cites Mrs Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts as a trusted source for women seeking relief from gynecological woes. The letter describes months of severe symptoms including uterine pain headaches fainting spells and leucorrhea and credits advice received for improving health. The account emphasizes discreetly seeking home guidance over hospital admission.
Before Others have destroyed your faith in all doctors you should consult the English specialist Dr Wamphrey 8 Humphrey for an intelligent candid opinion. A specialist can bring greater skill to a given case than an ordinary family doctor. See Dr Humphrey before too many failures defeat recovery. Friday Dec 17 at Royal hotel.
Fragmentary historical text recounts Mary’s role in the birth of Jesus, angels announcing the tidings to shepherds and Magi, and the first Christmas day. It reflects on peace, gifts, and the ideal of enduring family joy through the year.
After failed relief from other doctors, despondent patients are urged to visit Dr Humphrey in Indiana. The ad claims he treats chronic illnesses without cheap appliances, promises fast cures, and charges nothing for consultations while stressing his high success and affordable terms.
The text extols Kellogg's Columbian Oil for cures in kidney and rheumatic complaints and general pain relief, claiming safety and life-saving benefits. It also reports on Anglo-Egyptian expedition progress, including sinking wells to access water in African deserts, with mentions of supplies and implications for travel and military logistics.
A vintage ad promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a stomach health tonic claiming it prevents sickness and saves lime and money. It mentions trial sizes, prices, and vendors Like Hinderich Mast and Chicago Tribune content about Alaska lake fish. It also notes O'Leary Bros Black Hawk chopping axes and Statesman job rooms lead.
A Spectatura writer argues the giant tortoise from Mauritius, now at London Zoo, is the likely oldest living animal with proven age at least 150 years. The piece notes elephants reaching around 60 years, and records of a Peterborough tortoise said to be 220 in 1821, with one tortoise reportedly growing at 89.
A fragmented account touts a "cure for the heart" marketed by Vanes and mentions DeWitt's Witch Hazel as healing a severe burn on Miss Allie Hughes. The text mixes medical claims with dramatic anecdotes and a call to contact for reading.
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