Washington Widows and the Capital's Allure
A nostalgia for Washington as a home for famous widows frames this portrait of Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant and Mrs. James A. Garfield. Grants widow, in a grand Massachusetts Avenue house, remains active hosting receptions and drafting memoirs with aid from a secretarial aide. Garfield’s widow likewise favors Washington as a winter home, maintaining health and social prominence in the District.
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Grant
Nce
Warde
Cobar
Pepe
Galli
SCO
Fr Moore
Rosatoes
James A. Garfield
Washington
Columbia
Notable First Ladies Homes and Charitable Work
The article profiles Mrs. Garfield and Mrs. Harrison, detailing where they lived, their family ties, and how they managed large estates. It notes Mrs. Garfield’s wealth from investments and donations to education and religion, and Mrs. Harrison’s Indianapolis home, understated taste, and focus on home life and charitable causes.
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Enya
Washington
Stanley
Stanley Browns
Gartiold
Europe
United States
Garfield
Mentor, O
Grant
Cleveland
McAll Association
A Surprise Xmas Pie For a Children's Party
A Boston Cooking School Magazine article offers a festive candy pie idea for a children's Christmas party. It describes decorative pie designs using ribbon, paper, and small gifts hidden inside the crust for guests to draw out, with variations for different age groups and rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Horner
Boston Cooking School Magazine
Christmas Decorations A New Idea For Corner Displays
A local feature describes a unique Christmas decorating scheme using evergreen sprays and brackets arranged on a corner. The setup highlights shelves and a lectern with a garland display on walls and behind pieces, aiming for a balanced festive vignette.
Fashion Notes From Evening Dress To Velvet Styles
The piece surveys 1920s fashion trends with mentions of evening dress perfumes bridestones and white lum linings. It highlights Jersey silk and wool fabrics for cabkirts, avers full crientar aik dormace Mevis, velveteen washing suits in green or brown, short gowns for street wear, new stock collars and belts, modern underlinen, long cloth coats and oversized muffs.
Notable Patent Medicine Claims From 19th Century Advertisements
A block of testimonials tout Dr King’s New Discovery, Dr Balthzy’s remedies, Buehlen’s Arnica Salve, Ely’s Cream Balm, and Winslow’s Soothing Syrup. Claims include cures for consumption coughs colds bronchitis asthma and throat lung diseases, stomach trouble yellow jaundice catarrh and teething pain. Multiple prices noted and trial bottles offered.
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L. C. Overstreet
Elgin
Tean
King
Not the Bass Viol Man's Fault
A Fen district reminiscence recalls a summer Sunday when a bull escaped pasture and marched down the road during church. The deaf parson mistook the bellow for musicians tuning and admonished the choir, provoking astonishment among singers as the incident amused Cassells Magazine readers.
Fragmented dialogue from a prejudiced medical scene
A clipped, biased hospital exchange shows a doctor insisting on treatment despite patient resistance. The patient retorts, mocking beliefs about medicine and casting doubt on the doctor’s authority amid a heated exchange.
Chase's Ointment Cures Scalp Itch and Eczema Claims
An advertisement touts Dr. Chase's Ointment as the definitive treatment for scald head and eczema in children, asserting rapid itch relief and complete cure. Testimonials from Detroit and Buffalo residents praise it after failed prior remedies, noting restored skin and relief for their babies. Available at 50 cents then from E. S. Craig and Buffalo, N.Y. store outlets.
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Chase
J. E. Grant
Joseph Chapman Avenue
Detroit
Mich
N. A. Nicolai
Division Street
F. 5. Rose
Sixteenth Street
Buffalo, N. Y
Dr. A
Carpet cleaning recipe from Druggists' Circular
The Druggists Circular offers housewives a carpet stain removal method. Prepare suds with white soap and hot water, add fuller’s earth to a thin cream consistency, then scrub a small carpet area with a brush, rinse with a sponge, and dry with cloths. Repeat until the carpet is clean and let it dry.
Toaster Bath. Exense mu and the rail talk in Philadelphia
An odd exchange from the Philadelphia Record features a citizen of the Pinus who recalls being ridden out of town by rail a decade ago. The Fearless batustormer questions the claim while references to Larbi and wire fences are noted as lingering details.
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Pinus
Philadelphia Record
Borax Soap Recipe and Gold Tooth Pacer Story
A nostalgic note describes turning soap scraps into borax soap for cleaning and brightening fabrics. It mentions Gold Toothed Pacer Moth Miller 2007, likely unique for oats munching with a gold tooth, and a comic exchange about a dentist visit involving Dr Pullem.
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Moth Miller
David Randall
New York
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