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Newspaper
Millicent Times
Location
Millicent, South Australia, Australia
Date
Sep 02, 1899
Page
2
A description outlines a mechanized dining room in Italy where entrees and drinks are supplied by a self service apparatus to eight men. Ministers flank a featureless hall as inklike trays connect eager diners to a busy kitchen below. Daily consumption figures include 3706 rolls 000 glasses of wine and 12000 cups of coffee with no water or tips.
An excerpt from Windsor Magazine recounts a detective's dubious ascent in a divorce dispute. A wife abducts the child to the Continent, a tracker pursues, befriends the mother, and marries her to return the child. The tale, framed as a business-like outcome, ends with unclear consequences for the couple.
In a Chicago Post style humor piece a wealthy father recounts gifting his daughter every luxury from a pony cart to an Opera box and more. The daughter coyly asks for a foreign nobleman and he vows to search for such a purchase if possible, admitting he won’t buy another once this is settled.
A witty remark by Fielding opens with a satire on the fashionable preacher in Rome. A Spanish envoy to the Vatican preaches in English to a wealthy crowd. Abbeylix, Leinster, faces parish gloom as a lifelong Protestant becomes Catholic. A dead French beggar left a trunk with a million francs in bonds and 100 bottles of 1730 vintage wine.
An experiment described for any rider to determine horsepower using a simple calibration after setup. The mechanical equivalent of a horsepower is 34,000 foot pounds per minute. The method applies to a middle aged rider with a wheel. only a man and wheel are required.
A reflective note on losing temper draining joy from life. It warns that anger empties the morning and leaves a heavy weight on the heart like lead, urging prayer to restore a clean heart and hopeful mood after a flare.
A partial text describes how proper digestion and nourishment sustain health. It warns that hurried meals can cause illness and that people may not understand the cause or remedy, emphasizing natural conditions and the body's need for nourishment.
The text emphasizes cleanliness as the entire field of sanitary labor. It links air and water purity, household hygiene, personal cleanliness, dress and food, work habits, and life conduct, concluding with purity of life and temperance as in the power of every individual.
An eye surgeon performs a cataract operation by cutting into the eyeball to remove the opaque lens. An optician provides an artificial substitute to restore sight and clarity.
In families with limited means the mistress and servants must plan meals early. Calices and puddiuss can be prepared in advance while fish and cutlets are egged. The mistress should daily supervise table settings to ensure neatness and a bright pleasing effect, with well-cooked meals appreciated.
A straightforward home technique uses whiting ground fine and water on flannel to lift dirt and grease from painted surfaces. Rub gently, rinse with clean water, and dry with soft chamois. The method preserves delicate colors and costs less effort than soap cleaning.
Boots care tips discuss drying methods oiling and shaping to extend wear. The piece also weaves quotes from Jean Richepin Talleyrand and Haydn about courtesy and learning, reflecting a mix of practical advice and social maxims.
Directions advise washing delicate Veiling and Vellieg Voile in cold water with gentle rubbing, avoid shrinking or thickening, then wring and transfer to a tub for hand cleaning. Instructions emphasize careful handling to keep fabric soft and prevent damage.
An assortment of fragments recounts the life of a Royalist writer who lived to ninety, noted for The Complete Angler and Lives of Donne Wotton Hooker Herbert and for editing Wottonianae. It also includes humorous anecdotes about a license chase, moral maxims from Kingsley and Clark, and stray social quips about weather and manners.
A fragmentary account describes the shift to machine produced cigars. It notes molds shaping the cigar, tobacco wrapped, ends sealed with gum, and the aim to reduce reliance on skilled hand rollers. The passage hints at a banking and trade company promoting mechanized methods.
Detailed guidance on finishing velvet hems without visible stitches. It advises turning velvet edge down, catching with cotton of matching color, and careful needle placement to avoid impression on the right side. Emphasizes avoiding penetration through the hem into the fabric layers.
Point Lace, once in vogue ten or fifteen years ago, is being revived using lace braid sold for the purpose. The method forms the imitation point in straight, flat, round, or oval shapes with edges either plain or open. A handsome design filled with elaborate studies yields a very good effect and can produce work of considerable value.
Instructions describe crafting infant shoes from leather or kid soles, outlining pattern, upper piece, fabric scraps, silk thread, and ribbon bindings. Steps cover cutting, tacking, edge binding, stitching, sewing back, attaching upper parts, and finishing with buttons and rosettes on the straps.
Advice highlights practical dress options for informal wear. An open coat, false made jacket, and a well-cut skirt suit the shirt or blouse, suitable for shopping or morning errands. A neatly attired girl appears tidy and pleasant with boots gloves fretting adornments and a trim hat.
A guide lists material requirements for women of various figures and children, detailing fabric yardages for frocks, gowns, coats, bodices, sails, blouses, skirts, petticoats, and undergarments. It specifies widths such as 42in and 44in, with precise yardage, including lace, silk, satin, cambric, flannel, and tweed, for items like smock frocks, godet skirts, morning blouses, matron gowns, and petticoats.
A scientific gentleman probes how dogs communicate via tail movements during hunts. He notes hunting dogs in packs lift their tails, with foxhounds practically watching those ahead as they draw a covert. The study hints at observable, though unspoken, signals in canine behavior.
A fragmented meditation outlines ideas of virtue from happiness to humility. It discusses forgetting harms for good, what a millionaire earns rather than spends, a student’s desire to learn, and the true value of dignity, beauty, and friendship with references to Wellington and a magazine source.
A Paris shop displays cast off royal clothing and undergarments once worn by princesses and empresses. Items include a lace chemise, silk hose, and a Valen ciennes trimmed flutter. Madame notes pieces came from Princess Helene and other German princesses, sold to luxury buyers for travel or adornment.
A Friars Hill West Virginia man, George W. M Million, age about forty, displays astonishing memory feats. He recalls every book he read, lists presidents by birth order, horses in the neighborhood, long poems, Bible chapters, and details of conversations, though leads a secluded life and supposedly lives off memories.
The Nouveau Temps of St Petersburg reports a bold gambit by a titled suitor offering to provide a single lottery ticket via a dealer. The note describes scarce husbands and alien frames as part of a chivalrous but muddled scheme to secure a prize.
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