The World of Women A Golden Grift for Our Readers
A column features practical advice on engagements and finances in marriage, insisting couples discuss income and plans before marriage. It also explores dress, schooling for girls in France, and how women in New York and Paris manage clothing with science, self-education, and home dressmaking. It notes Bets on employment for women through The New York Woman's Exchange and practical homemade fashion trends.
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Katharine de Forest
France
Pratt
Institute
Brooklyn
Mitten Charity Warmth Spreads From Local Woman
A Boston Gazette note tells of a young woman in the city who funds a private mitten drive. Each cold day she carries several pairs, distributing them to strangers in need. Her modest venture brings comfort to men, women, and children, enriching her community amid hard times.
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New York
Bureau
Boston Gazette
Heaven
Wuhen
Jesus Christ
Buckwheat Cake Tips From a Historic Kitchen Guide
A historic kitchen note warns against adding molasses to buckwheat batter to avoid heavy cakes. It recommends Indian meat to achieve browning and light texture, and stresses foaming batter for quick yet thorough baking. It also advises using a small paint brush to oil tins rather than fingers or rags, and praises a paint brush and scissors as useful kitchen tools.
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Nevers
Cooking by Steam in England
A description of a steam jacket method where meat is enclosed in a jacket and immersed in boiling water. It claims preservation of nutritious qualities, no loss in vapor, moisture prevents burning, flavor retained, and fibers remain tender unlike other methods. Hardware.
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England
Dangerous Face Lotions Warned By English Analyst
An English analyst examined many face nostrums and found corrosive substances in almost all. He exposed frauds and urged women to seek health through exercise fresh air good food sound sleep and frequent bathing rather than risky lotions.
Handsome Woman Defies Conductor Over Dog On Train
A richly dressed young woman in a parlor car insists her small dog stay with her claiming she trusts him entirely. The conductor warns that dogs must be in the baggage car. She ties the animal to a valise and continues with a tense exchange. The dog’s fate remains unclear as the journey continues.
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New York Herald
Fashion Notes On Fabrics And Fancies
Fashionable facts describe braids in many shades for trims surplice waists in glace ta f feat, point d esprit lace for trimming jabots and fancy work. The article notes very pale blue note paper with a monogram as a rare matching pairing.
The Trial of Abraham's Faith in the Mount Moriah Lesson
A Sunday School review explains the Abraham test as a divine trial that purifies faith, urging readiness and obedience. It contrasts belief with idolization of Isaac, notes Abraham’s early rising, worship through obedience, and faith as righteousness. The piece links to Hebrews and concludes with reflections on dead-to-self living for service.
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Abraham
Peter
Mt. Moriah
James
God
Isaac
Christ
Moriah
Felix
Paton
Judson
Spurgeon
Ratisbon
Napoleon
Paul
Lfe
Proverbial Warnings and Weather Notes Culled From St. Nicholas
A mixture of moral maxims and a science note on the Pulse and Temperature appears, drawn from St. Nicholas. The text warns against lax temperance, self deceit, and earthly temptation, while explaining how a clinical thermometer records fever and how temperature and pulse relate to illness, with observations on normal values and dangerous rises.
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St. Nicholas
Very Unlucky Yet Remarkably Lucky
The Dalles resident Clemens Wetle endured a string of accidents and injuries from a broken leg to a severed toe, a burn during explosive experiments, a mule kick, and a 32 caliber gunshot to the stomach, yet survived each incident with minimal lasting harm.
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Clemens Wetle
Dalles
Investi
Portland
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