Matrons and Maids in Harpers Bazar Style
A Harper's Bazar excerpt laments curtained society reveals true nature when lights are on, contrasts stage manners with real behavior, and advises women to keep company manners for loved ones. It explains how to indicate marital status in letters, suggesting Mrs or a visiting card for clarity.
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Ipany
Fern
Mary Emily Jones
Patrick Fitzgerald Jones
Sirs
P. F
Mary Emily
Patrick Fitzgerald
Harper’s Bazar
Opinions on Crinoline Stir Somerville Journal Fashion Row
The Somerville Journal notes alarm over crinoline rumors asking prominent women for opinions. Most oppose wire capes citing health and style concerns, yet fear conspicuous rejection if fashion spreads. The piece highlights long dresses, jeweled petites, and ornate bonbonnieres with prices from 60 cents to 25, reflecting Paris and Vienna influence on accessories and full dress.
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Somerville Journal
Rllmoniers
Paris
Vienna
Miss or Mia Etiquette on Signatures Ends In Plain Rule
A clipped remark on signature etiquette notes a single rule for women, married or otherwise, guiding how names are presented in formal contexts. The fragment hints at traditional social conventions without detailing specifics.
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Mia
The Teaspoon Banished From Elegant Tables
The teaspoon, once allowed for sauces and certain desserts, is now forbidden in refined dining. Fashionable etiquette bans its use for all foods, restricting it to no more than stirring a teacup.
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Fatima
Philadelphia Times
Women Dentists Unite For National Meeting
The Woman's Dental Association of the United States, organized a year ago by Philadelphia women dentists, is preparing for a national gathering. The group now includes members across major cities, with about 200 women practicing dentistry in the United States, most entering the profession in the last decade.
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Woman's Dental Association of the
United States
Women Dentists of
Philadelphia
Springfield poet tells anecdote of visitors and a shrug
The Springfield man recounts a tale about a famed American poet. Visitors arrive with his wife in residence, the poet sends his young daughter to announce them, and she returns saying her mother exclaimed, Oh dear. The scene paints a quiet domestic moment with literary undertones.
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Springfield
Bits of Fashion Preview New Season Styles
The article outlines a fashion season with storm serge wide wale and twill fabrics accented by silk dots and figures. It highlights all wool jacquards, silk mixtures, Nile green lavender tones, and color combos across silks wools and cottons including black chalice prints. Damask effects and light wools with crepons are noted, plus printed cashmere and challie blossoms mirrored in new color palettes.
Unclear OCR Text Provokes Laugh at Local Paper
Fragmentary lines reference a man nicknamed Wittour and a bizarre claim about attaching corkscrews to pocket knives. The readable text hints at satire or misprint and does not establish a clear event, person, or date.
Life in Cartagena A Tropical Railroad Trekking Tale
A correspondent describes Cartagena during the Colombian winter, detailing climate, streets, fortifications, social classes, and fiestas. He notes limited commerce, elegant balconies, bullfights, gambling near the cathedral, and a mix of rich and poor living conditions. The journey south reveals primitive roads, machetes, and stern-wheel steamers with spartan onboard conditions.
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States
Leasant
Republic of Colombia
Cartagena
Cuata
Mexico
Cuba
Narow
Mardalens
Popular Science Notes Highlights Windmill Innovation
A compilation of science notes discusses metal combustion, conical sea fowl eggs, glow‑in‑the‑dark fungi, and Prof. Thurston’s Engineering Magazine portrayal of American windmills. It praises radial sail design, screwing air flow to boost power, and notes global adoption of the modern American mill over older European types.
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Coble
Union Medicale
Europe
Tahiti
YaNeze Winosutris
Robert H. Thurston
Sibley College
Cornell Univerity
Engineering Magazine
East
Eseland
Germany
France
Holland
New Cloth Armor Bars Bullets A German Experiment
A Mannheim tailor crafts a cloth cuirass weighing about six pounds claimed to stop bullets at moderate range. The idea moves toward fortified soldiers, while future arms may grow larger calibers. The note hints at a race to improve protective gear amid ongoing warfare.
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Mannheim
Reliable Vegetable and Cornish Kitchen Variations
A vintage recipe roundup explains cooking vegetables in plenty of fast boiling water to preserve tenderness. It details Apple Tapioca bake with apples, cinnamon, and a translucent tapioca base, plus a layered chicken pie and Yankee beans with salt pork.
The Elephants Laughed at an Orange Feint
War correspondent Mr O Shea recalls a humorous safari with eight elephants. An apron filled with oranges triggers the herd, leaving him with twenty five oranges and a moral about fairness. He distributes them one by one, then redeems the last orange himself to avoid envy among the elephants. The scene ends with amused nudges among the herd.
How Corcoran Began Foundation of Corcoran fortune
The late W. W. Corcoran of Washington laid his fortune by arranging a London loan for the Mexican War. He offered to negotiate 10 million dollars in London and sold bonds at six percent. Financiers doubted success, yet he secured the funds and earned commissions up to two percent, with profits around two million dollars. Detroit Free Press. Racine businessmen will run a telephone line throughout the State.
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Mary Weber
Parthenon
Athens
Greece
Miss Weber
Prince George
Rom
Acropolis
Sappho
W. W. Corcoran
Washington
London
Corcoran
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