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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1897
Page
5
A New York Journal item describes the thermo gen quilt by Snedeker a London electrician. The device embeds a wire coil in a thick quilt heating the user to 150 degrees in 30 seconds enabling a home Turkish bath. It claims safety automatic shutoff and uses for medical care and invalids.
Fashion notes describe skirts gaining fullness from the knee with flounces and embroidery, roses and tulle detailing on gowns, new sleeve shapes like double tulle frills, and a return to princess gowns with buckles and ribbons. Also mentions Russian pinafore bodices and decorative brass nails for craft projects.
Hazel actress Miss Baudet altered eye color from hazel to rich brown through a procedure by Prof. Henri Placide Dumont at the Paris eye hospital. The routine included eye bathing, confinement, chemical vapors, and days of daily eye “smoking” before color deepened. Details cite animal experiments by Dr. E. S. Peck on color variation.
The article praises small elegant French fans as stylish accessories for women. It notes Empire and Louis Quinze shapes with sticks of mother of pearl ivory tortoise shell ebony and violet wood. It highlights gold inlay, black mother of pearl novelty, Watteau figures birds and flowers and silk designs.
The author describes black pearl sticks with black mousseline de soie and gilt edge painted with cupids in Louis XVI style. White mousseline fans with Brussels lace edge and tortoise shell sticks are noted as dainty trifles. Modern reproductions echo Louis XV, with silk medallions and mother-of-pearl sticks, priced from 50 to 1000 dollars.
A simple recipe describes heating water milk and cream, thickening with arrowroot, washing and buttering oyster shells, placing one oyster per shell, arranging shells in a pan, and baking five to six minutes until warm. Serve immediately.
A step by step method describes chopping head lettuce and stewing with butter sugar and wine vinegar. It adds flour pepper salt a beaten egg and broth or water, then layers stale bread cubes with a splash of cream before pouring boiling soup and serving.
The article notes a new shade of Russian red appearing in velvet cloth silk and wool fabrics. It describes the dye as between Jaque rose and deep dahlia, very becoming to all women and suitable for neutral tones. The color is so deep it is not conspicuous.
A troubled girl visits Widow Brown's. there she shares cards and music, forgets her grief, and briefly lifts the spirits of a boy who cannot walk. The incident ends with her singing a glad song on the way home, feeling joy from selflessness.
An article from the Chicago Inter Ocean describes a parrot academy on Jower Laird avenue in New York Bowery area. Birds from South America enter a graded program from monosyllables to simple sentences and arithmetic as teachers include parrots and the fancier's family.
An instructional piece explains constructing a tabletop waterspout model using a wooden frame box, a paddle wheel, a large gear-driven fan, and heated water to create a spiraling vapor column. The setup demonstrates upward vapor motion, a corkscrew cone, and the illusion of a real waterspout while noting the surrounding air swirl can lift light items.
A London Telegraph tale recounts a dog Toby and a pig Wiggy aboard a ship sharing a dining routine. The pig crafts a ruse by moving the dinner plate to lure Toby from the kennel, winning the warm spot for himself.
In Barry county Missouri a transportation line touted by Assistant Clerk Thompson of the house of representatives is described as the greatest railroad on earth. The Frisco line runs from Exeter to Cassville a five mile route with one locomotive hauling cars uphill to Exeter Front Cassville and gravity aiding descent back to Cassville. Rails move passengers baggage and freight with minimal fuel use, relying on downhill gravity for part of the trip.
The Mattoon Illinois contractor Paul La Clair credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with curing la grippe related nervous debility and piles. He reports weight gain from 120 to 160 pounds and full work capability after six boxes. The ad cites pills sold at 50 cents a box or $3 50 for six.
Advertisements promote discounted B&O and C&NW trips to Washington with limited dates March 1 2 3 and return by March 8 plus guidance from agents. Also notes Hot Springs cures and tourist tickets plus light humor from London Figaro and Truth quotes.
A collage of testimonial style claims touts No-To-Bac and Dr. Kline’s Great Nerve Restorer with promised cures and free bottles. It also includes references to Piso’s Cure, Cascarets, St Jacobs Oil and other tonics, plus quips about fashion and social scenes from period newspapers.
An old advertisement touts Tes tetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for malaria dyspepsia kidney trouble and nervousness claiming it has cured worse cases and warning that delays are dangerous. It also references St. Helena Oil as a top cure and cites a dubious proverb about horses to persuade readers.
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