Finer Complexions and Cosmetic Truths From History
A survey of beauty practices from antiquity to the present cautions against harsh cleansing. It praises soft water, careful washing, and daily baths while warning of excessive soap. Advice covers masks, veils, underclothing, and simple purifying regimens to preserve a fresh, even complexion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egorts
Faluowod
Taska
Diana of
Poitiers
Land of the Pyramids
Sea
Vogto
Language mixup tale at Carlton hotel sparks uproar
A California returning gent at the Weddell house boasts of Spanish mastery and mispronounces words in a wild Pasadena tale. At the Carlton hotel he orders a menu loaded with Spanish pronunciations, incites laughter and a swooning waiter, and storms out vowing to outtalk rivals in Spanish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Weddell House
East
Mugwumpery
Pasadena
Fair Oaks
Ayonio
la Junta
la Jolla
la Hoya
San Diego
Armijo
Armedo
Hovene
Los Angeles
Santa Fe
Carlton Hotel
Montezuma
Jeremi
Heremiah Hones
Hacksonville
Iliney
Moe
Cleveland
Amusing Humorous Bits From Various Papers
A collage of quips and sketches from Johnnies of the era. Bits include a flirtatious misstep amid a family parlor scene and a knockabout exchange about postage stamps. A Massachusetts grocer tale recounts a joke about an Irish woman and a flour barrel. Two tramps swap boasts of former trades in a Philadelphia page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Detroit
The Wise Skeleton in a Chicago Shop Window
A silent philosopher sits in a Wabash avenue shop window, smiling at life as crowds pass. He discerns the harms and hopes of society, notes medical fraud, pill pushers, and the chain of life from physician to undertaker, and recalls an ancient ink removal proverb as the scene unfolds through urban day and night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horatio
Wabash Avenue
Chicago
L'Homme Quirit
Ezekiel
Orion
Mammoth Cave
Bourne
Pillbags
Nuremburg
Quartz for assaying sent to Dr Bredembyer
All quartz left with W. C Hallack in Nanaimo will be promptly forwarded for assaying to Dr. Bredembyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C Hallack
Nanaimo
Bredembyer
English Court Dresses and the High Court Fashion Change
The piece traces how English court dress shifted from the long dominant decollete style under George IV and the limited influence of Queen Adelaide to a modern flexible court dress. It notes the old constraints causing cold days at drawing rooms and lauds a new expansive high court dress allowing variations from bare shoulders to modest necklines with a 18th century style fichu under a stomacher. It contrasts past court etiquette with contemporary options and hints at health and taste benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dreas
George IV
Indies
William IV
Adelaide
Euclid
Nell Gwynne
Hampton Court
Mary ‘Tudor
Buckingham Palace
London Standard
Albion Iron Works Ad Promotes Manufacturing Capabilities
Albion Iron Works, makers of marine and land edge boilers, fish canning and mining machinery, hydraulic glasts and pipe repairs, announces rapid execution of orders with continuous operation day and night.
Chlorodyne saga claims cure all ills in 19th century ad
An extended 1880s advertisement promotes Dr J Collis Browne’s Chlorodyne as a universal remedy for coughs, consumption, bronchitis, epilepsy, neuralgia, and many other ailments. It cites Symes & Co as endorsers, notes demand in Hindostan and across the East, and warns against imitations while detailing prices and government stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Cullis Browne
Army Medical Staff
Symes & Co
Pharmaceutical Cheutists Medical Hall
Simla
J.T. Davenport
Great Russell Street
Bloomsbury
London
J. Collis Browne
Hindostan
Collis Browne
Pharm. Society of Great Britain
Viceroy's Chemists
Also Mentioned on This Page
Harper's Bazar
Belgium
Chicago Times
Jas. G. Fairburn
Boot & Shoemaker
Hilbert
Canadian Pacific Raily
A Shaw
Miss de Trenure
Wiltby
Tom
Edith
Jason
Lewiston Journal
New York
Philadelphia
the Wise Skeleton
W.bredemeyer
United States
He Sayer
Vancouver
B. C
M'Vicker
Salt Lake City
Asia
Europe
United States of America
Gen. Grant
Ninety-sixth
Ohio
Albion Iron Works
Victoria
Discovery and Herald
Hastings Street
Carroll
McNabb
Dominion
A. T. Mecnabb & Co
Garesche Green & Co, Banekers
U.S
San Proveisco
Canada
England
Ireland
Wells, Farge & Co
British Columbia
Graham Waters
Pilot
Nesbitt, Dickson & CO
Thomas Allsop
Henry
Mason
Cuyler A. Dolland
Steat'st
Allsop & Mason
Abo. 2 Company
General Land
Jarmine Lande
Amle
Cillorodyne
W. Page Wood
Freeman
the Times
Ts. Rigd
S Sole Manufactures
J. T. Davenports
Ton
Welling
Nananimo
Wellington
Postal Service
G. H. Blakeway & CO
T. A Adam and
R. Schilling
NEW Fruit Store
Commercial Street
Co-operative Store
Burrard Inlet
Stron Ay
Moodyville
Vancouver Rats
Puget Sound
Seattle
New Westminster
Ladner’s
Ba Anding
Lulu Island
Plumper Pass
Fraser River
Vamers
Hope
Chilliwhack
Nanaimo Land Office
Hawthornthwaite & CO
Wewcastle
Comox Road
Newcastle
Port Angeles
Jas
Harvey
Red House
Alex, Mayer - Marcus Wolfe
Alex.” Mayer& Co
Nanaimo, B.C
Harewood Lake
Louis Stark
Wm. Blackmore
Htc
Cordova Street
P.O
B. B
C. C. McKenzie
Ofrica
C. L. Smith
Bastion Street
Glasgow and
London Fire Insur Company
R. Roberts
8.C
City of
Reim
Gough
M. Bate
Cc. M.C
The
Mutual Life Insurance OF
Stern General Solicitor
Jessia Rem
Hatsteaman & Co
Bastion Bireet
B.C
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