Origin of Fabrics and Early English Textile Posts
A survey of fabric origins detailing satinet and paramata, grass cloth misnomers, and early English linen manufacture under Henry III. It covers plush, silk cotton, pina cloth from Manila, Turkey red dye history, Scotch tweeds, and the evolution of poplin from papeline with notes on modern compositions and Irish production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford
Yorkshire
England
Coburg
Orleans
East
Ireland
India
Spain
Manila
Turkey
Asia
Levant
France
Great Britain
Glasgow
Papillon
George Mackintosh
Tweed
Scotland
Avignon
Cooking in Cuba From a Fireless Kitchen Scene
The Detroit Tribune describes Cuban cooking where stoves are scarce. In towns meals rely on charcoal urns and large ranges, while remote homes use ground fires under raised roofs. The guarda candela smolders, relit quickly if out, due to superstition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Detroit Tribune
The extreme belle a picturesque object on the street
New York Mail describes a fashionable woman in green gown and white jacket with gold accents. She wears buff overgaiters, white gloves, a white leather pocketbook, and a gold monogrammed stick. Her broad hat and Ivy foliage complete an intense verdant look as she walks with a newly graceful stride, yet her ankle remains delicate from tight boots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Mail
The Woman of the Future Vision of the ideal wife
A dated column argues the future ideal woman must be physically strong and mentally versatile. It decries restrictive fashion, urging a return to Greek ideals of flowing dress, freedom, and grace, with emphasis on cultural and scientific knowledge to sustain life. The piece elevates noble, chivalrous partnership between wife and husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulwer
How Senatorial Speeches Are Made by Time Glass
Senatorial speeches are measured by a five minute time glass used by President pro tem Ingalls. Inverted at start, sand runs out signals end of speech. A senator disputed time, but the chair insisted on the glass, noting the chair’s absolute control and quipping it takes land to run the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ingalls
Senate
Philadelpha
America
Sharan Son
Graveyard Gaffe Sparks Kirkintilloch Pride
A sexton in Kirkintilloch, drunk and asleep in a grave, woke to a passing coach’s bugle and mistook it for the last trump. He proclaimed fearlessly that a pair showed for Kirkintilloch, reflecting local patriotism and humor in Longman's Magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirkintilloch
Longman’s Magazine
Awful Example and Odd Bits from a Page
A fragmentary dialogue mocks a judge and a traveler with quips about drinking influence and meals. It also offers scattered homely tips on cooking, knife handling, farm stock, and fabric care, all in a brisk, old newspaper tone.
Allcock’s Plasters Avert Severe Pneumonia Case
Liam A Sawyer of Niagara County New York reports a dramatic pneumonia recovery after using Allcock's Plasters. He placed a pad under each arm and two near the chest for eight days, noting relief within hours and a near full recovery by the next day. The witness recalls violent chills and fever before treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Co
Allcock
Liam A
Sawyer
A Hint to Thoughtful Parents and Health Ad Snippet
A Victorian style digest remarks on gender roles and early life, noting boys pushed into work earlier and girls less prepared in housekeeping than past generations. It then promotes Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a cure for indigestion and related mood, biliousness and constipation, promising calmer temperaments and relief from malaria fevers rheumatism and kidney debility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tsuro
Mathamania
Radway
Dway
ALL Druggiste
Epigrams on fretting and remedies offered in Boston ads
A satirical note contrasts fretting with usefulness and mocks self pity. It lists Kemp's Balsam and Brown's Bronchial Traches as throat and lung remedies, promising free samples. A letter to the editor from R G Root of New York claims a cure for epileptic fits with free samples upon address request.
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Bozes
R. G. Root
M. C
Pearl Street
New York
Tmur C Co
Augusta
Maine
Brewster Safety Rein-Holder Co
Holly, Mich
Submarine Torpedo Boat Tested on the Seine
The French Minister of the Navy is said to be experimenting with an electrical submarine torpedo boat on the Seine. The craft is sheet-iron in a cigar shape, about 144 feet long and five feet in diameter, carrying a substantial oxygen supply for an extended underwater voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seine
Arkansaw
Excursion Rates to the South on Evansville Route
Excursion tickets at unusually low rates will be sold December 4 and 18 1888 January 15 16 and 29 and February 12 and 26 1889 to points in Tennessee Alabama Mississippi and Florida. For details contact William Hill General Passenger and Ticket Agent C I I R R 501 First National Bank Building Chicago or Chicago Ticket Office 64 Clark Street
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Evansville
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Florida
William Hill
First National Bank
Chicago
Clark Street
Cancer Cure Promised by Aurora Doctor
Cancer treatment advances claimed by Dr. F. L. Pond at Aurora hospital with several cures reported. The public urged to seek treatment promptly and contact Dr. Pond at Aurora for information. Also notes Lyon's Patent Heel Stiffeners offered for new boots and shoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. L. Pond
Aurora
Aurora, Tim
Grr
Lyon
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the Woman of the Future
Gabriel
Trump
Tom
Pope
Mr. Rand
Wales
Fiske
Globe-Democrat
Boston
Zeran
A. Vogeler CO
Scious, Md
O.addrem
T. A. Slocum
M.C
Socrast Querney Samara
Alifornia
Signor
Ferry & Selover
San Diego
Cal
Savant’s Business College
Buffalo
N.Y
Stowell & Co
Chrslestown
Maas
Court of Chancery
Bank of of Boyland
Fr. B. Forster
Broad St
New York City
Centennial Manufacturing Co
Cincinnati
Ohio
Granian Detective Bureau Co
Arcade
Cincianstl.o
Qatara
Ely
Heading Bros
Warren 3T
Cerman
RB. Schiff Mann
St. Paul
Minn
Scott
Centre Ht
Co. T. Churchill
M. W. Dunhams Ocaklawn Farm
Brilliant
Dunham
Wayne
Tilingis
West Chicarn
Turnerdone
Eilert
Emmrnr
Paro- YrRizTagy Co
Anu
Ingraham
Mt. D
Amsterdam
Aetsa
Dyche & 1 Co
Bork
Andrean Busin
Phnographic College
Ster Sterling
E, Ross & CO
Toledo
Osgood & Thompson
Binghamton, N. Y
Washington, D. c
Cincinnatii
KE. T. Haseltine
Warren, Pa
Northern Pacific
Minnesota
Dakota
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Lindley & CO
LaSalle St
Lil
U. S
Wii
Hibbard
Epward Baker
Jackson Street
Jackson
Mich
E. A. Karr
Grand Rapids, Mich
Ipany
Jackson, Mich
Serpe
Sena
Reece
Harris Watch CO
Chicago Ledger
Harris Watch Company
PostoMine
Chicaco Ledger
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