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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1902
Page
3
The article notes jewelry for hats this season features rhinestones and cut steel. Mock pearls and cut jet appear on new hats along with large flat cabochons bars and pins with large heads. An intermixure of crystal steel and pearl elevates hat creations.
A Parisian style note describes tiny gold enameled gemmed studs and petticoat pins for lingerie, colors blue green yellow mauve and pink matching ribbon tones. It also surveys a sheer boudoir gown with black net trims and a mother traveling with babies discusses an insulated bottle hamper keeping bottles hot or cold for long trips.
This clipping lists varied items including Dr. Rina Mastro elected professor of anatomy at the University of Milan. Marie-Therese Dupuis now living near Charleroi. Berlin's first female barber. women in Bohemia Hungary and Scandinavia. a $150000 Woman's Building under construction at the University of Texas with a cornerstone laid by the governor’s wife. Carter Harrison's wife of Chicago writing a fairy tale book. and notes on women entering civil engineering at Cornell, among other scattered references to individuals, places, and events.
Nora Stanton Blatch, granddaughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, will become the first woman to enroll in Cornell University's engineering courses. At under twenty, she outshone three female peers in the entrance exams and excelled in mathematics, drawing praise from professors and rapid social prominence.
The New York Sun reports a clever ruse at a banquet last April enabling Miss Blatch to be seized and taken away in a hack. After choosing engineering, she will be forced to wear an apron and work in the shops with men, while lectures are attended by a male audience except for her. She is a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma.
The column outlines white and colored ma'izas, taffeta costumes, India silk dress patterns, and serviceable frocks. Box pleats, tucks, and a half fitting kilts coat appear in outfits. Bird fur hats gain fashion, pink ribbon roses match gowns, sashes with painted florals add bridal flair.
Dr August Koenig offers Hamburg Breast Tea combined with St Jacobs Oil as a home remedy for chronic bronchitis asthma and related throat and chest ailments. The oils loosen adhesions aiding expectoration while the tea soothes pain and cough. Used early they may prevent rapid complications. Cards and other cardboard use noted.
An old newspaper ad touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure, offering $100 reward for a proven failure. It promotes testimonials, urges sending for a list, and cites Toledo Ohio as the source. Also mentions Kin e's Nerve Restorer and Mrs Winston's soothing syrup for teething.
The article explains that sardines refer to a method of preservation rather than a specific species, with pilchards or sprats qualifying as sardines. It traces Cornwall’s sardine tradition, noting smoking historically produced the name, and compares Cornish and French nets, arguing smaller fish escape in Cornwall while closer French mesh yields more small fish.
In Yonkers at a dinner for the Very Rev Dean Lings, Bishop recalls a parish anecdote involving an elderly Irish woman. She teases him about a salary rise and wishes his next rise is a rise to heaven, delivering a witty local moment with religious humor.
The article discusses odor origins, challenging the view that smell arises from volatile substances acting on nerves. Waschide and Van Melle propose odor results from short wavelength vibrations, similar to light or heat. They cite evidence such as nonvolatile odors not losing weight, odor mixing neutralizing scents, fatigue for one odor while others are perceived, and smell detected with nostrils filled by odoriferous solutions.
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