Four Girls Sell Butter and Cheese in Berlin Streets
In Berlin a group of four girls wearing gaudy red, black and white uniforms peddle butter and cheese as part of a new company venture.
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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1903
Page
10
Daily Mirror to Publish in London for Gentlemen Readers
The Daily Mirror will be issued in London as a daily journal for gentlemen. It promises readable telegraph news and a large amount of information that women typically find interesting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Mirror
London
Bhs
Stamped velvets fade as imitators flood market
Nipity stamped velvets fell out of favor as they became common. Two years ago a fine assortment appeared, but cheap imitations emerged, some at sixty nine cents a yard. Women who paid high prices for velvet gowns cut losses and many expect a shift back to crushed velvets and darker tones. Fur and wet lace trims remain in fashion for velvet robes.
Dress Gloves For Women In Fashion Shops
Correct dress glove styles for women appear in shops. White gray and tan glace kid suede or soft undressed kid are in demand. Strapped wrist gloves and gauntlets are favored by driving and riding women. Girls refill worn gloves with handschubs while outseam cape gloves prove durable for hard wear.
A New Fad For Women Enamel Work Gains Popularity
Enamel artistry and designing jeweled ornaments have become serious recreations for socially active women in Newport. The craft yields exquisite hat pins medallions and chains, with enthusiasts praising color and metal combinations. The piece notes jeweled lace era has begun and recommends women cultivate this craft.
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Newport
Power of the Wipe and the Wife’s Influence
A historical reflection on marital power, praising a good wife as source of wisdom and strength for a man, and warning that a bad wife breeds confusion and despair. Emphasizes home as a haven and a wife’s duties as essential to happiness and endurance in life’s battles.
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S. Carpenter
Freak Dinners Fade From New York Social Scene
In New York a cadre of women who profit from elaborate table deco rations report dull business as fashion moves away from the peacock dinners and color themed events that once defined high society. Paris inspired past extravagances have faded, leaving little demand for the latest bizarre entertaining.
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New York
Newport
Paris
The Era of Freak Entertaining Fades in High Society
A columnist notes a shift in dining fashion from elaborate table settings to simple, seasonal meals. Paris and London push restraint while American society follows suit, reducing ribbon, lace, and numerous silverware pieces. Hostesses struggle to blend simplicity with elegance and rely on professional hosts.
Women in Charge of 33 Government Lighthouses Statement
Secretary Shaw reports that women oversee thirty three government lighthouses. Nearly one third of Washington government employees are women with many earning over two thousand five hundred dollars yearly. Arrangements planned for 300 Wellesley College students to assist in a Boston religious census under church direction.
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Shaw
Ranavalo
Madagascar
Vic-Sur-Cere
Department
Cantal
France
Washington
Wellesley College
Boston
Associated Churches
Fashion Notes From A Glance At Hats And Gowns
Es Vi 2 of Hon US YEAR Iringe is very popular. Magpie combinations are as good as ever, Chenille fringes are among the smart things. Drooping wings are a pretty black finish to many a hat. The over and over stitch in embroidery is used a great deal. Black chiffon with Chantilly appliques over white is in high favor. Twisted plumes are a variation on the regulation ostrich car. Cords as edging and drapery are conspicuous on cloth costumes. Zibelines boast all figures from Scotch plaid suggestions to snowflakes. Quaint little triple capes that dwindle away to nothing at all at the front are effective. Chinese or Indian embroidery in bright colors is used for collars and cuffs on jackets. Rhinestone buttons and handsome enamel and oxidized silver ones are used a great deal. Gold lace, gold braid, gold buttons and embroidery make the darkest of cloth gowns splendid. Rhinestones are combined with embroideries for evening gowns and produce a scintillating effect particularly attractive.
Washing Handkerchiefs Without Ironing
Instructions advise washing and wringing handkerchiefs lightly then drying on a bedroom mirror overnight to resemble ironed fabric. Old lace pieces can be treated the same way for a neat appearance.
Caring for Cut Glass: Cleaning Tips and Precautions
The article advises careful handling and cleaning of cut glass to preserve color and luster. It recommends a medium stiff brush, muriatic acid as a house precaution if poisons are allowed, and using potato parings for inside bottles. Do not expose glass to extreme temperatures or cold drafts after washing.
Sorting Stains Keys to Effective Home Washing
The article advises sorting stains before washing to save rubbing time. It explains cold water for some stains and boiling water for others, with steps: soak, boil, rub, rinse, bluing, wring, and sun drying. It notes brown soaps with rosin and soda suit whites but harm colors and flannels.
Plain Cake Fritters and Other Simple Puddings
Instructions for Cake Fritters using stale cake and cream then fried with almonds and sugar. Mock Suet Pudding blends bread crumbs water molasses egg fruit and flour with soda and salt steam two hours. Steamed Graham Bread mixes graham flour Indian meal soda salt molasses and milk steam one and a half hours. Tomato Chowder uses salt pork onions flour water tomatoes and rice simmering for about an hour with salt and pepper.
Success with Callas
A horticultural note from Sallie Story describes growing calla lilies by placing jars in a shallow brook to keep roots moist. After August bulbs are cleaned, replanted in rich soil with cow manure, with care to water freely and avoid dry saucers.
Girdling Grapevines And Its Effects On Ripening
Girdling or ringing grapevines speeds ripening by a week or two and enlarges the bunches and berries. The bark is removed below the fruit cluster about a month before ripening. Sap flow is altered, feeding the grapes at the girdle while growth below may suffer. Not universally profitable due to potential vine injury.
Potting Strawberry Runners for Early Harvests
Alfred P. Edge of Harford County Maryland describes a method to raise new strawberry plants by potting runners in 150 pots filled with rich soil placed beside existing beds. He notes the runners grow without being checked and fruit heavily in the first year, guiding his practice to replace beds every two to three years.
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Alfred P. Edge
Ariford County
Preparing Orchard Lands for Planting
An experienced orchardist explains land prep for orchards involves deep tillage and thorough work. Best done in late fall for spring or fall planting, with Western growers using heavy plow furrows to create a tree row center and interrow back furrow to improve tilth and surface drainage.
Humus in the Orchard and Soil Fertility
The article argues for preserving soil humus as essential for moisture retention and fertility. It favors turning under green crops like legumes to boost humus and fixed nitrogen, rather than leaving cut vegetation on the surface which robs fertility and limits root access.
Innisratham Breaks Record in Immigration Figures
Annual report by Commissioner Sargent shows 921,315 aliens entered the United States during the fiscal year ended June 30, a new high and 195,043 more than the prior record.
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Innisratham
Sargent
United States
Fragmentary Notes on Restoration and Population Claim
The text references Kinga Grage Nervo Restorar and a 82th claim about Canada not furnishing wood for pulp. It mentions Dr R W Kure of 91 Arvast Unita and Mrs Winslow’s soothing testing related to cums. It notes a world population around 1.85 billion.
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R.W. Kure, Ltd
Arvast
Unita
Piso's Cure for Consumption Endorsed by Ocean Grove Resident
A testimonial from Y. W. Bamaryt of Ocean Grove New Jersey dated February 17 1900 claims Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infallible cough remedy. Stock Exchange seats once sold for 820000 are now quoted at 50000. Putnam fade resin promises color fastness for dyed goods.
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Piso
Y. W. Bamaryt
Ocean Grove
N.J
Stock Exchange
Jamaica Aims to Grow Tea with Assam and Ceylon Hybrids
Jamaican tea culture experiments show promise for tea cultivation on the island. Chinese varieties thrive, but hopes focus on Assam and Ceylon hybrids for robust growth and quality.
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Jamaica
Mexican Herald
Hall's Catarrh Cure Claims Universal Cure
Advertisement proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy for catarrh with internal action on blood and mucous surfaces. It offers $100 to any case it cannot cure and invites bond-for-list testimonials. Side note mentions Hall's Family Pills as best.
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Hall
KY. J. Gurney & Co
Loredo
Texas gin house to be built by Dr J W Guyon
Dr J W Guyon of Levin Coryell County Texas plans an all iron gin house. Frame posts will be driven about two feet into the ground and joined with locks and bolts like bed locks. Wall and cover will be corrugated sheet iron.
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J. W. Guyon
Levin
Coryell County
Texas
Cats Well of Inch igeelah Heals Ailing Tabbies
In the south of Ireland near Inchigeelah the Cats Well is famed for its water said to produce marvelous cures for sick cats. Local lore credits the spring with remarkable feline healing powers and draws visitors seeking relief for their pets.
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Ireland
Inchigeelah
Mrs Pare of Glasgow Kentucky Praises Kidney Pills
Mrs Pare wife of C B Arya a Glasgow Kentucky resident says she suffered a complex kidney trouble with back pain and variable secretions. Dean's Kidney Pills regulated secretions normalized color and banished inflammation improving sleep and back strength. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sells 50 cents a box.
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Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N.Y
First Evolution Theory Noted By American Pioneer
The article recalls the 1847 Boston book Geonomy by J Stanley Grimes, which first announced evolution as a natural law before Darwin. Copies of the original edition are held by Pittsburgers.
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Charles Darwin
J. Stanley Grimes
Boston
Pittsburgers
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