22 Feb 1895
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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1895
Page
1
The piece surveys Chilean class divisions, racial mixing, and social life in Santiago and Valparaiso. It contrasts whites, peones, and Araucanians, notes street life, architecture, and a fortress like home, then portrays manners, theatres, schools, and the Anglophile, Parisian, and London influences shaping society.
In January 1880 Chile's navy listed three ironclads and one deck protected cruiser, ten first class torpedo boats, two second class boats, two corvettes, three rams, two dispatch vessels, two transports, four gunboats and four sailing ships. Esmeralda, a premier cruiser built in England for Chile, cost 1.5 million dollars and later served under British charter. Capitan Prat nears completion in France as a powerful new warship. Chile also maintains steel ironclads, steel cruisers, and torpedo gunboats, with naval college activity at Valparaiso. A civil war influence has reshaped forces, unifying local units into a ready national defense.
New York columnist for the Savannahs News complains about ladies gait on Broadway and Fifth Avenue. He urges women to be at ease and graceful instead of ambling and shuffling, likening awkward walking to public infliction and referencing the Grecian bend and Alexandra limp.
In 1878 a commentator recounts attending a Lan cashire funeral where relatives, working people, drank lemon juice in warm water at the house before the procession. The drink was served from a large two-handled pot mug with lemon rind wrapped between handles, and refusal would offense. A similar Yorkshire custom is noted in historical sources.
Emma Ps Ewing shares a practical bread making method refined over twenty years. The formula uses lukewarm milk and water, salt, compressed yeast, and flour to form a smooth elastic dough, then two rising periods, baking at about 380 degrees, with buttered pans and air exposure to finish.
Eliza R Parker extolls salsify as a versatile winter vegetable with oyster like flavor. The article lists soup stews baked fritters and salads plus a mock oyster and provides preparation steps. A Frau opens a watchmaker shop in Christiana Norway.
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