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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1902
Page
2
A dense item discusses white flannel waists trimmed in embroidery, a notable figure titled Dor g whatsoevere who hires women to walk dogs for wealthier households, and a curious market for elaborate feather fans and novelty gowns. It also covers delicate babies and parental care, praising training, regular habits, and maternal diligence amid varied health insights.
A New York Times excerpt likens the city to a vast dressmaking emporium where half the population seeks discounts for others. Merchants lament abuse of privileges by pretenders and their network, arguing store rights must be protected and prices not slashed universally.
A compilation of notes on women in higher education and professional life. It mentions Baden universities admitting women but restricting dentistry study, Leipsic University denying Russian women, a town in Kar being run by women, a Chicago course led by Lisi Carlona Cipriani, and a crusade by an English writer against women’s clubs. It also notes women in trade, a widow chemist in leather business, and Queen Anne of Bohemia introducing side saddles and pins in England.
A primer on new silk fabrics for underwear and nightgowns, with silk veiling for evening wear and waistlines. Describes cuff and stock tucks, elbow sleeves, velvet embellishments, lace and embroidery, and the rise of beaded purse designs. Notes hats in broad flat styles, fur trims, and Victorian influences for coronation season. Also mentions leather and velvet combinations and color contrasts.
This excerpt advises thorough cooking of cereals and outlines a method for baked potatoes. Wash and dry potatoes, bake in a moderate oven, avoid breaking the skin, test softness with a fingertip, then return to the oven until the interior is soft and mealy to ensure digestibility and better texture.
A collection of old time sour milk recipes including Bread Cakes Grabnam Gems Corn Gems Cake and Ginger Bread. Each uses sour milk with eggs suga and spiced flavorings to yield batter breads and gems. The notes suggest baking in hot griddles and gem pans for quick treats.
Cleaning tips describe removing finger marks with olive oil on furniture and applying tea ink sponge to revive a worn black dress. A recipe suggests frying boiled beans golden brown. Curtain material with stained glass look highlights old gold red and blue lattice effects from Singapore or Cairo styles.
A lively stage aside depicts a man awaiting a girl in the parlor. He frets over timing while admiring her beauty and grace as she descends the stairs. The scene blends humor and admiration, capturing anticipation before a courtship moment.
A scraped OCR jumble mixes aphorisms, boasts, and social gossip from various papers. The text includes remarks about wealth envy fame and voices with brief exchanges among unnamed individuals, with scattered attributions to Philadelphia Press Washington Star and Bits.
A young man in a New York restaurant orders canvas sack duck and fears a printers binder on his bill. The waiter asks three fifty and the man, with only thirty five cents, pleads to be let off. The proprietor calm, the man departs, and the dish goes to another patron.
A London trip recalls the Duke of Bridgewater who despised gardens at his Worsley estate. Flowers planted by an unaware servant were promptly cut down. His reign as an engineer named a canal project aiding Manchester coal transport and marked his era.
A rambling excerpt recounts R B Cunninghame Graham’s lost night among Paraguay villages where a horse allegedly spoke with the narrator’s horse. It then shifts to a vivid portrait of Jack Horner, a shipboard monkey, tidy and clever, living in a dry goods box aboard a vessel, sharing meals, antics, and a Christmas stocking filled with treats as Mary Johnson in Home Journal notes.
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