Evening Dress Fashions and Notable Local Tradespeople
The article surveys latest dress trends with laces, capes, ribbons, and movable yokes for gowns in pink satin and black chiffons, plus new petticoat styles and decorative lace. It notes white and black striped gowns, distinctive sleeves, and bright color pairings, then profiles Mr. Matthews of Fulton Street as the oldest active retail merchant. A farmer in Buchanan, Georgia, keeps intruders away with a tame rattlesnake, deemed better than dogs.
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Matthews
Fulton Street
Brooklyn
United States
Clothier and Burnisher
Buchanan
Home Dressmaking Sleeve Construction and Variations
Instructions by Oave Harper outline making and fitting sleeves for various styles including balloon sleeves and leg of mutton shapes. It covers measurement methods, pattern drafting, cutting, gathering, piping, and sewing details to ensure smooth wrist finishes and proper seam placement.
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Harper
New Words Grow With Invention Says Ledger
The Philadelphia Ledger notes that dictionaries add thousands of words each edition. It cites A entries totaling 6,033 in Worrenter's, 8,355 in Webster's, 15,621 in the Century, and 19,738 in the Standard in progress. The piece contrasts word growth with story length.
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Worrenter
Philadelphia Ledger
The Helpful Toad Deserves Respect in Gardens
An antique piece defends the toad as a garden ally. It compares the creature to a cat, noting the toad eats insects and aids farmers. The article laments misunderstandings and urges patience with this garden helper.
Duel Over a Bride Turns to Seven Up Victory
In Kamania county Washington a tavern tale describes Annie Thomas as the sole eligible woman. Rivalry between Tank Mooley and Kerry Woods ends in a bowie knife duel. They settle matrimony by a seven up card game, Manley winning and a parson’s blessing. The parson and Annie then clash with Annie planning to take the parson home.
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Farausy
Socke
Sic
Annie Thomas
Kamania
Wash
Tank Mooley
Kerry Woods
Bowie Kary
Manley
Annie
Mouley
Jovain
The Greedy Pig and Dutch Guard in a Nap History
Fragmentary excerpts recount a pig tale of laziness and a spaniel saving the day in a bygone farmyard, plus a tale of the Dutch revolt led by William the Silent. It also includes a note on a Spanish king’s late attempt to conquer Holland and a recipe for Tomato Toast and a Raspberry Cream.
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Holland
Prince of
Oranse
William the Silent
Eneimien
Nazture
William
Spauisel
Embroidered Designs and Homemade Ice Chest Features
Fashionable cushion covers and quilts display floral and geometric embroideries with silk and linen threads, while a guide explains building a low cost ice chest using two wooden boxes, sawdust filler, and a galvanized tray to drain melted ice. A Pratt Institute laundry course trains home cooks in washing, starching, and ironing across fabrics and finishes.
Nest Cottage Reveals Compact Western Style Home
An 1650 dollar Carthage built cottage showcases a nine room plan with upstairs four rooms. includes kitchen pantry and potential furnace space under dining room. Describes construction details, heating options, and English architectural influences suitable for a western climate.
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American Press Associaton
The Graceful Girls of Siam in a Frank B. Carpenter Letter
Frank B. Carpenter’s Letter profiles Siamese women as supremely graceful and supple in youth, noting their beauty, hair, and plump figures. He contrasts aging, wrinkled appearance and dental wear from betel chewing with limited education and discomfort with Western fashion such as heels and corsets.
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Siam
Paris
Frank B. Carpenter
Blood Circulation Time Reassessed by Dalton Experiments
The article reports Dalton's tests suggesting blood makes a complete circulation in about one second under certain physical conditions, challenging the common belief of a three to nine minute loop from heart to the aubole system and back.
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American Press Associatem
Carthage
Dalton
Manners and outdoor entertainments for a garden party
A dated guide discusses refreshments and setting for an outdoor reception with bouillon sandwiches cakes ices tea and cocktails. It covers lawn tents piazzas boat rides dancing and lantern lighting plus advice on how men should position and use their hands during social events.
Odds and Ends The Gatling Gun and Quotations
A fragmentary collection notes Gatling gun origin credit to Gat ling 1861. Mentions Edward Young and a proverb about talking little. References New York Clearing House dating 1858 and Boston 186.
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Gatling
Edward Young
New York
Howe
Boston
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Robinson
King
Dow
Tver
Pratt Institute
New York Post
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Anle
cHerd
Mds
Xna
Ichamber
Scramberd
Nares
Asittle
Lords of Creation
York Lan
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