Desirable Styles In Underwear And Black Fashions
A description of lingerie and evening bodices with lace trims, satin wadded petticoats, and embroidered chemises. It notes woolen day bodices, white chiffon evening dress with silk yoke, and various spring black woolens with dotted patterns and raised embroidery. Paris fashions are summarized with Louis XVI influence and broad shoulders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giel
Harper's Bazar
Lyons
Paris
Pscis
Fragmentary Facts on Resources and Natural History
The text lists varied claims from mining costs in Pennsylvania and national debt interest to naturalists on swallows devouring flies and Britons salt use. It mentions copper as an early metal and notes on American usage, presenting a mix of speculative figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Architectural Gem Promotes Suburban Residence Design
An article extols well designed private houses as vital to city harmony and property value. It describes a tasteful suburban dwelling with a red oak hall, two stories, varied room layouts, and a hot air furnace. Cost estimates range from 1000 to 4500 dollars plus features like novel wallpaper patterns and Gobelin Lincrusta options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bootright
Asethican Press
Secord
Parsi Towers of Silence Described by Muglish Fraseler
An account describes the Parsi dokhma and the towers of silence near Bombay. It details ascent to the structure, the three tiered grating, and the division of inner, center, and outer sections for men women and children. Attendants remove shrouds as vultures gather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muglish Fraseler
Bombay
Tower of Silence
Isis
The Ghilgren's Room and Household Advice Page
A mixed feature column describes decorating children’s rooms with personal photos and art to nurture taste, citing works by Michael Angelo and Bodenhoseni. It also includes kitchen tips on eggs, digestion, and a celery salad recipe with mayonnaise dressing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Angelo
David
Bodenhousen
Nydia
Pompeii
Laniseer
Ross Honheur
Vultures and knives in ancient rites and military lore
A fragmentary account blends topics from a dokhma tower and scavenging rites with notes on historical blades and bayonets. It recalls the sword of the Saracens, the French invention of bayonets, and a mix of culinary hints and curiosities amid wartime references and a strange meditation on decay.
Cologne method to treat first onset of cough and cold
A French physician M Roux proposes inhaling Cologne water from a handkerchief at the first cold symptoms. Deep inhalations irritate the pharynx and larynx, supposedly relieving throat pain, hoarseness, and early bronchitis within hours. Microorganisms are described as pervasive in air water earth and on/within the human body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Roux
New York
Bersin
AL Roux
Hershi
Cologne
The
Ohio Dental Journal
To Cut Short the Whooping Cough
A medical journal reports a physician treating pertussis with a 10 percent resorcin solution applied every two hours to the perigiottesl region with a throat brush. Applications occur four or five times per session. The theory holds the disease is dust to micro organisms affecting the larynx.
Home Remedy for a Sty Using Egg White Mixture
A vintage home cure suggests beating the white of an egg with a pinch of powdered slum until it curdles. Spread between two muslin pads and bind over the eye at night. By morning the sty should be improved or gone, with one more application often enough.
Hints in Drawing and Japanese Method of Teaching
A New York Tribune quoted art expert explains memory based drawing for children. He favors Japanese methods to cultivate observation and rapidity, plus tracing and direct drawing from objects with color and memory aided by India ink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
New York Tribune
Materfamilias
Mrs Atherton and Her Doomswoman A Literary Figure
The article profiles Gertrude Atherton author of The Doomswoman and Hermia Suydam, noting mixed critical reception and her defense of originality. It traces her life from Rincon Hill San Francisco to New York, her travel influenced study of early California and Spanish roots, and her restrained social life. It cites contemporaries, a dressmaker’s notes on Atherton’s figure and dress, and remarks on her age and temperament.
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Sierras
Hermia Suydam
Gertrude Atherton
Spanish America
Los Cerritos
California
Benicia
Lexington
San Antonio
Hermis Soudam
New York
Birs
Atherton
Polar bears and icy habitats in Arctic life and curling in Scotland
A scattered account describes polar bears as fierce Arctic predators and Eskimo use of bear parts, then shifts to St Valentine and a note on Scottish winter curling. It mentions bears drifting to Iceland, the fat stored before hibernation, and bears’ thick foot hair for footing. Curling is detailed as a team sport on ice with granite stones and sweeping.
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Fides Cremieres
Zechonical Gardens
Arctic
Greenland
Iceland
Confulse
Scotland
Arling
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Uldergar
Mmne
Cotsie
Hartford
Connecticut
Moscow
Sriting
Chomber
Chanter
Chomber Bae
Griental
Ghilgren's
United States Cavalry
Walter Scott
Richard Coeur de Lion
Europe
Swabbs
Ee Ted
Havana
China
Japan
Mrs. Atherton
Lerper
Polar Bears
St. Valentine
Valentine
Bere
Taleny
St Valentine
Baby
Cear Pussy
Ber
Poss
Saac
Yous Osme
Frederick, Mc
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