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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1893
Page
7
The article surveys tea gowns and day wear, highlighting light muslins with lace trimming, puffy sleeves, and basques. It notes new Parisian veils, Louis XI inspired bodices with steel piping, and various fabrics from silks to tulle. It also mentions a ship lament superstition and contrasts housing design with practical, economical layouts.
A Cape frontier caravan narrative recounts a lone lion killing a sick ox near Fort Saisbaors. The men debate the incident with superstition, while a grandson urges the elder to investigate the scene and the hunter’s campfire tale grows.
The page surveys plants noting the cochineal and button cacti, their odd forms and blooms, plus a New Jersey photographer’s five‑image single exposure. It also reports Brookline wealth, a hunter’s encounter with a lioness, military misadventures, toad broth cures, Shakespearean notes, and cholera treatments proposed in Paris.
The article discusses improving invalid rooms with bright air and varied stimuli, emphasizes daylight and fresh literature as care, and advises avoiding stuffiness by airing and strategic bed preparation. It then reports a French diphtheria case where local petroleum applications allegedly dissolved membranes and aided recovery.
Amateur hints center designs of cupids with burnished gold borders on blue or pink grounds. Choose borders matching the costume style, select deep kiln colors, and avoid any gold touch that would mar the surface. A smooth concave plate is ideal, with new square dinner services in rete and oper work ornament.
A rete pink boudoir design described with turquoise ceiling and ivory lace curtains. The plan suggests simple materials, cost adjustments, and a coordinated color scheme featuring rose tones, arabesque patterns, maple woodwork, and watercolor wall hangings.
Easy flowers to paint describes using pale cadmium No. 3 for light areas and umber black and white for dark parts. The tiny stipples should be painted with a light shade of lemon. Says an authority.
A dialogue from a Boston Tram script shows physicians discussing adjusting scales to promise a weight gain of 59 pounds for a patient and planning to tighten them again after the patient visits. The exchange hints at a fat man seeking weight loss and possible afternoon timing.
A Morning Journal report describes a young woman selling policy slips for 5 cents in New York City tenements. The slender well dressed carrier, around 20, courts customers with a personal mark on slips, collects coins, and moves on. The piece notes an upsurge of women in policy selling, mainly in cast side tenements, appealing to women patrons and replacing male vendors.
A well known spiritualist medium describes to an interviewer the onset of trance including heart pulse rise and temple pressure. He details waking as a spiritual sense of leaving the body and returning, and notes sensations of others’ experiences while in clairvoyant vision.
A man inquires about a neighbor described as a singularly beautiful woman with seashell ears and a goddesslike hair. A servant declares she will come down shortly as an anxious exchange unfolds in a Victorian domestic setting.
A reader recalls a visit to the Kentake family in Tokyo sharing quiet observations of Japanese home life. The narrative details room decor, artful objects, etiquette, and gifts, including hairdressing, sweets, and a baby photographed, reflecting cultural customs and hospitality.
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