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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1897
Page
2
Fashion notes describe dainty millinery and capes with lace brims and braiding. It mentions white chiffons, hats, and evening wear with trimmings for formal wear and various necklines and collars. A peach preserve recipe with spiced vinegar is also provided for topping.
The article describes a portable sewing kit dubbed the bachelor’s blessing. It explains crafting from small baking powder tins, leather, spools, wire, and fabric, with steps to assemble and conceal components for compact carry.
The article notes little change in riding gear with updates such as rounded bacquey fronts. Gray cloth yields to dark mixtures like olive green browns blues and drab tones. An illustration in Vegne shows a habit with a basque and a warm white linen shirt and contrasting color motifs.
The article describes a colossal ocean steamship capable of carrying immense cargo including farm produce from 60 New England towns and 29 western counties. It notes a fuel burden of 2 500 tons and space for 30 cattle, with room for 2 100 passengers and various goods such as beef and rice.
Professor Henry A Beers recounts in The Philistine how a stenographer once claimed extra pay for reporting Beecher in correcting his grammar. Beecher tests him asking how many errors he finds in the discourse. The young man says 816 and Beecher replies that when language blocks him it has no chance.
The article discusses ear training in singing, detailing interval and chord recognition, pedaling, and tone concepts for effective vocal training. It then surveys visiting card styles, noting size stability, rise of black type, and placement of addresses, bankers, and cable addresses for fashionable and country cards.
The article describes linen embroidery with bright cottons and washing silks. It highlights novelties like delicate traceries in vermilion fashion, informal cos tem stitches, and solid spots. Iris motifs and pinked edge frills appear in contrasting colors across the design.
A former Home Journal recipe by Mrs T. Rewrites presents a Boston brown bread method. The process combines Yankee rye meal granulated yellow Indian meal and whole wheat gear with salt soda and warm water, sour milk or buttermilk, and molasses. The batter is steamed in a greased two-quart mold for five hours then baked thirty minutes after cooling. Bay you saw this in The News.
Advert says handsome shotels and costlier woods like pine give stained or painted mantels. Brought iron is popular for labor saving in curbs and fire irons. A pretty fireplace elevates a room, with focus on the fire place surroundings and tiles.
A fragmented description discusses varied fireplace and mantel designs for different room styles. It notes white marks cracking on some mantels, large black grates, and the aim for harmonious finishes using oak walnut or mahogany. It mentions ready made picture perfect settings and dining room mantels that match furniture, emphasizing proportion and style.
The article discusses using pine stained to resemble real wood to cut costs, suggesting painted pine mantelpieces for bedrooms and matching tiles to wallpaper. It highlights curb and fire irons in brass, copper, steel, and wrought iron, favoring wrought iron for ease of care and style, with decorative copper or brass accents.
A fashion snippet discusses collars, ties, and veils with advice on styles such as high and standing collars and chiffon veils with chenille dots. It also offers household tips like choosing a roast dish, dissolving sugar for lemonade, and bread crusts for cleaning photos and paintings.
Practical guide describes a serge coat and matching skirt with plaited silk lining, horsehair reinforcement, and minimal seams. Instructions cover fabric amounts, trims, buttoning, canvas reinforcements, and finishing details to create a stylish, functional autumn costume.
The New York Tribune cites a physician advising cyclists to avoid nitrogenous foods during intense exercise and to focus on fluids and fruit for digestion. He warns meat at midday hampers performance and suggests milk and strong liquids are less suitable during long rides.
Instructions describe preserving peaches pears plums and apples by orderly prep and gentle cooking to retain flavor and form. It covers sugar syrup ratios and careful heating to skim and avoid boiling over. Also notes plant propagation from seeds and antique tableware trends including candelabra silver and glass items.
New curtain fashions feature lace cuts with ribbon work in floral tie designs on cream and white satin. Descriptions cover borders, centers, and borders with vivid motifs, silk moire and damask fabrics, portieres, and bamboo curtains offering affordable, improving quality for the season.
The Ladies' Home Journal lists suitable indoor garden plants including Geraniums Begonias Fuchsia Coryopsis and more with many species and arrangements noted. It notes Rexford excludes Rex sections and suggests pots and winter care to enhance the indoor window garden.
A Grosse woman favors ornate tea gear matching a ratified gown and coordinated hat and shirt set. Tiaras and necklaces remain key personal adornments while a button watch becomes a novel timepiece worn at the belt. Traveler conveniences include leather cases for collars and other items.
Two cupfuls of powdered sugar and half a cupful of very rich cream are stirred together before boiling. Boil until thick but not hard while stirring constantly. Heat to spread on a baked long pan cake, then pour over half a cake of sweet chocolate melted over a teakettle.
A fragmented recipe feature outlines almond charlotte russe and Bavarian cream methods with gelatin, cream, eggs, sugar, and flavorings. It references almond extract, vanilla, pineapple, walnuts, and citrus juices, detailing dissolving gelatin, whipping cream, and molding steps for a dessert collection.
A fragmented recipe row describes a Charlotte dessert with banana slices and whipped cream, miscopied text from Boston Cooking School Magazine. It shifts to a discussion of the Salic law of succession in Spain, noting Ferdinand II, Isabella II, Don Carlos, and civil conflicts, followed by a note on French bread kneading and rising.
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