Dainty Accessories and Autumn Fashion Notes
The article surveys feminine display through delicate accessories such as lace flounces cuffs and collars with mentions of lace grenadine Emu i and black fabrics. It covers wedding dress trends new corsages floral colors for bridesmaids and mother of the bride outfits along with hairdressing and rain day attire. It ends with cautionary notes on health and sailors feigning illness.
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Sarah
Sars Harper's Bazar
Physician's Residence Front Elevation Described for Builder
The article outlines a corner lot physician’s house plan with 42 foot frontage on a main avenue and 1 1/2 story design. It details cellar, stone and brick foundation, wood upper structure, verandas, first story hall, parlor, dining room, study, kitchen, pantry, two first floor rooms, two large second story bedrooms, attic servants rooms, plastered walls, white pine woodwork, and a 34500 construction cost.
Color Photography Illusion and Local Oddities
An article discusses color photography advances like heliochromoscopy by Ives, explaining three-image plates and the color illusion. It includes quirky interludes about tomato plant trials, Willard and Lucindy anecdotes, and miscellany on dynamite composition, San Francisco police rope use, and furniture care tips.
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San Francisco
Baking Bricks by Electricity and Natural Wonders Shown
A description of an electric brick baking table with iron molds, applying current to heat and shape bricks in three and a half hours, producing harder bricks. The passage also notes colored photographic images and mentions tapirs including Baird's and Malayan varieties, with notes on their distribution and history.
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Amos Ove
Bey
Frederic Rdelphia
Ives
The Business of Housekeeping as a Profitable Profession
The essay argues housekeeping is a viable profession for women when properly educated in its requirements. It notes many women lack formal training and settle for suboptimal roles like “widower preferred” housekeepers, urging serious preparation, including typesetting or teaching skills, to improve earnings and dignity.
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Tgm
Sii
Ibat
Senator Hill's Home Named Wolfert's Roost
The Albany residence of Senator Hill gains the historic title Wolfert's Roost, a name familiar to literary readers through Irving's Irving works though new to some locals. The home sits on the Albany outskirts with fine grounds and a storied past linked to Emmet and the widow of a noted actor.
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Senator Hill
Wiis Lager
Emmet
Irving
Albany Journal
The Little Bird and the Spilt Pea Folklore
Hindoo nursery tale of a bird recovering a split pea through perseverance. A sequence of requests to figures from carpenter to king ends when the cat eats the mouse, prompting a chain reaction that frees the half pea. Two morals: perseverance pays, and some aims may not be worth extraordinary effort.
Rake Off Allegations At Ticket Windows Spark Inquiry
An old column accuses ticket sellers at city windows of a hidden “rake off” by keeping change patrons forget to reclaim. It notes steady favoritism, public complaints, and hopeful inspectors’ low pay, contrasting with larger thefts at major fairs. It cites Chicago Mail and Minneapolis figures.
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Fifty-seventh Street
Sixty-first Street
Sixty-fourth Street
Rertine
Cambert Wua
SRV
Minneapolis
Chicago Mail
Indians and grasshoppers cited in old Indian diet testimony
A San Diego morning court session heard Salvador Changalagash and Senora Marcelina Blacktooth testify for Governor Downey’s removal action against Warner's Ranch Indians. The witnesses described historic grasshopper hunting as part of tribal cuisine and roasting methods, noting grasshoppers are scarcer now.
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Salvador Changalagash
Senora Marcelina Blacktooth
Downey
Warner
Senator White
McGill Coed Graduation Rumor Sparks Debate
A fragment from the New York Sun notes gender imbalance at McGill College Montreal with women making up a majority of graduates in a sample, citing flawed averages and odd confessions. It hints at social pressures and family concerns affecting students and mentions a biased class average.
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McGill College
Montreal
New York Sun
Fragmented Text Sparks Miscellaneous Reflections
A garbled compilation of quotes and observations quotes range from travel awe at a mountain view to reflections by Cromwell and notes on history and natural wonders. The fragment mentions the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette and various unrelated historical snippets.
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America
Sosu
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Iain Cu Wonder
Excessive use of undergarments linked to cold myths
The article discusses medical writers attributing disease to cold, warning that excessive use of undergarments like flannel does not prevent illness. It cites Lancereaux and doctors noting patients arrive at hospitals in multiple layers, and argues the root causes lie in air quality, alcohol use, and urban life. It also notes Japan's hot bathing habit reduces rheumatism and aids acclimatization for Europeans.
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The
New York Herald
M. Lancereaus
Iceland
Laveereaux
Japan
Science
Albert Ashmend
Sunshine and electric light aid typhoid germ control
Dr. Thomas Geisler reports experiments on sunlight angles and electric light slowing typhoid bacilli growth. Observations support sunshine as healthful near a dwelling and suggest electric light as a valuable aid in sick rooms.
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Thomas Geisler
The Well Bred Guest Hints for Pleasant Visit Etiquette
A period piece outlines proper guest conduct with tips on punctual meals, avoiding interference with servants, and not correcting other people’s children. It advises letting hosts control the pace of a visit, keeping conversations balanced, and leaving promptly after polite farewell remarks to leave a favorable memory.
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Censon
England
Four Hints For Young Visitors And A Comment On Wealth
The passage advises visitors to treat all family members with kindness and deference to hosts, preferring precept over example. It contrasts social vulgarity with the high cost of things, noting mankind’s vast labor behind steam engines and the astronomical advances from ancient times to modern telescopes.
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Warwick
Earth
Hepparchion
B. C
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Photography
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Lucindy
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Jackie
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Tommy
British India
Hawaii
Walpole
Great Britain
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Mass
Maria Parlos
Ladies” Hom Journal
Gibraltar
Cromwell
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