Quaker Dress and War News Mixed in Rutherford Meeting
A Rutherford square meeting scene contrasts quaker fashion shifts from gray gowns to bright dress. A reporter notes younger members favor modern attire while some elders retain tradition. A child’s pink satin outfit is highlighted amid the gowns. Also mentions Tit-Bits war rules on bombardment and protections for noncombatants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Wynne
Friends
Marie Wynne
Hugh
New York Tribune
Rutherford Square
John Wynne
New York
Indiana
Queensberry
Sun and Ship Life in Malta and Madrid’s Mute Grandees
The piece contrasts Malta’s busy port with Madrid’s faded grandeur. Malta welcomed 212 warships, 2,698 steam and 1,281 sailing vessels carrying 3,637,410 tons of goods and 24,150 passengers amid a busy maritime year. Madrid is depicted as dilapidated and crowded, with poor nobles, limited education, and sprawling slums housing beggars and mobs.
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Malta
Europe
Mediterranean
Madrid
Spain
Census Reveals Married Girls in India and Other Brief Items
The census reports 6,016,759 girls aged 5 to 9 already married in India with 170 widowed. A soap bubble’s colors come from light reflecting off its thin film surfaces. A beggar in Auxerre hid 1,000,000 francs in securities and 400 rare wines in his cellar. Manchurian mines lie under deep snow and fierce insects in summer. G W Swink of Rocky Ford served a 98 pound watermelon feast from his own farm stored on ice.
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India
Auxerre
France
Manchuria
G. W. Swink
Rocky Ford, Col
Recent Inventions Spark Novel Household and Gear Ideas
That year sees folding beds with hinged horizontal bars to compact the bed and raise the footboard. An improved overshoe features a reinforced heel guard to grip the counter edge and prevent slippage. A Connecticut inventor patent a bicycle handle as a single spiral aluminum spring with ends gripping the bar. A hat fastener using a toothed comb locks under the brim to anchor hair and prevent loss. A tamper indicator uses a metal ball on the cork that drops when the cork is pulled.
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Connecticut
Questioning Ways to Remove Paint and Poets in Society
A reflective inquiry questions methods for paint removal and the value of a boil in the pot versus a neck burn, while musing on how long hair makes men seem suspect as poets and why begging letters feel emotionally meaningful.
Cushman Drug Co Cure Ad Promises Catarrh Relief
Instant relief claimed for catarrh with no stomach nostrum offering a cure through Cushman Drug Co US A. States price 560 and invites readers to send for a book. Distributed via drugstores with an advertising appeal.
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Cushman Drug Co
Vidoennes
Electric Bitters Cure a Philadelphia Man
John Oliver of Philadelphia recounts a near fatal illness with jaundiced skin and weakness. After three doctors gave up, he credits Electric Bitters for a drastic turn to health, claiming they saved his life and delightedly noting a three week course. Sold at Lovett's and Traill's Drug Store in Austin for 50 cents a bottle.
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John Oliver
Philadelphia
Lovett’s & Traill’s
Austin
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