Dooms of the Cook An Old School Woman Speaks on Domestic Decline
A Victorian piece argues women’s duties in the home remain vital despite modern shifts. It laments loss of skilled cookery as kitchens and servants evolve, contrasts past domestic mastery with current tastes, and warns of social changes threatening household arts and health. It also notes rainwater tea lore and pest remedies as era details.
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Satan
Airas
Soniuel
Brett de Fron
Chase Strome
Ap. Kotool
Elias Tiotses
Adlow
Aidten
Pius
London
Keeping babies cool while sleeping a cautionary tale
Detroit Free Press notes dangers of heated cribs and brain injury from overheated heads. It cites a physician’s warning that brain illness can cause death misattributed to fever or bowel disease and urges use of cool straw pillows or soft cushions like hair or pine needles for infant sleep.
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Efe
Fife
Dia
Detroit
The Servant Question and Social Change Across Nations
The article analyzes changes in domestic labor and class, noting shifting views on service in Europe and America. It discusses marriage options, caste-like status, and the appeal of housekeeper roles for women of various origins, highlighting broader social tensions and gender norms. It also touches on fashion and body shaping trends, corset debates, and moral critiques of early 20th century domestic life.
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Budaga
India
Jose
Dass
Joe Benton
Heroic nurse Virginia McLean dies after eye infection
In a New York Commerical piece, Miss Virginia McLean, famed for her work at Bellevue and College of Trained Nurses, contracts a virus in her eye during an operation and loses sight as specialists fail to help. Her courage and devotion remain noted as she plans to work at a blind asylum.
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Virginia McLean
Bellevue Hospital
Miss McLean
Paris
London
Hler
New York
Comercial
Care for woodwork and hosiery in daily life
The article advises on preserving furniture polish and wood finishes using linseed oil, rotten stone, soap and water for shells of varnish, and turpentine for waxed surfaces. It warns against tight stockings causing foot problems and improper dyes causing eruptions, and it notes a home mucilage recipe from gum arabic and tragacanth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James ‘Thomson
Ladies’ Home Journal
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Beauty
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Michigan City Line
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Alouta Yeariaro
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Stn
Snehamian
Perntyaine
Sovrethime
Debs
Cicero
Decker & Unrath Packing Co
Sirlion
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LPH
Austin
Oxford
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Chicago
Telephone
Boston
J. Dunfee & CO
Franklin St
Kinzie and
Dillon Streets
THE
ERA Studio
Blue Island
Cor
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Talsted
Hawthorne Track
Chicago Racing Association
Hawthorne
Milnais Central
Grand Stand
Dllinois Central
Randolph Ast
van Buren
Wabash Av
Twentys Third St
Halsted St
Ashland Av
Union Depot
Hawthorne Station
EDS
Lakeside Building
Adams ST
Northern Pacific Railroad
Fifth Avenue
Harrison Street
Metropolitan
Madison Street
46Th Street
E.R. Haase & 60
Bankers
Dearborn Street
D. Nelson
North Morgan ST
Glasgow
George E. Davis
M. E
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Illinois
Henry Wulye
Cook County
Chico & Northern Pacific Railroad
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Sun
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Daily
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Grand Central
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Harrison Streets
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Maywood
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EU Evy
Ceeaeae Daily
C. N Green
Ill
Central Grove
Cineavo & Northern Pacific
Chicaco
Desplaines River
Frank Lehman
Agt
West 12Th Street
Waller
C. F. Schumacher & Sons
Fire Insurance
Blue Island Avenue
Washburn Avenue
C. A. Smith
Marion St
Oak Park, Ill
Accetts Andrews & Piper
Bearborn St
West Side
Business College
West
Frederick F. Judd
W. W. KimbaLl
Pres
E. S. Conway
Sec
A. G. Cone
Treas
W. W. Kimball Co
Wabash Ave
Haulet Davis & Co., Kimball Pianos
Kimball Organs
Fianos
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