Bathing comforts and blanket sheets for cold weather
The article advises adding sea salt or perfumed mixtures to tub water for a luxurious bath in cold weather. It discusses choosing bath soaps, floating brushes, towel racks, and edge-mounted soap dishes. It then covers blanket sheets as a warm, practical linen option, noting traditional wool sheets and modern wool blended designs and patterns.
Mother of Thanksgiving and the rise of a national holiday
The article recounts Sara Josepha Hale’s 17 year campaign from editor of Godey’s Lady’s Book to secure a national Thanksgiving Day. Her advocacy influenced Presidents from Fillmore to Lincoln, leading to the 1863 proclamation. Hale also authored Mary Had a Little Lamb and advanced women’s education and domestic science.
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Sara Josepha Hale
Godey
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Washington
Hale
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Pierce
Buchanan
Lincoln
Society For the Advancement of
Giant 200 inch Mount Palomar telescope socket built near Philadelphia
The westinghouse plant in Philadelphia area workers assemble the massive telescope mounting for the Mount Palomar 200 inch reflector. The yoke will house a four room apartment with utilities while a friction controlled bearing system and oil pad supports the huge tube. Completion not expected before next September with three more years for full readiness.
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Lester
Corning
N. Y
Mount Palomar Observatory
San Diego
Cal
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
California
Westinghouse
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Culinary Tips From a Newspaper Recipe Column
Sour milk and buttermilk can be used interchangeably in recipes. To clean isinglass in an old stove rub with a damp cloth dusted with baking soda. Creamed yellow cheese added to boiled dressing improves salads. To unmold jellies grease with butter and dip mold in hot water. A Sunday snack uses biscuit squares wrapped around sausages baked with cheese on toothpicks.
Love as the permanent force in changing times
A reflection on how culture shifts affect music reading and literature while asserting love remains the constant essence of humanity. Citing Henry Drummond, the piece argues love transcends physical changes and mere attraction, defining the deepest spiritual expression.
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Ruth
Naomi
Henry Drummond
The Permanent Thing In Architecture And Style
A historical note contrasts shifting fashions, customs, and built forms from centuries ago to the present. It discusses changing dress, evolving architectural styles from Gothic to modernist, and how notions of beauty adapt with time.
Love as the permanent force in humanity and world
The text proclaims love as the only permanent thing in the world and as stronger than hate, evil, and death, aligning with a worldview attributed to the Western Newspaper Union. It frames love as a possible ideal in infinite or human personality.
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Western Newspaper Union
John Whistler Father of Chicago and Father of an Artist
John Whistler born in 1758 in Ireland to an English family after service in Burgoyne’s force became a POW at Saratoga. He later helped found Fort Dearborn at Chicago and served under Hull, later surrendering to the British. His grandson was James Abbott McNeill Whistler, famed American artist.
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John Whistler
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America
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Saratoga
England
Hagerstown
Old England
New Republic
St. Clair
Wayne
Tetroit
Lake Michigan
Whistler
Fort Dearborn
Chicago
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Foreign Phrases and Promotions List
Foreign Words and Phrases with translations follow. The ad promotes Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets 60 Pellets 30 cents. Buy now and keep your body free of accumulated waste.
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THES
Wichita
von Ancel 3Hia
Acgelea
Calif
Mutual Sympathy Ties Fortunes and Affections
A 19th century reflection on mutual sympathy joining fortunes and affections in indissoluble bands as quoted by Barrows.
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