Fashion's Dictates for the Girl of the Day
A Detroit Frees press correspondent surveys Fifth Avenue and Broadway standards, praising Lillian Russell as a rare example of extreme fashion amid wealth's many moderations. He details the look, cape, hat, and slim silhouette, comparing London and New York riding costumes and noting evolving lace wraps and pale hued gowns.
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Detroit
New York
Fifth Avenue
Broadway
Lillian Russell
Lillian Ribssell
Mises
Russell
Marie Antoinette
London
Equestrienne
New York Sea
Paris
Harper's Bazar
Fashion Notes on Silk and Linen Garments for Summer
A fashion column details rose pink cashmere, straw, and embroidered trims for summer outfits. It covers petticoats with flounces, foulard gowns, corduroy dresses with gilt accents, nautical riverwear, diagonal blue serge gowns, gray bengaline ensembles, lightweight dressing gowns, and stylish gloves and footwear for men and women.
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Frank Lelie
Sarah
Harper's Razor
Oo Mantilini
Pall Mall
Henley
Cowes
Beauty in Cauliflower and Peach Desserts Guide
A 19th century household guide extols cauliflower as a figure of beauty and offers steps for blanching and serving with tomato sauce or Bechamel. It also presents peach desserts, fruit preparation tips, and kitchen hints, including toppings, crusts, custards, and methods to preserve color and flavor.
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Ple
Mrs White Proposes Rainy Day Dress Reform Plan
In a New York Advertiser piece Ince White advocates a dress reform influenced by the Jeaness Miller school. She favors the divided skirt and union undergarments, and a rainy day costume that reaches boot tops with leather boots. The plan aims to clothe 500 women on a single day to normalize the style.
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Harper's
St. Louis Glolk- Democrat
Alice White
Jenness-Miller School
Ams
Grand Union
Saratoga
New
Ince White
Jeaness Miller
Mra White
Flow Kalves Are Used in Italy
The New York Sun describes Italian knife fighting styles as horrifying. It notes downward strikes without defense, the knife held at the side, and a swift upward thrust aimed at the abdomen followed by a twist to ensure death.
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Italy
New York Sun
Old Ideals Recalled in Women of Yesterday and Today
A nostalgic essay contrasts historic, selfless New England women with today’s image of fashionable, self focused figures. It honors Frances Sargent Osgood and others, praising quiet labor, domestic care, teaching, and mission work while lamenting modern vanity and surface culture. It recalls lifelong devotion, sacrifice, and unselfish service.
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Dispatch
Frances Sargent Osgood
Henrietta Hamlin
Neal Helpmatn
Borosis
Tod Tan
Huxley
New York Woman's Letter on Fashion and Hotels
A long critique of cosmetics and suffrage era opinions, lampooning cosmetic advertising and debates on women's interests. The author muses on women readers seeking beauty tips, hotel etiquette, and modest travel behavior, noting experiences with women’s homes and the dangers of poor hotel management.
Prohibition Bartender Trusted to Save Youth
A New York Advertiser tale recalls a gray haired vendor who claimed to be a former barkeeper. He describes substituting salt for sugar to sicken young patrons learning manhood, saying he kept many from ruin and that he felt guilt over selling liquor. He recounts a violent crime tied to a drunken customer and wonders about accountability.
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Twelfth Street
Renting Flowers for a Night in London
A Pall Mall Budget piece quotes a London florist offering plants for hire. The shop keeps ferns palms and potted flowers on display and notes a recent ball decoration cost about £60 with cut flowers included, a price that would be four times higher if bought outright.
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London
Nature at Her Best in Pittsfield and Lenox Berkshire
Rose Terry Cooke describes Berkshire summer pleasures from Pittsfield to Lenox, praising water views, mountain drives, Shaker quiet, and aristocratic society. She contrasts urban comforts with rustic charm, noting scenery, churches, hospitality, and the seasonal social whirl in Lenox and Pittsfield.
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Pittsfield
Potter Mountain
Lebanon
Lebanon Valley
Lebanon Springs
Montepoole
Miss Warner
Lenox
House of Mercy
Carrie
Eotla
Berkshire
Rat snake attack ends with whisky fueled confusion at Hebron
In Hebron Nebraska Dennia Mott was bitten by a rattlesnake while plowing. He moved toward the road for a stick to kill the reptile but found the snake dead and could not recall how it died due to a large supply of whisky nearby.
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Cushing
Miss Somerville
Iiss Mitford
Chevallier
Christian Science
Bishop Brooks
Indy
Sorosis
Livermore
Duchess of
Melrose
Boston Y
Jenness-Millar
Treasury
Boston Women’s Union
Suffrage Party
Longfellow
John Todd
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Pittsfield
Lenox
Canaille
America
Hebron
Neb
Dennia Mott
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Orme
Oracle
Greta
Maine
California
Boston
New York and Narrow Escape
SurLey
New York Advertiser
Nature
Pittsfield and
Rose Terry Cooke
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Adirondack Woods
Iea
Jerusalem
the Lions of
Lee
Housatonic
Holmes
Erman Melville
Broad Hall
Morewood
Morewood Lake
Elsie Venner
South Mountain
Lauter On
Lenox Church
Yokun’s Seat
Richmond
Bowery
Fannie Kemble
Cliffwood
Stockbridge Bowl
Ite
Morntai
Lenox Pittsfield
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Dr. Price
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