Facts of Interest To Women Readers
A long excerpt from a women’s page discusses women’s advance in occupations across the United States, listing increases in professions from architects and chemists to lawyers and government officials. It highlights Mrs Getz’s business efforts, Rev Anna Shaw’s lectures on a “New Man,” and satirical notes on gender roles and public notices about women in various trades and public life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ist
Bureau of Education
United States
Sliced Paired Potatoes and Graham Pudding Recipes
A collection of vintage kitchen instructions covering Sliced Paired Potatoes with pork topping, Graham Pudding with rabins and molasses, Fruit Cake with nuts and wine, Jumbles cookies, Potato Cakes with yeast, and Angel Cake with cream of tartar and meringue steps. Includes bake times and handling notes.
Household Tips From A Past Era
Practical domestic guidance on cleaning and food prep urges scalding stone jars weekly, washing dry goods like rice and macaroni, saving citrus peels for kindling, dissolving soda in cold water to avoid gas, dredging meat with flour before cooking, and sewing dark cotton flannel broom covers for comfort and efficiency.
Dusting Techniques for Hardwood Floors in Old Homes
A description of sweeping hardwood floors with a covered broom to lift every particle of dust. It notes color considerations and finishing aims to achieve a bright, polished look as if rubbed by hand, and mentions using a covered broom for sweeping both floors and walls.
Cat and Philosopher Brewster Kiss Like First Meeting
A Pittsburg Dispatch tale recounts Sir David Brewster fearing dogs but yielding to a cat that once kissed him on the knee. The feline later reappears after two years, calmly approaching the study and kissing him again, a moment his daughter recalls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir David Brewster
Tootsure
David Brewster
Pittsburg
The Travelers Eat Enchanted Mushrooms In Africa
In Africa, French explorers run out of supplies and stumble on a native hut with drying mushrooms. They cook and eat them. The returning chief discovers their meal and laments misfortune, but the explorers reveal they consumed the cure for enemies slain in battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Moses
Merciful Women and a Fly at Table Tale
A French comedienne Mille. Augustine Brohan showed kindness to a fly at dinner. She asked her maid Marie to release it outside but Marie kept the insect, fearing rain would chill it. The anecdote illustrates a clash of mercy and practicality from Youth's Companion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ike
Moile
Augustine Brohan
Marie
Mille. Brotam
Mademoiselle
Wines and Shrandy of Speer N J Wine Co Lead in Public Favor
Wines and Shrandy of the Speer N J Wine Co Passaic N J lead all brands in public favor. Their Brandles are delicate and praised by judges as the best in the market. Their Old Port and Unfermented Grape Juice suit the sick room and Communion table. Ol Climax Vintage 1876 is considered the best pure grape brandy. Vineyard and cellars at Possalc N J.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Speer N. J. Wine Co
Passaic
N. J
Possalc
Cincinnati’s Great Welsh Tenor and Local Welsh Life
A profile of David Davies born May 5 1855 in Wales who became Cincinnati’s noted lyric tenor and music educator. The piece covers his early life, immigration, study under Dr Joseph Parry, and roles with the Cincinnati Welsh Choral Society Trinity Church Covington and St Pauls choir plus his 1884 tour in Wales and work as an adjudicator and teacher. It also touches on Welsh relics controversy and cultural notes surrounding Welsh identity in America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
David Davies
Tener
Waenfergy Farm
Talsarn
Cardiganshire
South Wales
Carl Pastol
London
Principality of Wales
United States
Parry
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Davies
Cincinnati Welsh Choral Society
Plum Street
Trinity Church
Covington
Bush Foley
St. Paul's Church
Utica
Pittsburg
Wales
Christy's
Olwen Glyndwr
Western Mail
Owen Glyndwr
Owen Tudor
Glyndwr
Penmynydd
Anglesey
Henry VII
Arthur
Tudor
Woman praises Doan's Kidney Pills after recovery
In Ithaca Herald interview Mrs H T White describes years of back and kidney pain after influenza. She details severe headaches, urinary issues, and mobility limits before starting Doan's Kidney Pills. Within days she felt relief and now reports full recovery, urging others to try the remedy. Sold nationwide by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pr. Mosher
Ann Harbor
Chicago Times-Herald
University of Michigan
Ithaca Herald
H. T. White
Seneca and
Plain Streets
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
U. S
The Strain of Modern Life Prompts Health Claim
A professor argues men and women may be deteriorating in strength as modern life speeds up. He cites widespread health complaints and a case from Mr. F. W. Whiting who says Warner's Safe Cure restored his health after rapid business stress. The ad touts the remedy as scientifically tested and universally recommended by physicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Whiting
Warner
Thomas Slater
Fawous Kalameuce Gabary
Kalamazoo
Mio
Azalea Face Powder and Hair Grower Advertised in Wilkes-Barre
An announcer touts Azalea Face Powder promising a smooth finish with no roughness, priced at 50 cents. Nature's Hair Grower is billed as a restorative for hair and scalp, claimed to cure diseases of the skin and hair, offered at F. M. Hetzel's Parlors on Lackawanna Avenue and the Lackawanna Building, with mail orders welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeman Manufacturing CO
Scranton
Freeman
F. M. Hetzel
Lackawanna Ave
Lantins
Wilkes-Barre
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ine
St. Louis
Anna Shaw
Miss Shaw
Tils
Philadelphia
Misa Shaw
Hess
Creed
Inman J
Mills Shaw
Allentown Chronicle
Allentown
Reading
eMhener
Scrasten, Pa
Slade
Robert Louis Stevenson
Chicago Oames Herald
H. H. Koblsaat
Merciful Women
Owen Glyndwr's
Song
Snowdon
Danger
Hileline de Troye
Catherine of France
Henry V
England
Ciwylledyd
Lord Salisbury
Gladstone
Lewis Morris
Alfred Austin
Atlantic Strand
Pacific Shore
David Jenkins
Crystal Palace
St. Paul's
Merthyr
Monmouthshire
W. T. Lewis
Bart
Merthyr Tydfil
Gwyliedydu
Western Mall
Erie Medical CO
Buffalo, N.Y
Eva M. Hetzel
Matthawa Bros
Atieey Matthews Bros
Joho
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