Strains of Novelists and French Pay Rates
The article notes English novelists earn far less than in France with only a handful in England making over a thousand a year. It cites Sir Walter Nesant’s estimate ten years earlier and suggests France has about sixty four earners at or above a modest living. It mentions Zola’s pay of a franc per copy and compares French and English pay, then shifts to New York tenement poverty, quoting Paul Cravath on 257,000 people living in windowless rooms amid urban distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Singsend
Walter Nesant
England
Exille Zola
Debility Story Highlights Pink Pills Relief for Lola Metzger
Miss Lola M. Metzger, a Watertown ink worker, suffered general debility for over a year. She credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for restoring strength after a period of weakness, poor appetite, and sleep disturbance, noting a persistent recovery with no relapse after treatment.
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Ares
Merge
Pink
Lola M. Metzger
Milletreet
Watertown
S.Y
Dr. Williams
Christmas Presents A Simple Sewing Device For Grandma
A compact DIY gift idea for grandmothers with dimming eyes. Describes crafting a wooden base holding a spool peg and a cushioned box to hold needles in an even row with crosswise eyes. Aims to ease threading and organizing small sewing tasks as a thoughtful Christmas present.
Christmas Gift Ribbon Case Craft Instructions
A detailed project for ladies to craft a ribbon case as a Christmas present. Instructions describe cutting an 11 by 7.5 inch piece, hemming, folding, feather stitching, forming four pockets, adding a bodkin holder, attaching colored baby ribbons as cards, and fastening small scissors with ribbon. Includes finishing with a half yard ribbon for the back wrap.
Grandma’s threading device for easy needlework
A grandmother’s sewing method uses two spools and a cushion with rows of needles. She selects the farthest needle, pulls a length of thread, then breaks it, leaving used needles quilted into the cushion for later. The setup aids blind crafters who enjoy sewing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandma
Pretty photograph frame craft from cretonne and cardboard
A simple guide describes making a pretty photograph frame by pasting cretonne over cardboard and attaching a matching buck. Add ribbon hangers inside the back and optionally cover the back with colored paper to avoid glare when empty. Frames can be cut oval round or rectangular with a 2.5 to 3 inch wide border.
Made of Monkey Nuts Ornament for Christmas Gift
A playful craft piece describes making a monkey nut pincushion from wire and a walnut head, styled as a mandarin figure. It suggests bright colors, embroidery, beads, and mounting on a match box to hang as wall art. It promises easy crafting for children, with a pattern and simple steps.
Mysterious Fish Movements and Odd Anecdotes
A Sal correspondent muses on how fish appear in new waters near the Macquarie River dam. A Sydney professor notes a wild duck with fertile eggs prompting theories of spontaneous production. Also includes brief quips on Allcock’s Plaster, a theatre mishap with an apron, and Senator William Pinckney Whyte’s birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sal
Morocco
Macquarie River
New South Wales
Sydney
Chambers’ Journal
Dyspersia and the Pinkham Remedy Claim
A testimonial asserts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cures dyspersia a female digestive disorder unrelieved by ordinary treatments. The Brooklyn case of Mrs Maggie Wright is cited noting two years of symptoms weakness indigestion and improved health within five weeks after using the remedy with broad endorsements for female troubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia B. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
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New York
Paul D. Cravath
Waementhouse
The
Chality Organization Society
Erief
Beaconsfield
Marion Harland
America
Eve
Colonial
Pittsfeld Journal
William Pinckney Whyte
United States
Maryland
W. Smith
Dodds Kidney
Sidney Crea
Lydia
Pinkham
WM. Wright
W. L. Douglas
Brockton
Mass
W.L. Douglas
Howard E, Burton
Phon Hiss
Sloan
Earl S.sloan
Boston
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