Hatpins Grow More Luxurious in Jewelry Trade
Hatpins have evolved from subtle accessories to ornate, high priced items in millinery and department stores. Rhinestones pearls and enamel create glittering designs with gold and colored stones, expanding from brooch motifs to pin forms as fashion rises in luxury.
Wedding Cakes and Hats in Bridal Style Notes
The article contrasts a bride’s cake and wedding cake served as boxes at a reception with fruit and cake, and describes passing boxes to guests. It details a tan straw hat revamped with black lace and a rose wreath, creating a Paris-like new look from last year’s millinery.
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Paris
Variation in Briar Stitch Details and Variations
The article describes a new variation of briar stitch called a daisy or bird'seye stitch to finish each aide stitch. It explains forming loops at the end of briar stitches with a chain stitch and spacing the loops consistently on both sides. Color options include lighter or darker tones and contrasting shades. The moscuito's bite is worse than its bark.
Constipation Remedy Ad From Dr Caldwell
An old advertisement notes that lack of exercise in a minister leads to constipation and praises Syrup Pepsin as a remedy. It claims the product costs 60 cents or 1 dollar per bottle and offers free samples by mailing Dr W B Caldwell at 201 Caldwell Building Monticello, Idaho, for indigestion relief.
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W. B
Caldwell
Monticello, Ti
Burglars Trade Bars in Clever Exchange
A playful exchange between two thieves centers on bragging about houses and reputation. One burglar boasted of visiting top town homes while the other countered that he himself is highly sought after, highlighting mutual bravado rather than a crime report.
Unsightly Complexions With Cuticura Soap and Ointment
Advertising copy touts Cuticura Soap and Ointment for toilet bath and nursery use. Claims purify beautify prevent inflammation and clogged pores and help pimples blackheads redness roughness and unwholesome complexion. Suitable for infants from birth and sold worldwide with a free care book from Potter Drug & Chem Corp Boston.
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Potter Drug & Chem
Corp
Boston
High Finance and Odd Purchases in a 19th Century Note
A fragmented excerpt discusses odd spending and balancing a check book. It mentions Mrs Knicker and Mrs Winslow with teething syrup and a toy-like purchase. The passage ends with a Shakespearean echo, implying satire or commentary on money and value.
For the Critics
Creston Clark, a gifted actor on the national stage, distrusted criticism and urged critics to judge him as an artist as he was. He warned against forcing taste on creators and recalled a farm urchin who stoned a frog while misquoting a taunt about becoming a toad.
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Creston Clark
Asheville
America
Philadelphia
Poker player honors bluff built home in jest
A humorous verse notes a poker winner paying tribute to his win by selecting a handsome home and joking that the house was built on a bluff. A mustard plaster is humorously praised as dependable for smart outcomes.
Lydia E. Pinkham Remedy Boosts Women’s Health Claims
A series of letters from Mrs. C. Cole Fitchville Ohio and Mrs. A. H. Sanborn Irasburg Vermont praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relieving female illnesses and nervous prostration. The ad offers a reward for proving any falsity and invites sick women to write Mrs. Pinkham for advice from Lynn Mass.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Fitchville
Ohio
Lydia EK
Pinkham
Mrs. C. Cole
Strasburg
Vermont
A. H. Sanborn
Irasburg
Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Endorsed Against Germs
An 19th century style admonition warns germ dangers from air and water and promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a tonic that strengthens vitality, purges impurities, and enriches the blood. It stresses the product's transparent ingredients and century‑long cure claims, urging readers to avoid substitutes.
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Dr. Pierce
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