Excessive dress and luxury across eras debated
The article argues luxury in dress shifts with time from excess to necessity, noting advances in fabric availability. It urges regulating taste toward simplicity and frugality, while preserving ornament for those with means, and references Darwin, Johnson, and Longman’s Magazine to frame the discussion.
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Darwin
Pandera
France
Duke of Buckingham
Jeson
Dr. Johnson
Christian
J. Leeve
Longman
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Fashionable Kinks and Fashion Trends of the Day
Fashionable kinks and new notions sweep society with etchings in demand and visiting cards moving across state lines. Camellia japonica revived, velvet basques and redingotes in vogue, violets as boutonnieres, moire fabrics preferred for trims, and roses like Jacqueminot Bennett and Marechal Niel popular.
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Moire Antique
Moire Francaise
F. World
Side-Tracked in Life Aims at Studying Aptitudes
A Boston paper features interviews with men who drift off course in life due to lack of natural aptitude. The piece argues many are side tracked from birth by circumstance and environment, urging youths to study their own fitness and rely on will to overcome unfavorable beginnings.
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Boston
Senate
Grant
Cromwell
Dewil
Cromwells
Shakescave
Patagonia
Plato
Scythia
Nueces
Dianer
Funkee Blade
Obsolete Hymns in Funerals Spark Polka Time Debate
A Chicago Journal reader laments the shift from grand old psalm tunes to modern wedding style hymns at funerals. He recalls amid mixed church music, a North Side funeral featuring a hired quartet and a Rock of Ages waltz, and notes a South Side donor leaving fifty dollars for original music. The piece contrasts traditional sacred songs with contemporary funeral custom.
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North Side
Ed Jordan
Chicago Journal
Piccadilly
Man who wants the earth and idle chats from old papers
Selection of quips and witticisms from 19th century columns and readers’ notes. Notable snippets reference Burdette quotes on earth and marriage, the social musings from Philadelphia and Toronto papers, and humorous exchanges in Concord Monitor.
Notable surgeon details early shoulder injury case
Worth Remembering cites a rising surgeon who set the shonliley of an old lady near eighty, restoring near perfect shoulder use. It advises keeping injured limbs elevated, applying pressure above wounds, locating main arm and leg arteries, and letting gravity aid fainting recovery with spirits of ammonia sparingly used. Christian at Work.
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Christian
Ex-Co WANTED HIM BAD An Ignorant Applicant Seeks Editorial Post
A plain man visits a daily newspaper proprietor asking for an editorial writer job. He admits total ignorance yet claims fitness. The proprietor questions the plan as the man proposes to write on the tariff. The exchange ends with the proprietor realizing the possibilities.
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Mgreseman
Coughs and Consumption Solved by Old Fashioned Remedy
A barber warns March brings consumption's threat, praising Warner's Log Cabin Cough and Consumption remedy as a constitutional cure that seeks the cause of the cough and heals the lungs. Endorsed by J. W. Henson of Greensboro, Pa., it asserts superiority over other treatments and urges prompt use to avert the fatal month. The piece blends testimonials with cautionary notes and other patent remedies.
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Warner
J. W. Henson
Greensboro
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