The Abuse of Servants and Other Odds and Ends
A long miscellany discusses the abuse of household servants and argues for training via apprenticeships. It covers Bridget, Dinah, and Katrina, then shifts to Dr. Billy James Clark and the early temperance movement, noting the 100th anniversary and the Sober Society of Allentown. It mentions John W. Mackay’s monument at the University of Nevada, amusement licenses, ocean postage campaigns, and various curious notes from Kentucky, Kansas, and Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridert
Dinah
Katrina
Bridget
Relalnem
The
New York Weekly
Sorvenrs
Orr Kuster
Billy James Clark
Moreau
Saratoga County
New York
American Society For the Promotion of Temperance
Park Street
Boston
Ife
World in Brief Highlights Thaw Taft and Others
A condensed review reports Harry K Thaw through counsel on a voluntary petition with assets around 128012 and liabilities near 453140 as lawyers and doctors claims are disputed. Taft travels 40 miles over mountains to Greenbriar county West Virginia horse show and dines at Greenbriar hotel. Roosevelt in a statement accepts responsibility for Brownsville negro soldiers. The shah of Persia pawns crown jewels for 250000. Col Willum F Vilas of Wisconsin shows little improvement. Wetmore named Democratic finance chair. Durr embezzlement warrant issued in San Francisco. Zeppelin begins 24 hour dirigible flight Friedrichshafen to Mainz. Eastman arrested in Chicago for false pretenses. Fallers returns to Paris from European visits. Amanda Murphy dies after six weeks fasting. George Vail Jr placed in Batavia jail for his father’s murder. General news covers graft convictions in Mile End parish London, anti Asiatic league formed, and other global events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry K. Thaw
Thaw
Taft
Greenbriar County
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Greenbriar Hotel
Roosevel
Brownsville
Willum F. Vilas
Wisconsin
Moses
Wetmore
Louly
San Francisco
Mroderick Durr
Count Zeppelin
Friedrichshafen
Mayence
Robert Eastman
New York
Chicago
Fallers
Paris
Amanda Murphy
Lima
George Vail, Jr
George Vail
Batavia
Multiple sensational events across cities and nations reported
A long list of incidents includes a will leaving half a million to charity, a Toledo fire and explosion killing Charles Polscher, widespread railway and electrical strikes, Arctic storms killing Mylius Erichsen, bank insolvencies in Belle Plaine and New York, and political upheavals in the Ottoman Empire. Notable deaths include Senator William Boyd Allison and oil operator Wilson Law, with ongoing unrest and accidents across North America and Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Boyd Allison
United States
Lowe
Dubuque
Gov
Cummins
Allison
Wilson Law
Muskogee
Okla
T. McKnight
Useful Little Wrap Instructions From 19th Century Knitwear
A brief sewing guide describes making a wrap from any wool using a suitable hook. Start with a 15 inch chain, then seven inches of plain tricot, followed by eight inches of double crochet in each stitch, and finish with remaining tricot rows. The pattern ends mid‑instruction, noting two more short tricot rows to complete.
Garment Construction Instructions for a Bolero Fronts and Armholes
The text explains forming chain stitches to restore length, continuing long rows for 22 inches or more, matching armhole stitches, repeating short rows, and creating a second front to mirror the first. It covers joining the fronts, crocheting shoulder pieces, and finishing with double crochet rounds around armholes and a detailed last-row pattern for the bolero. It includes specific stitch sequences like treble, five chains, and back into the first stitch.
Cleaning and fashion notes from old fashions column
Instructions on cleaning white wings and parasols with naphtha chalk starch and gasoline. Then fashion remarks on sleeve breadth, hat size, necklines, and lace trimming. New curtain material Arabian cloth described for curtains. Petticoats and sheath dresses discussed. Braiding advice for gowns and removable trims with pompadour ribbon.
Linen fashions fade fast in heat and humidity
The article notes linen jumper frocks coats and skirt suits dominate the season but warns laundering shapes and pressing are problematic. It critiques linen coats shrinking unattractively and trendy descriptions losing beauty quickly, urging practical, lasting choices over fleeting chic.
Animal Drug Testing and Grampus Tales Feature
A mosaic of vintage snippets describes animal drug testing with chambers of the mind for ergoline on chickens and hasheesh on dogs, frog heart studies with digitalis, and brave chemists testing on themselves. Also notes on grampus eating whale tongues, Denver tron dollars at a Democratic convention, and quirky city jokes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sid
Meir
Los Angeles Times
Five Months In Hospital Discharged After Kidney Pile Remedy
Levi P. Brockway of Anoka Minnesota recounts a lengthy illness in which kidney secretions were disordered after five months in hospital. Doan's Kidney Pills relieved the trouble, restoring health and vigor, with Brockway recommending the remedy as sold by all dealers for 50 cents a box. The page also includes a string of jokes and ad-like blurbs about products and sayings, illustrating light pasteboard satire and various brand mentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levi P. Brockway
Anoka
Ming
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffain
Come and See Sign at Lydia E Pinkham Building
The sign at the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Company in Lynn Massachusetts invites public inspection of laboratory methods and business practices. It questions the vegetable claim and safety of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and asks if letters from women are confidential and proof of cures exist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
America
Shere
Irs
Pinkham
Lydia
Lydia KE
Also Mentioned on This Page
E.G. Otwell
Pub
Greenville
onlIo
University of Nevada
Reno
John W. Mackay
School of Mines
Unis
Mackay
Comstock Lode
North Beach
Coney Island
Fort George
John Henniker Heaton
England
Great Dultain
Elihu Burritt
Connecticut
Kentucky
Kansas
Nasures Gua
Germany
Western Passenger Association
Lincoln
Neb
Mile Bed Parish
London
National
Immleraction League of the
Washington
Baldwin
Hinselt
Allan
Newton
Mass
Warren's Landing
Lake Winnipeg
Robert Kilvey
Jamestown
Colenun Kinney
Pitlsburg & Cincinnatic
Ohio River
Imboden
Ark
William W. Sherwood
National Guard of
Eau Claire
Wis
Lake Nebagamon
Eastman & Co
Consolidated Stock Exchange
A. H. Guthrie
Frank A. Williams
Cape Lookout
Philadelphia
Milwaukee City Fathers
Constantine
Algeria
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
United Teamsters of America
Kingston
Jamaica
Mra
Annie L. Lowry
Toledo
Charles Polscher
Polscher
Mylius Erichsen
Greenland
Firet National Bank of
Belle Plaine
Minn
National Bank
Frank ©. Hicks
Land Paris
Joby Tribbey
Nasr
Rushville
Ind
James Soreymer
Zanesville
Harrison Avenue
Cinckmate
Eva Jones
Abbottsford
Mylins Erichsen
Robert Turnbull
Nell
Elizabeth Barnett
Bay City
Hich
Ty" Cobb
Petralt
Charlotte Lombard
Augusta
Virginia
Puget Sound
Warsaw
Kechterdingen
Canadian Pacific Railway
William F. Downing
Stiles-Alvord
Arizona
Mission At Wilcox
William Speed
Miami
Conn
Said Pasha
Remailedin Effendi
Sheikubislem
Elamil Pasha
Charles W. Westerfeld
Produce Exchange Bank of
Black Hand
Knights of Pyihlas
Baker
Liberty
N. C
Fernie
B. C
Bank of Austin
Nev
National Rendering Company
Hammond
Archie
Bert McMaster
Galena
Illinois
Grand Rapids
Mich
James Ryan
Pratt City
Aln
Des Mathea
Cincinnati
Bis
Oaatern
Denver
Tom
Germville
Chicago Daily News
Mr. Cute
Miss Brown
Tng- Hshman
Pacific Express
Babe
Iad
Paty Dryads
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