The Wopian's Corner and Fashion Notes Collide
A vintage column blends moral exhortation with early 20th century fashion discourse. It urges women toward duty and self control while detailing spring color trends black and green fabrics and bridal attire. A Kansas invention sees women’s clubs adopting a utilitarian darning motif with sock repair and social evenings.
Cincinnati stenographer builds wealth through school and hotel hires
A stenographer in Cincinnati built a handsome estate by opening a stenography school and assigning qualified graduates to every hotel in the city with regular salaries. Her profits from the venture made her rich through steady enterprise and labor.
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Cincinmati
Evening Hat Embroidered Silk Toque With Pearl Trim
An evening hat description features white silk mustin plisse with lace application, pearl bead embroidery, a pointed lace edge, velvet ribbon trim, and a pearl trimming 18 inch vogue in evening toques.
Lace Bodices For Easter, Woven Filet Style
Fashion notes describe lace shirts worn as Easter bodices with filet lace foundations. Embroiderers may add lace figures or woven pallets, using coarse sewing silk and French knots. Learn the French knot and scatter it across the face waist, ensuring color remains after laundering.
Wedding Attendante The Tale Of Honor And Bride Differs
The notice describes a wedding event, noting the tale of honor differs slightly from that of the bride. It highlights the roles of attendees and the ceremonial contrast between the couple’s expectations and traditions in a concise, period-tinged style.
Trimming of Tailor Gowns Describes Silk Braid Effects
A description of new tailoring using silk, loosely woven fabric and heavy braid trims. Navy broadcloth displays three rows of black braid forming headings to flared founce, looping through black silk rings. Shoulder braid forms Carrick cape and a finished row decorates the turned back cum.
Portrait of a Hat Material Description
Description details a hat for Young Faces featuring a very small crown worn far on the head with facial trimming. It notes the inner pleated rose muslin, outer pleated rocked tulle, and dark red berries with green velvet leaves for facial trimming.
The Last Banderilla in Madrid Storm Night
Soledad Timenes watches her matador husband José return from a Madrid corrida amid a violent storm. The kneeling hills of the Retiro, the crowd’s chatter, and the couple’s anxious tenderness frame their fears of danger and poverty, as the city reels after the bullfight.
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Madrid
Soledad
José
Prado
Aragon
Manula
Nortege
Soledad Wiver
Mest del Age Santa
Fragmentary Report From A City Scene Of Disaster
The text describes a chaotic incident with children being cared for, a third floor fire, a neighbor watching through a doorway, and a sense of catastrophe as onlookers observe the unfolding event. The damaged OCR yields unclear names and places but preserves a scene of distress and communal response.
Seven Million in Gold Transport Debate Sparks Navy Tale
A veteran naval source recalls government plans to move large sums by sea. The Swatara carried 11.1 million from New Orleans to Washington, then was joined by the Yantle for the full 15 million transfer, with secret guards, a Gatling gun, and bags of silver dollars scattered on the dock during unloading. The Swatara, once flagship in Villefranche, sits in San Francisco awaiting survey.
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Navy
Fie Mint
New Oriente
Treasury
Washington
United States
Swatara
Yantle
Mint
Secret Service
New Orleans
Washington Navy Yard
Hut~tras
Navy Yard
John Surratt
Malta
Prince
Much Money for Candy in France and Europe
An analysis notes France spends about nineteen million dollars on confections in two months December and January. France produces about 143,299,000 pounds of sweets yearly, exporting one tenth. England imports more and ships nearly half, while Germany ranks third. French chocolates come from Paris, Bordeaux, Lyons. Marron glacé from Ardèche, Gard, Rhône, Cantal, Clermont-Ferrand. Sugar taxes and cocoa costs raise confectionery prices under heavy taxation.
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France
England
Germany
Paris
Bordeaux
Lyons
Ardeche
Gard
Rhone
Cantal
Clermont-Ferranc
Natives Brew the Beene and Echoes from Ancestral Trails
Anarchic Marauding mythic tale from Antaimord tribe in Madagascar described amid wind swept pages. The chronicle mentions rites, family lines, and a looming danger as youth companions and elders confront a ritual fate connected to ancient names and villages.
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Madagarcar
Thea
WDM
Peculiar to Itself Proprietary Cure Claims
A historical advertisement touts a secret proprietary remedy, claiming unique ingredients unknown to manufacturers and a cure record surpassing all medicines. It asserts the product frees crippled people, offers a “free pass” by the week, and markets Ten salon as superior to other embrocations and oils, praising its proven efficacy.
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Tie Wee
Vogeler's Curative Compound Promises Health Boost for Children
A questionable patent medicine advertises Vogeler's Curative Compound as able to strengthen weak and sickly children with stomach troubles and loss of flesh. It claims small doses restore color, weight, and health, asserting it is made from a renowned physician's formula.
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Vogeler
Dan Daly Philosophy in Chicago Wit on New Yorkers in London
Dan Daly, while performing in Chicago, was wired with a joke about New Yorkers in London in June. The comedian replied he prefers to continue doing them at home, noting there are more of them and they are more nearly done domestically.
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Solédad Timenes
Jose
Lara de Madri
José
Malaga
Senor Fatigas
Soledad
Dearest One
Dan Daly
Chicago
London
Market gardeners list and seed sales noted
A fragment lists “Market gardeners” seeds and various farm goods with onions per acre and vegetable seeds. The item references a University instructor joke at Central High School in Philadelphia after a class on tornadoes.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Exposed Mercury Claim Debunked
An excerpt warns against mercury preparations for catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from Cheney Co Toledo Ohio as mercury free and ingestible. It notes testimonials and cautions purchasers to seek genuine products. The text also discusses sponge harvesting and recovery after mutilation, citing Levantine sponges from the Adriatic and Trieste market dynamics.
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Hall
BW. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Sheney &Co
Adriatic
Mediterranean
Trieste
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