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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1893
Page
7
A deposition from Lowville Minnesota discusses a severe cold in spring 1888. The speaker credits Boschee’s German Syrup with breaking the cold and restoring health, describing how the remedy helped resolve prior lung symptoms.
A fragmentary fashion column describes mothers choosing a dress style for girls, outlining corsage shapes, bodice foundations, and trimming. It notes prevailing forms like corsages with seamed or fitted fronts, evening gowns with guimpe sleeves, and various traveling costumes in colors such as red, cadet blue, and magnolia white English serge.
Descriptions of youth style and feminine behavior, noting early signs of female maturation and trends. Includes Sailor blouse details, velvet trims, emerald green velvet and ostrich accents, hats, and gowns for yacht wear and summer serge. Discusses age expectations and costume elements for girls around nine to ten years old.
A fragmented late 19th century dialogue exposes tensions of class and gender as a wife laments lack of a suitable domestic helper while a husband contemplates hiring a kitchen girl. The text contrasts expectations of servitude with wealth and social standing, referencing Villa Vanderbilt and prominent names as context.
A traveler recalls cave air sharpening smell perception after emerging from Mammoth Cave, noting distinct odors from trees and objects. The article also describes Otto von Guericke’s 1454 air-pump experiments with hemispheres, and cites global savings deposits and an unsafe pneumatic ‘Anonimms’ project in Glasgow.
The notice warns that non Royal baking powders vary in strength and impair cooking results. It argues substitutes produce heavy food wasting flour eggs and butter, while Royal Baking Powder remains pure reliable economical and retains full leavening power until used, ensuring better, healthier outcomes.
The passage traces the fan’s origin in royal settings from a mask wearing princess during a lantern festival to its spread across Europe. It notes Catherine de Medici introducing fans to France and Louis XIV era harbingers of jeweled, valuable fans, reflecting fashion’s power and lingering superstition.
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