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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1895
Page
2
A native artist depicts the Japanese empress shaping lint for the wounded. The drawing contrasts the empress’s charming personality with ill fitting European garments from late seventies London dressmakers, sparking commentary on civiliation and taste.
A Philadelphia Press excerpt recalls five housekeepers debating window screens and a lavender oil remedy. One woman shares a homemade lavender spray using five cents of oil mixed with water in a glass atomizer, said to repel flies and perfume dining rooms, a method learned from her grandmother.
A Home Queen note promotes a knitted stomacher for infants replacing the old flannel band. Made from Saxony yarn it is light warm and elastic and claimed to prevent cholera infantum where used. Simple construction with safety pins and ribbed knitting allows growth up to two years.
A recipe describes heating milk with rice, sugar adds a smooth paste, rosewater flavors, and chopped nuts such as almonds and walnuts. The dish is set on a flat dish with almonds arranged in crescents. A note on private messengers shows that standard letter phrases like Present Addressed Kindly are falling out of use as names and street numbers become the sole notation.
Prairie Farmer shows how fancy needlework elevates home linens with embroidery designs of flowers fruit and leaves. Country patterns yield natural motifs for hemstitched pieces, doilies, and table linens using transfer tracing and buttonhole stitching to create pansies leaves and marguerites in striped or scalloped edges.
A reflection on temper and character from Household Words noting that strong passions can accompany sterling traits. It contrasts irritable, lively individuals with serene, unflappable types, arguing real strength often lies with those who feel deeply. Also mentions a new silver spectacle tray with a realistic two glasses design.
In a Chicago Times-Herald excerpt, a visiting man Buncome and a hotel hostess argue over a baby’s gender and behavior. The back and forth reveals a comic tension as the baby’s “angelic” image collides with adult vanity and misperception.
A passage from Joseph Willard describes in his Half a Century With Judges and Lawyers many anecdotes from Massachusetts court history. Colonel Edward G. Parker, author of a life of Choate, recounts a pedantic incident from ancient times cited by John S. Holmes in a humorous exchange about the death of Ptolemy III.
A fragment from Cincinnati Tribune and Rochester Herald sketches a girl sculptor’s effort to carve a marble bust met with male dismissal. A brother zings with humor about gender muscle, while quips tie flowers and chrysanthemums to purity and simplicity in social shorthand.
A quotation notes a Quohosh Methodist church member saying the congregation will wait 24 hours more before taking extreme measures to pray for rain. The exchange signals a postponement in urgent weather prayers.
A fragmented historical snippet shows a milliner misunderstanding a boutonniere for a bonnet. The line features an exchange with an Optical Jason, young cadeten and a witty remark from the Chicago Record. The brief item hints at mistaken identity in a millinery shop and a playful quotation from a Truth publication.
A sedate young minister rooms in a Tenderloin boarding house and befriends six flirtatious young women led by Lucy. He attends church with them and enjoys gospel singing, unaware of a strange chalk-marked tally on the back parlor door. Lucy’s boot hints at a possible future departure as he packs his baggage before bed.
A reflection on French thrift, economy, and cleanliness in kitchens. The piece praises French methods of supply, minimizing waste, careful marketing, and dainty prepared dishes, arguing that proper management of food reduces contamination, waste, and hygienic problems at home. It contrasts with American practices and urges lessons in waste reduction and domestic hygiene.
The marriage of the Duke d Aosta to Princess Helene d Orleans ties Bourbon and Bonaparte for the first time. Helene becomes cousin in law to Prince Victor Napoleon and stepdaughter to the widowed Duchess Aosta. The piece notes rare dynastic union and royal connections.
George Green mayor of Leicester declines attendance at a local athletic gathering. He cites need for strict regulation to purge foul language among players and officials, saying he would not attend while profanity persists.
Advertises fire crackers by the box with quantities and pricing plus assorted sale items. Includes Yucatan Gum Adams Pepsin Gum mixed candy root beer and various confections, cigars, cream candy, lemon pricing, and other miscellaneous goods.
A fragmented price list shows available California canned fruits and vegetables, jams, oats, rice, crackers, soup, macaroni, coffee, meat, and household items. Items include California grapes and peaches by can, jams, corned beef, tea, and cleaning products with varied pricing and packaging.
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