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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1884
Page
4
The piece surveys autumn fashion with pelerine and velvet trims, outlines visiting shapes and Hubbard style for slender figures, notes longer French shapes for heavy fabrics, and describes a Terry bonnet with gold crown and velvet brim plus Lascar baskets and cornflowers. It ends with Cassell's dietary advice and diet tips.
A Long Branch young woman uses a music box in her bathing house with tunes matching her bath routine. It opens with As I View Those Scenes So Charming and ends with There BeNone of Beauty's Daughters as she completes her toilette amid ocean wave and cold weather melodies.
A New York Journal report notes buckwheat blossoms as prettily shaped white blooms with red centers and delicate fragrance. Florists observe buckwheat in bloom across the state and in bouquets at watering places, pairing well with heliotrope mignonette and pink roses.
The article urges prompt provision of warm underclothes and outer protections as seasons change. It argues that securing funds for woolen underwear and sturdy garments, not fashionable wear, protects children from illness and emphasizes the mother's role in budgeting with husbands to prevent childhood hardship. It cites Demorest for September.
The article cautions convalescents to avoid overeating after illness and to choose easily digestible foods. It emphasizes small, frequent meals and notes common symptoms of weak digestion such as postprandial discomfort, bloating, acid eructations, constipation or diarrhea, and mental fatigue.
A detailed catalog of formal attire features morning dresses in frasse foulard with white floral embroidery, marine blue suits trimmed with silver braid, tunics and jackets with nankeen waistcoats, nun’s veiling lace fronts, black lace over satin with jet bead tassels, cream bunting with woolen lace, biscuit silk with electric gray and beige lace, black lace gowns with jet passementerie, velvet bows, and a travel dress in soft wool. Also listed are white corduroy and cheviot suits with bright velvet cuffs, accordion plaited skirts, white jerseys with gold braid, white waistcoats with metal buttons, colored silks on plastrons, jacquard muslin, ecru canvas with Persian embroidery over moss-green moire, and a striking ball dress with black velvet bodice, blue bead trim, blue jet tulle drapery, and a butterfly clasp.
A Beirut correspondent reports a hotel built over the water where rooms sit above the sea with a glass balcony facing the Mediterranean. The sea provides lullabies when gentle and roars with spray during storms. Fish approach the gallery, sometimes hauled up for sport and curiosity, and nets harvest many fish. The shore is rocky like Haifa and Jaffa, with salt deposits after storms.
G Muller Frauenstein surveys varied sun beliefs among Polynesian Africans and Americans. He notes Namaqua Hottentots see the sun as bacon, Polynesians envision Maul guiding it by a rope, Japanese myths claim 800000 gods hold the sun, and Navajo tales recount a woman renewing it daily.
The article notes that British railroads average 204000 dollars per mile with a 5 percent return on investment, while U S railroads average 59409 dollars per mile. It contrasts high British construction costs with lower U S figures for existing lines.
Prominent American scientists call for forming an international scientific body to meet periodically and discuss global issues. They cite Antarctic icebergs, atmospheric electricity research, dangers of parasites in fish, hydration and respiration studies, inoculation against yellow fever, a peculiar German fir tree, and Pasteur’s hydrophobia trials as areas of interest guiding a coordinated global effort.
Fourteen years after Joseph Comoski Sr. is murdered in Poland his son Joseph Comoski Jr. journeys from Mount Carmel to uncover the killer, aids by a Polish consul, and tracks the fugitive to Pottsville then Philadelphia penitentiary. The boy plans to press extradition, ensuring the murderer faces Polish justice.
A Carmel Village letter describes a farm toad that assists by catching potato bugs and counting daily catches. The toad brings bugs to a pan and performs chores around the house and barn, earning the author’s high regard and a would not take $50 sentiment.
An independent American consumer learns the sardine supply chain includes Jersey City packing, New York printing, Boston tin manufacturing, Maine coast fishing, and Georgia cottonseed oil extraction.
Advertised endorsements describe Peruna and Manalin as remedies for nervous debility and mental strain. Patients claim gradual improvement in strength, vision, digestion, and overall health after using the products, with testimonials from Mrs. S. Smith of Hillsville and Miss Maria Roderick of Warren.
A historical advertisement touts Dr. M. M. Fenner Blood and Liver Remedy and Nerve Tonic from Fredonia New York. Testimonials from C A Tracy and J M Phelps claim relief from nervousness biliousness and dyspepsia after two bottles. The copy asserts it removes impurities restores the nervous system and regulates the liver stomach and bowels.
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