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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1898
Page
4
Edith Wynne offers simple, durable reins for children using bed ticking strips stitched into lengths, white line embroidery with colored wools, and bells across the front. Alternative garter stitch with odds and ends creates a vivid effect, with inch color blocks and bells on the front strap.
Advice on cracker storage notes warmth and dryness for freshness. Grocers must keep crackers away from strong odors and sell in small quantities to prevent staling. Customers should warm crackers briefly in the oven before use to restore crispness after dampness.
A dainty baby bib made from an oblong linen square with pink or blue wash silk flowers. It features hemstitched edges, a neck opening with lapels, reinforced ends, and silk ribbons tied as a neck bow to hold it in place.
The piece argues that exposing nervous children to fears is cruel and that parents should shield kids from fear. It notes nurses and nannies contribute to fear of solitude or darkness while praising a rare mother who reassured her child at bedtime with positive words about the dark. Nervous children cling to painful sights more than adults.
A reader explains two simple tests to judge freshness. Hold the egg before a bright light to see a round yolk with clear surrounding white. Or place the egg in water. a fresh egg sinks to the bottom, a doubtful egg stands on end, and a bad egg floats. Fresh eggs have a dull shell, stale ones are glossy.
Do not use hot water on woolens with liquid grease. Sprinkle buckwheat or rye flour to absorb the grease, brush away flour, then apply fresh flour until the grease is absorbed.
Bake apples slowly to keep them juicy and baste with pan juice. If not juicy add water and sugar to the pan and baste as they bake.
A reader notes that washing hair with rain water and soft soap then rinsing in cold ordinary water leaves hair soft and silky. The suggestion emphasizes simple home methods using common ingredients.
A large turnout of women, many in high positions, dominated the London dairy show with numerous prize wins among the exhibitors.
Leatherette binding and embossed tacks are praised as a great boon for those who do home upholstery, offering durable, stylish upgrades for DIY furniture projects and craftwork.
The text notes lace paper is best used for cheese and calls it good form on a table. It emphasizes lace paper as a suitable accessory when presenting cheese on dining surfaces.
Charitable women of Mariner Wisconsin ran street cars for the poor and discovered at night that thirty dollars in counterfeit money had been passed to them during the day.
A Kelloe Church tablet unveiled on Sept 7 commemorates Elizabeth Barrett Browning born in Coxhoe Hall on March 6 1806 and died in Florence on July 29 1861. Erected by public subscription in 1897, the ceremony ends a long dispute over her birthplace and birth date.
Princess Theresa of Bavaria, a mature, eccentric heiress, has traveled across South America and unknown regions of Siberia. Her extensive geographic journeys earned her honorary memberships in many European geographical societies.
The article notes women with titles Miss or Mrs pursue roles as detectives, interior decorators, stage-coach drivers, farmers, dentists, and doctors, arguing such occupations remain distinctive for women beyond chaperons, secretaries, managers, and press agents.
Fashion column on Emma Eames showing her heart-neck robe de nuit with lace embroidery and monogram over the heart. Describes collarettes, astrakhan collar options, fur cape linings, and methods to perfume gloves with ambergris and floral blends.
The current fashion favors a four leaf clover motif for clasps belts and watch chains with the leaf often under crystal. Craftsmen imitate the emblem when the genuine leaf is unavailable hoping for similar luck. The effectiveness of the reproduced emblem remains to be seen.
Leading milliners offer heavy silk braiding on round hats for young ladies and guarantee exclusive styles. No two bonnets will be trimmed exactly alike, ensuring each buyer has a tolerably individualized design.
The article surveys leather golf scorebooks with gold club motifs and cut glass bonbon dishes with silver edges. It mentions British attempts to revive white stockings, belts with purses, leather purses matching gowns or gloves, and gray traveling dresses for English brides lined with heliotrope silk.
A lady and her friend visited an acquaintance for dinner uninvited. The guests claimed to be willing to imitate the host, who replied that she dined at home. The exchange ends with a sharp, witty rebuke.
A lecturer who warned against diamonds used a melodramatic pose about teeth when addressing audiences. His comment about a woman with a diamond necklace prompted a reflection by a woman present, who noticed her own teeth looked blue-white in a satin straw hatlight.
The red fox girl is described as a recurring figure who wears multiple fox heads on her muff. Collarettes are shown finished with fox heads, and the heads are sold separately to attach to old muffs or sew onto collarettes. They can also be removed to convert to velvet neckwear as weather warms.
Dialog reveals Mrs. Hennypeck has lost control over her spouse while Old Aunt Broadhead notes the husband has shaved his chin whiskers signaling a change.
A reflective portrait of the brave man fearing death or sickness for unfinished life work. It extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for liver health, blood purification, and restored vigor, claiming it combats dyspepsia nerves and sleeplessness with easy assimilation. Includes a testimonial from Ralph Green praising the remedy.
Historical opposition and high rates once deterred female life coverage. Today laws and attitudes favor women, yet only about 50,000 of 4 million adult US women are insured. Working women face similar financial duties as men, needed to support children and security.
The article notes Mrs. McKinley popularizing cropped curls held at the sides of the parting, calling them Administration curls. It traces fashion from Maine to the Rio Grande and Key West to Klondike, arguing styles suit individual faces and mentioning Langtry and Cleo de Merode as prior influences on women's hair trends.
A frame supports a boat cover and a cloth drawn over a boot area. A flannel band receives cleaner and paste on its lower side. The device is especially useful for women’s shoes and is most effective when the operator sits.
A new fangled shoe polisher promises to ease boot cleaning by eliminating stooping. The device uses a flannel band gripped at the ends with the band passing through a mechanism to polish without bending.
A dozen Coffee cups of Coalport egg shell china in deep red pink dark blue pale blue yellow and green with gold rib designs. A dozen gilded silver coffee spoons with enameled mosaic handles in the same colors accompany the cups.
A top New York decorative firm designed a multi room scheme for a mansion: parlor in mauve white and gold boudoir in pale blue dining room in rich green and oak library in red tones and bedrooms in yellow with furnishings to match
Margaret Miles Reeve fills the State Executive Chair during the governor's absence and handles requisitions extraditions and other matters with authority. The governor praises her judgment while she enjoys a paid vacation at Hillsboro Oregon, noting her literary talents and bright prospects.
A London Truth correspondent argues for a federated staff model to perform rough domestic tasks in fifty to a hundred households. He suggests paying a yearly fee to a cooperative or private operator to provide beds, cleaning, polishing, and other daily and weekly services at fixed hours, with an agency managing workers like other service industries.
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