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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1897
Page
4
In a Warren column from October 14 1897 the Countess Brooke explains adopting bloomers and abandoning skirts for daily comfort. She notes initial protests from friends aligned with Mrs Grundy but remains emphatic about emancipation from restrictive fashion in various settings.
Mary Weber inherits a mint business in Michigan and runs hot beds from May to October with peak profits in June. She works mornings selling to hotels and spends afternoons clipping and bunching mint. Her sales network comes from her late father’s patrons and she also supplements income selling lemonade straws and rye straw.
President Jesse of Missouri State University champions women in carpentry teaching. Four women teachers at Columbia study shop work, applying practical carpentry skills on smaller pieces. He notes the program aligns with Milwaukee Teachers’ Association recommendations and foresees broader adoption in public schools.
Washing stockinet and rubber dress shields in warm suds allows reshaping and drying by hanging in a window. Bent whalebones are straightened by boiling water and ironing. A creamy ecru shade can be achieved by coffee in rinse water. Lace aged yellow can be whitened with soapsuds and sun exposure.
Governor Budd appoints Phoebe A Hearst as regent to succeed C F Crocker. She plans a series of university buildings led by a mining department structure costing 250000 dollars. The project will memorialize Senator Hearst.
Mrs. Sidgwick, principal of Newnham College, presents a cricket ground to the college. The facility will be enjoyed by students and enhance campus recreation.
The Princess of Wales, while in Woeschofen Bavaria, recently tried the bare foot water cure popularized by the late Father Kneipp to boost health and vigor.
A Minnesota railway employee who recently inherited 150000 plans a publicity stunt by leaving his post on full pay. He will travel with fifty friends aboard a private Pullman train with a band, aiming to showcase his new status without resigning.
The Memphis Appeal notes the Chicago Record explains red netting over peach baskets to make green fruit blush and appear ripe, addressing reader curiosity about the unusual practice.
An Elizabeth New Jersey restaurant keeper who rose by selling street lunches from a cart marked a la cart later failed after opening a full restaurant with Franch e. His rise and ruin reflect the peril of overexpansion in casual dining.
The unsuccessful London cab strike drained trades unions of 100000 pounds with cab men contributing 95000 pounds of the total.
A New York Evening Sun remark claims the best way to avoid worry in love is to marry the girl. The line reflects a playful, worldly tone typical of gossip and advice columns in early 20th century papers.
Baron Krupp, the renowned German iron-master, uses for visiting cards extremely thin sheets of rolled iron, a curious craft reflecting his metallurgical heritage and precision.
The item notes a lean L blanks offer described as cheap and neat at the Malt Office. The brief highlights a practical purchase or display item with a focus on budget efficiency and tidy presentation in the office setting.
The article details a variant shirt waist with tucked front in indigo blue and white ta ffeta silk, featuring adjustable white linen collar cuffs, an internal box plait closure, rear waist belt, and front gathers with back plaits. It notes fabric options and requires three and a half yards of thirty six inch material for medium size.
Miss Jennie Hilton, once a Spadra schoolteacher, is reported to have located a lucrative gold ledge at a Rand Mine in California after returning with her brother to the desert camp. Her past success includes a $27,000 Harqua Hala sale, and she now pursues a treasure believed to yield vast profits amid harsh frontier dangers.
Miss Jennie Hilton earns early June lead on a rich free milling ore and Alaska bound women ride the Klondike rush. Harvard Annex graduate Mrs. L C Howland sails to Dawson City to establish a school for forty children while her husband runs a river steamer. Other women travelers include Mrs. W Place Mrs P Laurietzen Mrs Gerald Rooney and Mrs Alice Livingstone. They bring over a thousand dollars in Seattle fur purchases and head to mine for gold with their husbands.
The article traces the Goelet family saga from Jean Goelet’s arrival in 1685 after fleeing religious oppression to Peter Goelet, who built the family fortune through real estate in Manhattan. It notes vast holdings valued at 35 to 45 million dollars, claims second only to the Astors, and highlights Peter’s shift from trade to real estate, loans, and liens, including land around Grand Central and Broadway. The piece ends with Commodore Vanderbilt’s bid for Goelet land and Peter’s lasting resentment over the railway condemnation that enabled Vanderbilt’s control.
The article describes next season's handkerchief trends with colorful solids and patterns in stripes plaids polka dots and florals. Lace trim multi edge corsetlike gathering and sheer muslin options appear with careful washing advice and inventive finishing.
London newspapers decry the long hatpin trend as dangerous after multiple injuries in public. The style spread from London to Paris and New York last spring, with pins one to three inches longer than before. Critics urge humane action and public safety over fashion daring.
Vienna's gigantic wheel, erected by British workmen under a London engineer, cost 300,900 dollars. It features 30 compartments with 600 passenger capacity, rises to 840 feet for a panoramic view of Vienna and the Danube, and is driven by an electric motor with smooth motion.
At a jubilee dinner for colonial troops officers, Old Subadar Singh steps forward and offers General Roberts his sword. The general declines, saying he seeks the officer's hand, not the weapon, signaling a gesture of fellowship between the two.
Miss Alice Huntington Spauldings, age twenty, is described as possibly the youngest professional chair holder in the country. She serves as a professor at Alleghany College, noted for her early achievement.
In a Minnesota river village one mile downstream of Shakopee Dakota women till the soil craft bows arrows moccasins and beadwork. Among them Mrs Otherday sister of Shakopee of Little Six is noted for leadership and social standing with whites and natives. Beadwork sells at summer resort hotels.
A leading New York shoe store runs an ad promising “Thin legs transformed into rounded beauty” for 50 cents but only for bicycle girls. Padding bags sewn into boots or leggings create the curved leg line, with cotton filling, to enhance the wearer’s appearance.
German traveler Professor Peehuel Loeschke claimed in a recent lecture that danger from wild animal attacks in African deserts is exaggerated and that the best weapon is an umbrella capable of warding off any lion or tiger.
The late Frau Charlotte Wolter, long time member of the Vienna Burg Theater, died in Vienna. She bequeathed 20,000 florins to benevolent institutions. She appeared in 127 roles over thirty-five years and was buried in a white tunic with gold embroidery, avoiding black at the funeral.
Dr. Leary of the New York College of Veterinary Surgeons notes that many clients are wealthy women with numerous pets. He employed a woman assistant whose success inspired a women’s class at the college, aiming to be the first of its kind globally.
A guide on thread thickness for different fabrics and fasteners. It advises using fine thread for silk and wool, coarser thread for cotton, small hooks for bodices and larger ones for skirts, and cautions on buttonhole work, skirt braids, belt placement, garment shaping by cutting and facing edges, and allowances for shrinkage in cotton and linen.
An Ohio jeweler unveils a clock that forgoes pendulum and escapement, using a spring and small gearing plus a governor. Two six inch arms with threads and shot grains interact with upright posts, winding and unwinding to advance the mechanism. On first trial it lost five minutes in twelve.
General Duffield of the Coast Survey discusses rich gold lodes in Alaska and Yukon region. He cites Stewart River White River and Annette Island as highly potential, noting vast watershed driven deposits and affordable ore extraction. He praises Henry Duncan’s anti mining stance on Annette Island and his village’s philanthropy.
A Bath Maine Independent report describes a man addicted to tobacco who says he can reduce smoking by chewing dried hops and swallowing the juice. He carries prepared hops and dabs a pinch in water before chewing to ease dependence.
Jack Carr serves as Yukon’s postman making six trips into the settlement. He travels with ten dogs to assist him each morning and does not wear the standard blue mail uniform nor blow a whistle at cabins. Carr was born in Calais Maine.
A collection of practical kitchen hints and home remedies including protecting wood flour with salt water, adding sugar to milk for thickening, warming foods on a stove brick, using clabbered milk whey in dough, preventing mush lumps, preparing potatoes for steaming, absorbing cabbage odor with bread cloth, steaming graham bread, and tips on baking powder and meat preparation.
Matting commonly used on floors is now sewn like carpet for smoother finish. This technique, once reserved for carpeting, is found effective for matting as well, improving evenness and durability.
Advert copy claims corpulent people suffer illnesses as thin people do and praises Dr Pierce s Golden Medical Discovery as a blood maker and flesh builder that tightens and fortifies the body without adding excess weight. It asserts cures for blood and skin diseases and endorses Pleasant Pellets for constipation and biliousness with patient anecdotes.
A Paris corset device called the new stay is condemned as a health destroyer that distorts the female form. The author argues lacing beyond natural waist size harms bust and abdomen, causing headaches congestion and breathing difficulty and mocking modern fashion.
A 1910s description outlines church maids as the newest workers in modern congregations. They dust hymnals arrange hassocks answer questions direct visitors to the sexton and minister hours and ensure security from theft while caring for the minister s wife and assisting with choir music. They require intelligence refinement and tact and offer a pleasant role beyond cleaning.
Anecdotes recount Rev. Lorenzo Dow the itinerant preacher and his odd courtship moment when, as a widower, he invited an audience to marry him. A woman near the pulpit rose first and Dow claimed he would take her as his wife. She soon became Mrs Dow and she was described as of good standing with property.
A local ad invites readers to inquire about items or services available. It promises a discussion to match customer interests and suggests there may be desirable options for potential buyers.
In Chautauqua New York a speaker argues that better food at home is as important as voting rights for women. She criticizes much modern culinary literature as rubbish and urges practical cooking, balanced portions, and attention to kitchen duties for national health and prosperity.
A light pine two panel stand crafted by a carpenter forms a novelty photo display. The woodwork is covered with brocade and on one side a plush attachment adds an elegant touch, making it a potential present or fair merchandise.
The article details a neat simple apron using fig cord dimity and embroidery plus suitable fabrics like dotted Swiss and gingham. It describes a short fitted upper body with a straight lower edge, a low round neckline, and a gathered skirt joined to the body with a band of needlework.
An Indianapolis freight office scene shows a woman presenting a postal card she thought notified freight. The cashier reads a message about a ten pound boy born yesterday and the woman realizes she used the wrong card. She leaves in indignation.
On Sundays Train 5 departs Dunkirk at 4 30 p m arrives Titusville at 8 00 p m with stops at Falconer Warren. Contact D C Moon Supt Dunkirk N Y VY H Parry General Agent Buffalo New York 308 Exchange 81. George H Daniels Genl Passenger Agent New York City.
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