Fashion Letter on Summer Gowns and Fabrics in New York
Special New York correspondence details fashionable summer gowns and dressy fabrics. Dresden silks in pale pinks grays and old rose. gowns feature lace fronts, Valenciennes collars, full sleeves with lace frills, and square bodices with chiffon draped necklines. Silks net organdy batiste and India muslin create charming toilets. patterned grenadine over taffeta offers elegance. grass linens tan and ecru trend. mohair and alpaca traveling outfits in black gain favor. minimal trimming on black gowns highlights jet embellishments and marine collars.
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New York
Dresden
Valenciennes
Eton
Disraeli
Domestic cookbook notes from 19th century papers
A collection of home cooking tips and recipes including an omelet with yolks and milk, a cream pie with cornstarch and frosting, peach ice cream with peaches folded in, potato curry with onions and curry powder, apple compote la France with orange marmalade, and general directions from Chicago Record Prairie Farmer Womankind Home Queen Detroit Free Press.
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Chicago
Lerd
Mercury
France
Detroit Free Press
Denim Hammock Pattern for Baby Use
An old domestic craft note details sewing a baby hammock from denim. Directions cover pattern cutting from newspaper, folding to center, leaving side strips for hammock pieces, shaping end blocks into a fringe, creating crossbar loops, and adding pillow, stays, and loops with light stitching for hanging.
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Domeatlo
Ground cherry a valuable garden fruit grows rapidly
Agricultural hints explain ground cherry, once weeded and overlooked, is hardy and productive. Improved varieties appear in seed catalogues with a strawberry-like flavor, suitable for sauce pies or preserves. Plants need four feet spacing, weed control early, and can yield a bushel from 18 to 20 plants or 180 to 1350 bushels per acre. American Agriculturist.
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Central
New Jersey Roads Bonding Story Highlights Cost Savings
A Chester township tale explains how farmers voted bonds to build 11 3/4 miles of stone roads at 3400 per mile, using two builders who advanced rails and wagons, earning 1000 in four months. The project cut costs, avoided state aid, and rivered a modest tax burden, with roads rolled each spring and little repair since.
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New Jersey
Chester
Burlington County
Brulletin 9
Office of Road Inquiry
In Plymouth Mass a lock inscription recalls Napoleon’s fame
A side room door at Dube or Veyas house in Plymouth, Mass. yielded a 2 Jock lock after repairs and cleaning. The inscription noted the lock had been on the chamber door of Sir Helena where Napoleon breathed his last, and that he made princes bow and kings tremble on their thrones. The house is about sixty years old.
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Dubeveya
Plymouth
Mass
Jock
Sir Helena
Napoleon
Cosmopolitan clash ends with pepper and razor in city
A lurid vignette from a cosmopolitan metropolis shows an Italian sending a man to a Chinaman for laundry, a counterfeit coin, a Greek attempting peace, a razor, cayenne pepper, a Hebrew struck, and a German police justice mediating as an Irish policeman arrests the fray. Confucius quotes close the snippet.
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Metropolis
Congress of Nations
N. Y
Salter's Red Cross Wheat Promises High Yields
An advertisement touts Salter's hardy Red Cross Wheat and Rye claiming 60 to 80 bushels per acre, Crimson Clover at 3.60 per bushel, and abundant fall seeding options. It invites readers to request fall catalogue and sample from John A. Salter Seed Co. La Crosse Wisconsin.
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Salter
John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Safety Valve Metaphor Promotes Hostetter’s Bitters
An old warning urges opening the safety valve of the body via Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters to prevent danger from excess steam and bowel obstruction. It claims the tonic subdues biliousness dyspepsia malaria rheumatic kidney complaints nervousness and neuralgia in a pleasant but potent fashion. The message is paired with a humorous life quote about a cat’s tail and a pessimist remark.
Nicotinized Nerves and No-To-Bae Cure Claim
Advertisement claims to cure tobacco cravings with No-To-Bae, promising restored vigor and happiness. Includes testimonials of nerve relief and a doctor’s guaranty, plus druggist distribution and a Sterling Company contact for New York City or Chicago.
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New York
Chicago
Airta
Kansas City
Hiigh Srads
Ari
Erie
Sterling Coy
New York City
Hall's Catarrh Core and Mother's Friend Mentioned
An old advertisement snippet references Hall's Catarrh Core, Mother’s Friend for first time mothers, and Piso’s Cure for Consumption. It also notes felt slippers in stores and a quip from Matthew Henry about complainers, with a Providence magazine-style tone and dated fragmentary lines from Mass. on Oct 22.
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Mrs. & C. Moutton
Mass
Syrup of Figs Promises Gentle Laxative Relief
Classic medicinal advertisement touts Syrup of Figs as a pure liquid laxative aiding kidneys liver and bowels without weakening them. Claims include cleansing the system curing constipation and dispelling colds and headaches with wide medical approval. Sold by druggists in 50c and 1 bottles and manufactured only by the California Fig Syrup Co. under the product name.
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California Fig Syrup. Co
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Fashion Letter
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Colman
U.S
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Confucius
Eben
Washington Star
Tommy
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Rip van Winkle
Catskill Mountains
Dr. Pierce
Briant Sova
Maria
Alterlei Heiteres
Hall
Munger
Trost
Matthew Henry
SAUTE
Morse Bros
Canton
DAVIS
Pete
Rankin
Us Agen
Jasklin College
New Athens
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