Fashion Notes on Jackets and Summer Dresses
Special London correspondence outlines jackets with snug fits and mutton sleeves, varied collars and colors from wine to pale green. Paquin shapes fronts and skirts, with four to five yard dresses, while lawn and crape outfits feature long bodices, broad trims, and box pleats for summer wear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Orter
Paquin
Fabrig
Ecru Batiste
Bastistia
Norfolk
Ain
Ion de Earp
A British Road Plan For Public Prison Labor
James McPherson argues that employing public prisoners on roads could vastly improve trunk roads at low cost. He describes a united county effort, proper stone handling, drainage, and regular maintenance, comparing British practices with American road building to urge a practical, systemic approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ib Tadés
Gremb
Harrow
British Empire
Canada
North America
Lincolnshire Marshes
James McPherson
Rearing Poultry Flocks Requires Individual Care and Space
The Rural World notes that large poultry flocks can be kept only when each bird has ample space and personal attention. Dividing flocks into families aids early detection of lice or disease and enables quick remedies. Overcrowding leads to failures, so individual care is essential for successful poultry raising.
Advice for Melon Growers on Fall Plowing and Green Weed Sowing
The department of agriculture suggests fall plowing to leave land bare in winter and early spring sowings of green vegetation around melon plots. Grass or poisoned greens attract cutworms to feed and die, while also reducing wireworm populations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Care of Milk In Ramms Quietly Emphasizes Cleanliness
Care of milk stresses cleanliness in all dairy operations from milking to storage. Handle milk with clean hands and maintain an odor free atmosphere to preserve flavors in cream. If milk is to stay sweet, cool it promptly from milking to just above freezing. Neglect risks spoilage and quality decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petrons
Veiled Doctor in Old Fashioned Love Tale
A fragmentary notice surveys literary figures as publishers and authors. It mentions Mise Winxit Davis, Jefferson Davis’s daughter, preparing a love story titled The Veiled Doctor. It also cites Anthony Trollope’s career earnings, James Warrooms Rier’s plans, and various notes on Siamese princes, Robert Louis Stevenson’s birthday gift, and Gail Hamilton’s health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mise Winxit
Davis
Jefferson Davis
Ot ‘Anthony. Trollofe
James Warrooms Rier
Crown Princes of Siam
Robert Louis Strverson
Mug Many
Shortest sign in Chicago sparks curious science note
Brevities recounts champagne bubbles from carbonic acid gas and notes the whale’s skeleton weighs at least 50,000 pounds. It mentions many occupations for two men, a glass lodged in Oliver Snyder’s eye for 33 years, and markets in Minnesota selling six year old wheat. J N Blank, a Hammond IL justice of the peace, advertises quick marriage ceremonies on street cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Snyder
Harrington
Ind
Minnesota
Tsere
Hammond
J. N. Blank
Justice of the Peace
Personalities Abroad Highlight French President English Fluency
The article notes Present Faure as the first French president fluent in English. It mentions Florence Nightingale and Miss Ingelow turning seventy five, both living in London. It adds Turking of Dahomey educated in France and fluent in French, and a curious claim about Sr. Patrick and Dr. Nicholson’s tripartite saint life theory locating his birth near Daventry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faure
Fronensce Nientingale
Jean Ingelow
London
Miss Nightingale
West End
Miss Ingelow
Kensington
Turking
Dahomey
France
Sr. Patrick
Nicholson
Daventry
Northampton
Reflection and Catarrh Cure in the Press Snippet
A quirky exchange about a reflection on a border’s qualities in a Detroit Tree Press item contrasts with an ad claim for Hall’s Catarrh Cure offering a 100 reward for cures. The snippet then recalls tea gossip in a Roxbury Gazette item about writing on both sides of the paper and reader behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boarder
Air
Jove
Detroit Tree Press
Mis X
Miss X
Misa X
Rox
Bury Gazette
The Strongest Men Grow Weak Sometimes
A fragmented collection of medicinal ads and quips, touting Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters for digestion and vitality, No-To-Bac for tobacco habit cure, and Piso’s Cure for consumption. It also includes promotional notes from Sterling Remedy Co. and local humor snippets, with scattered sales figures and light anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Driggiste
Bookfree
Ad. Sterling Remedy Co
New York
Chicago
Epworth route promotions and wartime travel ads
Epworth League promotional material outlines a travel route from Cincinnati to Chattanooga via the Louisville Nashville line past Mammoth Cave with special low rates for hotel stays. It mentions Vanderbilt University and battles along the Nashville to Chattanooga corridor, requesting maps and rate details from agents in Louisville and St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Chattang
Chattanoogs
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Mammoth Cave
America
Epworth
Nashville
Vanderbilt
University
Methodist Church
Chattanooga
Cincinnati
Louisville
St.Louis
D.P. A
Louie
Syrup of Figs: A Pure Laxative Remedy Claim
An advertisement touts Syrup of Figs as a healthful laxative that cleanses the system, relieves colds headaches and fevers, and improves bodily function without weakening kidneys liver or bowels. It claims medical approval and popularity with a California manufacturer name printed on every bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milliona
California Fig Syrup Co
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Dado
Stone Car
Poyeam
Nala Cuwuxn Ulareb
Douglass Jerrold
Paradise
Shakespeare
Dr. N. Re
Dear Simmons
Ing
Ans
Kansas
Renee
New Orleans
Van
Pork—New Mess
Ay Oolton
Mlid
Hes Oaes
Hall
Soeer Catatty
J. Carney, & Ca
Toledo
Hamilton-Brown Shoe Co
St. Louis
Mamua
Msammi
Garper
Azar
S. D. Townaexn
Ft. Howard, Wis
Wires
Usband
Dr. Pierce
Verusasiz
Carlyle
Vortexe
Statpaman
Duke
Puck
Paris
Special Corpa of
Pariguan
Morse-Broughton
DE Laval
Cortlandt Et
Jewis
Barr
Irken
Ton Cee Ee
Alent
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