Blotter gadget aids labor saving in office work
A Philadelphia Record brief notes a Californian invention, a revolving blotter mounted on a metal frame that circles a middle finger with an extension to rest on the next finger, promising quick, low effort blotting for ledger keepers and envelope addressing. It also reports hungry crows killing eighteen pigs on Julius Daubmann’s Camden county farm near Orston, eye pecked out, after nuisance birds prompted gunfire.
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Julius Daubmann
Orston
Camden County
Daubmann
Philadelphia
Seis fichu revival and spring fashion notes
Fashion note describes a renewed popularity of the fichu modeled on Marie Antoinette with chiffon best, net or lace options, draped loosely and knotted. Hats favor fat-iron turbans and shirred taf feta accents. Skirts trend long in frocks, though plaited styles stay short and close at the hips. A smart silk At Home dress in light taffetas features lace trims, black velvet ladders, and embroidered motifs signaling contemporary dress ideas.
Practical kitchen tips and fashion notes from old guides
A collection of household advice and fashion descriptions. Tips include gradual heat for sausages, salting milk, resting pancake batter, and using bones for stock. It describes varnish making, eyeglass cleaning, and sauce methods, plus two vintage garments and jelly oranges. Fashion sections cover velvet walking costumes, white toques, and bold black broadcloth outfits with tailored coats.
Sunderland Pudding and Pork Cake Recipes and Fashion Notes
The page details kitchen recipes for Sunderland Pudding and Pork Cake with step by step directions and ingredients. It also offers fashion notes on Coming Styles with fuller skirts, lace trends, and the use of Irish crochet and Valenciennes in various designs.
The Morning Costumes of Spring Attire Described
The article outlines fashion trends for morning wear with skirts cut short at the hip and below the knee, long coats paired with round skirts, and notes that shorter skirts suit only if the wearer has a pretty foot. It predicts continued use of Heht weight broad cloth into summer along with tweeds serges and coarse canvases.
Bits of Lace in Fashion Preservation
Tiny scraps of lace, real or imitation, add style to frocks. Save every piece from garments before disposal. Lace trims even small scraps for future use on stock collars, since lace stores compactly and remains useful despite soil.
Fashion Notes on Silks and Skirts for the Season
Plaited and circular skirts will be worn with a long unbroken line as the rule of the season. Silks are praised for suppleness and luster while amethysts gain vogue, to be worn with pearls and diamonds.
Spinach Molds With Boiled Egg and White Sauce
Spinach is roiled and squeezed dry, chopped, then cooked with butter and flour to a paste. Season, fill buttered muffin tins with spinach, bake briefly, unmold onto a platter, top each with a slice of hard boiled egg and spoon hot white sauce around.
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Sunderland
Directoire Coats and Quaint Drapery Notes
There is a decided liking shown for the well fitting directoire coat with sleeves that set to the arm and with puckered gathered gauged outlines preserving the figure. Quaint Austrian prints for summer upholstering are on view in curtains couch covers and treble covers to match.
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Directoire
Waste and Relics Fetch Big Sums in Rail Yard Loot and Family Desk
A Western railroad yard sold scrap and gum filled slot machines earning 11500 dollars last year while the scrap heap's total reached 1250000 dollars including worn rails locomotives and paper valued over 5000 dollars. Rev William Alden of Philadelphia owns a desk once used by John Alden of Plymouth Colony. The desk traveled via the Mayflower and was cherished by the Alden family before 1876 when it was showcased at a Philadelphia exposition in the New England Kitchen.
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John Alden
William Alden
Philadelphia
Priscilla
Duxbury
New England
Bank Building of Glass Unique in Des Moines Plan
Des Moines National Bank officials consider a glass building by Eastman using a steel framework and opalescent wire glass walls. The design claims heat insulation fire resistance and layout flexibility with lower outer-wall costs than stone or brick.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Co. E Eastman
Des Moines National Bank
Eastman
Stirs Curio Hunters and Titus Andronicus Quarto
A fragmented passage notes the first quarto edition of Titus Andronicus and an odd Shakespearean curiosity about a 61st quarto. It references a traveler’s claim about Moors preferring stale bread and a Morrocan bylaw that bans new bread baking on a weekly boll day.
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Titus Andronicus
Azemmoor
Morocco
Cald
Mosquitoes Thrive In Winter Says Local Farmer Authority
Peter Schild, a farmer, states that mosquitoes can thrive in winter conditions. He notes recent days show persistent mosquito activity despite the season, citing reports from his farm and nearby areas.
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Peter Schild
Giant windmill near San Francisco powers park irrigation
A colossal windmill claimed as the largest in the United States, possibly the world, has been built near San Francisco. It sits on the ocean beach near Seal Rocks and Golden Gate Park to irrigate a 2000 acre public garden. The 120 foot tower powers a 14 inch pump two miles to a central reservoir via four 82 foot blades, creating a 180 plus foot sweep.
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California
United States
San Francisco
Cal
Ocean Beach
Quaint Normandy Benediction of Beasts Ceremony
In Normandy a traditional benediction des bestiaux gathers oxen horses and village peasants before a small church. A priest chants as the procession leaves the church animals receive a blessing from a sacramental spray. Bread and salt packets are placed at the pedestal for unattending beasts while a devout crowd of peasants marches through the village.
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Normandy
The Flustered Bustard Town Free From Many Pests
A Maine correspondent notes that the town enjoys happiness and prosperity with no saloon, pauper, debt, or lawyer in sight, portraying a quaint bucolic picture of local life.
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Boas
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BANK
Glass
Mr. Fosdyke
Asaka
Nile
Lowdom
Lehn Daner
Indare
Ndmill
Solden Gate Park
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