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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1894
Page
10
A long, dense excerpt offers household advice on infant feeding with cow milk, sterilizing bottles, and preparing a safe diet, plus recipes and tips for family cooking, bread making, and children’s party games. It also describes rose-themed party decor and nursery paper decor ideas for an elegant domestic setting.
A detailed look at home crafts and fashion accoutrements including cotton cushion covers with embroidery, wool crochet edges, satin linings, and rustic decorative touches. It notes tobacco pouches, handkerchief fashions with white borders, and opal ring styles trending with new settings, plus domestic tips and a lemonade recipe as social fixtures.
A long, detailed cost breakdown outlines a debutante’s season expenses from four years abroad to wedding day. It estimates $22,000 in outlays for gowns, cloaks, hats, gloves, parasols, and accessories, plus $18,000 for events, presentations, opera visits, and a $5,000 opera box. Overall, the article totals $48,600 in anticipated costs and notes the father’s heavy financial burden and lavish entertainments.
The piece notes a trend toward omitting presents with wedding invitations and praises the rise of no gift cards as fashionable etiquette. It contrasts imitation furs with real fur, urging caution on affordable imitations and recommending genuine Mink or Astrakhan for trims, while cautioning about quality and care.
A friend recalls experimental dishes from country and city households. Warm okra salad with French dressing and unusual preparations like parboiled vegetables baked in butter and gravy appear as novel tastes. The narrator notes savor and novelty in polite dining customs.
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