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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1894
Page
12
A long noisy fragment on kitchen tips and homemaking lore includes celery storage, potato preparations, a milk quality test, dry shampoo method, a wax polish recipe, and various salad dressings. It also hints at bread and cake storage, silk care, and a troubling final note about past prison experiences and suffering women and children.
A survey of fashionable household trinkets and personal accessories. The piece notes silver kaifs for pocket use, Louis XV style tapestries, lace window draperies, and decorative lamp features. It highlights writing desk ornaments including sliver grinders, stamp trays, and novelty erasers, plus evolving watch designs with enamel and floral motifs.
The piece notes flowers and vines restore charm as days shorten, with harvest colors filling country churches and homes. It describes crimson and gold palettes, autumn foliage, berries, gourds, and new electric light shades, including holly red and pale lemon tones, plus novel fabrics and matched lace for a refined, fairy like effect.
The rest cure shifts from costly private hospitals to home practice. Women now rest in brief, daily doses during work or family duties, with mothers and businesswomen taking short breaks while children nap or during lunch. The article urges relentless daily respite to prevent burnout.
An amused scene at a Syracuse tea last week ends in chaos as a burning paper shade ignites a guest's dress. A quick-thinking young woman stomps out the flames while others panic. The hostess later discovers the ice chair caused the mishap, sparking talk of nerve and presence of mind among attendees.
An essay compares Boston New York Chicago Cincinnati and Washington, praising Boston for intellectual life, Chicago for speed and grit, Cincinnati for peace, and especially Washington for its official society, parks and pageantry. It notes the social rules elites follow, the role of the president and Cabinet wives, and the push of social climbing in the capital.
A long-form profile recounts Annie Collins, Montana's cattle queen, and her husband’s 860-acre ranch twenty-five miles from Chateau. It notes she leads cattle shipments to Great Falls after a railroad obstacle, and describes her rise, methods, and public notoriety as a pioneer woman in ranching.
A fragment from the Lewiston Journal quotes two pretty girls and a speaker in Portland banter about hair and casual talk. The dialogue includes a line about bangling hair and a lighthearted exchange among unnamed participants.
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