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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1891
Page
1
Homer Greene argues in The North American Review that honesty in law is constrained by client pressure and public opinion. He posits a hypothetical where clients admit fault and attorneys demand open fair trials, suggesting lawyers act as honestly as they dare to earn a living and reflect client influence on conduct.
A proposal envisions sinking the Chicago lake front railway tracks into a city tunnel level with Michigan Avenue, covered by a park and lit by electricity. It argues such tunnels offer ventilation, safety, and a model for future urban transit, potentially aligning with a World’s Fair era desire for advanced urban infrastructure.
The London World reports a prolonged clash between homeopathy and allopathy over Princess Henrietta of Flanders. Her mother favors homeopathy and called Dr Martiny, while orthodox physicians refused to meet him, prompting a provincial telegraph consultation and a chance for a young military doctor to show obedience as duty.
A. McIntosh brings a trophy moose weighing 1400 pounds with 14 inch blades and a 4 foot 10 inch horn span to La Prairie Ills. Magnet. The hide remains intact to the hoofs as dressing is completed. It will be sent to Duluth for taxidermy.
In a Detroit Free Press item, Mr. Brown of Virginia mocks Mr. Hough of Tennessee by mispronouncing his name as Hoe. Hough resents it. the dispute escalates with threats and a strange claim of bullets and cats, leaving the case unsettled.
A reflection on the 40th anniversary of the first national women’s rights convention and Boston commemorations. The piece notes gains in education and employment, shifts in social attitudes, and ongoing battles for legal and political rights, highlighting the era’s broad cultural impact. A lighter aside on fashion trends and a rustling dress fad adds period texture.
A speaker recalls asking twenty acquaintainces about marriage before wedlock. Fifteen of the twenty became happily married, four fair, and one unhappy, with the overall lesson that marriage often makes life worth living despite early fears.
New York Letter notes a craze for pink and yellow in fashion and decor. Pink dinners, teas, and confections appear in menus, ices, and gowns. Ballrooms and tea rooms embrace white, gold, yellow, and green schemes, with Mrs. Ogden Mills praised for a white and gold ballroom. Yellow gowns suit blondes, who favor pink and scarlet over baby blue.
A bright young schoolteacher Miss Frye owns a valuable patent for making patent tiles. The piece hints at a simple elegant invention, claiming it could bring royalty and a future wealth. It notes a lost art of producing ancient copper colors and teases a reward for the rediscovery in the New York World.
Elizabeth Marbury, a pioneering woman in theatre, becomes a prominent metal director and business chief. Her lineage of lawyers and varied talents propelled her from critic and writer to manager for Frances Hodgson Burnett, directing Little Lord Fauntleroy and handling Burnett's literary matters. She argues for equal pay, noting women deserve the same remuneration as men for similar work.
News of Eleanor J W Baker widow of Walter Baker the chocolate maker reveals her bequests to women oriented groups and coeducational institutions. The Woman's Union Missionary Society in New York receives 15000 while Wellesley College gets 9000 and the Women's Board of Missions 5000. The New England Farm for Women and Children 4000 and the Boston Young Women's Christian Association 4000 are named along with 3000 to the Boston Free Hospital for Women and 2000 to the Massachusetts Home for Temperate Women.
The New York World notes a wave of ladies days sweeping clubs from the Racquet to the Lotus and Union. Exclusive venues like Knickerbocker Fellowcraft and Manhattan Athletic clubs see women visitors, with Union mulling Sunday afternoon access if guests arrive in Sunday best.
The Waco Texas school board, seen as progressive, elected Mrs W D House as city superintendent. Some professors resigned but Mrs House is praised as efficient, kind, and helpful, earning respect from teachers and reflecting well on the board's judgment.
Emmeline Raymond reports from Paris on spring fashion noting the close sheath silhouette remains popular though skirts run slightly long for street wear. Designers add subtle lifts like a waist cord with rubber clamps to hold the skirt, and light flexible horsehair petticoats are announced for summer.
A group of young ladies formed an anti-slang society in the city about two weeks ago. They impose a one cent fine for every slang word used and the collected funds go to the South End mission school. Early costs averaged about twenty five cents per member as they collected phrases like Awful Good gracious and You make me tired.
Miss Pinckney leads Margaret Winthrop hall at Cambridge school in an experiment that creates a real home for girls away from school. The home life is well kept separate from the school environment as residents adjust to new routines under Mr Arthur Gilman’s direction.
Abby Morton Diaz argues for women's moral influence in public life and education. The note collection highlights Kate Drexel funding an order aiding Indians and blacks, the Princess Ghika parenting a boy as a girl, and a Schliemann clause requiring fifty lines daily. It also mentions Lady Randolph Churchill’s simple gown, Mrs. Putnam’s linguistic work, and other female figures in literature and society.
In Toronto Professor Goldwin Smith praises annexation of Canada to the United States as a path to vast commercial gain and peace on the continent. He argues there is no disloyalty to Britain, foresees a unified nation under one flag and the future role of Great Britain as amity and trade partner.
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