Wings and marital name trends in a lively period piece
The article notes ostrich plume hats priced at twenty five dollars a pair, described as wide-brimmed sailors with bold color schemes worn back to showcase the front. It also mentions a English movement for wives to adopt their husbands' names while keeping their own, using Miss Mary Cotton as an illustrative example and noting the potential surname Cotton-Spirks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omly & Grinde
England
Mary Cotton
Repairing a Split Limb and Grafting Advice
The article explains saving a partially attached limb by shortening small branches, rejoining the wood, lashing, drilling, inserting an iron bolt, and sealing with grafting wax. It covers cleaning decayed wood, filling cavities with portland cement, and preserving bark to extend the tree’s life. It also includes a farmer anecdotes and various gardening notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange Judd
The Broken Health of the Average Woman
Margaret Flindt urges women to balance duties with rest and cheerful perspective. She argues that mental overwork harms nerves and health, advising accepting interruptions and choosing leisure over fretful kitchen labor to preserve dignity, mood, and family harmony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Flindt
Chicago Woman Probes Canal Zone Welfare Mission
Miss Gertrude Heeks travels to Panama under Taft to study social conditions in the canal zone for the War Department. The Chicago-born investigator has long worked in welfare for government employees, previously aiding the National Civic Federation and McCormick Harvester reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Panama
Gertrude Heeks
Taft
Panama Canal Zone
United States
National Committee On Welfare
Miss. Beeks
National Civic Federation
McCormick Harvester Company
Timeless Chronicles Mix of Battles and Biographies
A mosaic of dates and figures spans from 1453 to 1905, listing battles, political shifts, explorers, and cultural notes. It mentions Mahomet II, Columbus, Marlowe, Lincoln, the Hudson Bay Co, Magenta, Canadian campaigns, and the Paris Commune, weaving a broad panorama of history. The piece also critiques wooden water pipes, citing Andrew Bwickard and engineering trends alongside a cabinet of memorable quotes and jokes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trasaltes
Linpan
Mahomet
Constantinople
Columbus
New World
Chriatopher Marlowe
Charles 11
England
Wyandotte
Lieut. Cuyler
Point Pelee
Charleston Harbor
Long Howe
Bay of Bincay
Charles Romanuel I
Samlola
Sackett's Harbor
Mrs. Geneon
Dickens
Min Haviland
William J. Duane
Pennsylvania
the Treasury
Hudson Bay Company
Mexico
United States
Ma Seymour
Commodore Keppel
Mare Klaw
Magenta
Straits of Belle Tele
Lincoln
Canada
Pan Boyton
Hadge
St. Katherine
Queen Victoria
Prince Louie Napoleon
Bouthy Africa
Jobstown
Texas
Palco
Hort Worth
Gen. Lee
Tichmond
Gurfield
Cleveland
Ohio
Carnot
Duke of Orleans
France
Wasola
Jefferson Davin
Richmond
Salvador
Primo Rivera
Madrid
Prince of Wales
Pers Aimmon
Moscow
Central States
Urhans
Millia
Mr. Gladstone
Westminster Abbey
Paul Kruger
Pretoria
Topeka
Kan
Portland
Ore
Alfonso XI
Spain
Ena of Battenberg
Different Now Parson Offer Consolement to Widow
A fragmentary note records consoling words from a Parson to a young widow after the death of George. The lines hint at late joy and sorrow, reflecting a local social moment and mourning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
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Wayn
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Lucerne
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Philadelphia
Mary A. Stubbs
Indianapolis
Indiana State Bureau of Statistics
Milas Zena Dalrymble
Wilds
Owel
Wattstown
Ruondda
Mixa Dorothea Klampke
Paria
Mire Klampke
Marianne Parningham
Bugland
Amsterdam
Holland
Eilean van Renssalaer
Albany
Dominie
Nicholas van Renossalaer
New York
America
India Mull
Ating
the Weekly Historian
Sedma
Andrew Bwickard
California Journal of Technology
Alaska
Peru
Haven
Willie
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