Origins of Woman's Clubs Through Ancient and Colonial Times
Mrs Price Gilbert surveys the history of women's clubs from ancient Athens through colonial New England. She traces early societies, the rise of independent club membership, and the charitable mission that defines the modern women's club, noting Jacksonville Ladies Education Society as the earliest continuous federation member since 1896.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Price Gilbert
New England
Woman's Club
Jacksonville Ladies’ Education Society
Illinois State Federation
Diinois State Federation T
Jacksonville
Rise of Early American Women Clubs and Key Figures
The text traces the rise of early women’s clubs in the United States, highlighting the Minerva Club of New Harmony Indiana, the New England Club of Boston, and Sorosis of New York. It notes founders, prominent members like Mary Livermore and Elizabeth Cady Stanton era figures, and the launch of nationwide movements including the Association for the Advancement of Women and the General Federation of Women’s Clubs. The piece emphasizes the clubs’ role in advancing reform, culture, and women’s rights, and the 1889 federation convention.
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New York
Minerva Club of
New Harmony
Indiiana
Constance Fauntleroy Runice
Robert Dale Owen
Minerva Club
Sinois
Judlava
Kalama
Michigan
Hearth Stone
Albe Ury
Mary B. Booth
Kate Field
Cornell
Quincy
Mthols
Central States
Boston
Ladies Physiological Institute
Sorosis
New England
Jelieve
Aid
Vicinity
Mary A. Livermore
Louisa Alcott
Lzsbeth Cherry
James T. Fielin
Mia
Abba Goold Woolson
Mary
Association For the Advancement of Women
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Woman’s Club
Nantucket
Olympia
San Francisco
Oakland
Statall
Decker
Federation
Kidney Remedy Testimony from Rev Joseph H Fesperman
A religious author from North Carolina testifies of severe kidney trouble. He describes eight days bedridden with kidney pain and thick white sediment in urine. After taking Foley's Kidney Remedy the pain ceased and urine returned to normal, and he recommends the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph H. Fesperman
Llsbury
N. C
Foley
Jury's praise for Judge Speer in Valdosta term
The Grand Jury, about to dismiss, read resolutions thanking Judge Speer for a courageous, comprehensive charge. In reply, the judge expressed humility, recalled Lincoln's centennial remarks, and affirmed affection for Southern heritage while thanking the jurors and court officers before being discharged.
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Valdosta
Speer
Grand Jury
United States Court
New York
Lincoln
Dixie
Father Wounded by Two Sons in Dublin Georgia
F A Brantley and Whit Brantley shot and seriously wounded their father Jake Brantley in Brewton ten miles from Dublin in a family dispute. The elder Brantley fired first, three loads of bird shot hit his son’s right arm and chest. the father was drunk. The two suspects, who used a shotgun and pistol, surrendered after Sheriff Flanders’ visit and posted $500 bond. Recovery may require amputation of the right arm.
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Dublin
F. A. Brantley
Whit Brantley
Jake Brantley
C. W. Brantley
Brewton
Here
Sheriff Flanders
Justice of the Peace
Powell Ernest Killed by Son in Alabama Home
Birmingham man reports 16 year old Ernest Powell killed his father C. O Powell at their Jonesboro home. After a six mile bloodhound chase he was captured at J M Robinson's Bessemer residence. Ernest says the father beat him before the shooting. Robinson had been indicted recently for killing a negro held on attempted assault charges against his daughter.
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Birmingham
Ala
PoweLl Ernest
C. O. Ernest
Jonesboro
J. M. Robinson
Bessemer
Robinson
Young
Ernest
Jefferson County
Fall
Diamond Gift for Mrs Roosevelt in Washington Society
A 35-diamond necklace and an embossed friendship book were presented to Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt by 38 prominent Washington women. The gifts, taken to the White House by Miss May Williams and Mrs. Robert Hitt, were not given in person. Donor names remain private. contributions ranged from $50 to $100. The necklace features a two carat center diamond, 34 smaller stones, and a platinum rim. The 8 by 10 inch book, bound in calfskin, bears Mrs. Roosevelt’s monogram EKR in gold and includes a vellum page with a gold inscribed quotation from Antony and Cleopatra. The book was designed by Florence Pike.
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Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
White House
May Williams
Robert Hitt
Congressman Hitt
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Progress in Industrial Way Across Georgia and Alabama
Twenty four new corporations sought charters in Georgia and Alabama this week, with over one million dollars in liquid capitalization and larger authorized stock. Atlanta plans include a 17 story bank and office building and a $200000 apartment house, while Birmingham advances a million dollar hotel project and a $200000 hotel addition in Atlanta. Georgia towns like Fitzgerald and Newnan report school and bond activity, and Americus eyes a municipal lighting bonds issue. In Washington County Alabama a timber lands deal valued at $650000 occurred. Macon plans plant improvements, Griffin eyed a gas franchise, and a Western of Georgia Railway charter petition crosses Heard Coweta and Fayette counties. Jail modernization may begin as state inspectors urge new facilities, with church construction noted at Dublin and Milledgeville.
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Gia
Alabama Industrial Index
Georgia
Alabama
Atlanta
Birmingham
Millon Dollar
Fitzgerald
Newnan
Americus
Washington County
Macon
Griffin
Western of Georgia Railway
Heard
Coweta
Faystte
State Inspector of Jails
Dublin
Startselle
Ala
Milledgeville
Columbus
Roosevelt Homecoming Planned by Oyster Bay Residents
New York March 3 The people of Oyster Bay plan a rousing welcome for Mr Roosevelt arriving from Washington tomorrow evening They will set up for him and even if they do not sleep until after ten o clock A reception committee will meet the ex President at the station Neighbors along the Cove Road will illuminate their houses as he and his family drive to Sagamore Hall
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Roosevelt
New York
Oyster Bay
Mr. Roosevelt
Washington
Cove Road
Sagamore Hall
Tragic shooting at General Miller residence near Temple
March 3 Temple New Hampshire. A drunken valet George L. Marcotte seized a pistol at Brigadier General James Miller’s home, fired at the general and housekeeper, and fled. Reverend Harvey Eastman, pastor of the local Congregational church, fired a public safety weapon in defense as Marcotte was fatally wounded in the forehead. An inquest will be held. Eastman, 25, has served in Temple for two years.
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Temple
N. H
George L. Marcotte
James Miller
United States Army
Harvey Eastman
General Miller
Marcotte
Miller
Davidson
Mr. Eastman
Atlanta Daughters deny bid for Wirz monument
Mrs E G McCabe president of the Atlanta chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy says Atlanta has not bid to place the Wirz monument in the city. She notes Mayor Maddox offered to help and a vote on presenting Atlanta will be taken at a chapter meeting tomorrow afternoon.
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Atlanta
E. G. McCabe
The
Daughters of the Confederacy
Wirz
Counciln
Daughters
Maddox
Gaineaville Electric Railway Sold at Auction
Special Commissioner Samuel C. Dunlap sold the Gaineaville Electric Railway Company at public auction to R. L. West of Atlanta for 80000. West represents bondholder trustees. the bonded property stood at 250000. Judge W. T. Newman ordered the sale in the U S court for the northern district of Georgia.
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Gaineaville
Samuel C. Dunlap
Gaineaville Electric Railway Company
R. L. West
Atlanta
West
W. T. Newman
United States Court For
Northern District of Georgia
Ship Subsidy Bill Voted Down By House
Washington March 3 The ship subsidy bill was rejected by the House of Representatives 172 to 175. The bill would have paid American steamships of 16 knots or more and at least 5,000 gross tons $4.60 per nautical mile outward on routes of 4,000 miles or more to South America, the Philippines, Asia and Australia.
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Washington
House of Representatives
South America
Philippines
Asia
Australie
Teller Ridicules Panama Canal Debate
Washington March 3 Senator Teller denounced the Panama Canal plans during the penal code bill readings. He argued Congress favored a sea level waterway until the Spooner act of 1902 and noted repeated plan changes and questionable lock designs. He questioned naval risk even if completed.
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Washington
Senate
Teller
Panama Canal
Congress
Panama
Bohillo
Gatum
Printing report of country life commission dropped from bill
Washington March 3 The conference committee report on the agricultural bill was adopted with the senate amendment for a 25 000 appropriation to print the country life commission report struck after a second conference The house debate featured caustic criticisms of President Roosevelt with lawmakers including Reeder Stephens Fitzgerald Hepburn Lever Stanley and Tawney questioning the commission adding that it would amount to government by executive choice instead of law
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Washington
Conference
House
Senate
Country Life Commission
Roosevelt
Messrs
Reeder
Kansas
Stephens
Texas
Fitzgerald
New York
Hepburn
Iowa
Lever
South Carolina
Stanley
Kentucky
Tawney
Minnesota
Commission On Country
Ufe
Son Beats Father in Feud Then Father Stabs Son in Savannah
In Savannah on March 3 Gus Armstrong entered his father's Broughton street business and beat the elder man. The father stabbed Gus, severing arteries near the neck. Gus saved himself by grasping the artery and reaching a hospital, while the father was cut in the abdomen and may lose an eye. The elder is 63.
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Savannah
Gus Armstrong
Broughton Street
Frank Armstrong
Bucklens Arnica Salve Restores Leg After Eczema Lapse
Watertown resident J A Swenson credits Bucklens Arnica Salve with saving his leg after ten years of eczema and multiple doctors failed to cure it. The product is advertised as infallible for skin eruptions, eczema, salt rheum, boils, fever sores, burns, scalds, cuts and piles and priced at 25 cents at local stores W J Smith & Bro and H R Palmer & Sons.
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J. A. Swenson
Watertown
Wis
Bucklen
W. J. Smith & Bro
H. R Palmer & Sons
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Sloan
Earl S. Sloan
Mass
Judge Speer
Iil
Gainesville Railway
Feller
Secretary of the Navy
Roosevelt Country Life Commission
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