Notable Women Named in Board and Society Roles
A roundup of women appointed or elected to prominent posts and achievements across North America. Ella M. Rainey joins the Rural Home and School board in St. Charles NL. Mrs. Henry Gerin-Lajoie is daughter of Sir Alexander Lacoste and wife of a lawyer, on Quebec civil line work. Mrs. Norman E. Mack of Buffalo listed among St. Louis exposition women managers. Miss Minetta T. Taylor becomes first female president of the Western Association of Writers. Miss Laura Rose leads a traveling dairy school in Nova Scotia. Eliza Chase Ingalls noted as deceased mother of John J. Ingalls. Adelaide Augusta Jones Dean, sole surviving member of the 1832 Park Street church chorus that sang the first public rendition of Smiths America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliza Chase Ingalls
Haverhill
Mass
John J. Ingalls
Ella M. Rainey
Yates
St. Charles
Henry Gerin-Lajoie
Quebec
Alexander Lacoste
Court of King’s Bench
China
Minetta T. Taylor
Greencastle
Ind
Western Association of Writers
United States
Laura Rose
The
Agricultural College
Guelph
Canada
Nova Scotia
Rose
Cape Breton
Adelaide Augusta Jones
Boston
F. Smith
America
Park’ Street
Pen Chisel and Brush in Early 20th Century Notes
New York sculptor Sara Greene Wright is praised as a rare life model for children. Vienna artist Franz Muller wins $200 damages after a jealous acquaintance breaks a nail during a dispute. Philadelphia portraitist R B Farley visits Minneapolis for summer work and aims to finish a spring begun commission. Frances Hodgson Burnett Townsend leaves a sanitarium for Easthampton cottage to work on The Destiny of Bettina and tend a garden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sara Greene , Wright
New York
Franz Muller
Vienna
Muller
R. B. Farley
Philadelphia
Minneapolis
Frances Hodgson Burnett Townsend
Easthampton
Bettina
College and School News Highlights
The Barry de Hirsch school fund runs fifty Galicia schools with 247 teachers and 5684 pupils. Woodrow Wilson recalls finishing about 40th in a 125 student Princeton class. Johns Hopkins ends a $1,000,000 endowment drive securing stable finances. German schools begin instruction for stutterers with six Berlin specialists offering twelve hours weekly. 1.5 percent of German pupils stutter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barry de Hirsch
Galicia
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton University
Remsen
Friends of
Johns Hopkins University
Berlin
Municipal Board of Education
Railway Ties Women to Signal Work in Austria
The article notes that women will be employed to operate signals on the Southern railway in Austria. It also mentions Siberian through trains running at a loss due to low rates and passenger preference for second class. Charles W. Hayes, vice president of Grand Trunk, orders heads to seek bright young men. German engineers report hydraulic puffer stops at Altona withstanding a 200 ton train at eleven mph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austria
Siberian
Charles W. Hayes
Grand Trunk Railroad Company
Altona
Town Topics and Population Quips Spark City Comparisons
Snippets from papers note St Louis mood in Danish tone and Chicago population figures at 1 820 000. A Boston resident questions Chicago life while the National Educational Association is slated for Boston, amid claims New York may be the sole city needing educators more or less.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Memphis
Chicago
Boston Globe
Boston
New York
Jacksonville
Lipton Visits and Global Wates News Roundup
Sir Thomas Lipton plans another America's Cup challenge with tight security and strong preparations. Labor conditions across the country are unsettled with strikes and voluntary wage increases. A Louisville cemetery statue reportedly bears a third lightning strike. Debates at Washington focus on domestic issues alongside China's aid and foreign policy. The Venice Campanile collapse rumors prompt caution given past warnings about natural disasters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Lipton
Philadelphia
Indianapolis News
Louisville
Boston Transcript
China
Sam
Washington
New York World
Venice
Pelee
Martinique
Frills of Fashion Highlight Summer Wardrobe Styles
The New York Post notes midsummer gowns in pale cerulean and tan using French woven grass cloth and linen batiste. Tea gowns feature silk batistes with floral grounds and tamboured organdie, pompadour foulard, crepe de chine, voile, and mercerized india mull. Fancy Maen resort outfits show tiny basket squares with lace and silk blouse vests while mercerized cotton gowns gain popularity for morning and afternoon wear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
New York Post
Pert Personalities Spark Witty Observations Across Papers
A collage of brief quips and curiosities from Chicago News St Louis Globe Democrat Baltimore American Washington Star Kansas City World and Indianapolis note witty asides about figures such as Mr Wu George Francis Train Chauncey and Sir Liang Chen Tung with playful speculation on biographies divorces and diplomatic posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago News
George Francis Train
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Chauncey Gayly
Baltimore American
Sultan of
Sulu
Washington Star
Hamlin Garland
Hamlin
Kansas City World
Liang Chen Tung
Washington
Indianapolis News
Curtain Calls and Theater Moves Ahead of Next Season
Adolph Zink re-engaged for Foxy Quiller. Boyd Putnam in Annisquam. Jennie Reiffarth to join Stuart Robson next season. Mrs. Leslie Carter to vacation with her mother in Switzerland. New York to host German operatic and dramatic companies next year. Clara Betz to star in The Summer Girl. Clara Allen Bourne to play Mercedes in Monte Cristo next season. Edgar Selden hires Vinie Henshaw for Peck and His Mother-in-law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph Zink
Foxy Quiller
Boyd Putnam
Annisquam
Jennie Reiffarth
Stuart Robson
Seaso
Leslie Carter
Switzerland
New York
Clara ‘Betz
Clara Allen Bourne
Mercedes
Scraps of Science and Astronomical Notes From 1901
A Greenwich observatory study counted 212 507 stars on photographs. New explosives such as albionite and cheddite are noted. In 1901 thirty six asteroids were discovered mainly at Heidelberg, bringing total charted to 475. Ramsay explains krypton tube color depends on retina spot size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwich Observatory
Heidelberg
W. Ramsay
State lines on salaries and routes in early reports
New York pays its supreme court judges 17500 dollars a year the highest state salary. Iowa leads in rural free delivery routes while other states lag. New Hampshire reports grasshoppers biting girls as a curious note from a Denver Post item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Supreme Court
New York News
Iowa
Omaha
New Hampshire
Denver Post
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