Quiet at the Banks They Are Doing a Usual Amount of Business
Bank treasurers report steady deposits and no panic as confidence in savings institutions remains high. Some banks require ninety days notice for large withdrawals to guard clerks, but overall business meets the season's average with few unusual drafts and rising public reassurance.
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Hayden
Home Savings Bank
Post
Curtis C. Nichols
Boston Five Cents Savings Bank
Peole
G. F. Taft
Wildey’s Savings Bank
Devonshire Street
Provident Institution For Savings
Morrill
Eliot Five
South Boston
Warren Institution For Savings
Boston Ice Company wins permit for Lamartine Street stable
The board of health granted permission to the Boston Ice Company to construct a large stable on Lamartine Street, despite protests from adjacent property owners. Remonstrants claim improper notices and warn of potential damages, sewage concerns, and manure handling impacts, while officials note requirements must be met before occupancy and that the city may attract other noisy ventures if blocked.
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Boston Ice Company
Board of Health
Lamartine Street
Durgin
Clapp
Ice Company
Old Colony
Durgin Bays
Outfitting Sale Cuts Prices at Shuman Corner
The Spirit of the Age notes a broad competition and urges shoppers to visit Shuman corner for summer clothing and other outfitting lines at sharp cut prices. Reductions reach 40 to 50 percent, highlighting the season’s bargain push.
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Shuman Corner
Senator Ratshesky Declares No Reelection Bid
Senator Ratshesky announces he will not seek another term. The decision ends a lengthy political career and shifts party plans ahead of the next election cycle.
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Ratshesky
The Big Fin Pilgrim In Her Cradle Dock Work Begins
The navy yard starts painting and scraping the bottom of the Big Fin Pilgrim in her cradle today. It is expected the defender will leave the dock Saturday night.
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Pilgrim
Navy Yard Dock
Uncle Sam
Charlestown
Incubating a Wedding in Watsessing New Jersey
Miss Eliza Wynkoop, admired in Watsessing, plans a novel betrothal method. To choose among three suitors she labels three eggs Algernon Henry and Thomas, entrusts them to a hen, and will reveal the winner when the eggs hatch in three weeks.
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Tor
Miss Wynkoop
Algernon
Henry
Thomas
Colomelcy Candidate Dodge for Highth Regiment Seat
Beverly Aug 3 Lt Col Dodge will seek the seat of the Highth Regiment in the upcoming contest. The bid aims to fill a key leadership post in the regiment as local observers weigh the implications for regional defense and command structure.
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Colomelcy
Beverly
Dodge
Seagetcy
Highth
The Cantabrigia Club of Cambridge Gains Notable Growth
The Cantabrigia Club in Cambridge grows rapidly with about 150 members and many applicants awaiting admission. Women are treated as equals in this club and in other spheres, with a selective process requiring a member sponsor and two endorsers. Admission costs are modest at $3 with $2 annual dues, while male clubs charge far higher dues.
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Cantabrigia Club of
Cambridge
Cambridge Club
Cantabrigia Club
Club of Women
Woman's Exchange in Chicago Tour Offer to Guests
Mrs. Hodges directs a unique Woman's Exchange that welcomes men women or children for ten day trips to Chicago. The package includes rooms board guides chaperones and tutors with seven days in Chicago. Total around $115 plus small railroad and baggage fees. A portion of the $2 fee goes to workers.
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Hodges
The
Exchange
Chicago
German Servant Stamp Fund and Fashion Foreseen
In Germany every servant girl must own a blank stamp book bought by the government. Weekly a five cent stamp is pasted in, forming a small sickness or old age fund redeemable by the state if the girl ages or falls ill. The policy, ordered by the Emperor about two years ago, ties stamps to welfare. Princess May is linked to upcoming fashion, blue favored. Kate Furbish reports 425 plant specimens from Poland Springs, noting scarled oak and Querans principes. Princess Tom in Sitka, now Christianized, has dismissed two of her three former husbands.
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Germany
Kate Furbish
Poland Springs
Furbish
Maine
Tom
Sitka
Arab Courtship: A Moonlit Raid and Song
Bashful lovers in Arabia are rare as courtship is abrupt. A brave youth dashes to seize a girl from another tribe at night, flees on horseback, and if caught is shot. If successful, tribes unite in celebration and the couple’s union is marked by a priest’s blessing. Some youths prefer peaceful wooing, singing under the moon with a stringed instrument like a banjo.
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Arabia
Corsets and Dancers Defend Fine Fit Over Loose Gowns
Amelia Glover, a dancer, insists a well made corset supports the body and aids grace. She says corsets do not hinder movement and that she could dance in a snug street gown, arguing that good fit enhances grace over loose attire.
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Amelia Glover
Mrs Mackay’s Jewel Boxes Guarded by Secret Alarm
Mrs Mackay, wife of the Silver King, keeps a fine jewelry collection in two cases. One is silver and two feet square. the other gold and three quarters of a foot square. The gold case, tufted with velvet, has three trays and a spring lock. An alarm clock signals when the tiny gold key opens it. The princess Colonna received a similar jewel box at her wedding.
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Mrs. Mackay
Colonna
Queen Victoria's wartime quilt tale and a cur soldier's plea
A historical anecdote recalls Queen Victoria knitting quilts for Netley Hospital during the Egyptian campaign. One queen made a standout coverlet, chosen for severely wounded patients. A cur soldier, waking in distress and drenched in sweat, begged not to be given the quilt, a macabre note on fate and care.
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Victoria
Netley Hospital
Woman with Largest Wardrobe Arrives in Saratoga
Mrs William Layton of the Murray Hill Hotel New York arrives in Saratoga with forty trunks. She is described as very pretty with red gold hair blue eyes and a 15 year marriage. Her claim to fame is a vast wardrobe including twelve pairs of diamond bracelets twenty diamond hatpins and a highly valuable necklace kept at home.
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Saratoga
William Layton
Murray Hill
New York
Layton
Actresses and Gloves in a Glimpse of Stage Fashion
A photographer notes the vanity and costs of stage life, quoting Jane Stuart and a list of famous actresses with gloved hand measurements and style gloss. The piece humorously critiques spendthrift gifts while highlighting names like Lillian Russell, Marie Tempest, Della Fox, Ada Rehan, and Kitty Cheatham among others.
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Jane Stuart
Albany
Miss Gloves
Lillian Russell
Marie Tempest
Della Fox
Sweet Carrie Turner
Elita Proctor Otis
Heys
Julia Arthur
Nina Farrington
Iacee Dainty G
Banco vi
Georgia Cayvan
Ada Rehan
Eeibe i
Kitty Cheatham
Sadie Martinet
Beatrice Moreland
Nanette Comstock
Marie Jansen
Annie O’neill
Anna O’keefe
Bet Ies
Modest Helen Dauvray
Maggie Clime
Bathing Suit Trends in Mohair For Summer Wear
Mohair is the favorite material for bathing suits this summer because it resists shrinking and does not cling when wet. Black and navy suits are popular, with some red, but white is rarely used. Short suits are favored, skirts reach just below the knee, and waists join to the belt with the skirt attached. Trimmings include revers, Derby collars, and shoulder ruffles, with short sleeves and knickerbocker-style drawers.
Possibilities Of A Hairpin In An American Girl's Hand
A humorous observation on hairpins as endlessly useful tools for women. The piece extols a hairpin as a versatile travel companion and multi purpose device capable of cutting paper, opening berries, serving as a buttoner, geometrical instrument, bodkin, needle, lock picker, mend strap, clothespin, and book marker, showcasing female ingenuity.
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Parvo
Legion
Kipling House Near Brattleboro Feels Isolated Hillside Retreat
The Kipling home site in Vermont sits amid hills with views of meadows and New Hampshire peaks. The two story and a half frame house blends with the landscape while visitors intrude on land. Kipling and family also reside in a nearby tiny cottage during winter. J Lockwood Kipling, the author’s father, works in India’s civil service and visits the property. the son is described as a rugged figure roaming the woods with gun and heavy boots.
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Rudyard Kipling
Brattleboro
Mt. Monadnock
New Hampshire
India
Cambridge tripos star Miss Johnson tops women scholars
Miss A M J E Johnson, daughter of Charles H Johnson and Cambridge native, stands as the senior wrangler among women this year on the Mathematical Tripos list. A 21 year old Newnham scholar, she earlier passed first class in senior local and Cambridge higher local exams, distinguished in both mathematics and applied math. Her brother was fifth wrangler previously.
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Cambridge University
A. M. J. E. Johnson
Charles H. Johnson
Cambridge
Park Street
Miss Johnson
Newnham
College-Bred Women and the Value of Higher Education
The Woman's Journal notes the surge of female college graduates and asks what roles they will fill. It argues a trained intellect equips any person for success in varied jobs, and that education strengthens a woman against economic risks, citing Mrs. C. L. H. Nichols advocating better schooling for girls.
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Woman's Journal
Energetic Star and Park spotlight on The Russell Brothers
The article highlights Pauline Hall’s tireless summer work at the Tremont Theatre with multiple costume changes and strong vocals. It notes the Russell brothers to star next season in The Golden Wedding at the Park, Henry Irving’s Yellowstone visit, Sandow’s Chicago run, and Ned Rice productions building momentum at the Park with Venus looming in Park plans.
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Henry Irving
Sondow
Trocadero
Chicago
Pauline Hall
Trémont Theatre
Miss Hall
Miss Hail
Nantasket
Mme, Favart
John Brand
Russell Brothers
the Park
Montreal
Yellowstone National Park
Irving
San Francisco
New York
Ned Rice
Venus
Artistic Bathing Costumes Drawings Sought
The Post invites readers with artistic sense to submit sketches of graceful bathing costumes. An award of 310 will be paid for the best design. Send entries to Seashore Editor, the Post.
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The
Post
the Post
SICK BABY SERVICE FUND REPORT SUMMARY
Poston Post lists the sick baby service fund status with 9100.00 previously acknowledged and 329.54 added, totaling 429.54. The Post Doctor’s Report notes Aug 2 and Aug 3 calls by Dr. C. D. E. Ball totaling 1168, with cases treated and totals given as 856 and 372 respectively. Dr D W Waldron, city missionary, provided fifty fresh air tickets for rides.
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Poston Post
D. W. Waldron
Shirt waist craze leaves girls hunting for studs
The piece pokes fun at the shirt waist trend as girls chase tiny gold shirt-button studs, describing frantic searches from garret to cellar and the cramped mess of finding a dropped button. It humorously notes girls learn that a man’s life isn’t all sunshine and happiness.
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Garret
The Paper Wedding Fetes A Second Anniversary
A paper wedding celebration on a couple’s second anniversary features outfits and decorations made of paper. Guests attend without gifts, but if chosen, crepe paper crafts include lamp shades dressing table items and table spreads. Photo etchings books and magazine subscriptions offer lasting pleasure at modest cost.
Woman Admitted to Methodist Conference in Nova Scotia
Frances E. Willard finally gains admission to the United States conference after a two year wait. Nova Scotia’s Canso conference rules that women may sit in conference with men. The province’s suffrage bill failed by about two votes, delaying voting rights this year.
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Frances E. Willard
United States
Nova Scotia
Nova Scodia
Canso
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the Rion
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Roberts, Lubbock & Co
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Great Britain
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Balfour
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Mr. Balfour
Boston
Massachusetts General Hospital
Henry C. Ditmas
King’s Highway
L. IL
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Ainley
Annie
George Ainley
Capen
Margaret A. Capen
Coffin
Martha A. K
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Martha Coffin
Edgeworth
Jane A. Edgeworth
Gafnrey
Boston Highlands
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Frank A
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Benjamin FE. Perkins
Spratt
James P. Spratt
Smith
Josephine
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