Remarkable lives and dress in a woman's world
Notes about women cover a mix of romances and real life, highlighting the Archduke Henry of Austria and Baroness von Wiedeck, Miss Cornwallis West wedding gown plans, women sculptors, and new teaching methods for needlework. It discusses female artists, suffrage interests, Florence flower market, fashion, and social commentary on agnosticism, marriage, wealth, and women’s roles.
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Baroness von Wiedeck
Archduke Henry of
Austria
Cornwallis West
St. Margaret’s
Westminster
Westminster Abbey
London
Jane G. Austin
Betty Aiden
Parnell
Onida
Florence
West Philadelphia
She's English Duke to wed Princess Victoria of Teck
London reports the engagement of the Duke of Clarence to his third cousin Princess Victoria of Teck. The match pleases crowds and Queen approves. The couple, long devoted, are tied by a romance that drew praise for Victoria’s Englishness. Wedding date undecided, likely far off.
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London
Duke of Clarence
Victoria of
Teck
West End
Prince of Wales
Luton
Chiltern Hills
Bedford
Duchess of Teck
Ouly
Victoria
Windsor
Reform in Laying Out Streets Brings Boston Change
Reform extends planning to a citywide street layout system under a Board of Survey. Since 1869 calls for a general survey and abutter costs, Mayor Matthews pushed a bill through the legislature, creating a $500,000 appropriation and a Board including ex Mayors and former officials. The new system already shows promising results for Boston’s present and future.
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Matthews
Shurtleff
Board of Commissioners
Boston
Gaston
Roxbury
Dorchester
O’ Brien
Hart
Legislative Committee
Boston Citizens’ Association
William Power Wilson
Hugh O’brien
Hugh Brady
Charles Morton
Board of Survey
Carroll Elected Mayor in Pawtucket Election
Democratic candidate Hugh J. Carroll won Pawtucket’s mayoral race with 2154 votes to Sherman 847 and White 275, amid turnout criticisms by third parties who question the election legality under ballot reform law. Supporters cheered, while opponents plan a Supreme Court challenge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pawtucket
R. I
Hugh J. Carroll
Carroll
Sherman
White
Scattering
Mr. Carroll
Supreme Court
Main Street Square
Baby Ruths Carriage Gift From Cleveland Admirer
New York reports Eugene A. Gerbracht, a devoted admirer of ex President Cleveland, sent a lavish swan shaped baby carriage for Ruth. Crafted as a reed body with cane exterior, white silk damask and pink silk plush upholstery, nickel plated fittings and hickory wheels. The carriage, resembling Wagner’s Lohengrin design, was sent to Lakewood on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Spectax
Eugene A. Gerbracht
No. 8
Columbia Street
Cleveland
Ruth
Lakewood
Wagner
Appalachian Mountain Club Meeting at Institute of Technology
The Appalachian Mountain Club will meet Thursday evening in Room 11, Rogers Building, Institute of Technology. Two papers describe a trip in northwestern Japan by Rosewell B. Lawrence and Percival Lowell. Papers to be illustrated with lantern slides from the writers' negatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appalachian Mountain Club
Rogers Building
Institute of Technology
Japan
Rosewell B. Lawrence
Percival Lowell
Vessels Ashore at Pasque Island Stall Work
Little headway made as wreckers fail to resume at Pasque Island due to strong southwest wind and heavy swell. The steamer South Portland remains stranded since Friday while the schooner Agnes Manning is badly hogged with a jiggermast in motion and poor chances of salvage. A lighter load from the steamer has been placed aboard barge Lizzie H for trans shipment to destination.
Miss Grum to Begin Six Lectures on Law at Lasell
This evening Miss Mary A. Grum will start a course of six lectures at Lasell Seminary. The first lecture will cover Legal Powers of Minors, Agents and Partners, introducing foundational concepts in law for the students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary A. Grum
Lasell Seminary
Mt Holyoke Alumnae Dinner Honors Mary Brigham Memory
The Mt Holyoke Alumnae Association of New York held a semi annual dinner and reception at the Fifth Avenue hotel. The group raised forty five thousand dollars for an educational project in memory of Mary Brigham the college’s first president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mt. Holyoke Alumnae Association of
Fifth Avenue
Mary Brigham
Collection of Classic Works and Histories for Sale
A catalog listing multiple authors and series with volumes and prices. Carlyle's Works ten volumes seven fifty Cooper's Works sixteen volumes illustrated twelve dollars Cooper's Leather Stocking Tales five volumes illustrated three forty five Cooper's Sea Tales five volumes illustrated three seventy five Dickens's Works fifteen volumes illustrated eleven twenty five Eber's Works seven volumes five twenty five Gibbon's Rome six volumes four fifty Green's History of English People four volumes illustrated three dollars Guizot's History of France illustrated six dollars.
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Carlyle
Cooper
Dickens
Eber
Gibbon
Rome
Green
Guizot
France
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Sir Philip Sidney
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Joseph Pennell
Longfellow, Whittier and Tennyson
Boydell Gallery
A. B. Muzzy
John Howard Payne
Farrar
Life of Christ
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Mr. Barnes
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Henry II
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Saran
Ebenezer Anderson
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Thomas W. Byrne
Blake
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Schubert
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EL Cracovienne
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Mr. Heinrich Meyn
Clayton Johns Wills
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Tieck
Howard M. Ticknor
Frankfort
Julius Stockhausen
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Kng
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Thurs
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Washington
Madison Square Theatre
Charles Frorman
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Neil Burgess
County Fair
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Howard
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