Women and masculine activity debated by Dr Shrady
The article quotes a New York discussion on whether women developing masculine traits would alter female nature. Dr Shrady’s statement is debated by a physician who argues maternal instinct remains foundational and that educated independent women will be healthier and more womanly. The meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Women in New York is noted with Mrs. Julia Ward Howe presiding and delegates such as Mrs. Ednah D. Cheney in attendance.
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New York
Shrady
Dr. Shrady
Julia Ward Howe
Howe
Wandom
H. L. T. Walcott
Dedham
Mass
M. L. Chandler
Ednah D. Cheney
As Twenty-Second Annual Congress Opens in Knoxville
Mrs Julia Ward Howe presided at the opening session in Knoxville Tennessee on November 1 as the twenty second annual congress of the organization began. Delegates from several states gathered to discuss themes and plan activities for the year ahead.
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Julia Ward Howe
Knoxville, Tenn
The
Farmer's Dream Speech Sparks Rally in Peabody
The Hon. John E. Russell delivered a forceful address in Peabody praising Mr. Knox while attacking Republican tariff policy. He argued farmers suffer under protectionism, described the era of low tariffs as rescuing the nation, and urged voters to back Mr. Fifield amid a charged local political clash.
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Peabody
John E. Russell
Knox
Congress
Carlisle
Lincoln
Harrison
New York
George Washington
Fifield
State House
Massachusetts
Greenhalge Defends Gold Standard at Gloucester Rally
Governor Greenhalge spoke to about 1300 Republicans at City Hall urging no change to the gold standard and warning against inflationary ideas. He contrasted Democratic proposals on currency and ship protection, favoring a 10 percent discriminating duty to boost American shipping and domestic industries.
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Gloucester
Greenhalge
Mahion Chance
New York
James A. Bailey, Jr
Arlington
George Fred Williams
Fairchild
Butler
House of Representatives
Williams
Lodge On Deck Addresses Crowd In East Boston
Jesse M. Gove Republican candidate for Congress spoke to a large audience at Lyceum Hall East Boston with Alderman Witt presiding and Senator Lodge as the principal speaker. Lodge noted Democratic presence and highlighted his campaign remarks.
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Jesse M. Gove
Congress
Ninth
Lyceum Hall
Boston
Charles Witt
H. C. Lodge
Michael J. Murray
Lodge
Blue tights lithograph ruled not indecent in Chattanooga
Recorder M M Hope ruled that the blue tights lithograph with the caption A Black Sheep is not indecent. Albert, manager of the Opera House, faced arrest after placing copies at the entrance despite police prohibition. Trial opened with local business leaders testifying amid debate over decency.
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Chattanooga
M. M. Hope
Albert
Opera House
Miss Davis Denies Suffrage Link in Virginia Letter
Richmond dispatch reports Mrs. Jeffer son Davis denying rumors that her daughter Miss Winnie is a suffragist. She insists Winnie would vote Republican if able and calls the claim false in every particular.
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Richmond
Jefferson Davis
Winnie
Wife receives all wedding presents in Chicago case
Justice Underwood rules the wife owns every wedding gift including suspenders and collar buttons if she proves she drew the marriage ceremony. In the Anhalt vs Anhalt case a wife wins presents valued at $1000, citing her role as drawing card at the ceremony.
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Chicago
Justice Underwood
Bar of Justice
Philip Anhalt
Louise Anhalt
Conant on McCall in Arlington Tariff Debate
Democratic candidate Charles A. Conant challenged Representative McCall’s tariff stance in Arlington. He warned that a Republican Speaker would push a McKinley era tariff via a pro‑special interests Ways and Means, keeping manufacturers dependent and tariffs unsettled. Conant urged continuing free raw materials and moderate duties as the party’s policy.
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Arlington
Charles A. Conant
Congress
Eighth
McCall
Thomas B. Reed
Spaker
Washington
Ways and Means Committee
McKinley
National Democratic Party
Republican Party
Senator Fitzgerald Addresses Twelfth Ward Democrats
Senator John F Fitzgerald spoke at the old Public Market Hall in Washington and Pine streets as the twelfth ward Democrats gathered. John Morrisey called the meeting to order with Dennis J Quinn and Joseph J Corbett of Charlestown among the speakers.
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John F. Fitzgerald
Twelfth Ward
Old Public Market Hall
Washington and
Pine Streets
John Morrisey
Dennis J. Quinn
Joseph J. Corbett
Charlestown
Senator Fitzgerald
Notions Norcross Penny Saving Message Ad
A penny saving promotion urges cutting small expenses to save more, promising tips on penny and nickel savings. It advertises items priced per pound such as apricotines and peanut taffy with low rates and notes limited stock no. 18 left.
Democratic tariff boost spurs factory activity claim
The article notes factories and mills resuming overtime work due to the Democratic tariff bill. It forecasts higher business in three months than in the past peak year. It also details Republican candidate Mr. Gove’s record and cites speeches by Senator Fitzgerald at several ward rallies with various local dignitaries in attendance.
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Gove
Congress
Fitzgerald
O'Neil
O’neil
Councillor Donovan
Jacob Spitz
Edward J. Flynn
Thomas A. Mullen
Daniel D. Rourke
Louis Blumenthal
Charles G. Engstrom
John A. Ryan
Gargan Addresses Springfield on American Industry and Equality
Thomas J. Gargan advocates American watches, pens, typewriters, and machinery as competing with European products, urges protectionist gains for Belgium’s example, and predicts a revived American commerce. He contrasts Senator Hoar on individual equality of rights with Republican caucus secrecy and Catholic discrimination concerns.
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Springfield
Thomas J. Gargan
London
Paris
Berlin
Vienna
Belgium
Massachusetts
Connecticut
United States
Republic
Hoar
America
Worcester
Republican Party
McNary Attacks Opponent’s Campaign Style at Dorchester
Congressional candidate W. S. McNary denounces the opponent’s campaign as distasteful and personal after recounting the Quincy opening. He says the rival used slander and abuse, forcing a self defense retort on a shared platform.
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Dorchester Music Hall
W. 8S. McNary
Quincy
Independent
Antiquarian New England Supper Night
A fragment notes an Antiquarian New England supper event scheduled for Saturday night. Details are incomplete but suggest a literary or historical gathering in the region.
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New England
Diversity of Opinions and Notions on Women and Society
A column of varied snippets discusses women’s literacy and voting, fashion and nerves, eyebrow remedies, and missionary work. It notes rising heights of Maine women, jokes about coffee and temperament, and profiles Mrs. B. B. Leland the Baltimore trombonist. It mentions the Xenia Institute in Russia and Miss Gould London as a recruiting sergeant.
McNary Defends Tax Bill and Currency Plan
In a speech, McNary denounces personal insults in politics and praises the income tax as beneficial for all parties. He supports a sound currency and would favor government issued legal tender notes backed by a solid reserve over bank notes. He credits the tariff bill for benefits to New England.
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McNary
New England
Baker for Senator Attacks Fuller in Circular
Ex Senator Herbert L. Baker a Republican candidate in the eighth Suffolk senatorial district issues a circular criticizing Granville A. Fuller. The document claims Fuller was approached and accepted to run as the American Principals Association candidate and asserts Baker is not a member of the A P A or any group discriminating by religious belief.
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Herbert L. Baker
Suffolk
Granville A. Fuller
Fuller
Baker
Amereans
Gold-cure spring at Ropes mine Ishpeming
A spring at the bottom level of the Ropes gold mine in Ishpeming supplies yellow water believed to carry dissolved gold. The water is palatable and ice cold and workers drinking it show reduced alcohol desire and improved health. There is talk of a health resort at the site.
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Ishpeming
Mich
Ropes
Horse Jumped Off Wharf Scares Pair on Dock
Olof Gruner 32 of 846 Dorchester avenue was in a wagon on a wharf when a passer by splashed water. The frightened horse ran off the edge into the water and Gruner leaped and escaped entanglement. Bystanders helped him to Station 1 where a doctor attended him.
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Olof Gruner
Dorchester Avenue
Gruner
Supreme Court Dismisses National Cash Register Appeal
The National Cash Register Company appeals against the Boston Cash Indicator and Recorder Company. The case from the Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts was dismissed with costs on motion of the appellant's counsel.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
National Cash Register Company
Boston Cash Indicator and Recorder Company
Gircuit Court of the United States
District of Massachusetts
Walsh Nominated to Fill Colquitt's Senate Seat
Atlanta November 1 191? The Democratic caucus nominates Patrick Walsh to fill the late United States Senator Colquitt's unexpired term and A O Bacon for the long senatorial term.
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Atlanta
Democratic Caucus
Patrick Walsh
United States
Temperance leaders travel as meetings loom in Cleveland
Lady Henry Somerset sails from New York to attend the British Women's Temperance Association executive committee meeting. She is joined by Mrs Addie Northam Fields to organize the Loyal Temperance Legion in England. Henry Somerset goes to the Bahama Islands as guest at Government House. Others attend Mrs Mary A. Woodbridge funeral in Ravenna, Ohio. The National WCTU plans its 21st annual meeting in Cleveland, with a strong Massachusetts delegation led by Mrs Susan S. Fessenden.
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Lady Henry Somerset
New York
British Women's Temperance Association
Addie Northam Fields
Illinois
England
Lady Henry
Loyal Temperance Legion
Henry Somerset
Bahama Islands
Government House
Henry
L. M. N. Stevens
Maine
Anna Gorgon
Ravenna
Mary A. Woodbridge
The Lady Constance McMurtry at Castle McMurtry
A springtime scene unfolds on the Castle McMurtry lawn where Lady Constance McMurtry appears graceful in white muslin. Her rippling golden hair and blue ribbon frame a face that shifts from gay to thoughtful as she speaks with wistful, questioning eyes.
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McMurtry
Constance McMurtry
Pie or Pie? Earl Delivers Grief in Wheatfield Mystery
In a somber Detroit Sun excerpt, Lord Wyverne consoles Constance with news her aunt has died, while she lingers on a trivial fear of missing pie. He urges bravery as the scene weighs heavy with sorrow and dread.
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Constance
Detroit
The Lost Music of a Married Life
A reflection on a woman who once played piano and now, married, can no longer pursue music. The piece notes her lack of leisure and energy, the shift from lively days to routine, and a friend's blunt remark about balancing passion with financial duties after marriage.
MISS PULLMAN NOT TO BE A QUEEN
Chicago Nov 1 The proposed marriage of Miss Pullman to King Alexander of Servia is declared absurd with George M Pullman stating there is not a word of truth in it and offering no further comment.
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Chicago
Miss Pullman
King Alexander of
Servia
George M. Pullman
Waiter Confused Over Menu Sparks Department Mixup
A diner at a restaurant protests a dish mix up shouting for ham and eggs instead of roast beef. The waiter apologizes and explains the plate belongs to the exchange editor department, in a scene captured by the Chicago Tribune.
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Rivers
Department of the Exchange
Sah
Chicago Tripune
Vision of a Shepherd and a Dead Babe
A grieving speaker recalls his dead child and wonders at God’s will He imagines two visions one of ruinous life the other of a shepherd's care with a lamb symbolizing innocence The speaker finds wisdom in submission to a higher plan despite loss.
Public Docks Debate and City Bids Highlight Council Meeting
The Common Council debated municipal docks funding and ownership amid calls for cheaper electric lighting gas and city transportation. Officers approved a $14 000 gift for a Rufus Choate statue and an $80 000 Mead Street primary school project while other ordinances addressed city employee outside work and bereavement pay. A horse named Dunn Gruner suffered a scalp wound after a fall near the waterfront.
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Common Council
Whelton
Ward
Hurley
Collins
Norris
Holden
Fitch
Fire Board
Forest Hills
George B. Hyde
Rufus Choate
Griffin
Coleman
Ward 7
Marnell
Ward 4
Warren
Mead Street
Matsuki Denies Abusive Marriage Rumors in Salem
Salem residents spread troubling tales about Bunkio Matsuki and his wife Martha Meacom. The Japanese merchant and his wife deny the accusations, offering a $100 reward for the source of the stories and confirming a peaceful South Salem home.
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Salem
Bunkio Matsuki
Mr. Matsuki
Martha Meacom
South Salem
Matsuki
Edward L. Morse
Enthusiastic Praise for World’s Fair Display at Roxbury
Reverend Thomas A Walsh of St. Patrick’s Church Roxbury writes an admiring letter urging New Englanders to visit the Casino exhibition at 641 Tremont Street describing the novelties as charming and entertaining.
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New England
Thomas A. Walsh
St. Patrick’s Church
Roxbury
Casino
Tremont Street
Providence Opera House Sells to Thomas Trowbridge
Lothrop's Providence Opera House has been sold to Thomas Trowbridge by George E. Lothrop. Trowbridge will take possession at once and has hired John Phillips as manager. The first show under new management is Monday November 12, with plans for vaudeville and occasional standard drama aimed at top patronage, especially women and children.
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Providence
Lothrop
Thomas Trowbridge
George E. Lothrop
Trowbridge
John Phillips
New England
New Haven
Yale
New York
West
Man Found Hanging in Cell After Drunkenness Arrest
Michael Sheehan a 52 year old resident of Spring Court was arrested for drunkenness by a Station 9 officer and left in Dudley Street station cell. He was found hanging from the cell door with strips torn from his clothing but was rescued and kept under watch.
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Michael Sheehan
Spring Court
Dudley Street
Sheehan
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