Battle Over Bloomers Sparks Nationwide Debate
York reports a heated discussion on women’s dress and bloomers with opinions divided among Mrs Read of the South and actress Miss Shaw. Dr Miller argues for medical curiosity about dress while warning against dangerous skirt styles and calling for comfort and hygiene improvements.
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York
Read
South
Boston
Miss Shaw
Hub
W. H. F. Miller
Medical Recorder
Queen Victoria
Cleveland
Helen Varick Boswell
National League of Republican Clubs
Miss. Boswell
Joseph Bradley Read
Seventh Avenue
New York
Jeannette Gilder
Bloomers vs Skirts Debate Captures Progressive Viewpoints
The article surveys prominent women figures debating bicycling attire with quotes from Mrs. Eliza A Connor and others. It notes support for bloomers as emancipation, mixed opinions on modesty, and references to performers and models linked to a modern fashion display.
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Eliza A. Connor
Eliza Archard Connor
Times
Larchmont
N. Y
Paris
Richard’ Mansfield
Beecham's Pills for Constipation Advertisement
Beecham's pills for constipation igt and 25 percent amount. Get the book at your druggist and go by it.
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Beecham
Captain Daly Canled and Crew Sail One Last Voyage
Captain William Daly Jr and his famed crew completed a final morning cruise. Commodore Daly received a handsome cane from an able seaman named Gourléy as a token, with the captain expressing thanks and goodwill for the voyage.
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William Daly, Jr
Bill
Commodore Daly
Withal
Gourléy
Salem Clubhouse Opens With Formal Reception
Salem September 15 The Salem club executive committee announces the completed clubhouse will open tomorrow evening to members with an informal reception. The remodeled George Peabody mansion on Washington Square houses a lounging room library smoking room dining room pantry and offices. The second floor contains executive offices billiard and private dining rooms while the third floor holds guest chambers steward quarters and staff spaces. The building features polished hardwood doors and homelike conveniences. Grounds will host a tennis court and other amusements on a picturesque site facing the Comradn.
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Salem
New Salem Club
George Peabody
Washington Square
Comradn
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Romance of Miss Neilson and Guatemala Millionaire Wedding
New York dispatch details American actress Charlotte Neilson marrying J. H. Neill, a Guatemala millionaire who gifts her a $50,000 pearl necklace and a rising fortune. Her rise from obscurity after Frawley funded her wardrobe and travel ends with marriage and luxury in Guatemala.
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New York
Guatemala
Charlotte Neilson
J. H. Neill
New York City
Louisville
T. D. Frawley
Frawley
San Francisco
Miss Neilson
Miss ‘Neilson
Ass Neilson
Beauty for Atlanta's Show
A dozen buxom belles traveled from New York on the 4:20 Pennsylvania train yesterday afternoon bound for Atlanta, Georgia. They will be on view for the next three months to the curious as representatives of a forthcoming show.
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New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Atlanta
International beauty show at Atlanta Cotton States Exposition opens
At the Cotton States Exposition in Atlanta a international beauty contest is led by Frank J. Pilling. Contestants include Aimee Van Huten for Columbia Amide Demesk for France Madge Caswell for Scotland Nellie Walsh for Ireland Vera Sleminoff for Russia Anita Valencia for Spain Haidee Valiauri for Turkey and Jennie Lannon for Mexico among others.
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Atlanta
Frank J. Pilling
Pilling
John Stetson
Boston
Chicago
Aimee van Huten
Columbia
Amide Demesk
France
Madge Caswell
Scotland
Mile
Demoiselle
Nellie” Walsh
Ireland
Vera Sleminoff
Russia
Spain
Anita Valencia
Jennie Lannon
Mexico
Haidee Valiauri
European Sin ists Cure All Diseases by Dr Loucest Co
Dr Loucest and Co advertise a cure for long standing or incurable ailments including gonorrhea impotence and general debility. They claim rapid improvement with a home treatment and offer free consultation daily from 10 am to 10 pm. Readers can obtain a small booklet by mail for two cents and distance patients are treated by correspondence from 313 Columbus Ave Boston Mass.
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Mark Snd
Httle
DR. Lougest & CO
Columbus Ave
Boston
Mass
Mrs. Fleming Case Hinge on Judicial Change Sept 30
In New York the Mrs. Fleming murder case stalls as her counsel hold off actions until after Sept. 30 when a judge changes. They plan to seek chemist Scheele's materials for their own analysis, an unprecedented tactic in murder defense. Mrs. Fleming remains philosophic and hopeful of eventual release.
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New York
Scheele
Uss
Thrashed the Hugger at Night in Bloomfield Incident
Mrs. Fred Crowell and her sister Miss Minnie Allen were attacked on Watsessing avenue. Drake Panghorne fired his revolver to aid, Charles Willis and others pursued, and the assailant was beaten and allowed to escape after Miss Allen declined to prosecute.
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Bloomfield
N. J
Fred Crowell
Minnie Allen
Bloomfield Avenue
Watsessing Avenue
Miss Allen
Charles Willis
Willis
Wills
Lady Beresford's Success Attracts London Society
Since marrying Lord William Beresford the former Duchess of Marlborough has entered the top social circle. The Prince of Wales will be her guest at Deepdene from October 5 to October 7. Lord Beresford plans hunting tours in Leicestershire and Ireland. The couple now visitors at Doncaster with Tatton Sykes amid major society races.
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London
William Beresford
Duchess of Marlborough
England
Prince of Wales
Deepdone
Leicestershire
Ireland
Lady Beresford
Sir Tatton Sykes
Doncaster
Society Women Attend Quiet Episcopal Retreat
New York on September 15 reports a seven day retreat starting Monday at the Protestant Episcopal House of St. John the Baptist. Associate sisters of the Community of St. John the Baptist, with attendees from Livingston Van Rensselaer Floyd Jones and Denslow families, will observe silence sleep in cells attend two daily masses vesper services and lectures led by Rev William Walter Webb of Wisconsin, grandson of the late Rev Dr Doer of Philadelphia, a high church Anglican figure.
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New York
Protestant Episcopal House of St. John the Baptist
East Seventeenth Street
Community of St. John the Baptist
Fameilies
Livingston
van Rensselaer
Floyd-Jones
Denslow
Lenox
Newport
Bar Harbor
William Walter Webb
Wisconsin
Dr. Doer
Philadelphia
New Haven Women Prepare to Vote in School Election
New Haven Conn Sept 15 Nearly 1000 women have registered for the school election to be held Monday. Politicians jockey the voters to back the "right ticket" as interest in the franchise grows among the female electorate.
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New Haven
Conn
Boston Political and Tax Reform League Opens Ward 2 Meeting
The Boston Political and Tax Reform League plans its first open air gathering at the Charles River House in North Brighton on Wednesday evening September 18. Speakers include Edward Doherty of Boston and J Skelding of Melrose.
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Boston Political and Tax Reform League
Charles River House
North Brighton
Edward Doherty
Boston
J. Skelding
Melrose
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Daisy Hall
Trilby
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Beatrice Cerbt
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Miss White
Martha Washington
Mrs. Cleveland
The
New York World
Annusi
Daly Canled
Salem’s New
Moles Woodbur
Woodbury
John Fiilter
Ron
Mrs. Fleming
Hugger
Beauty
Frank J. Piling
DR. Loucest & CO
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