The Woman's Hour Looks at Women and Public Life
The Woman's Hour shares views on women guiding public affairs and responds to Mrs. Lillie Devereux Blake’s lecture. It argues against overpromising women’s future roles, urges modest requests, and notes fashion and décor trends from spring.
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New York
Lillie Devereux Blake
Dr. Dix
Blake
New York Sun
Vanderbilt
Coney Island
Ohio
Beopie
Public Service
Women’s Hour Explores Marriage to Doctors and Technical Training
The Sun replies to a correspondent wary of marrying a doctor, arguing women’s work does not lessen charm or femininity. Harper’s Bazaar notes equal development of head and hands in kindergarten, urging technical training for girls. A Swiss‑trained young woman carves wood brilliantly, inspiring calls for broader technical schools for girls and better social conditions.
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Woman's Hour
New York Sun
Sun
Agai
Harper’s Bazarrene
America
Reive
Switzerland
Avere
Common Sense in Dress and Fashion by Lady Paget
Extracts from Lady Paget in the current Nineteenth Century warn against tight skirts that hinder healthful movement and the overuse of perfumes harming the nervous system. The piece discusses hair fashion, head size perception, balance with facial features, and how dress should harmonize with attire, favoring simple, graceful outlines over showy styling.
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Lady Paget
G. F. Watts
England
Gus
Louis the Fifteenth
Louis the Gisvegnth
Directoire
New England Clothes-Pin Makers Supply the World
The New England industry produces vast numbers of wooden clothes-pins, with Maine’s Vanceboro noted for high output. Birch and beech woods are cut into boards then strips, turned in lathes, cut to length, slotted, dried, polished, and boxed in packs of five gross, ready for global sale.
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New York Sun
Teddy O'Flaherty
William H. Vanderbilt
Yankee Land
Vanceboro
Maine
New England
BMW
Memento of an Artist Left by Absent Philadelphian
A Philadelphia Times report recalls painter William Harnett, once unknown to the public, whose works were found by a Special Officer Taggart on a Pennsylvania Railroad board. The artist, now in Munich, sent letters as eight of his pieces appeared in the Munich exposition after selling several works.
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Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Philadelphia Times
Taggard
New Orleans
Mr. Taggart
Asacemy of the Fine Arts
Munich
William Harnett
It Hurts Just as Badly Though
A New York Tribune piece recalls dictionary changes defining boil and notes the word’s simple meaning. A reader from Charlestown testifies Brown’s Bitters improved appetite and strength.
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New York Tribune
Warren
Holden Road
Charlestown
Habits of Good Society Dinner Etiquette and Dress
A detailed Harper's Bazar style guide on elegant table settings, tablecloth choices, centerpieces, silverware, sideboards, napkin folds, and serving order for a formal dinner. It covers butler duties, carving, wine service, dinner wagons, place settings, dessert service, floral decoration, and etiquette for ladies and footmen in a refined household.
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England
France
Heliogabalus
Harper's Bazar
Hints to Good Health Poisonous Plants and Tea Leaves for Burns
A warning on poisonous plants and flowers, noting buttercups, oleander, wild briony, laburnum, catapulta bark, vetches, Fool's parsley, meadow and water hemlock, water dropworts, daffodils, and other hazards. Dr Searles cites tea leaves as an effective burn poultice, detailing a 14 month old case where warm tea-leaf poultice eased pain and aided recovery in two weeks.
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Socrates
Searles
Chicago Medical Examiner
Softening of the Brain Disease Overview
A historical medical summary describes softening of the brain, its causes such as embolism and thrombosis, and how blood flow disruption leads to acute or chronic forms. It lists premonitory signs including sensory and motor changes, memory loss, mood changes, and eventual paralysis, with dietary guidance like simple nourishment and milk.
Apoplexy dangers from artery degeneration and heart stress
The article explains apoplexy arises from arterial wall degeneration in the brain, with ruptures caused by heart-driven pressure. It notes common hemorrhage sites near the basal ganglia, possible outcomes from clots, recovery chances, aging links, hereditary factors, and triggers such as exertion, cold, or stimulants. Treatment stresses reducing excitation, nourishing digested diet, and overall health.
Dizziness and Deafness Study Supports Semicircular Theory
Harvard University researcher Dr. William James tested deaf mutes to gauge whether ear injury lowers dizziness. Of 619 deaf mutes, 186 were insusceptible, 134 felt slight dizziness, and 199 were normally or abnormally sensitive. Nearly 200 hearing students showed only one exempt from vertigo, suggesting some support for the theory.
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William James
Harvard University
Harvard College
James
The Flower Garden Principles For Planting And Grouping
An old column advises avoiding large trees in central garden areas and suggests keeping evergreens and deciduous shrubs separate. It promotes clumped shrub beds, selective edging, and planting near borders, with examples from Spring Grove cemetery and Washington garden groups.
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New Jersey
Spring Grove Cemetery
Cincinnati
Sam
Strauch
Agricultural Department
Washington
Falconer
Flower boxes on a piazza provide pleasing bloom
A writer describes building fifteen inch by nine inch flower boxes along a ground level piazza to deter plant destruction. Boxes, made from ordinary lumber, held soil and plants from May through frost, with vines along the outer edge forming a wall and morning glories curtain on the inner edge.
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Winwr
Propagating Chrysanthemums Scientific Methods and Tips
Propagating chrysanthemums centers on March cuttings and early starting of florist plants. Exhibitors follow strict rooting, shifting, pinching, stopping, and mildew control. Amateurs may plant on ground or adjust pruning, dust mildew with sulfur, and remove imperfect buds. Dr Wolcott notes English single stem training yields three outstanding flowers.
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Wolcott
Massachusetts Horticultural Society
Setting Flowering Plants For Winter Blooms
Advice on propagating and wintering geraniums for continuous bloom. Take new shoots from the parent, root in wet sand, transplant to two inch pots with a strong mix of leaf mould river sand and charcoal, water tepidly then sparingly. Repot in September, keep in sun and heat, and expect profuse winter blooms.
Gardening notes on caring for poinsettias and seeds
After flowering keep poinsettias dry to harden wood. In late August cut stems, repot to same size, water lightly, warm light. Water later to push new shoots. Lantana seed germination is slow. keep moist after sowing. Moss over soil reduces evaporation. Hardy climber seeds should be sown soon after maturity for best vitality.
Who Should Carry the Baby A Brooklyn Father Writes to Editor
A Brooklyn father faces difficulties and writes to the Sun editor explaining his view on baby care and parental responsibility. The letter reflects early 20th century urban family norms and gender roles in childrearing.
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Esmond
Brooklyn
the Sun
Lam
Boy Narrator Recalls Fenians and Family Mayhem in Milwaukee
A rambunctious boy tells of his father chasing stocks and church schemes, a Fenian scare, a prank with a dangerous firecracker, and a dog stealing gold teeth. The tale weaves parental bravado, Irish immigrant hired girl, and a mischief filled night by the lake shore. It ends with a street scene and a sign reading Wormy Figs for Parties.
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Peck
Great Britain
Pat
Tie
Milwaukee
Imine
Hanner
Crokay
Chim
She Made Sure This Time
A Concord New Hampshire couple wed within four days after a rapid cycle of engagement and a quarrel. The woman ended her week previously engaged to one man, then quickly became engaged to another and married the next night after meetings.
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Concord
N. H
Emery
Ristoria Wreck at 65 in Rome Return
A Rome letter says Adelaide Ristori as Marie Antoinette at a benefit drew a dull crowd. At 65 she appears a pitiable wreck though very wealthy, making future stage appearances unlikely. The note ends with an unrelated ad for Dr Bull's Cough Syrup at 26 cents.
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London
Rome
Marchesa del Grillo
Adelaide Ristori
Marie Antoinette
Ristori
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