Modern Mothers and Their Reforming Daughters
A New York Tribune piece humorously chronicles Mrs N and her three daughters as each pursues modern ambitions. Lena leads in social reform while Edith seeks higher math and writing, Hetty embraces Paris and Monet, and Elizabeth remains distant from her mother's old-fashioned joys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena
Elizabeth
Professor N
Gamins
Mrs. N
Edith
Leas
Hetty
Wne
Paris
Monet
New York Tribune
Summer Dressing and Public Speaking in London Churches
A woman describes a simple summer wardrobe built from india silk dresses and cheap daily wear, noting ease of care and fashion practicality. The piece then covers female ministers giving sermons in London congregations, including Mrs Lawson Forster and Mrs Vyrnwy Morgan, as popular voices at Harecourt chapel and York Road. Also mentions corks sealed with paraffin and Louise Chandler Moulton opposing equal suffrage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spurgeon
Hampstead Road
Lawson Forster
Harecourt
Canonbury
Vyrnwy Morgan
York Road
Lambeth
London
Garden hints for bulb care and hardy plants in winter
Amateurs learn to store and rest bulbs of hyacinths narcissi and ornithogalum by drying after foliage dies, with variations for Bermuda lilies and Lilium candidum. The piece notes differences for hardy regions and warns florists may discard bulbs after bloom. It also covers Otaheite orange as a pot plant and a road tax anecdote by Prof Sheffield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Florida
Copper Sprays Boost Apple Yields in Maine Orchards
Maine growers report copper solutions as an effective check on apple scab with spraying. Light copper increased salable fruit by over 380 percent versus untreated trees, while heavier formula raised salable fruit by about 62 percent but slightly damaged fruit surfaces. Best results came from very early spraying before fruit size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Insect Pest From Europe Impacts Clover in New York
The article notes the European origin of a clover pest first seen in New York in 1878 and spreading to neighboring states and Canada. It advises crop rotation and limited mowing to curb the pest, and discusses varieties of corn for silos, including Virginia corn and Pride of the North, with timing tied to local conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
New York
Canada
Virginia
North
Garden Shrubs and Flowers Highlight Early Bloomers in Beds
The article extols desirable early blooming shrubs such as honeysuckles forsythias and Japan quinces. It notes carpet bedding is fading in fashion and offers cultivation tips for aquatics fuchsias nasturtiums and verbenas. Japan quinces are praised for hedges while blooming and for their use in borders and walls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
England
United States
Notice from Providence Mutual Fire Insurance Company
During the illness of our agent Mr John B Taylor our Bristol district will be attended by Mr B M McDougall 81 Franken street Bristol Send 2 postal to his address and he will call upon you All policy holders with expiring policies will be notified in advance C Waters Sec.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allery A. Dunbar
Philip Brady
E. A. Dunbar
W. Fred Fish
Providence Mutual Fire Ins. Co
Providence
BR. I
John B. Taylor
Bristol
B. M. McDougall
Franken Street
C. Waters
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Louise Chandler Moulton
Boston
Iasacilot
H. Sheffield
America
Edward L. Wakeman
Professor L. Higgins
Rainsville
Indiana
Chamberlain
Jacob Brown
Ayer
D.M
J. C. Ayer
Waldron-Brownell Go
Wardware, Se
Bradford St
Bristol, R I
Isaac B. Munro
Frank T. Remieres
Garner of Hope and
Bradford Sts
Shellac
Seth Pauel, Utty
Geo. W. Easterbrooks
Fall River
New England
Mick
Lake Talon
Brooklyn Drug CO
Fulton and Downing Sts
Brooklyn
N.Y
Charles F. Sanford
Williams St
R. I
P. O. Box
Drs. Starkey & Palen
Arch Street
Philadelphia
Sutter Street
San Francisco
Cal
Gladdinc’s
Thames Street
Gal. L. M
WM. H. Spooner
Sidney Earle Syndicate
West 114Th Street
Geo. H. Peck
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Hamburg-Bremen
AND
Delaware Fire Insurance Company
Opffidge OF
NEW York,new Haven & Dartford Raidlroad Company
OLD Colony Railroad
Providence Division
Warren & Bristol
Vane Providence
Warren
Exchange Place
Market Square
Newport
G. Allen
Isaac N. Marshall
A. C. Kendall
Providence Steamboat Co
Risus
Fhder
D. C. Lawton
T. Hd. Brownell
R. R
East End Union Depot
Hyde Park
Walpole
Pine
Pete
West Wrentham
Arnold's Mite
Adamsdale
Milford
Pontiac
Artie
Quidnick
Coventry
Greeneeeeeee
Plainfield
Decret City
Versailles
Baltic
South Windham
Willimatic
Hartford
Waterbury
Pishkill
Norwich
Chicago
Newburgh and Erie
Washington
W.R Bascocr
Ormerly
Willam T. Dunwell
South Water Street
State Street
Monany
Oos
T. A. Campbell
Court Street
Hope Street
Josiah F, Peckham
Fulton and Downing Srs
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