Josephine Ruffin Denied World of the General Federation Membership
Chicago Tribune reports Josephine St Pierre Ruffin, a leading Boston Colored woman, had her application rejected by the World of the General Federation of Women at Milwaukee. Ruffin aims to elevate colored women, claiming Womanhood as a high principle while garnering support from northern and western leaders for her bid at the federation’s next biennial.
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Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin
General Federation of Women
Milwaukee
Boston
St.Pierres
Massachusetts
Martinique
Jossephine” Ruffin
National Associaton of
Hher
General Federation
Chicago
Ruffin
North
West
Chiuago
Miss Long to Lecture Camp Cape Nome
Miss Jorge M. Long of San Francisco plans a summer visit to Cape Nome to present entertainments above the mining camp norm. She will lodge with Capt. and Mrs. Howland of Oakland and write impressions for a Boston magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jorge M. Long
San Francisco
Northwestern University
Evanston
Chicago
Cape Nome
Toy
Miss Long
Pacific
Nome
Bret Harte
Veal a la Marengo dish sparks fashion and praise
A Paris menu tale describes veal or chicken fried in oil as a Marengo style dish named after Napoleon. It praises the cook Ad France and notes the dish becoming fashionable, paired with a comment on leather from a cowhide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marengo
France
la Marenga
N. Y
Cold Desserts and Fruit Delights From a Classic Menu
Recipes from the St Louis Globe-Democrat describe making pineapple dessert with whipped cream and cherries, cherry snowballs coated in icing and coconut, strawberry charlotte with whipped cream, and a decorative fruit dish with pineapple oranges bananas and cherries. A strawberry velvet dessert blends sherry sugar syrup, lemon, and cream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Louis Globe-Democrat
Markets Globe Prices Across Regions on August 14
New York reports patent flour at 3.80 to 4.20 per barrel in winter grades. Wheat No 2 red 78 1/2 cents, corn No 2 43 1/4 cents, oats No 2 white 28 1/2 cents. Beef and veal ranges listed. sheep steady with lambs 5.00 to 6.90. Hogs at 5.60 to 5.75. Cleveland shows flour 4.50 to 4.65, wheat 21 1/2 cents, corn 44 1/4 cents, oats 27 1/4 cents, butter 21 cents, cheese 10 1/4 cents. Cattle and hogs priced across tiers. Chicago notes wheat 14 1/2 to 14 3/4 cents, corn 7 1/4 cents, oats 21 1/2 cents, pork 11.55, lard 6.60. East Buffalo lists best steers 5.60 to 5.80, hogs 5.60, sheep 4.40 to 4.60, lambs 5.50 to 6.00.
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New York
Cleveland
York State
Chicago
East Buffalo
How to Wash Summer Silks
Wash summer silks with soap and water to remove grease and stains. Create a solution of a teaspoonful of ammonia and a touch of soap in a pail of water, dip the silk until clean, then press gently between cloths. Rinse in cool water, hang in shade to partly dry, then iron between two cloths.
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Alamonia
Oldest English teacher, Mrs Sarah Davis, retires?
Mrs Sarah Davis aged 83 is described as the oldest school teacher in England. She has charged the infant room at Finmere National School and has taught there for more than fifty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Sarah Davis
National School
Finmere
The Need for Pe-ru-Na as a Household Tonic
A persuasive 19th or early 20th century style call to women to balance home duties while maintaining strength. The author praises graceful motherhood and dignity, then asserts a tired world requires vigor with Pe-ru-Na as a tonic to renew energy and health.
Doxer e of China and a Wisconsin farming lure
A fragmented column mixes criticism of a supposed Chinese risk strategy with a Wisconsin land entice from Marrinette County offering farm rentals and long terms. It references C E Rollins as land agent and promotes a farming ideal along the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line. It also cites an advertising critique and a jokey medical exchange about women physicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doxere
China
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Marrinette County
Wisconsin
C. E. Rollins
la Salle St
Chicicago
Palmer's Lotion cited as lifesaver for-eyed ailment in Troy man
Charles B. Goldthwaite of Troy Alabama touts Palmer's Lotion claiming it saved his son from a severe eyelid condition. A physician called it the worst granulated eyelid case he had seen. He urges households to obtain Palmer's Lotion and Lotion Soap and to request a testimonials pamphlet from Solon Palmer in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles B. Goldthwaite
Troy
Ala
Palmer
Solon Palmer
Pearl Street
New York
Cheap Colorado Excursions and Miscellaneous Notices
Special one night trains from Chicago to Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo start August 21 September 4 and 18 at 445 pm. Round trip fare from Chicago plus 2 to return by Oct 31 1900. Also ads for Allen’s Foot Ease and Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Includes brief quips and promotions from the Indianapolis Journal Chicago Daily News and Arkansaw Thomas Cat.
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Colorado
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Great Rock Island
Chicago
Glenwood Springs
Salt Lake City
Ogden
Utah
Colorado the Magnificent
John Sebastian
Arkansaw Thomas
The One Medicine Pe r u n a for Women
An advertisement extols Pe r u n a as the sole medicine women can rely on for life. It claims Catarrh of any mucous membrane can be cured by Pe r u n a and asserts it works where other remedies fail. It emphasizes women’s health and inflammatory conditions as its target.
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Josephine.rufein
Bey
America
Fred Douglass
Mrs
Josephine Ruffin
Nome City
Jonson
Detroit Freeress
Lane
Kidfiee
Thrills
Him
Quinn
Bane
Evening News
Boston Transcript
Beeman
Detroit Journal
Hall
Veal A
LA Marengo
Ito Bedy
Cascarets
Chicago Evening News
George
Indianapolis Journal
Allen
Allan S. Olmsted
Rev. N. Y
Chicago Daily News
Dan Reat
THE
Centaura
PANY
Munray Street
New York City
Lars Chi
Old Virginia
Carter
Omaha
A Snroe
Newline
Rockford
Dubuqu Waterloo
Dodge
Council Bluffs
LC. R
H. Hanson
G. Fp.a
Buren
Notre Dame
Indiana
Sisters of the Holy Cross
Conservatory of Music
School of Art
Boston Normal School of Gymnastics
St. Mary's Academy
Rae
CCC
Sterling Remedy Company
Munilis
Caleiden
N. O
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