First Woman Made Senator Special to The American
Salt Lake City December 26 Dr Martha Hughes Cannon of Salt Lake is the first woman elected to Utah State Senate. She was elected in 1896 and served four years, shaping Utah’s school system. Four Utah women later joined the state house: Jane Sheffield Anna Howard King Annie Wells Cannon and Charlies Read. Read died early in the session while the others served with distinction.
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Salt Lake
Uah
Martha Hughes Cannon
United States
Helen King Robinson
Colorado
Cannon
Utah
House of Representatives
Jane Sheffield
Anna Howard King
Annie Wells Cannon
Charlies Read
Lake
Salt Lake City
Steamed Graham Pudding Recipe from Historic Cookery Card
A recipe for steamed Graham pudding mixing material milk molasses graham flour butter and chopped dates or figs. Directions include melting butter adding molasses milk and dry ingredients then steaming in a greased mold for two and a half hours with hard or lemon sauce. Mentions easy handling of figs or dates and inexpensive wash tulle blouses.
Advice from Mrs Thompson on love secrets and self care
A pair of teens seek counsel on kissing while dating diet and weight, darkening eyebrows, stopping unwanted calls, bust reduction, hair loss and signs for marriage life. Mrs Thompson answers with practical tips on engagement rules, safe dieting, eyebrow pencils, and signs of possible scalp disease.
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Mrs. Thompson
Molasses Gingerbread and Date Pie Instructions
A dated cooking fragment shows date pie with milk vanilla salt and sugar, plus a molasses gingerbread recipe using molasses fat ginger soda sour milk and a soft dough for rolling and baking. It mentions a Paris fashion fad the petticoat to match a vest.
Home Kitchen Tips Pause on a Busy Pantry
Household hints cover storage for sewing machines to wipe them clean and simple fixes for leaks with whiting and yellow soap. It includes methods to dry wet rubber boots with cornmeal, plus several tested recipes and cooking steps for baked sea bass with shrimp sauce, cabbage, oysters, and lobster croquettes with practical tips and measurements.
Wilderness Station Deser t Telegraphist and a Married Man
A lone telegraph operator at Wilder ness station endures isolation and jealousy after witnessing his wife Nen with another man. Years later a train delivers Nen, revealing truth and sparing him from endless torment as she seeks forgiveness and acceptance.
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Dave
Paul
Anna
Nen
Salads for Holidays and Fruit Dressings Guide
A period style guide discusses salads and dressings for holidays. It covers essential dressings such as French and mayonnaise with whipped cream, fruit pairings like pears and citrus, and serving ideas using Camembert cheese and decorative garnishes for holiday tables.
Dress of Former Days Revived in Home Made Gowns
An essay compares past and present fashion with focus on wholesome home made gowns. It extols calico dresses, simple embellishments, and personal touches over costly silks, noting brighter, rosier appearances in earlier eras and recalling family craft and domestic life. It includes rustic recipes and tips for meals and desserts of the era.
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Fidme
Moth
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