Boston Woman Contractor heads projects and grows business
The article profiles Mrs. Alice E. Cram a Boston contractor who runs foundation work for major buildings including a new public library and the Albany railroad project. She supervises contracts oversees office staff and markets excavating machinery while driving to sites in her cart.
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Wac
Buss
Boston
Cram
Boulevard Bridge
Albany Railroad
Gram
Alice E. Cram
Ness Canoe
To Cram
Edison Electric Company
Chase Granite Company
New York
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Boston Business League
Boston Playgoers’ Club
New York Journal
The Gimple Dressing and Plain Skirt in Marlitt’s Romance
The article analyzes Marlitt’s tale featuring a clever widow who feigns modesty in white muslin gowns. It contrasts her costly, meticulous wardrobe with the era’s plain skirt, noting the skill needed to cut lines, baste linings, and keep fabrics wrinkle free for daily wear.
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Marlitt
Women pharmacists gain footing in a male dominated field
The piece notes pharmacists becoming a respected profession for women since 1800 when Mrs. Jane Loring of Boston entered. It cites exams and college standards as reducing numbers, estimates 1500 practicing women, and mentions a Boston reception for Mary Livermore alongside the formation of the Massachusetts Army Nurses Association and invitations to Clara Barton.
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Jane Loring
Boston
Congressman Loring
Massachusetts
New York
New York Mail and Express
Mary A. Livermore
Massachusetts Army Nurses
Woman’s Relief Corps
Massachusetts Army Nurses’ Association
National Association
Fannie T. Hazen
Cambridge
Jane M. Worrall
Elien W. Dowling
Melrose
Marguerite Hamilton
Wakefield
Mary J. Putnam
Paris Jewellers Showcase Fashionable Pearl Chain Styles
French jewellers display a wide range of chains with pearls spaced every four to five inches, many designs pairing pearls with olive shaped gold beads, black agate beads, or coral. Black beads with diamonds and steel chains are popular for watches and purses, but ostentation is frowned upon and valuables should be hidden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Miss May H Ashworth Heads Parliament Typewriting Dept
Miss May H Ashworth leads a May 1895 typewriting department for members of the English house of commons. Her five woman staff are proficient typists and stenographers with some as linguists. They prepare letters speeches or notes for MPs and can type foreign letters in unfamiliar languages.
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May H. Ashworth
House of Commons
Miss Ashworth
Conyer
Miss Ida H Hyde Earns Magna Cum Laude PhD at Heidelberg
Miss Ida H Hyde of Chicago former Bryn Mawr biology fellow has received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy magna cum laude from the University of Heidelberg. Her thesis preparation began under Dr Thomas Hunt Morgan at Bryn Mawr and she studied two years in Heidelberg. She held the Phoebe Hunt fellowship and the European fellowship of the Association of Collegiate Alumni, the latter for 1893 4, allowing study at the University of Strasbourg.
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Ida H. Hyde
Chicago
Bryn Mawr
University of Heidelberg
Hyde
Heidelberg
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Phoebe Hunt
University of Strasburg
Decline of Expensive Bouquets at Dinners
A change in dining etiquette shifts from costly bouquets to simple arrangements. At a recent event hosted by a prominent society woman, pink rose vases decorated the table beside a tall candelabra, with two loose long stemmed roses at each place setting.
Woman candidate for Beau mont city secretary draws support
Mrs. Margaret L. Watson, secretary of the Texas Equal Rights association, seeks the Beau mont city secretary post. Mrs. Mariana T. Folsom from Edna notes lawyers say no law bars a woman from the office. influential men of all colors support her, promising a lively canvass and a surge of Texas woman question discussion.
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Margaret L. Watson
Texas Equal Rights Association
Beaumont
Tex
Mariana T. Folsom
Edna
Texas
Distinguished Naturalist in Africa Quips on Breakfast
A Harlem Life humorous remark frames a naturalist abroad in Africa. The speaker teases his companion about breakfast and warns of long standing dyspepsia, exaggerating the bite of aging for comic effect. The line captures light newspaper humor from the era.
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Africa
Harlem
Boston and Main Route Train Timetable 1896
Corrected January 5 1896 timetable for Boston and Main line shows Western and Eastern trains with listed departure times from Belmont Wayland East Sudbury and other stations. Includes Sunday schedules and notes on stops. Executives Daniel W. Sanborn and Dana J. Flanders sign as general superintendent and general passenger and ticket agent.
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Ney Belmont
Faltham
Weston
East Sudbury
South Sudbury
Hla Am
Eecesteae
M. Oe
P.m
South
Ware
Northampton
Etiaae
Sun Y Barre
M. Ee
Oakdale
West Berlaton
H Clinton
Berlin
South Bolton
A. m. Hudson
A. m. Rockbottom, Ac
Wayside Inn
M. South Sudbury
A.m. East
Batley
M. Walnham
A.m
Boston
Dana J. Flanders
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Longman’s Magazine
London
Mount
Libanus
Emerson
Mrs. Livermore
Parliament
Fitchburgh Railroad
Hhoosac Tunnel
Troy
Albany
Saratoga
Lake George
Adirondack
Catskill Mountains
Syracuse
Rochester
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Hamilton
Toronto
Cleveland
Detroit
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Boston and ST. Louis
Vermont
Canada
Rutland
Brandon
Middlebury
Vergennes
Burlington
St Albans
St. Johns
Ogdensburg
Ottawa
Montreal
Quebec
Fitchburg Railroad
Washington Street
J.R. Watson
New York, New Haven & Hartford
R. R
Old Colony System
Marlboro
Northboro
Sun
Bp.m. Sun
Leominster
Fitchburg
A. m
Southboro
A. m. Framingbar
Oc . Sun
Gor
Bostia
Acton
Lowell
Sudbury
Framingham
P.m. Mansfield
E. G. Allen
A.C. All
L Pas
Robert W. Carter
Charles H. Persons
Menonnard
Ratuiu Road
Southern Division
Hudson
Daniel W. Sanborn
W. G. Bean
Roman Iuperacionis
Mada Ta Assat
Ils
the People's Dry Goods Company
Main St
Marlboro, Mass
Womans Home Journal
Hou
Eres
Tree
the Wood Publishing Co
Hudson, Mass
Dro
Ston Town A.M. P.M
Alboro
BOS A.M. A.M. A.M
A.M. Mn
South Acton
Whitman's Crossing
Rockbottom
A.M. Marlboro
Whitman’s Crossing
Whitmanne
Manboro
J. R. Watson
G.P. A
Excelsior Drug Co
Bridgewater, Mass
Rockbottom Depot
Kihowa
Whitney
Charles S. Whitney
Church Street
Fr. H.whitney
Rev
T. DeWitt Talmage
D. Dd
America
Sanwich Islands
New Zealand
South Sea Islands
Australia
India
Egypt
Palestine
Greece
Italy
Europe
Russia
England
East
Bates Living
People's Publishing CO
Market Street
Philadelphia
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