Arkansas appoints Emma Whittington colonel of State Guard
Governor Jones names Miss Emma W. Whittington of Hot Springs as colonel of Company A Third infantry Arkansas state guards. She is the youngest regular colonel in the nation and one of three women in U S history honored with a military rank. Whittington, daughter of Major Alf Whittington, is a noted military enthusiast and popular Hot Springs figure. Her duties remain unchanged and she plans to participate in the Little Rock encampment next summer in full uniform.
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Jones
Arkansas
Emma W. Whittington
Hot Springs
National Guard
Society of Hot Springs
Miss Whittington
Dripping Springs
Bonnie Glen
Whittington
State National Guard
Little Rock
Alf Whittington
Hiram Whittington
General Assembly
Sarah A. Richart
Kansas City
Riehfirt
Lyons
M. H. Westbrook
Women’s Journal
Women and Century Rides Stir Cycling Clubs Debate
A period discussion on whether women should be allowed to enter endurance cycling events such as one hundred mile runs. Clubs largely favor excluding women from high endurance races, citing fatigue and propriety, while voices urge that the decision rests on women themselves.
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Wheeling Sisterhood
Mrs Lillian Stevens Led National W T A After Miss Willard
Mrs Lillian M N Stevens became acting president of the National W T A after Miss Willard's death. Born in Dover Maine in 18 she taught, married at 21, and has a daughter Mrs Leavitt of Portland. She long served as National W C T U officer, aided Maine in charities and correction, and supported woman suffrage.
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Lillian M. N. Stevens
National Council of Women of the United States
Council
Mitchell, Last Indian Princess in Massachusetts, Died
Mrs. 4erisah Mitchell, a noted figure described as the last Indian princess in Massachusetts and a direct descendant of Massasoit, has recently died.
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4Erisah
Could Mitchell
Massachusetts
Massasoit
Bravest Mercy Sister Earns Legion of Honor
Marie Therese, a French Sister of Mercy, received the Legion of Honor from Tonquin’s governor. Her career spans Bala Klava and Magenta wounds, service in Syria China and Mexico, and a grenade incident where she saved soldiers by grabbing the weapon and fleeing with it. The ceremony drew French troops and arms presented to the heroine.
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Legion of Honor
Marie Therese
Mercy
Tonquin
Balaklava
Magenta
Syria
China
Mexico
Armis
Chinese minister's wife defies stereotypes with grace
The Chicago Inter Ocean profile praises Mme Wu wife of the Chinese minister in Washington as a high ranking, adaptive figure. It notes her three inch tiwot, rapid mastery of English, swift social duties at the legation, and careful household accounting showing wit and poised adjustment to a new environment.
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Mme. Wu
Washington
Legation
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Mrs Thurston of Vermont Dies in Cuba Wife of Senator Thurston
Mrs J M Thurston a Vermont woman and niece of Luke P Poland died in Cuba. She married Senator Thurston in 1872 and bore six children. Three survive. She aided his public work and accompanied him to 74 of 76 campaign appointments. She counseled him in law cases and directed her children's education. He was recently elected president of the D A R.
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J. M. Thurston
Cuba
Vermont
Luke P. Poland
Thurston
D. A. ER
Nurses honored with Royal Red Cross for service
Mrs Ann Eyre Hely, a World War nurse associated with Florence Nightingale and later nurse to Miss Nightingale in Hogland, received the Royal Red Cross from Queen Victoria through Lady Cave Browne Cave because she could not travel from Ravenstone Hospital to Windsor.
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Ann Eyre Hely
Florence Nightingale
Miss Nightingale
Hogland
Royal Red Cross
Queen Victoria
Cave Browne Cave
Ravenstone Hospital
Windsor
Woman Climbs Mount Rainier Summit Record
Mrs Campbell Copeman of Washington has made over 500 mountain ascents and is the only woman to reach the summit of Mount Rainier. The text also notes various quotations and mentions Dickens writings totaling 1,425 characters in 24 books.
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Campbell Copeman
Washington
Mount Rainier
Dickens
New York New Haven and Hartford Rail Schedule Frains
Framingham and Southboro trains listed with times for departures and returns. Includes Acton Lowell Sudbury Framingham Mansfield routes. Saturdays and Sundays only. E G Allen and A C Kendall sign as officials.
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NEW York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Acton
Lowell
Sudbury
Framingham
Mansfield
A.m
Sun
E.G. Allen
A.C. Kendall
Geil Pas’r Agt
Time Table Corrected for Union Station Trains 1897
Union Passenger Station Boston lists corrected October 4 1897 timetable for trains west and east. Shows multiple daily departures from Boston Belmont Waltham Weston Wayland East Sudbury South Sudbury Wayside Inn Rockbottom Hudson South Bolton Berlin South Clinton West Boylston Oakdale Jefferson Barre Ware Northampton and Boston stops with notes on signals and passenger rules. Officials DANIEL W. SANBORN DANA J. FLANDERS W. G. BEAN listed.
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Boston
A.m
P.m. Belmont
A. Me
Bee
P.m. Waltham
A. Mn
East Sudbury
South Sudbury
Wayside Inn
Rockbottom
Hudson
South Bolton
Berlin
South Clinton
West Boy's Ston
Oakdale
Jefferson
Barre
Mi. Ware
Northampton
Boylston
Wayside Lin
A.m. Wayland
A.m. Weston
A. m. Waltham
A. m. Belmont
Daniel W. Sanborn
Dana J. Flanders
W. G. Bean
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J.R. Watson
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Mirror Lake
M. J. Early
Maynard
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Robert W. Carter
Requilves
Charles Hereons
Assabet
Peppies Dry Goods Company
Maynard, Mass
Southern Division
UNION
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Rearlboro Branch
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Whitman’s Crossing
South Acton
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Whitman Crossing
Pn PA
Whitiman’s Crockbottom
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Ik Ay
Bo Frei
America
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Ursery CO
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J.rufus Wales
Shawmut Ave
Marlboro, Mass
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Cornhill
Grover Graham
C. D. Hunter
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