Woman's temperance work shapes future of college graduates
Mary H. Hunt returns to Boston after three months in Illinois where she championed a stronger temperance education law for public schools. The bill requires hygiene and alcohol education for about one million Illinois students, with praise from Illinois lawmakers and acknowledgments from Massachusetts and the nation. The account notes Hunt's broader role in promoting sound school literature and temperance education, and discusses advice on balancing ambition with home duties.
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Mary H. Hunt
Boston
Illinois
Hunt
Scientific Temperance Museum
United States
Mittees
Senate Chamber
Springfield
Ills
Mapam
Fortieth General Assembly of
Senate
House
Massachusetts
Hendrick V. Fisher
Edward C. Curtis
Charles Boga Routs
Senate Committee On Education
National Congress
New York Tribune
EE Ward
America
Theoware Temo
Clement C. Gaines
Poucuxeepsie
New York
The Future of the College Graduate by Edward Bok
Edward Bok writes to graduates about choosing how to apply education after college. He notes the home feels small compared to campus life and urges girls to balance ambition with breadwinning duties and find a path where knowledge serves practical work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward W. Bok
Ladies’ Home Journal
Society’s secret: a woman runs a polished social entry business
A Pittsburgh Press report describes a society woman who finances her family by instructing wealthy clients in refined manners, etiquette, and domestic management. She acts as secretary, builds guest lists, arranges receptions, and leverages her social position to gain entry into elite circles, earning a substantial income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg Press
Dress Styles of Women Cyclists in Paris Divides Into Three
A Paris observer notes three distinct dress styles among women cyclists the French English and American. Bloomers dominate the French look though often ill fitting. The English ride with long dresses guards and low saddles while the Americans sit upright with high saddles and handlebars, riding with independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Fashion Notes From a French Wardrobe
The San Francisco Argonaut observes French style in contrast to American dress. It notes that French women avoid leggings and often wear colorful stockings with low shoes, while Americans pair heavy leather leggings with outfits, a remark on cross cultural fashion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Argonaut
Miss Juliet Carson the Mother of Cookery Dies in New York
Juliet Carson famed for teaching domestic economy and cookery for 25 years. She promoted economical meals and demonstrated cooking to the poor and to society women, circulating 50000 copies of a 15 cent meal book during railroad strikes. She exhibited at Chicago Columbian Exposition and led The Household Monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juliet Carson
New York
National Quarterly Review
Chicago
the Household Monthly
Besant in a Mother Hubbard gown shocks Chicago Post readers
The Chicago Post criticizes Annie Besant for wearing a white Mother Hubbard gown during public appearances, calling the style unfashionable and locally inappropriate while praising her comfort and serenity in the simple dress. The piece contrasts her simple dress with grand robes and mocks the effect on her public image.
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Annie Besant
Mother Hubbard
Mrs. Besant
Mme. Blavyatsky
Shakespearean Dignity and Comic Aging in Newburyport Justice Tales
A noted comparison to Shakespeare highlights civic figures as ridiculous yet revealing. An old Newburyport magistrate once pressed a defendant who claimed theft of shirts and discovered the man wore all six shirts at once, provoking the judge to lament the villainy and question why the man did not confess earlier. A constable later ordered dispersal at a town hall crowd with the phrase no burlash, delivering a humorous mock‑stern moment that left a youth unmoved.
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Shakespeare
Newburyport
Dogberry
Eight Little Bridesmaids Procession at English Wedding
A wedding in England featured eight bridesmaids walking in a line behind the bride. Each wore a Victorian bonnet woven from rose twigs and silk matching the bride’s dress color, carrying crooks entwined with ribbons and flowers for a decorative touch.
Train Schedules for Multiple Stops in Massachusetts Area
The timetable lists daily and Sunday departures for towns including Northampton Ware Barre Jefferson Hudson Waltham Belmont Boston and others with various times and notes on stops. It credits Daniel W. Sanborn Dana J. Flanders and W G Bean as officials.
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Boston
Belmont
Walm
Wayland
M. East Sudbury
South Sudbury
Wayside Inn
Nigra
Jefferson
Re Ware
Northampton
A. m. Ware
A.m. Barre
A. m. Jefferson
West Boylston
South Clinton
Berlin
Bolton
A. m. Hudson
Rockbottom
East Sudbury
A.m. Ayland
A. m
A.m. Weston
A. m. Waltham
A. m. Belmont
A.m. Boston
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Covokery
George S. Williams
Missouri Penitentiary
Lombroso
St. Louis Republic
J. Rufus Wales
Shawmut Ave
Marlboro, Maas
Grover Graham
Co. D, Hunter, DruGarisr
Robert W. Carters
Charles H. Persons
Maynard
Assabet
the Peoples Dry Goods Company
Mass
Boston & Maine Railroad
Southern Division
Central
Union Passenger Station
Causeway Street
Hudson
Oakdale
Boston Paceneers
Daniel W. Sanborn
Dana J. Flanders
W.G. Bean
Fitchboro
Marlboro Branch
Marlboro
G.P.A
South Acton
Whitman's Crossing
SEED
Ener
A.M. P
A.M
A.M. A.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. A.M. P.M. Marlboro
Whitman’s Crossing
Marboro
Whitman Crossing
New Haven
Hartford Railroad
OLD Colony System
Northboro
M. Clinton
P.m. Sun
Leominster
Fitchburg
Reun
Southboro
Acton
Lowell
Sudbury
Sun
Framingham
Mansfield
E.G. Allen
A.C. Kendall
Pas
Fitchburgh Railroad
Hoosac Tunnel
Troy
Albany
Saratoga
Lake George
Adirondack Amtheil Mountains
Syracuse
Rochester
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Hamilton
Toronto
Cleveland
Detroit
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Boston and ST. Louis
VIA
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Canada
Rutland
Brandon
Maee
Vergennes
Burlington
S1 Albans
St. Johns
Ogdensburg
Ottawa
Montreal
Quebec
Elegant Palace
Fitchburg Railroad
Washington Street
Watson
General Pass
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