Egyptology talks and a New York art club scene
Miss Lucy Cleveland plans a winter season of Egyptology lectures and readings, with titles on the religion arts and the mummy. The Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Students Club opens at Grace House offering tea rooms libraries and affordable rooms for women students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacy Cleveland
Amaganeett
Egypt
Taia
Fayum
New York
Woman Art Students’ Club
Catherine Lorillard Wolfe
Art Students
Grace House
Broadway
New York City
William W. Newell
Paris
Huntington
Grace Church
Missionary and Aid Societies
Scribner’s
No Middle Aged Women What do the older women wear in
The text discusses fashion for older women focusing on suitable attire for mature figures. It notes styles that prioritize comfort, modesty, and practicality, offering guidance on fabrics, cuts, and color schemes appropriate for an older demographic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
New York Tribune
Edward Bok Urges True Womanliness For College Graduates
Edward W Bok writes to college girl graduates urging that a woman’s primary design is to be a woman who inspires and blesses those around her. He stresses the importance of homemaking, love for family, and maintaining cheerfulness, gentleness, and beauty of soul in any career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward W. Bok
Ladies’ Home Journal
Women and suffrage debates in early American society
The text surveys varied reactions to women’s suffrage, praising some leaders while noting apathy from others. It references Ellen Coit Elliott and Appleton’s Popular Science Monthly, then shifts to W. A. Baillie-Grohman’s article on sports in the seventeenth century. It details John George I’s hunting diary recording 110,960 head of game, including 47,289 red deer and 81,745 wild boars, with notes on deer weights and antlers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Coit Elliott
Appleton
Popular Science Monthly
W. A. Baillie-Grohman
Royal Library
Dresden
Nimrod
Europe
Elector
Poke bonnet in daffodil tulle at garden party
The New York Post describes a dainty pale daffodil yellow poke bonnet worn at a Hudson garden party. Shirred over fine gold wire with pink button roses, tulle loops, and a French brilliants buckle, it gave a Victorian air and drew notable attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson
New York Post
Queen Wilhelmina to be crowned in Amsterdam
Queen Wilhelmina reaches her coming of age next year and plans a coronation in Amsterdam rather than The Hague. The Dam palace, larger and more suitable, will host the ceremony while she is expected to spend most time at The Hague, the capital and political center of Holland.
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Wilhelmina
Holland
Amsterdam
Hague
Progressive farmer clears stump by hog powered method
In Caribou a farmer uses a movable portable fence to encircle a tree stump. He places two large hogs inside the pen and digs holes around the stump filling them with corn oats or buckwheat. The hogs root the dirt away and in a few days the stump is tipped over and removed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caribou
Kennebec Journal
Ownership dispute sparks quarrel at aunt Sarah’s home
In Troy an exchange quotes Johnny Smithers as saying ownership of a house is being fought over by a couple described as the old lady and the old man. The brief note from the New York World mentions a tense scene as neighbors discuss who owns the property.
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Sarah
Troy
Sonny
Johnny Smithers
Ladybirds Restore Hawaii Crops After Pest Plague
The New York Sun reports that coquinellide or ladybirds were released in 1890 to fight scale insects in Hawaii. The insects naturalized, multiplied, and reduced pest damage on trees such as orange and lime, yielding restored fruit and blossoms despite recurring infestations. The island’s remoteness aided the ladybirds’ spread and success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawaiian Islands
Kanai
Hawaii
New York Sun
Time Table Corrected June 27 1897 Boston to Belmont and beyond
Time table lists multiple line stops with scheduled hours for many towns in Massachusetts including Belmont Weston Wayland East Sudbury South Sudbury and Northampton. It notes Sunday variations and stops only on signal or to leave passengers with conductor signals and notes specific stop rules for each station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Belmont
Ae Altham
East Sudbury
A.m
South Sudbury
Hudson
South Bolton
South Ee
Vee Boy Stom
Oakdale
Northampton
Ware
Jefferson
Canale
Wayside Inn
East Sudby
Orest
Marlboro
A.M. Ae
South Acton
Maynard
Whitman's Crossing
Rockbottom
P.M. P
A.M. P.M
Marboro
Whitman Crossing
Time Table Corrected May 31 1897 Marlboro Branch
Timetable correction notice lists May 31 1897 update for the Marlboro Branch railway schedule with emphasis on changes and routing.
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Marlboro Branch
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Miss Lucy Cleveland
Cuba
Greece
Cleveland
Astor
World of Letters
Thebes
Miss Marie Corelli
Lady Jeune
Corelli
Jeune
Queen Wilhelmina
George A. Sweet Nursery CO
Dansville, N. Y
J. Rufus Wales
Shawmut Ave
Marlboro, Mass
Grover Graham
C. D. Hunter
Druaaisr
Robert W. Carter
Charles H. Persons
Assabet
the Peoples Dry Goods Company
Matine
AN DI
Vision
Central
Massachusetts
UNION
Causeway Street
Daniel W. Sanborn
Dana J. Flanders
W. G. Bean
Hitchbure
Atso
mMee
Americas
MAUL
Borthind
Clement C. Gaines
Pouanxeersie
New York, New Haven
Hartford Railroad
OLD Colony System
Northboro
P.m. Sun
Leominster
Southboro
Alte
Lowell
Sudbury
Framingham
Sun
Mansfield
Gevardage
E. G. Allen
A.C. All
Fitchburg xX Railroad
Hoosac Tunnel
Albany
Saratoga
Lake George
Adirondack
Catskill Mountains
Syracuse
Rochester
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Hamilton
Toronto
Detroit
Cincinnati
Chicago
St. Louis
Boston and ST. Louis
Vermont
Canada
Mgabees Seears
Rutland
Brandon
Middlebury
Vergennes
Burlington
Montreal
Fitchburg Railroad
Waahtagioe Street
Watson
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