Miss Georgiana Roberts Lectures On Japanese Traits
Miss Georgiana Roberts opened her summer lecture tour at Rough Point Newport. The English born lecturer speaks on European politics Russian history and the life in Japan as part of a broader tour to fashionable resorts including Nar ragansett Bar Harbor White Mountains Long Branch Catskills Lenox and Tuxedo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgiana Roberts
Rough Point
Newport
Frederick W. Vanderbilt
Miss Roberts
New York
Transvaal
Crete
Japan
Roberts
London
Europe
Narragansett
Bar Harbor
White Mountains
Long Branch
The
Catskills
Lenox
Tuxedo
New York Tribune
Fashion Notes on Home Comfort and Corset Change
The article reviews cooling room decor with linen covers and plants, then recounts Miss Theresa Barcalow’s bold misbehavior stopping a street fight, and ends with guidance on light hot weather menus and the shift to new shape corsets with a low bust and narrow back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Ten American heroines honored by Womankind readers
The readers of Womankind picked ten women for the highest place on American Olympus. The list includes Harriet Beecher Stowe Frances E Willard Martha Washington Clara Barton Susan B Anthony Pocahontas Mollie Pitcher Elizabeth Cady Staunton Louisa May Alcott Julia Ward Howe. The selection shows a wide range of opinions and omits many notable names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greece
High Olympus
Carlyle
Olympus
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Frances E. Willard
Martha Washington
Clara Barton
Susan B. Anthony
Pocahontas
Mollie Pitcher
Elizabeth Cady Staunton
Louisa May Alcott
Julia Ward Howe
Enlightened Housekeeping and Summer Home Charm
The housekeeper of modern times avoids extravagance and tomblike interiors. Summer homes appear more charming than winter ones as awnings shield from public gaze the barren heat within. Lace and velvet give way to airy muslin and beaded nar- details in orderly interiors.
Petticoat Government Shape of Kansas Town Denounced
William Allen White praises a Kansas town where women influence public sentiment, noting three of four street corners house banks, a bookstore anchors social life, and no saloon or drinkers exist. He cites the town of 8,000 with no municipal female administrator and no town drunkard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
William Allen White
Atlantic
Hogan
Petticoat
Summer Dishes With Little Fire by Mrs Rorer
Mrs 8 T Rorer writes in The Ladies Home Journal about thrifty summer cooking. She suggests planned leftovers such as double asparagus for tomorrow salad and giblet reuse from fricassee. She offers quick soup ideas using beef extract celery seed and bay leaf.
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8. T. Rorer
Ladies’ Home Journal
Yachting Pillows and Hammock Accessories of Summer
Gedey's Magazine describes washable pil lows for country houses with simple stitches on white squares, using crossbarred cotton twills in navy and bright colors. Embroidery is minimal, with ruffles, matching table covers, and Torchon lace. yacht pillows in blue with white anchors remain in style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torchon
Gedey’s
Color and calm for warm weather fashion tips
The New York Commercial suggests cooling color choices for hot days. It favors white for comfort and recommends green and white or lilac with a silvery tint as soothing options over bright summer shades like pink, red, yellow, or blue.
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New York
Baldwinsville Women’s Club marks eightieth anniversary
The Female Charitable Society of Baldwinsville New York celebrated eighty years as the oldest American women’s club with monthly and annual meetings kept intact. Sixty present hosts were all descendants of the original charter members, preserving the club’s early records.
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Female Charitable Society
Baldwinsville
N. Y
United States
Woman Runs Unique Zoo Quietly in Denver
Mrs John Blitch of Denver is described as perhaps the only woman who owns and operates a zoological garden. She drives a large ostrich hitched to a light wagon and the bird, a pacing creature, speeds along as she travels. The ostrich dives for roadside treats like banana peels when spotted, regardless of speed. The bird’s gait is gentle and the mistress cherishes him, having raised him from chickhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Blitch
Denver
Poll Was Awake. A playful exchange framed by cage talk
A darkly whimsical snippet centers on Poll and George in a cage scene. Poll expresses happiness and affection while George asks to confirm love, followed by Poll’s coy remarks and Twinkles’s quips.
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George
Cage
Pretty Names For Books From Cromwell Era
Curious list of antique English book titles praising piety and charity. Highlights include A Most Delectable Sweet Perfumed Nosegay For God's Saints to Smell At and The Spiritual Mustard Pot to Make the Soul Sneeze with Devotion.
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Zion
Samuel Fish
St. Nicholas
Monroe gifts $80,000 to Pequot Library
Treasurer Howard N Wakeman of the Pequot Library in Southport Connecticut received notice that Mrs Virginia M Monroe has placed on interest eighty thousand dollars to be credited to the library. The Pequot Library building was donated by the late Albert B Monroe, husband of the donor. Mrs Monroe is the daughter of the late Frederick Marquand, famed for gifting Yale College its chapel and once lived at the homestead now the Pequot Library site.
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Howard N. Wakeman
Pequot Library Association
Southport
Conn
Virginia M. Monroe
Library Association
Pequot
Albert B. Monroe
Monroe
Frederick Marquand
Yale College
Pequot Library
Shell netting door drapery for seaside homes
Women at seashore resorts who collect shells can use them in fall to create a decorative door drapery. Fasten shells thickly on fish netting and drape over a door casing to hang at the sides. The shell trimmed netting can also serve as a portiere when complemented with sea green silk.
Quote Exchange Between Griggle and Dixon Cited
A Boston Transcript excerpt features Griggle declaring that any fool can write a novel and Dixon agreeing that some fools do not write novels. The exchange frames authorship as a play of control and intent.
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Griggle
Dixon
Boston Transcript
English Poets Better Paid Than Continental Authors
The article notes English authors have historically earned more than their continental counterparts. It cites Norway’s pensioning of Ibsen and Hungary’s provision of a residence and income for Moritz Jokai by friends. The piece highlights differing support for writers across Europe.
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Norway
Ibsen
Hungary
Moritz Jokai
Italian Hygienist Notes Preventable Death Toll in Italy
An eminent Italian hygienic expert cites official medical returns showing 200000 Italians die annually from infectious and preventable diseases, most victims being young and seen as the hope of families.
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Italy
Difficulty in Recommending a Daughter’s Piece
A Brooklyn wife notes her daughter’s piano work is very difficult. A visitor suggests trying a piece that is impossible to persuade her. The exchange highlights parental concerns over practice and musical ambition.
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Brooklyn Ife
Women paint new cemetery fence in East Searsmont
About six East Searsmont women gathered recently to paint the town’s new cemetery fence. The group worked together in good spirits, lending a hand to beautify the local burial ground.
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East Searsmont
Bee
Boston Union Station Time Table Corrected 1897
Time table for trains west and east from Union Passenger Station Boston shows revised schedules dated June 27, 1897. Lists daily departures from Boston and connections at Belmont Waltham Weston Wayland East Sudbury South Sudbury Wayside Inn Rockbottom Hudson Berlin and Northampton with notes on stops and signaling. Cited officials include Daniel W. Sanborn as General Superintendent Dana J. Flanders as General Passenger and Ticket Agent and W. G. Bean as Division Supt.
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Boston
Belmont
Waltham
Wayland
East Sudbury
South Sudbury
Wayside Inn
Berlin
South Clinton
West Boylston
Jefferson
Barre
Northampton
A. m. Ware
Sunace
Oakdale
A.m. South Bolton
A. m. Hudson
A.m. Rockbottom
A.m. East Sudbury
A.m. Ayland
A. m
A.m. Weston
A.m. Waltham
A. m. Belmont
A.m
A.m. Boston
Daniel W. Sanborn
Dana J. Flanders
W.G. Bean
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America
Philadelphia Press
Eliza Archard Conner
Theresa Barcalow
Equal Suffrage
Sorosis
Ladies’ Health Protective Association of
Health Protctive Society
Broadway
Miss Barcalow
Ladies’ Health Protective Association
Woman’s Journal
Women In
Poll Was
George A. Sweet Nursery CO
Dansville, N.Y
J.rufus Wales
Shawmut Ave
Marlboro, Mass
Grover Graham
C. D. Hunter
DreGeist
Robert W. Carter
Charles H. Jeons
Maynard
the Peoples Dry Goods Company
Boston Souths
Matine
Central
Massachusetts
UNION
Causeway Street
Hudson
Perseneere
Fitch
Marlboro Branch
South Acton
Whitman
Rockbottom
Udson
Marlboro
Oro
BOST_ A.M. A.M
A.M. P
Whitman's Crossing
Marboro
Whitman Crossing
Din Harge
Marlbe
Propic
Clark
Mai
K Vale
Clement G. Gaines
Povonxteesic
New York, New Haven
Hartford Railroad
Northboro
P.m. Sun
Pedam
Sun
Ieboe
Eamingham
Acton
Lowell
Sudbury
Framingham
EB. G. Allen
A. C. Kendall
Fitchburg
H Railroad
Hoosac Tunnel
Troy
Albany
Saratoga
Lake George
Adirondack
Catskill Mountains
Syracuse
Rochester
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Hamilton
Toronto
Cleveland
Detroit
Cincinnati
Chicago
St. Louis
Boston and ST. Louis
Vermont
Canada
Rutland
Brandon
Middeburg
Vergennes
Burlington
St Albans
St. Johns
Ogdensburg
Ottawa
Montreal
Quebec
Fitchburg Railroad
Washington Street
Fagedore Railroad
J Watson
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