National Household Economy Association Holds Fourth Convention
Elizabeth Boynton Harbert of Evanston Illinois opened the fourth annual convention in Chicago outlining the rise of domestic science schools and clubs. She warned that domestic science trains mistresses while domestic training teaches servants, urging broader recognition and higher wages for trained female workers.
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the Athenium
Elizabeth Boynton Harbert
Evanston
Ill
National Household Economic Association
Bertha Honore Palmer
Ellen M. Henrotin
Mary E. Green
Michigan
Elizabeth Boynton
Alice J. Whitney
Chicago
Association
Laura S. Wilkinson
World’s Congress Auxiliary
Whitney
National Federation of Women’s Clubs
Milwaukee Cor
Chicago Herald
Watches That Have Character And A Life Of Their Own
A watchmaker recalls how a rusted movement sparked a lifelong passion for horology. He details learning the jeweler trade, gaining autonomy in the shop, and joining the Horological Society of Philadelphia to deepen scientific understanding of watches.
Woman Joins Watchmaking Branch in Historic Shift
A Dresden Ohio woman, Mina Tingler, has entered the watchmaking field by repairing timepieces in a hospital and jewelry shop. She earned a certificate of membership in the Philadelphia Horological Society, a first for a woman, and she shares her story of breaking gender barriers in horology.
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Dresden
Mina Tingler
Philadelphia Horological Society
Linen shower etiquette described by Cincinnati Enquirer
The article explains informal linen showers for brides, inviting 25 to 80 young ladies to give embroidered linen gifts. It notes popular motifs, gifts like towels and napkins, and variations including surprise entrances or musical presentations, with refreshments and hosting details.
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Brown
Cincinnati Enquirer
The Veil and Hair Among Bride Fashion in France
The article describes bridal fashion in France, noting the veil and coiffure as defining elements. It contrasts hot iron crimped high coiffures with the taste of wearing hair in a bride’s everyday style and links veil jewels to social status and fortune. It mentions a firm making veils.
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France
Lace fashions and delicate veils cited by the Commercial
A New York Commercial note comments that rich family lace can be bought without fear of repetition. It mentions a veil of Eugenie nearing sale, and lace designs so sheer they rival a spider web. Such veils decorate bodice fronts at receptions and are saved for future generations.
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Eugenie
New York
Women Ad Writers Rise From Typewriters to Success
Two American newspaper ad writers, Miss Mamie Hungerford and Miss Nel lig Riordan of Washington, describe rapid ascent from typists to managers. Hungerford argues women suit advertising, noting female insight drives effective ads for dry goods and men’s goods, and predicts a bright future for women in the field.
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Mamie Hungerford
Nellig Riordan
Washington
Miss Hungerford
Woman
New York World
When a Wife Sells Her House Et Ux
In an August Boston reflection the writer discovers that the New York Real Estate Record lists her cottage sale under her husband’s name with et ux. The piece recalls her independent planning, architect, finances, and the broker’s role, noting Blackstone’s dictum that a married couple are one.
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New York
Blackstone
Boston Woman's Journal
Trimmed skirts and costly decorations gain fashion traction
The New York Post notes dress skirts grow narrower at the fronts and sides with trims that require extra expenditure and effort to repair. Fur and velvet dominate while girding with silk passementeries and gimped braids, but trim should remain in volume to avoid reducing warmth and style.
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New York Post
Artificial osprey plumage calls outcries from readers
London Truth warns readers that milliners claim artificial osprey aigrets, but naturalists verdicts prove they are genuine female osprey feathers. The piece asserts no true imitation exists. It also notes Victorian railways employ station mistresses replacing masters, with women earning about a sixth of male salaries. A Nebraskan woman, Mrs Lottie Cox, wins a $150 prize for a work table invention.
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London
John Wedderburn & Co
Lottie Cox
Blue Springs
Neb
Daytime Jewels Fashion Shifts in England and Paris
The piece notes a rising trend in wearing jewels during daytime in England and Paris. High status women now wear diamonds and pearls daily, with Parisiennes decorating umbrella handles with gems. English brides and society pages showcase diamonds on veils and bonnet pins, and some adopt diamond hilts to secure bonnets.
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England
Paris
Freshness in eggs hinges on treatment and science
The London Standard argues no inherent freshness barrier in eggs and that modern costs depend on domestic treatment. History shows long distance eggs can be cheaper, with progress tied to scientific handling. opposition comes from entrenched interests, urging development of poultry and eggs as a domestic industry.
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England
London Standard
The Alps and Welsh hills in geological time
Pearson's Weekly notes the Alps are geologically young yet crumbling while older Welsh hills have long eroded. As land rises after sea entry, denudation begins and river valleys carve the terrain, with 10,000 to 12,000 feet of Mont Blanc strata already removed.
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Alps
Snowdon
Helvellyn
Mont Blanc
Pearson’s Weekly
Fond Mother on Train Aboard With Children
A New York Weekly item notes a mother traveling in a passenger car with her kids amid reader safety anxieties. Voices from the scene include Johnny and Richard as they react to men, flowers, and a nearby woman allegedly going crazy.
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Johnny
Richard
George
New York Weekly
Aged Trick and Train Robber Exchange Q&A
A newspaper piece recounts a prison interview where a train robber explains he roams ahead of the dining car pirates before breakfast. A schoolmaster’s wheel joke ends with a tack in the saddle. The text notes European naturalization rules require respectability, moral conduct, and years of residence, plus renunciation of birthplace.
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Pittsburg Chronicle
Time Table Corrected Oct 4 1896 Trains West and East
Time table corrected listing trains west from Boston Belmont Weston Wayland and other stops with scattered times and notes on stops. Trains east from Northampton Ware Barre Jeffersons West Boston Belmont etc with daily and Sunday times and stop rules for passenger boarding.
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Boston
Aeet
Belmont
Sundawate Weston
M. South
Gaanure
Reasonn
Rockbottom
Hudson
Gundas
Bath Boon
South
West Inston
Oakdale
Jefferson’s
Northampton
Ware
Suny
M. Barre
A. m
A. m. South Bolton
A.m
A. m. Hudson
A. m. Rockbottom
Wayside Inn
South Sudbury
East Sudbury
A.m. Wayland
A.m. Weston
A. m. Waltham
A. m. Belmont
Boston Cerette
Pitchboro
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J. Rufus Wales
Shawmut Ave
Marlboro, Mass
Assabet Mills
Peopl
Ly Conds
Maynard
Mass
Boston & Maine Railroad
Southern Division
Central
Massachusetts
UNION
Causeway Street
Dana J. Flanders
Daniel W. Sanborn
W. G. Bean
Supe
Marboro
Marlboro
South Acton
Whitman Crossing
J.R. Watson
G.P.A
Whitman's Crossing
Arrive
Praca Sanaa Marlboro
Whitman’s Crossing
Broadway Central
TIL
Haynes
Etor
New Haven
Hartford Railroad
OLD Colony System
Northboro
M. Leominster
A.m. Sun
Fitchburg
Southboro
Framingham
Acton
Lowell
Sudbury
Sun
E. G. Allen
A. C. Kendall
Pas
Stham
Granite Polishing
Maple ST
David Harris
Fitchburgh Railroad
Hoosac Tunnel
Troy
Albany
Saratoga
Lake George
Adirondack
Catskill Mountains
Syracuse
Rochester
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Hamilton
Toronto
Cleveland
Detroit
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Vermont
Canada
Rutland
Brandon
Middlebury
Vergennes
Burlington
St Albans
St. Johns
Ogdensburg
Ottawa
Montreal
Quebec
Fitchburg Railroad
Washington Street
Robert W. Carter
Charles H. Persons
Maes
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