Society Notes on Gowns Genial Girls and Generous Works
The piece describes senior girls at the Collegiate Institute wearing caps and gowns as the mayor praises their bright complexions and diligence. It also profiles Carrie Steele, a Black woman who founded an orphan home in Atlanta and sustains seventy children with minimal funds, aided by community attention and faith. It adds fashion guidance on veils and remarks on Mina Ann Wilson of Kansas, a racehorse breeder pursuing art studies in Europe.
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Collegiate Institute
Iti
Packer
Ers
Brooklyn
Dr. Backus
Netitute
Backus
New York Press
Carrie Steele
Atlanta
Atlanta Exposition
Andy Wilson
Topeka
Miss Mina
Washington
Kaneas Farm
Ding
Valencia
Europe
Mina
Women Deaconess Movement Expands in Church
The Ministry of Women in the Church highlights the canon of deaconess adopted at the 1889 General Convention. Mrs. Twing notes deaconesses active in diaconal work across the nation, with training schools in New York and Philadelphia guiding women into teaching, nursing, and outreach. A Japanese translation of the canon is before Japan’s church, with four candidates for the office and growing demand from cities nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Philadelphia
Deaha
Far East
Japan
Titled Women at Home Abroad and English Estates
A New York correspondent describes how American women who wed English nobles spend their lives abroad in grand homes. She highlights Blenheim Palace for the Duchess of Marlborough, Coombe Abbey for the Countess of Craven, and Cassioberry for the Countess of Essex, noting vast grounds and deer parks and the trend of American princesses joining England’s aristocracy.
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Duchess of Marlborough
Blenheim
England
Coombe Abbey
Countess of Craven
Cornelia Bradley- Martin
Countess of Essex
Adele Grant
New York
Earl of Essex
Cassioberry
Hertfordshire
Woman suffrage campaign persists despite setbacks
The article notes continuing advocacy after Massachusetts defeat, with meetings in Newburg New York, Georgia and Atlanta. It cites Utah’s pending statehood with full suffrage and describes ongoing efforts, including multiple demonstrations and a broad international context. It also highlights women at Berlin University and researchers like Miss Else Koettgen Paula Gunther and Mrs Anna Held contributing to science and natural history works.
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Massachusetts
Utah
Newburg
N. Y
South
Georgia
Atlanta
Berlin University
Else Koettgen
Arthur Konig
Physiological Institute
Wiedemann
Annaler
Paula Gunther
Benda
Anna Held
Veil Fashion Critique Highlights Continental Trends
The article argues that women need veils in cold winds to stay tidy and presentable, noting veils hide flaws and enhance beauty. It contrasts English and French veil practices, urging practical head coverings with hats or bonnets.
Magnificent Portrait of Mrs Margaret Houston Williams
Patti McLeary Burford extols Mrs Margaret Houston Williams daughter of General Sam Houston as a virtuous social queen. She notes her quiet dress and demeanor and reverent devotion to the Baptist church, while describing her family relics from the San Jacinto war and her restrained talk of her father’s career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Houston Williams
Ladies’ Home Journal
Patti McLeary Burford
Sam Houston
Old Baptist Church
Lone Star
Santa Anna
Houston
San Jacinto
Woman’s role in pagan and modern times discussed at forum
In the November Forum Boyesen’s article notes melancholy interest in the position of women from ancient pagan societies to modern times. He criticizes contemporary education urging that teaching girls to live only to love is pernicious and makes them less worth loving and harder to live with.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyesen
Utah Ratifies New Constitution With Woman Suffrage
Utah approves a new state constitution by a large majority and includes a woman suffrage clause. Simultaneously Bermuda extends suffrage to women with an educational and property qualification amid debate noting concern that it may boost the white vote.
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Utah
Bermuda
Bracelets Symbolize Sidney Rosenfeld Plays and Adaptations
The wife of Sidney Rosenfeld owns 12 silver bangles for adaptations and 13 gold bangles for plays the playwright wrote himself. The collection represents each work as either original or adapted, with silver for adaptations and gold for authored plays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Rosenfeld
How Time Goes Said As Clock Struck One
A fragment from a Detroit Free Press item depicts a weary exchange where one character laments time as the other notes dogs follow it, prompting a quiet, reluctant response. The brief dialogue captures a mood of resignation rather than a full narrative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
Composite pie spectacle baffles early meal time critics
A New York Sun note describes an unusual pie creation built as a layered dessert with a pumpkin foundation, cranberry middle, and another pumpkin top. It claims the pie was served at breakfast, dinner, and supper, praised for its flavor. The snippet also gives a celery salad dressing recipe with egg yolk, cream, sugar, vinegar, butter, cayenne, and salt.
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New York Sun
Recipes from a Vintage Kitchen: Jelly Bouillon and Yorkshire Pudding
Instructions for coffee jelly with gelatine and whipped cream, clam bouillon made from Bailey's clam juice and milk, and a Yorkshire pudding using milk eggs flour salt and beef drippings. Each dish includes heating, mixing, and serving steps typical of old home cookbooks.
Fried liver and bacon balance recipe style
Pour boiling water over the liver for three minutes then wipe dry and salt. Fry thin bacon until crisp, remove. Brown the liver in the hot fat on both sides, place on a hot platter and arrange the bacon slices around the edge.
Corn Cake Recipe Note from Pantry Text
A recipe fragment describes mixing 1.5 cups pastry flour 0.5 cup granulated meal 2 tablespoons sugar 1 salt spoon salt 2 level tsp cream of tartar 1 level tsp soda sifted. Add butter the size of an egg, beaten egg, and 1 cup sweet milk. Use tin measuring cups.
What a Good Knife Costs
A New York Press interview with a downtown cutlery expert outlines knife prices from 50 cents to 25 dollars. He notes Spaniards spend top dollar for fine steel and ivory handled blades while Americans tend toward ordinary plated options. He highlights gift purchases, specialty models like hunter and horseman knives, and diverse trade patterns among sailors Italians merchants and businessmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adirondacks
New York Press
Warm and Dirty: Flossie Rebuffs Morning Bath
In a chilly morning scene from the New York Times a child named Flossie resists a suggested sponge bath. She asserts personal preference, saying you like to be cold and clean, and I like to be warm and dirty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flossie
New York Times
Stops on signal and to leave passengers at stations
The notes describe stops only on signal and for leaving passengers at various stations including Hudson, Boston, Northampton, and west stations. It outlines when trains stop to take or drop off passengers and when they observe signals.
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Hudson
Tee Eene
Dale
Boston
Ae Gers
Northampton
Marlboro
A.M. A
South Acton
Bat Whitman
Rockbottom
Whitman’s Crossing
Ribore
South Whin
Itman Crossing
Eave
Leavino
Sunndston
J .R. Watson
G.P. A
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Reec Patweeley
Carrie
London
Mina Ann Wilson
Kansas
Hinta
Veils
Our
the People's Dry Coods Compan
Boston & Maine Railroad Southern Division
Central
P.m. Sundaes AB A. Mls
Vay
P. m. Suan
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P.m. South Sandbury
A. A
Wayside Inn
Ke Eet
Berlin
South Clinton
West Speed
Sunoatdale
Jefferson's
Barre
Sun- Woracentaes
Ware
A. m. Barre
A.m. Eae
Oakdale
Baleen
Sunsouth
Clinton
Bolton
A. Coe Ae
M. Waltham
Belmo
Re & M
Fitchburgh
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
Middleburg
Vergennes
Burlington
St Albans
St. Johns
Ogdensburg
Ottawa
Montreal
Quebec
Fitch Railroad
Washington Street
Fitchburg Railroad
J. R. Watson
Gloria
Oink Gloria
Carlton
Westboro
Goa
Hartshorn
Clinton Gloria
New Haven & Hartford
R. R
Old Colony System
Navy
Northboro
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P.m. Sun
P. m. Sun
A.mn
P.m. Berlin
Me. Sun
A. Ma
Minster
Fitchburg
A. m. Sun
Framingham
San
Sun
Bath
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Fon
Acton
Lowell
Tahaan Sudbury
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Fxtri So
Crn
Aing
Waheed Saturn E. G. Allen
Ack All
Robert W. Carter
Charlies H. Persons
Maynard
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