Woman Lawyer Goes to Johannesburg to Practice Law
Fresno attorney Mrs Nettie Coke sails for Johannes burg via Honolulu New Zealand and Australia on a plan to practice law in South Africa She rose from notary to attorney in Fresno and seeks broader fields and travel while remaining open to returning home if needed Her ambition and pluck make her a notable figure in early 20th century coverage.
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Nettie Coke
Fresno
Johannesburg
South Africa
Nettie Core
Cape Town
Coke
Europe
San Francisco Chronicle
Three Denver Women Elected to Colorado House on Populist Fusion
Mrs. Olive C. Butler Mrs. Evangeline Hearst and Mrs. M A B Conine win seats in the Colorado house of representatives on the Populist fusion ticket. Butler the Massachusetts emigrant and Boston native has long been active in suffrage and relief work. Hearst a Prince Edward Island native is allied to labor through husband John Heartz former Bricklayers Union leader. Conine a Denver clubwoman has chaired the legislative committee of the reform department and led reform efforts since Colorado women won the ballot.
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Olive C. Butler
Evangeline Heartz
M.A. B. Conine
Denver
Colorado House of Representatives
Butler
Massachusetts
Boston
Bunker Hill Monument
Simpson D. Butler
Lynn
Mass
John Heartz
Bricklayers’ International Union, No. 1
Conine
North Side Woman’s Club
Woman’s Club of
Colorado
Denver News
Women’s Winter Footwear Styles Show Variety in Windows
Women will have a chance to wear out their old shoes this winter with a broad display of fashions. The windows reveal piccadillies round toes square toes New York toes and spring heels among the options.
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Fifth Avenue
New York Sun
New York
Saving Coal Costs Through Proper Furnace Use
The New York Ledger urges careful focus on coal use to cut home fuel bills. It notes most heat escapes via chimneys due to misadjusted dampers and suggests starting with proper draft control and steady small additions of coal to maintain efficient heat.
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New York Ledger
Rich Venetian Cloth Dominates Winter Dress Styles
The French dress models unveil eight visiting and reception gowns with six crafted from fine venetian fabrics in velvety weaves and rich colors. Designers favor these textiles over craped or crinkled silks and wool, using two tone contrasts and bold fur trimming. Dyes include deep Russian green silver blue peacock blue and Danish red with bridesmaids favored in cream white mauve apricot silver gray and pale old rose venetian cloths trimmed in fur and opalescent passementeries.
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Lyons
New York Post
Pioneering Woman Teaches Steam Propulsion at Mill
The Tulare Register notes Mountain Home campers enjoy visits to a lumber mill and chat with engineer Mrs Cherbhorne of Porterville, wife of the mill proprietor. She learned the trade from her mill-owning father who trained her in steam propulsion after an emergency arose.
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Mountain Home
Cal
Tulare
Cherbhorne
Porterville
Victorian revival fashions spark nostalgic debate in Paris
The London Graphic laments a possible return to early Victorian dress with hair piled high, large bows, and deflated gowns as Mme. Sarah Bernhardt wears similar attire. It recalls Leech era flounces and ringlets, contrasts with modern tweeds, and notes men deer driving in green velvet coats and Tyrolese hats.
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Paris
Mme
Sarah Bernhardt
Leech
Scotland
Prince Albert
London Graphic
Cambridge Senate Split Over Women Admission
The Boston Advertiser reports 2237 Cambridge university senate members signed a document proposing women may study if they pass entrance exams as strict as men, maintain equal scholarship, and pay the same fees, but receive none of the degrees or honors. The liberal faction favors admission under these conditions while the other faction would exclude women outright.
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Boston Advertiser
Cambridge University
England
Queen's Deeside dress described with bright colors
A visitor recalls the queen on Deeside wearing a blue silk dress with numerous flounces edged in black velvet and a rainbow Stewart tartan shawl. She wore a white bonnet with pink roses, a pale lemon glove pair, a white veil, a pale glove set, a blue silk parasol, and a white ivory handle, creating a striking outfit. Lady Hayter, famed Liberal figure, is praised as a tireless traveler and adept dresser, noted for world journeys and outdoor exploits.
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Deeside
Royal Stewart
Lady Hayter
London
Liberal Party
Sir Arthur Hayter
World
Australia
Ceylon
India
Yellowstone Park
Yosemite Valley
Temperance figures raise funds for Temple in Chicago
Mrs. Matilda B. Carse organizes a platform effort to liquidate the Temple debt with Miss Shentz as speaker. Donors may pay 100 dollars to inscribe names on a tablet in Willard hall. Victoria offers St James palace to the Needlework guild for its annual exhibition. Duchess of Albany is patroness. North Nebraska M E conference votes 59 to 7 that women may be delegates to general conference. New stationery features a tiny monogram in the upper left corner.
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Matilda B. Carse
Chicago
National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Union Signal
Queer Victoria
St. James Palace
Needlework Guild of Great Britain
Duchess of Albany
Reading
North Nebraska Methodist Episcopal Conference
Equity and humor in early courtroom anecdotes
A collection of courtroom quips and sharp remarks from old cases, describing judges, lawyers, and defendants. The tales cover a mix of ages, offenses, and odd judicial responses, including a 99 year sentence for a first offender and a miller’s misdirected claim over undersized barrels.
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Blackstone
Texas
Equity
Detroit Free Press
Horse drinks through hose end at Ansonia stable
Ansonia Conn horse owned by F S Brown at Curtis livery barn drinks by gripping the hose end in his mouth. Report says the horse first took the pipe while being teased by a stableman and now repeatedly uses the hose to obtain a drink each day. The Boston Herald cites the tale as fact.
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F. S. Brown
Ansonia, Conn
Curtis
Boston Herald
Fathers Counsel On Study And The Press
A dramatic critic argues with his son that disciplined study builds memory and concentration for journalism. The piece notes new bread trays with ebony bottoms and a silver pierced rack. It adds that women promoters replace men in Covent Garden as their voices project better on stage.
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Covent Garden
London
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Rd, Mass
J. Rufus Wales
Shawmut Ave
Marlboro, Mass
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Central
UNION
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Berlin
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Dana J. Flanders
Daniel W. Sanborn
W. G. Bean
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Oro
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Marlboro
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J. R. Watson
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Marl
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Whitman’ & Crossing
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Broadway Central
Haynes
Ori
Rels, United States
Etor
New Haven
Hartford Railroad
OLD Colony System
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Clinton
Leominster
A.mn. Sun
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Sun
Acton
Lowell
M. Sun
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Framingham
Mansfield
K. G. Allen
A. C. Kendall
Pas
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Granite Polishing
Maple ST
David Harris
Frenier Bros
Cohoes, N. Y
Fitchburgh Railroad
Hlcosac Tunnel
Troy
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