Daisy Doud to Lead Farallones Island School
Miss Daisy Doud of San Francisco has been appointed by the city school board to teach the lightkeepers’ children on the Farallone Islands. The appointment follows years of neglected schooling for the ten island children amid fog, gales, and earnest but absent support from officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daisy Doud
San Francisco
Sentinel Rocks
Farallones
Farallone Islands
Light
Daisy
Gulf
Napoleon
St. Helena
Miss Doud
Nettie Wood
Hearst Grammar School
Mise Dowd
San Francisco Chronicle
Women’s education rises as a herald of new era
The piece celebrates the expansion of women’s higher education as a crowning achievement of American civilization. It notes that about 860 of 400 colleges open to women, with Britain also expanding access. The text argues progress will enable women to participate more fully in society and intellectual life.
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France
Denmark
Norway
Finland
Sweden
Switzerland
Italy
Hungary
Padua
Bologna
Palermo
Genoa
Australasia
India
Egypt
Ceylon
Japan
China
United States
Europe
Austria
Great Britain
Scandinavia
Russia
Seimeos Bridge
Winter Fashion Notes From Harper's Bazaar Gowns and Waists
Post holiday shops feature many imported gowns and fancy waists with chiffon remaining a favorite. Colors in red blue and purple dominate, with pale blue surplice styles and rosettes, while amethyst and turquoise accents appear in belts collars and jewelry. Satin linings add luster to chiffons and black chiffon remains steady with jeweled trims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper’s Bazaar
Women Athletes Rise In Big Cities And Public Support Grows
The article notes moving talk of organizing women athletic clubs in major cities. It cites higher physical development driven by women entering pursuits once monopolized by men and a shift in public sentiment accepting women in athletics for health.
Hair Style Rules for Schoolgirls From a New York Journal
The article prescribes three hair modes for 12 year old girls, advising simplicity and comfort. Avoid heat tools on growing hair, never leave the face bare, and prefer middle or secured styles. For short curls tie at the nape, for thin hair form a single plait, for thick hair two plaits, avoid bangs, brush 20 minutes daily, and wash with tar soap. Early care builds a healthy crown of glory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Journal
Jewelry fashions praise pearl strings and fine gold chains
The article notes current jewelry trends from Paris including multiple pearl necklets and dispersed diamond brooches. It highlights a new ultra thin gold chain necklace with a concealed stone pendant and popular bracelets featuring gems. A Russian emperor gifted a diamond end bracelet with shamrock motif to Mrs Melville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Campbell
New York
Russia
Melville
Secret Police
London
Etiquetts of Cycling and Fashion Notes
A miscellany notes bicycle etiquette allowing casual conversation beside riders while the addressed party endures bore. It then sketches watch styles from Paris and New York, including jeweled brooch watches and beetle designs, plus Russian girdles with gems. It also mentions buffalo carp shipped to New York and the Midwest, with a remark about Jewish dining in New York.
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Paris
New York
Ilinois
West
Beedstown
Lester
Bishing Guzett
Fashion notes on new collarette and storm collar styles
Readers learn about evolving collar trends with a move away from large white sauer collars to spreading collarettes and a stiffened storm collar. The piece highlights practical wear, wind and cold protection, and suggests using fur remnants to finish garments for a smart look.
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Fashion
Nsw
Creative table décor and home hacks from 1927
The piece guides on low dish arrangements with towers and trailing plants for tables, ice blocks with buds as a decorative method, and repurposing bangles as umbrella handles. It notes Frances Graham French and Mrs. Belya Lockwood as delegates to the Berlin 1927 Women’s Workers congress, and lists a vegetable brush as essential in kitchens. High collars are critiqued for causing neck discoloration and headaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances ‘Graham French
Belya Lockwood
Woman’s National Press
International Congress For Women’s Work
Berlin
Train Stop Rules From Scripted Notices
A set of fragmented railway stop instructions notes when trains halt. Some lines indicate stops only on signal to load or abandon passengers, others specify leaving Boston or Northampton area passengers, or west of Hudson stations.
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Boston
Belmont
Wayland
East Sudbury
South Sudbury
Wayside Inn
Rockbottom
Berlin
South Clinton
West Boylston
Oakdale
Jefferson's
Northampton
A. m. Berlin
South Bolton
A. m. Hudson
A.m. Wayland
Weston
A.m. Waltham
A. m
A. m. Belmont
A.m
Hudson
Marboro
Marlboro
South Acton
Whitman Crossing
J.R. Watson
G.P.A
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Daisy Houd
Australia
New Zealand
Tasmania
Bahamas
Bernudas
Cape of Good Hope
Philadelphia Times
Hartz Mountain
New England
Ludlam Bros
Ekiot St
the Etiquetts of Cycling
Bottmo Carp
J. Rufus Wales
Shawmut Ave
Marlboro, Mass
Assabet
Cond ‘Company
Maynard
Mass
Boston & Maine Railroad
Southern Division
Central
Massachusetts
UNION
Causeway Street
Dana J. Flanders
Daniel W. Sanborn
W. G. Bean
Supe
Leavy
TAS
Wwhitman
Bem
Toston
Arrive
Crea Broadway Central
Haynes, Propri
Etor
N&w Haven Hartford Railroad
OLD Colony System
Northboro
Clinton
Leominster
Fitchburg
Southboro
Framingham
Acton
Lowell
Sudbury
P.m. Mansfield
P.m. Return
E. G. Allen
A.C. Kendall
Stham
Granite
Maple ST
David Harris
Fitchburgh& Railroad
Iloosac 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
Veront
Canada
Rutland
Brandon
Midgebury
Vergennes
Burlington
St Albans
St. Johns
Ogdensburg
Ottawa
Montreal
Quebec
Fitchburg Railroad
Washington Street
Robert W. Carter
Charles H. Persons
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