Mrs Maude Andrews Ohl and Sally Smith spotlight
A Savannah Morning News column highlights Maude Andrews Ohl, head of the Atlanta Exposition press committee, noted for hosting and interior design in the women’s building pressroom. It also profiles Lydia EB Smith, a Fort Mudge farmer who manages crops and cane syrup, and recalls other Victorian-era curiosities from spun glass fabrics to women’s views on marriage and obedience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude Andrews Ohl
Buckingham
Persia
Spe
Atlanta
New York
Chambers’ Journal
Women Who Work at Building Roads in Siberia
Margherita Hamm notes in the New York Mail and Express that the China Japan treaty may please some powers yet bless Vladivostok women. She describes a highly mixed emigrant female workforce near Siberia, where Chinese Koreans and others labor on roads and fields, earning cents daily and enduring long shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margherita Arlina Hamm
New York Mail and Express
China
Japan
Vladivostok
Siberia
Rise of Women Preachers Spurs Theological Shift
Ada Bowles summarizes growing numbers of women in ministry across denominations from Friends to Universalists totaling 513 ministers plus 300 to 400 evangelists and organizers, with over 800 in the field when missionaries and related roles are included. She notes rising education access from 1860 to at least 15 seminaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theological Seminary
Phebe
Hanaford
Anna Howard Shaw
Ada C. Bowles
Ida C. Hultin
Ada Bowles
Friends
Universalists
Free Baptists
Disciples
Congregationalists
Unitarians
Protestant Methodists
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Bowles
Widow Getz Sues for Place On Insurance Board Raid
Mrs. Eli B Getz of St Louis faces loss of her livelihood after succeeding her late husband as an insurance solicitor. She faced pushback from male rivals and the five man underwriters board expelled Hirshberg & Bro and barred their firm from the board, while she continues in service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eli B. Geta
St. Louis
F. D. Hirshberg & Bro
Getz
Hirshberg
The Collet and Gowns Set to Radiant Style
Isabel A. Mallon urges in Ladies' Home Journal that the collet should be broad and airy, with long ribbons and full rosettes. The emphasis is on a harmonious chic silhouette that flatters the waist and creates an intangible air called style for true wardrobe success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabel A. Mallon
Ladies’ Home Journal
Domestic Service In Minnesota A Housekeeping Dilemma
The Minneapolis Journal argues domestic service in Minnesota is rare among farm girls who move to villages to learn homemaking. They seek skills for independence whether they marry or not, fearing marriage often means hard labor and drudgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Minneapolis Journal
Influx of Lady Journalists Prompts London Debate
A London reader's notice cites the New York Press claim that American women journalists earn high salaries and work across all subjects, challenging the view that they remain confined to women’s departments. The piece warns of misinformed UK readers and suggests salaries of £1000 to £5000 are not unheard of.
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States
Felix
New York
New York Press
American Woman Among Names on Boston Public Library Tablets
The Boston Transcript notes Maria Mitchell is the sole American woman among the hundreds listed on the external memorial tablets at the new Boston public library. Other women named are Sappho George Sand De Stael George Eliot Bronte Austen Edgeworth and Somerville. Greece France and England contribute much more feminine weight than the United States. But the American woman was one who hitched her wagon to a star.
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Boston Transcript
Maria Mitchell
New Boston Public Library
Sappho
George Sand
de Stael
George Eliot
Bronte
Austen
Edgeworth
Somerville
Greece
France
England
United States
Home Cookery: Salmon Croquets and Classic Puddings
A pantry friendly list details salmon croquets with milk roux binding and frying steps, and includes recipes for a rich chocolate pudding with eggs and vanilla, a date cake with soda and cream tartar, a fruit rice pudding, and an inexpensive fruit cake with raisins currants citron and spices. The tone mirrors period home recipes with practical steps and measurements.
Plum Pudding Recipe from Historic Kitchen Note
A traditional plum pudding method lists one cup mog lasses one cup chopped suet one cup hot water a heaping teaspoon soda one teaspoon salt and mixed spices with two cups raisins and a quarter pound citron chopped fine. Flour is added to form a soft dough and the steaming duration is two hours.
Johnny Cake Ingredients List
A historic recipe lists two thirds pint Indian meal one third pint flour two tablespoons sugar half pint sour milk half teaspoon cream of tartar one teaspoon soda butter half an egg salt half teaspoon and one egg.
Rye and corn cakes from simple kitchen mix
Rye cakes made with three cups flour three cups rye meal three teaspoons cream of tartar one and one half teaspoons soda one tablespoon butter or lard half cup molasses mixed with cold water to a stiff batter. Dip with a spoon and bake in a quick oven. Corn cake uses one beaten egg two tablespoons sugar one cup sweet milk half cup flour mixed with two cups Indian meal two teaspoons baking powder.
Doughnut Recipe From Old Column
A revived recipe lists one egg one cup sugar one cup sweet milk pieces of butter the size of a filbert two teaspoons baking powder flavored with lemon and a pinch of nutmeg. The mixture is stirred stiff with flour then fried in hot smoking lard.
Orange pudding with custard and meringue frosting
Peel and seed six oranges and sugar with zest. Mix yolks and whites from eggs with flour sugar and milk to form custard. Layer orange segments and custard in a dish, top with meringue from two egg whites, and bake until brown.
Boots Thief Nabbed After Shoes Return to Owner
On Duke Street a boot shop owner chased a thief who stole a pair of shoes. The thief dropped them and fled. the owner recovered them, but a police officer seized the shopkeeper, believing him the thief. The officer released the real culprit and escorted the shopkeeper to custody, then released him.
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Duke Street
Birmingham
England
Time Table corrected Oct 6 1895 Trains West
Trains west schedule listed with multiple stops including Weston Wayland and Berlin. Times shown for weekdays and Sundays across towns like Bolton Barre Norhatton Oakdale and South Sudbury with morning and afternoon departures and some PM limits.
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Boston v
Wayland
Hg East Sudbury
Sduth Hat Sedan
Mas
Bbckbottom
Reason
Bolton
Berlin
Ce Boylston
Maen Oe
Jefferson's
Roneevee
Ware
Sun
Barre
Jefferson’s
Oakdale
Boylaton
Sunsouth
Clinton
South Bolton
Hudson
Galiay
Rockbottom
Wayside’ Inn
South Sudbury
East Sudbury
A.m. Land
Unday
Lones
Boston
Eevee South Acton
Whitman’s Crossing
Marlboro
Maynard
South Acton
Whitman Crossing
Ste
Marro
J. R. Watson
G.P.A
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Okefmokes
Lydia
EB. Smith
Fort Mudge
Jacksonville
Miss Smith
Morning News
Waycross
Savannah News
Emma Jackson
Chicago
Jane
John
Church of England
Henry VII
Oby
Mao
the Peoples Dry Goods
Tampan
Southern Division
Massachusetts
UNION
Causeway Street
Dale
Northampton
Daniel W. Sanborn
Dana J. Flanders
Geo. F. Evans
Supe
Table Marlbor
Oro
P.M
A.M. P.M
Fitchburg
H Railroad
Floosac Tunnel
Troy
Albany
Saratoga
Lake George
Adirondack
Catskill Mountains
Syracuse
Rochester
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Hamilton
Toronto
Cleveland
Detroit
Cincinnati
Fast
Boston and ST. Louis
Vermont
Canada
Rutland
Brandon
Middlebury
Vergennes
Burlington
St Albans
St. Johns
Ogdensburg
Ottawa
Montreal
Quebec
Fitchburg Railroad
Washington Street
General Pass
Aople
New Haven
Northboro
He A. m
Gee m. Berlin
OAD
A.mn
Leominster
Gan
Southboro
A. m. Sun
Framingham
P.m. Sun
A. m
P. Im. Sun
P.m. So. Frammae
Acton
Lowell
Wert
Ae Sudbury
M. Mansfield
E. G. Allen
A.C
Pas
Robert W. Carter
Tuner
Charles H. Persons
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