Women in Washington Elevate Social Standing Through Work
The Baltimore News notes that women in Washington have gained access to departments once closed to them and now hold positions across law, medicine, finance, and real estate. Despite expanded roles and social status, men remain in control of many spheres, while women gain independence and influence in political and commercial life.
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Washington
Styx
Central Park
Baltimore News
The Old Police Tax in Ripon
The Ripon wakeman watched city houses after 9 pm until dawn charging a nightly duty for one or two doors. Homeowners paid two pence for single door and fourpence for two doors to fund the nocturnal watch. The tax was discontinued, but the horn still blows.
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Ripon
Fare to Inter veken on the Grand Tour
Basler Nachrichten reports that a guide quotes twelve francs as the fare to Inter veken on the Grand Tour. The exchange hints at debate over cost and travel terms among travelers and locals.
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Badecker
Victim of a Corporation and the Senate’s Quiet Power
A humorous reminiscence opens with a child’s candy store scam that ends with the stockholders stealing the loot, then shifts to a critique of Republican U S senators enjoying autocratic committee room privileges. The piece notes Democratic gains promising new access to those perquisites.
Peter the Greats Beard Tax and Its Turbulent Faith
The passage recounts Peter the Great shaving the Russian populace to civilize them, imposing taxes on the wealthy and a copeck on peasants. Priests invoked St Nicholas in urging beard sacrifice to face the beardless Swedes, but later soldiers sought exemption so the saint could distinguish friend from foe.
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Russia
Peter the Great
Adam
Peter
St. Nicholas
Nicholas
Paper as a Window Pane Material Gains Attention
In 1891 new uses for paper included substitutes for glass in windows and for clay, iron, porcelain, and wood in various items. Paper window panes, described as milky looking yet heat letting, suit greenhouses. a pane of 94 by 63 cm in a wooden sash costs about eighty five cents and lasts about four years.
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United States
E Ratoin
Popular Science Monthly
Douglas Jerrold in School and Early Life
The London Standard notes Douglas Jerrold wrote Black Eye Susan at twenty one and contributed to Punch with Candle Lectures soon after. It recalls he could hardly read at age nine and only after apprenticing to a printer and a stint as a midshipman did he show improvement and ability.
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Douglas Jerrold
Punch
Jerrold
London Standard
Names of Children Reflect Columbian Year Nomenclature
The Boston Commonwealth notes birth and christening records show a Columbian year naming trend. It observes waves of names like George Washington and Napoleon Bonaparte fading as generations age, while newer familiar patterns emerge with figures such as Columbus during celebrations.
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Columbus
Miss Columbia
George
Napoleon Bonaparte
Andrew Jackson
William Henry Harrisons
John Quincy Adamses
Ulysses Grants
Abraham Lincolns
Boston Commonwealth
Cholera Fear Across Finland Sees Low Doctor Bids
In Abo a cholera doctor sought with high pay but none applied while Helsingfors received two applicants. Citizens seek protection from risk with varied advice on diet and hygiene. Two large outside hospitals and disinfectant depots support efforts as railway hospital cars await needs. Cor London News.
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Finland
Abo
Helsingfors
Helsingfors Cor
London News
Frightened Child Escapes Rattlesnake Bite
Jackson correspondents report five year old Hazel Fellows nearly died after a rattlesnake approached while she sang in the yard. The girl described the snake as pretty and ribbon tied, suffered a waist bite through clothing, and recovered after witnesses checked for a rattling sound. Also noted: interview access struggles of Col Ingersoll and Archbishop Corrigan and October prosperity for the Brooklyn Bridge with 4 330 920 passengers and receipts of 118 625.
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Hazel Fellows
Jackson
Mich
Hazel
Jackson Cor
Chicago Tribune
Brooklyn Bridge
Berlin chemist claims art of reproducing natural colors
A Berlin chemist claims to have discovered the ability to reproduce colors true to nature with the camera. If verified, the breakthrough would be among the most important in photography history.
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Berlin
The Cabin on the Glasm
A poetic meditation on longing and duty set against a vivid sky and sea imagery. The speaker contrasts joy and sleepless nights with dawns and rays of light. It ends with gratitude to the stars and a call that everyone may fulfill their duty.
Gloves and Fashion Etiquette at Social Tea
A column discusses gloves as a symbol of proper dress, noting misuse at tea and dinner tables and urging adherence to traditional etiquette. A Texas correspondent reports a Dragon gas tank incident in San Antonio causing widespread odor and a vivid account of General Dyrenforth conducting an outdoor demonstration with roselite and a dead rattlesnake, tying to military history and social propriety.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
San Antonio
Alamo Heights
Dyrenforth
Chickahominy
Jenny Lind portrayed as candid independent thinker in Century tribute
R J McNeill notes Jenny Lind's independent judgment of books and Carlyle's writings. He credits her sincerity for her intolerance of social sham and blunt honesty in speech, contrasting her with Mrs Candour and praising her directness. The last read was Mr Norton’s Carlyle-Emerson correspondence.
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Jenny Lind
Carlyle
Mr. Norton
Emerson
R. J. McNeill
Century
Mixed Relationship in Rural County Family Complex Ties
A complex tale from Mascoutah Illinois details the Runk family in the southern county. The father and two grown sons intermarry with a widow and her two daughters, creating tangled in law links. The piece poses whether the father is his mother in law's father in law or his daughter in law's son in law, and which relation holds if both.
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Runk
Mascoutah
Ils
Cor
Chicago Tribune
Amateur English composers form notable ensembles
The article lists English amateur composers including royal and noble ladies and notes the Earl of D Raven organizing two 40 member orchestras at Oxford and Cambridge. Lady Mary Dalrymple joins a successful all female orchestra, per New York Press.
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England
Prince Consort
Duke of Albany
Duke of Edinburgh
Marquis of Devonshire
Baker
Arthur Dill
White
Malone
Earl of Durraven
Oxford
Cambridge
Mary Dalrymple
New York Press
Japanese Hairpins Fashion Statement From The Past
Japanese women used wooden ivory or tortoise shell hairpins seven to eight inches long and half an inch wide. The pins were carved and often capped with pivoted figures that dance with every motion of the wearer.
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Baltimore Herald
Telegram assignment echoes tragedy in a class
In a composition class ten girls were asked to draft a telegram suitable for a railway accident. One student wrote a stark message to her parents stating a parent is killed and she is in the refreshment room.
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Papa
Mamma
Shifting Views on Insanity From Demon Fate to Physical Illness
The article traces a historical shift in understanding mental illness from demonic influence to a physical condition. It suggests heredity or violation of physical law as possible causes and notes the role of personal transgression in shaping beliefs about madness.
English scientist notes on red flower pigment behavior
An English scientist states that the red found in flowers is a single water-soluble pigment decolorized by alcohol and restored by acids. The finding highlights a reversible color-change property of the pigment in botanical tissues.
Fashion and craft styles across ages and seas
In the fourteenth century France influenced dress with grape leaf edge cuts. Many South Sea islanders craft full suits from palm products. Berlin houses feature luminous numbers for night visibility.
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South Sea Islands
Old Lovers Reunite For Unexpected Jefferson Wedding
An elderly man named John McCabe of Ohio reconnected with his former fiancée Miss Jessie Carmichael in Jefferson, Jackson County. After years apart and a broken engagement to Toomer’s widow, he found happiness again when they wed, fulfilling a long deferred romance.
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Jefferson
Jackson County
Hope
Howard House
John McCabe
Ohio
Niblocks
Daniels
Jessie Carmichael
Edward Toomer
Toomer
New Orleans Times-Democrat
The Scientific Study of Religion and Its Limits
Professor H. S. Williams argues in Century that science, while fascinating, cannot replace religion. Religious functions must be exercised and educated to avoid decay, as science offers only stern law and no hope.
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Professor H. S. Williams
Century
Vienna Crank Grasser Harasses Police In River Escapes
Vienna police deal with Herr Grasser a persistent troublemaker who feigns suicide by jumping into the river to frighten onlookers. He swims ashore each time only to insult officers and repeat the stunt, drawing repeated rescues by a brave policeman and concern from his wife.
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Herr Grasser
Vienna
Vierina Tageblatt
Lord Rosebery Rising Star of British Affairs
A Chicago News-Record view praises Lord Rosebery as a young leader with Derby victory a wealthy marriage cabinet rank and a Knight of the Garter. It notes high regard in Europe especially Paris and Berlin and predicts a future prime minister amid admiration from Prince Bismarck.
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Lord R Rosebery
Lord Rosebery
United Kingdom
England
Paris
Berlin
Prince Bismarck
Chicago News-Record
Invention's Impact on Fishing Angling Bait Evolves
A Troy Times conference notes the craze for artificial baits expands from worms and flies to frogs crickets and grubs. It predicts future inclusion of artificial trout and bass lures for returning anglers. Nearby London rail traffic figures show 92,456 passengers in a day. Colonel R C Pate plans winter racing in Mexico City with Diaz administration approvals.
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India
Troy
N. Y
R.C. Pate
St. Louis
Mexico
Diaz
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