Montana Woman Lawyer Nears Election Victory
Ella Knowles Haskell of Montana profiles as a pioneering attorney who rose from Bates College to practice for years, nearly won the attorney general race as a Populist, and later served as assistant attorney general. Her life intersects with romance after an unexpected marriage to Attorney General Haskell.
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New Hampshire
Ella Knowles
Bates College
Lewiston
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Women in Medicine and Barriers to London Exams
The piece notes about 150 legally qualified women physicians exist yet London exams bar ordinary entry for women. Mary Scharlieb and Helen Prideaux won top medical honors, but London keeps women from its Royal College exams, forcing travels to Edinburgh or Dublin with added costs and hardship.
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London
University of London
Mary Scharlieb
Helen Prideaux
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons
Edinburgh
Dublin
London News
A Michigan woman who raised twenty children near Bay City
Elizabeth of J. Terbush, aged and noble, lived on a small Bay City area farm and adopted twenty children, raising them with motherly care. Most are alive, many married or settled in trades, with two young orphans still in her home. Her sole motive was benevolence and motherhood.
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Michigan
Elizabeth
J. Terbush
Bay City
Oine
Canada
Omaha Herald
How to make a fashionable 40 inch silk skirt in nine gores
Emma M. Hooper describes a 40 inch skirt requiring ten yards of 22 inch silk cut in nine gores with a bias center back seam and lined like the outer fabric. The design calls for stiff interlining ten inches deep, slight gathering to the belt, three narrow box plaits at the back top, left side opening, and optional pocket.
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Emma M. Hooper
Ladies’ Home Journal
Noted Author At Sorosis Meeting In New York
The most interesting woman at a Sorosis gathering was the author of Some Emotions and a Moral. She sat on the platform and did not resemble someone who would use John Oliver Hobbes as a pen name. She appeared medium height plump with brown eyes hair and complexion. She remarked she had not met a stupid woman since arriving in America.
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Sorosis
John Oliver Hobbes
America
Women artists cited for successful modern posters
Four or five women have mastered the peculiar artistic quality needed for modern advertising posters. Names include Miss Ethel Reed of Boston Miss Geraldine Evans of Philadelphia Miss Blanche McManus Miss Abby Underwood and Miss Myra Burr Edson of this city. The D A R plans a Children of the American Revolution society to feed into older groups on majority. Corinna Shattuck, Louisville native and heroine at Corfu, is noted. Grandmother's finery is back in style with up-to-date appeal.
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Ethel Reed
Boston
Geraldine Evans
Philadelphia
Blanche McManus
Abby Underwood
Myra Burr Edson
Vogue
New York
Corinna Shattuck
Corfu
Louisville
Historic Home Cookery Notes From an Old Table
A fragment lists recipes and methods for Apple fritter Railroad cakes Brown betty Veal cutlet Rice border French toast Pudding and Lemon ice with quantities and steps. Provides era cooking guidance with simple stovetop and bake instructions, including ingredients like apples milk eggs butter suet flour and brandy.
Potato Puffs from Mashed Potatoes
Cook mashed potatoes into egg shaped balls place on a buttered sheet brush with beaten egg and bake until browned.
Boston Honeycomb Pudding and Sauce Recipe
A recipe for Boston Honeycomb pudding uses sugar butter flour milk four eggs and soda in West India molasses. Mix dry with butter and milk then add beaten eggs and the soda molasses and bake thirty minutes. Sauce combines sugar egg milk corn starch and flavor.
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Boston
Apple Salad With Celery and Apple Pieces
A simple salad combines one bunch celery finely cut with three large apples chopped small. Dressing uses two eggs one half cup sugar one teaspoon mustard one half teaspoon salt a little butter and pepper plus one cup vinegar boiled a few minutes poured over hot.
To Serve Fish Upright Boiled and Baked Fusion
Instructions describe presenting boiled or baked fish upright as if swimming. Include carrots inside for roundness and stability, prop with carrot or turnip pieces, wrap the head with cord or cheesecloth, and secure with strings around the strainer. For large fish cut into sections and garnish placed over cuts.
National League Teams Shut Out Across the Season
The National League clubs played nearly 800 games with most teams scoring in all but 44 contests. Washington avoided a whitewash, while St. Louis stopped Irwin’s lineup. Baltimore led in shutouts with eight, and Cleveland and Cincinnati were shut out three times. Hawley tops pitchers with five shutouts. McMahon holds best record with three.
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Washington
Philadelphias
Quakers
St. Louis
Irwin
Baltimores
Clevelands
Cincinnatis
New Yorks
Polo Grounds
Chicago
Cleveland
Brooklyns
Louisville
Hawley
Rusie
Young
Hoffer
Kennedy
Pittsburgs
McMahon
New York Sun
Mustard Plaster Inspires Poetic Flare in Tit Bits
A lighthearted note from Tit Bits remarks that mustard plaster, while not poetic, stirs strong feeling in a man. The casual line hints at humorous sentiment linked to everyday remedies and literary appetite.
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