German Women Open First Clubhouse Amid War Time Work
The Deutsche Frauen club opens its first German women’s clubhouse in Berlin on Schadowstrasse with Princess Ypsilanti and Prince Ernst von Hohenlohe present. Noted founders include Frau Geheimratin von Leyden and other noble women. The English style interiors feature liberty fabrics, a terrace and garden, signaling evolving roles for German women.
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Deutsche Frauen Club
Empire
Ernst von Hohenlohe
Princess Ypsilanti
von Wedel
Herfort
Excellenz von Gneist
Kirschner
Berlin
Frau Geheimratin von Leyden
Professor von Leyden
Generalin von Meydam
Frau von Hausemann
Frau von Witt
America
Germany
Mrs Chadwick's Clever Invention Praised By Government
Mrs Cornelius Chadwick wife of Captain Chadwick of the cruiser New York is praised for a government adopted carrier for wounded men. The canvas carrier supports a wounded man with two bearers and linked straps enabling one free hand. It will be used on ships and battlefields with rush orders already sent to the navy department.
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Chadwick
Cornelius Chadwick
New York
Key West
North Atlantic
Navy Department
Women shall keep war temper out of homes and hearts
Rebecca Harding Davis argues in Harper's Bazar that hospital work will not absorb most patriotic women. She urges women to avoid wartime hatred, recalling Civil War animosity between North and South, and to support the country with aid while keeping temper, temperance, and civic unity.
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Vermont
Georgia
Johnny Rebs
Young Winthrop
Grant
Lee
Rebecca Harding Davis
Harper’s Bazar
Black and White Fashion Dominates This Season
The New York Sun notes the rise of black and white in gowns and hats. Designers emphasize silk foundations under transparent fabrics, with contrasting color schemes like gray voile on rose, or Yale blue with lettuce green underskirts. White hose with black lace accents mark evening chic, while black and white remains the season’s obsession.
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New York Sun
Statistics on women prisoners across states from 1890 census
The piece lists percentages of female inmates by state from the 1890 census, notingDistrict of Columbia 17 percent and varied rates down to 0 in some states. It cites a bishop's view on equal suffrage and argues the impact on voting patterns. It also mentions fashion trends like sandal stockings and plaid stockings with social customs around stocking parties.
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United States
District of Columbia
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New York
Louisiana
Virginia
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Connecticut
Alabama
New Hampshire
Ohio
South Carolina
Florida
Maine
Mississippi
New Mexico
Tennessee
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Michigan
Missouri
North Carolina
West Virginia
Arkansas
Delaware
California
Minnesota
North Dakota
Texas
Vermont
Colorado
Iowa
Montana
Nebraska
Utah
Arizona
Kansas
Nevada
South Dakota
Washington
Oregon
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Idaho
Philadelphia Press
Newspaper kindling note for hot weather use
A note states that thick tight twists of newspapers burn nearly as long as soft wood, suggesting they could be used as an affordable heat source in hot weather by those without a gas range.
Nightingale’s Interest in Nursing Soldiers Remains
Miss Florence Nightingale, though an invalid, continues to take an interest in everything appertaining to nursing, especially the nursing of soldiers.
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Florence Nightingale
Camelot Club Opens as Sunday Women’s Club
The Camelot club is founded and started by Hon Coralie Glyn and Miss Sandford as a unique Sunday club for women. It aims to relief homelessness and aimlessness among working provincial and city women with low subscriptions and comforts, signaling a new humanitarian era.
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Camelot
Coralie Glyn
Miss Sandford
London
Camelot Club
The Fortnightly Ignorance Club Parodied
A playful notice describes a Rochester group led by Mrs. Jane Marsh Parker and Dr. Sarah R. A. Dolley as the Fort nightly Ignorance club. Its motto We Know Nothing but Seek Knowledge mocks suffrage opponents with meetings open to questions and honorary member Miss Susan B Anthony often in attendance.
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Jane Marsh Parker
Rochester
Chamber of Commerce
Parker
Sarah R. A. Dolley
Susan B. Anthony
Miss Anthony
Patriotic fashion through history linked to wars
The piece notes that patriotic attire like red blue and white waists, flag accessories, and eagle buckles recur in wars. It recalls past eras where symbols appeared in dress, from Crimean war capes to pre revolutionary French styles, and cites garibaldI as the forerunner of the shirt waist linked to the Italian patriot.
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Garibaldi
Shoes For Dogs Drawn On By Fashionable Women
Fashionable women now dress pets in chamois shoes with light leather soles to protect tender dog feet from cold heat and rough weather. The trend aims to shield feet rather than floors, with a humorous note that dogs may soon wear trousers and gowns. In Russia a decree allows women physicians to enter government service, a privilege accompanied by liberal pensions and seen as a precursor to broader rights for women.
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New York Sun
Russia
Florence Higgins First Woman Admitted to US Circuit Court Bar
A Valparaiso woman, Florence E. Higgins, becomes the first female to practice before the United States circuit court bar in Indiana and the second woman admitted to Indiana Supreme Court bar. She graduated in 98 from Northern Indiana Law School with LL B and led the class as its only woman.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Chicago Times- Sierard
Florence E. Higgins
Indiana
United States Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Miss Higgins
Revival of Hand Sewing Becomes Work for Women
Hand sewing resurges as a viable income source for women, with layettes and trousseaus as prime examples. The Decorative Art Society and Woman's Exchange report quadrupled orders for fine handwork, justifying high prices despite the effort involved. A christening frock priced at a hundred dollars reflects the numerous stitches and meticulous craftsmanship.
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Layettes
Trousseaus
Decorative Art Society
Woman’s Exchange
New, York
Frozen soil in Siberia yields mummified remains after a century
At summer’s end in Siberia the soil remains frozen to a depth of 56 inches, and bodies buried for over a hundred years in coffins have been exhumed without signs of change.
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Siberia
Fitchburg Railroad
Washington Street
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