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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1895
Page
3
An article praises a new folding door settee that integrates into homes without blocking drapery or doorways. The piece highlights its mobility and aesthetic, noting it complements parlors and sliding doors while offering practical seating.
A new Woman's Headquarters in New York aims to serve as a social and service hub for women. It offers rooms by the hour or season, a messenger service, meal options, and staffing with vetted workers. The venture also promotes a women’s chess club and select meat orders at modest markups, with butter produced for year round sale. Notables like Mrs. Potter Palmer and Countess Craven are mentioned in overseas circles, highlighting social interest.
The obituary notes Miss Julia Wilbur who died in W was famed for nursing the wounded and aiding freedmen in the Civil War era. She served in the patent office from 1869, was reinstated after nursing Confederates, and used a 1000 dollar salary to fund a home and woman suffrage work while supporting a dependent sister.
Thirty three Chicago women clubs back The Model Workshop and Lodging House association. Dr Sarah Hackett Stevenson heads the group which rents temporary quarters now as demand grows. About 200 women stay nightly at 15 cents a head plus bath and gown, with a reading room and library. The plan is to raise funds and build once lands are secured.
Three licensed women doctors Miss Mitchell Miss Deane and Miss Weiss were appointed by the board of health as summer inspectors earning $100 a month. The other doctors raised no objections and all are said to be fully qualified, marking progress in women filling public offices alongside education and street cleaning roles.
The report mentions Mrs. Sarepta Cowan of Quechée aged 74 with two brothers Charles Whitman of Quechte and William Whitman of Brattleboro aged about 79. Also noted is Mrs. Betsy H Pelton of Woodstock aged 00, whose father John M Call served five years in the war of independence and two years in the standing army.
London Lady notes a Bayeux produced veil for Princess Helene of Orleans. A four yard long white lace scarf features a floral border and mesh work with heraldic embroidery in the wreath center showing the Savoy cross and Orleans lilies. The crown of Savoy tops the piece.
Mary Engle Pennington and Miss Alice M. Atkinson earned the Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Pennsylvania. Pennington had prior certificates in biology and chemistry and published biology work with the late Dr. Ryder and Professor Edgar Smith. Her thesis covers derivatives of columbium and tantalum.
The article notes a shift to lighter undergarments with white silk and glace silk petticoats in old fashion sense. It cites Lucie B. Tyng of Peoria winning a school inspectors post by a wide margin and notes Peoria recently elected a woman health commissioner.
A southern woman shares home cures for a refreshed complexion. She suggests washing the face with cooled strawberry juice for a cool pink tint and pale skin. Oatmeal and bran water soak provides smooth skin. Elder flower brew is used to remove freckles.
Miss Florence Bascom joins Bryn Mawr College as reader in geology becoming the first woman with a Johns Hopkins PhD to teach there. She previously taught geology at Ohio State University for two years, and Bryn Mawr will offer geology courses next year.
The piece notes that British society praises an American woman, Mrs. Curzon formerly Miss Lester of Washington, as the most beautiful and undisputed belle of the States. It cites society journals broadcasting her beauty to the world and applauding Anglo admiration.
Lady Henry Somerset was re-elected president of the British Woman's Temperance Union. Both Lady Somerset and Miss Willard have conditionally accepted invitations to speak at the fifth meeting of the Great Anti alcohol Congress to be held in Basel Switzerland from August 20 to 22.
Bran bags sweeten water and soften the bath, giving a refreshing ablution. They are costly when bought but inexpensive when made at home, offering an affordable toilet luxury.
Simple method for boiling an egg. Place in a vessel with cold water, heat until water boils, and remove. The white turns jellylike and is easily digested and nutritious. Try it.
Mix one pint milk with three tablespoons ground coffee in a double boiler and steep 15 minutes. Beat six eggs with sugar, strain the coffee into the mix, then bake in custard cups set in hot water until firm.
Three tablespoons cheese with three of flour and a pinch of red pepper and salt. Stir in one tablespoon melted butter one of water and the yolk of one egg. Roll out and cut into inch wide strips and bake for fifteen minutes.
Rather than baking, cover the dish tightly with a tin and set over a basin of hot water. This method maintains heat while preventing moisture loss and drying.
Boil a fresh beet tongue until tender then slice. Dip slices in a medium batter of flour egg and water or milk. Fry in hot beef drippings until brown. Serve hot with lemon or crisp dressed lettuce.
A facial wash mix uses three ounces of rose water and one tablespoon of tincture of benzoin. Apply to the face after sun exposure and before washing to refresh skin and lips and help prevent wrinkles.
Three eggs and one cup sugar blend with three-fourths cup butter. Add three-fourths cup boiling water and one pint molasses with one tablespoon soda. Ginger to taste.
In a Detroit Tribune snippet a man stumbles to the door and warns a woman that her refusal will drive him mad. The next day she sees him outside wearing a pink shirt and recalls his ominous remark.
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