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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1896
Page
3
A new rubber hammock bath tub for babies is praised as turning bath time into easy, luxurious care. It uses de odorized rubber cloth, bamboo racks, a bottom faucet, and pockets along pinked edges for toiletries making infant washing and handling calmer for mothers.
A decorative hanging crafted from fine quality fish net in ecru. Small transparent gold shells from northern beaches are pierced and sewn to the net with linen thread matching the net color. Shells are scattered evenly with macrame fringe at the top for light filtering display.
A London exchange warns of a confidence trick where a faultlessly dressed young man offers to repair a cyclist machine Then tests it and declares it fixed before vanishing with the machine leaving the woman deceived and without her property
Mrs Eveleen L Mason presents at Moral Education society on Purity urging sustained female legal work to secure decency and national health. Rev Anna H Shaw criticizes gender exclusion in the Methodist conference noting women’s financial duties alongside rights.
Women eyeing Europe this summer are advised to consider French flannel for steamer wraps. The soft satin like fabric offers warmth and washability in delicate Parisian patterns, including Dresden bouquets and pompadori effects, with rose pink designs and lace details.
A London letter reports Queen Amelie of Portugal has halted medical experiments on attendants to focus on Roentgen light. She photographs King Carlos and court members to reveal skeletons while the king reportedly welcomes the radiology milestone and a possible invitation for the Roentgen professor to Lisbon.
A city modiste presents a black grenadine gown over black moire with semitransparent meshes. The design features a short point bodice, gored underskirt, seven inch high Spanish flounce, and a rounded overskirt edged by a plaited chiffon frill. Bodice trim combines chiffon, black lace, and jet to simulate a yoke and girdle.
Women in Oakland's Episcopal churches turned out in large numbers during the annual elections to exercise suffrage. They did not form a separate women's party but voted for the regular nominees, showing strong interest and support for the process.
The piece traces women advancing from low grade teaching to full university roles, medicine, law, librarianship, and school administration, noting 12 000 to 15 000 wage earners in Kansas City and projecting national impact. It describes shifts in perception and opportunity, highlighting education and professional work by women.
A young, stylish observer notes that to be a gracious guest one must know how to ride a bicycle, play cards or tennis, and participate in a wheeling expedition at house parties. She says guests often bring or share multiple wheels for entertainments, reflecting current social trends reported by the New York World.
Mrs Sarah Whitman of Boston known for stained glass works and portrait painting designed three new windows in Trinity chapel as a memorial to Phillips Brooks. The central panel features a dark red cross, a white opal crusader shield, and a green laurel wreath tinted with gold. She also teaches the Trinity Bible class. Also notes a tip: lemon peel can be used to clean brass.
An African American woman speaks of women’s rights and voting as the New Woman movement rises in the era. Dinah and Brer Jones discuss women speaking in meetings and running the town, touching on church roles, politics, and race in New Orleans.
The St. Louis Republic notes multiple languages spell cat with initial letters other than c, listing Danish Dutch Kat Swedish katt French era and more. It adds that native Australians and Mexicans lacked a word for the domesticated feline. Mr. Harrison cites his authority on cats.
Elizabeth Lyle Saxon argues that legal disabilities of women violate human rights and hinder democracy. She asserts women’s equal judgment, patriotism, and need to vote to improve governance and curb male neglect in U.S. municipalities, citing English practice as a better model.
The Methodist Episcopal church debates liberal policies toward women with Pennsylvania voting on women as lay delegates and potential future voting delegates at the general conference. Caroline J Bartlett emphasizes women’s leadership in church life. Also noted are 22 English certified sanitary inspectors with better-ordered districts under female oversight.
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