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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1896
Page
3
In aHome Notes item readers learn about a fad among college students from Ann Arbor to Harvard who stock one to two dozen cushions in dorm quarters. Some students have twenty or more with ribbons on backs to hold letters and bills. The design suggests a substantial third leaf for books and pegs for bags, with optional fourth leaf for stationery.
A short homey note describes a baby’s pillow with a removable white cambric cover and a fine linen square edged with lace to top it, emphasizing a tender head resting place.
A home craft note describes affordable screens and a large work basket. A prototype invalid screen includes a wide pocket, a photo trellis, and a fold-down shelf. The proposed basket uses a green enamelled market basket, bamboo supports, wadding lining, orange sateen, ball fringe, and pincushions for pins.
A natural history note describes the campanero or dara bellbird as white plumaged with an eight inch black spiral crest that when inflated resembles a spire. Its bell like call carries three miles and it periodically tolls with long pauses before repeating.
The Eastern Star in Indianapolis urges appointing a jail matron, arguing it is proper and helpful for a woman to be within the pale of womanly influence when protection or correction of the law is needed.
Susan B. Anthony says women may propose marriage to a man they love regardless of leap year. With women becoming breadwinners, they need not wait for proposals and can support themselves and their husbands if needed.
The Ohio Supreme Court on February 8 holds the statute granting women the right to vote in school election contests valid and constitutional. The custodian’s house for the Mary Washington monument is complete with a $3,000 permanent fund for upkeep of monument and grounds.
The New York Sun quotes a North American Review claim that women cannot combine, then counters with extensive examples ofwomanly organization. It argues women display cooperative traits and form countless unions across temperance, suffrage, arts, sciences, and labor, often with harmony.
The passage praises Mrs. Cleveland for her direct hospitable look and sincere temperament. It notes her focused attention on each speaker, making the guest feel uniquely important, and highlights her naturalness and avoidance of pretense along with a firm yet open demeanor.
A young woman, raised by an aunt in hardship, seeks a college education but is denied loans while her twin brother easily borrows. Friends deem college for a girl in her position a luxury or push her toward marriage. She eventually gets support after six months, three times longer than her brother.
The Baltimore Law editor urges women on the board of visitors for the almshouse and the jail board, arguing female oversight would improve management and treatment of female inmates. The piece notes growing acceptance of women in public work and cites planned institutes and existing female ventures, including Albany’s Woman's Exchange suspension and a New York collecting agency run by women.
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