Renowned traveler Mme Alice Le Plongeon praised by Paris society
The article profiles Mme Alice Le Plongeon wife of Dr Le Plongeon, noting her travel feats in Yucatan and her photographs for the Geographical Society of Paris. It covers her Maya fluency, Merida society, and the couple’s discoveries including a key to Maya inscriptions and a preserved heart relic. It mentions their collection of artifacts and a statue hidden to protect it from Mexican authorities. It concludes with a Canadian-style moral about money and dress for women.
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Alice le Plongeon
le Plongeon
Geographical Society of Paris
Mme. le Plongeon
London
British Museum
Central America
Yucatan
Mme
Alice LE
America
Merida
United States
New Orleans
Nice
Moo
Coh
le Plongeons
American Antiquarian Society
Eleanor Lexington
Chicago
Self reliance in dress making taught to girls
Jeanne Fauvel argues in The Woman's Home Companion that young women deserve thorough training to clothe themselves tastefully and economically. She stresses teaching cost of fabrics trims and linings and giving a small dress allowance to foster responsibility in purchasing materials.
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Jeanne Fauvel
Fashionable millinery to vary greatly this season
Harper's Bazar notes a wide range of hat styles for spring and summer. English walking hats in smooth and fancy straw with velvet trimming, heavy effects tempered by crown trimming. Big picture hats with velvet satin crowns, long ostrich plumes, bows, ribbons, flowers, and elaborate hair ornaments likely to carry into summer bonnets.
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Harper’s Bazar
Emancipation Sparked by Paris Siege Says Mme Adam
Mme Adam argues that the siege of Paris catalyzed middle class female emancipation in France. She cites women abandoning homes for ambulance and hospital duty, breaking social traditions, and uniting classes. She notes a cultural shift toward sport and Western influences shaping educated women.
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Mme. Adam
France
Paris
Crowning moment in woman’s equal rights bicycle move
The fragment references the crowning of an initiation into women’s equal rights centered on the bicycle. It hints at progress or ceremony linked to gender equality in a historical context. Further readable context is needed for precise attribution or location.
Civility missing as women face gender bias on city transit
In a downtown streetcar scene at Thirty-fourth Street and Lexington Avenue the 18 men push onto the cross town car before 2 women who stand aside. The New York Sun calls this habitual indecency and urges reformers to address civility and gender equality in public transport.
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Thirty-fourth Street
Lexington Avenue
Lords of Creation
New York Sun
Sorosis elects Mary Lyon Davne Hall president at meeting
The Sorosis group chose Mary Lyon Davne Hall as president in a unanimous vote. The ticket lists Mrs. Dimies U.S. Denisci as first vice president, Mrs. E. Leslie Demorest as second vice president, and Mrs. Margaret T. Yardeley as third vice president with Christine J. Highley chairing the executive committee. Other officers include Keren B. Warner, Susan K. Bourne, Elizabeth Howard Childs, Alice Mary Scudder, Mary Mason Greeley, Emma V. Townsend, Evelyn Aull Stump, Catherine G. Foote, Minnie S. Stimson, and Lucy G. Thomas. retiring president Mrs. Helmuth praised the honor of leading Sorasis. Hall, a Portland native, previously taught in Scranton and Honolulu.
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Mary Lyon Davne Hall
Dimies ‘U.S. Denisci
E. Leslie. Demorest
Margaret T. Yardeley
Christine J. Highley
Keren 8. Warner
Susan K
Mount Holyoke Seminary
Mary Lyon
Hall
Scranton
Honolulu
New York Journal
Baltimore Women Endorse Short Skirts to Weather Rain
One hundred and thirty Baltimore women signed an agreement with the Rainy Day club to wear skirts six inches above the ground on rainy days. Officer Mrs H J Berkley said members are conservative and aim to help fellow women, not to gain prominence, with no uniform or specific dress rules beyond the length. The plan targets outdoor mobility for professionals and seeks broad participation. Other notes mention a Harriet Beecher Stowe statue in Hartford and Topeka suffrage efforts, plus a Chicago bank director election with Ann Fitzgibbon named.
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Baltimore
H. J. Berkley
New York Tribune
Ductile iron prometes new era in tough castings
An Engineering forecast praises ductile iron for future mechanics noting tensile strength over 63 000 psi after tempering tests. It shows twisted and heated specimens, a welded open chain, valve stems and crank shafts finished in lathe with no blowholes, and discusses cost as a key factor in adopting the new method.
Hanna Owning Pineapple Patch in Dade County Florida
A Washington Star correspondent notes Marcus A. Hanna keeps a small pineapple patch in Dade county near the Bicayne Canal. He loves visiting Palm Beach where hotels charge six dollars daily in season and one dollar a week offseason. Uncle Mose Hawkins manages the crop and mails monthly reports to Hanna, who prefers mosquito and meridian humor over writing letters about Hanna.
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Washington Star
Marcus A. Hanna
Dade County
Mr. Hanna
Palm Beach
Hanna
Linton
Michigan
Bicayne Ba Canal
Atlantic
Everglades
Jacksonville
Mose Hawkins
Mose
Meridian
Port
Ink That Prolonged Ticker Type Wheels
A historical note explains how corrosive ink ruined early stock tickers. An inventor tested a noncorrosive ink by soaking a steel wheel for 24 hours and saw it vanish, leading to a patent. The new ink now prevents corrosion and extends wheel life to nine years.
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New York Mail and Express
Grace Howard retires from Crow Creek Indian school
Miss Grace Howard daughter of noted New York journalist Joe Howard Jr retires from the Grace Mission on Crow Creek reservation after nine years. The school she founded with her own funds became a government contract school and earned a reputation as one of the United States most thorough Indian schools.
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Grace Howard
Joe Howard
New York
Crow Creek Reservation
Miss Howard
Grace Mission
United States
Woman’s Journal
Appointment of Court Reporter Hallie Williams for Yolo County
Miss Hallie Williams is appointed court reporter for Yolo county California by Judge Gaddis. She passed a rigorous exam meeting the law requiring 150 words a minute writing and reading back. She achieved 173 words a minute for five straight minutes with no hesitation.
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Hallie Williams
Yolo County
Cal
Gaddis
Woman Appointed Coal Oil Inspector in Chillicothe
Mrs. George A. Ireland is named coal oil inspector in Chillicothe Missouri by Governor Stephens. The appointment of a woman is noted as unusual since her husband died while in office and she carried out his duties until the term ended.
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George A. Ireland
Chillicothe, Mo
Stephens
Marching On Women Seek Local School Board Seats
Five women intend to win seats on Philadelphia area school boards in a move described as steady progress. The Philadelphia Telegraph notes the effort as a community step where men’s support may help the cause.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Telegraph
Time Table Corrected Oct 4 1896 Trains West East
Time table lists westbound trains from Boston and eastern stops with specific departure times and notes on stops and signals. Officials Dana J. Flanders Daniel W. Sanborn and W. G. Bean credited as railroad leaders.
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Marlboro Branch
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Sorosis
Will
Agnes Repplier
Boston Globe
Hartford
Harriet Beecher Stowe
W Clarke Noble
Mrs. Stowe
Equal Suffrage
Topeka
Kan
Calumet National Bank
Ann Fitzgibbon
George H Morrill &Co
Congress ST
Boston
Brgains
Hants
Assabe Mills
Cond Company
Maynard, Mass
Boston & Maine Railroad
Southern Division
Central
Massachusetts
UNION
Causeway Street
Belmont
Albama
Wayland
East Sudbury
South Sudbury
Wayside Inn
Rockbottom
Berlin
South Clinton
West Boylston
Oakdale
Jefferson's
Ware
Northampton
Bolton
A. m. Hudson
A.m. Wayland
A. m
A.m
Hudson
Dana J. Flanders
Daniel W. Sanborn
W. G. Bean
Supe
Marlboro
South Acton
Maynard
Whitman’s Crossing
Rose
A.M. A.M
A.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. A.M. P.M. Marlboro
Tao
Whitman's Crossing
Marboro
Whitman Crossing
J. RR. Waatso
New York, New Haven
Hartford Railroad
OLD Colony System
Northboro
Clinton
Leominster
A. Mn
M. Southboro
Framingham
Acton
Lowell
Sudbury
M. Sun
Sun
Framingham Tag
Mansfield
E. G. Allen
A. C. Kendall
Stham
Maple ST
David Harris
Robert W. Carter
Charles H. Persons
Maes
Fitchburgh Railroad
Hoosac Tunnel
Troy
Albany
Saratoga
Lake George
Adirondack
Catskill Mountains
Syracuse
Rochester
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Hamilton
Toronto
Cleveland
Detroit
Cmellinati
St. Louis
Vermont
Canada
Rutland
Brandon
Middleburg
Vergennes
Burlington
St Albans
St. Johns
Ogdensburg
Ottawa
Montreal
Quebec
Fitchburg Railroad
Washington Street
J. R. Watson
J. Rufus Wales
Shawmut Ave
Marlboro, Mass
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