A Good Samaritan Miss Nettie Houghton Aids Homeless Girls
Chicago Post details Nettie Houghton who shelters homeless girls at 572 Fiftieth Street. She provides clothing food and medicine and helps them obtain employment to achieve self support. She is supported by Mrs E P Vail Dr P S Henson Rev George M Bassett J A Rondthaler B F Jacobs and Bishop C E Cheney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fiftieth Street
Miss Houghton
B. F. Jacobs
Bishop C. E. Cheney
Chicago Post
Feminine Fancies From Vienna Influence Local Fashion
Report from Vienna notes ladies avoid bouquets at balls and use reusable floral fans. Jewelers offer gold and silver frames with attached blossoms. Photo frames, floral serviette rings at dinners, and bracelets emerge as social novelties to spark conversation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
A Superior Stepmother and Her Influence on Lew Wallace
The piece declares Lew Wallace's stepmother, a woman of superior mind, shaped his character and inspired Ben Hur. It argues that in male-dominant societies women are treated as subordinate and that true manhood depends on association with the highest type of woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lew Wallace
Ben-Hur
First Woman Voter Cast in Clayton County
Mrs. S M Larabee wife of Frank Larabee president of the First National Bank of McGregor Iowa cast Clayton county s first vote by woman in a recent special election on issuing bonds for water works Four women were allowed to vote and the entire precinc t vote was thrown out by the correspondent of the Iowa Woman s Standard The grounds for the law s authority remain unclear as Iowa women had been granted the right to vote on such questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. M. Larabee
Frank Larabee
First National Bank of
McGregor
Clayton County
Iowa Woman’s Standard
Iowa
Russian Lace in Favor on This Season's Styles
The Atlanta Constitution notes lace returns to favor with cream, blue, or scarlet threads in linen and silk lace. Heavy designs brighten shirt waists and taffeta bodices while old fashioned silk lace reappears on evening gowns in a silvery white, fine texture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta Constitution
Tradesmen insure queen's life ahead of jubilee
West End merchants have bought huge stocks for the jubilee season and have secured life insurance on the queen to hedge against losses if she dies before June 22. The fear echoes past shocks when the death of the Duke of Clarence nearly ruined many.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West End
London
Duke of Clarence
Women as Workers in Wright Report on Labor Market
Carroll D. Wright cites the labor report attributing female employment to being better adapted, reliable, controllable, cheaper, temperate, neater, rapid, industrious, and easier to procure. He notes men’s strikes and other cited traits alongside comments on why women and girls are employed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll D. Wright
Costly Portraits and a Midnight Courtesan
A tale from New York scenes recalls Benjamin Constant painting a renowned woman’s portrait and a western patron paying $5000 for a larger canvas while unaware of terms. Justice White helps a midnight correspondent, offering toddy and cigars, proving a gentlemanly gesture in sleep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Constant
New York
The
New Yorker
New York Sun
Blacksmith’s impromptu shop on a river bar tale
The tale recalls a lone blacksmith who set up a clay and stone forge on a river bar before roads or mills existed. He worked mainly at night, sharpening miners tools, and avoided a fixed shop by moving as needed. Two miners asked directions to his spot, jokingly learning they were already in the blacksmith’s shop about three miles from the anvil.
Mis Tail and Adam Puzzle Darwin on Human Tail
A satirical exchange imagines Darwin debating the origin of the human tail with Adam. Adam’s playful reply notes he cut his own tail off because it followed him everywhere, a wry nod to evolution and human anatomy.
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Adam
Darwin
Confucius
Harper’s Bazar
Diplomatic Crawl Dialogue in Colonial Style
A tense exchange in a revised dialogue style features Mr Johnson and Mr Jackson debating whether Ike Johnson was loyal to his colors amid a dusty trail. The exchange, quoted in a New York Journal piece, hints at implied allegiance and recognition.
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Mr. Johnson
Mistah Jackson
Ike Johnson
Jackson
Johnson
New York Journal
Conductor and Chorus Banter in Early Newspaper Snippet
A brief cartoonish exchange from New York papers features the conductor asking to squeeze a lady into a performance, the chorus of delighted males affirming, a caller inquiring about Skyparlor in a Landlady scene, and a domestic quip about washing a shirt, all from 19th/early 20th century-era satirical pages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World
Skyparlor
New York Sunday Journal
The Fancy Waist Returns As Spring Fashion
A fashion writer notes the fancy waist remains a dominant elegant detail for spring and summer outfits. Despite snubs from tailors, the style persists as a graceful versatile finish to elaborate dress, with imports showcasing its continued high favor locally and abroad.
Fringe hairstyle endures despite fashion shifts
A New York Commercial note says fringe remains popular as fashion shifts. Women favoring styles that suit their faces stick with fringe longer, resisting the urge to chase every newest trend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mrs Richardson Named Trustee At Juvenile Offenders Home
Mrs Richardson of Princeton, a leading member of the Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs, joins the Geneva Juvenile Offenders Home board, replacing Mrs Holt of the Chicago Woman's club. The appointment links her philanthropic work across the state.
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Richardson
Princeton
Illinois Federation of Women’s Clubs
Juvenile Offenders’ Home
Geneva
Holt
Chicago Woman’s Club
Illinois Federation
Exchange
Maine notice outlines dinner ticket prices for voters
A Piscataquis Observer notice describes a belief corps event at Be lief Corps hall on North street Foxcrot with dinner including baked beans brown bread and pastry. Voters pay 15 cents, nonvoters including minors Indians paupers idiots and women pay 10 cents.
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Maine
Piscataquis Observer
Belief Corps Hall
North Street
Foxcrot
Miss Lilias Hamilton Leads Afghan Vaccination Drive
Miss Lilias Hamilton, private physician to the ameer of Afghanistan, has secured royal support for vaccination. The Medical Record notes smallpox devastates Afghanistan each spring, killing about one fifth of children. Hamilton is deputed to organize a nationwide vaccination service.
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Lilias. Hamilton
Afghanistan
Roy
Hamilton
Porky pine or aorstridge debate in Punch dialogue
A playful zoology exchange from Punch features Sarah and Bill arguing over a creature name. The line cites a supposed porky pine and counters with aorstridge, reflecting humorous wordplay.
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Sarah
Bill
White House Parlor Colors and Music Rooms Through Administrations
The first lady favors blue decorations in the White House and used the blue parlor for Ella Russell’s musicale. In President Harrison’s era the green parlor served as the music room, and Mrs Cleveland kept the same use, with the green parlor widely regarded as the prettiest in the mansion.
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White House
Ella Russell
Executive Mansion
McKinley
Harrison
Cleveland
Washington
Baroness Hirsch Gifts Across Europe After Baron’s Death
Following Baron Hirsch’s death his widow distributed large sums to charities in France England and Austria. She funded a Pasteur Institute laboratory with 2 000 000 francs and a pensions fund for the Orient railroads with 2 000 000 francs. She also gave 1 000 000 francs for a London hospital and support to Paris institutions. In two months total gifts reached about 12 000 000 francs. The text then shifts to a playwright and manager dialogue about dramatic content and volts in a separate scene.
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Baron Hirsch
France
England
Austria
Pasteur Institute
Oriental Railroads
London
Paris
Hirsch
Spring Opening Offers in Men's Suits and Boys Clothing
Local sale announces spring opening with men s and boys clothing. Nobby Brown Cheviot suits and black worsted suits priced from 10.00 to 15.00, highlighting value and new stock for the season.
Middlesex County hears highway relocation petitions 1897
Petitioners from Acton Littleton Ayer Shirley seek state highway status for a route linking Boston to Fitchburg with easy grades and existing roads. The Middlesex County Commissioners set a public view and hearing at West Acton Fitchburg Station on May 24 1897 with notices to towns and newspapers.
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Board of County Commissioners
County of
Middlesex
Acton
Littleton
Ayer
Shirley
Acton Survey
Avery
Pingreeville
Lunenburg
Leominster
Boston
Fitchburg
Massachusetts Highway Commission
J A. Harwood
Elnathan Jones
Aver
Commissioners To View Premises In Littleton Hearing June 7 1897
Middlesex County Commissioners order viewing and hearing on a petition at the Town Hall in Littleton on Monday June 7 1897 at eleven oclock in the forenoon. Notices will be served on Acton Littleton Shirley and published in the Littleton Guide and Acton Enterprise and posted in two public places fourteen days before the view. Deputy Sheriff H C Sherwin signs.
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Middlesex
Cambridge
Fitchburg
West Acton
Acton
Littleton
Acton Enterprise
Marlborough
Aeton
Harvey Wheeler
John M. Kryes
John B. Studley
Concord
Fitchburg Railroad Company
H.S. Marcy
Said
Fitehbu Railroad Company
Gonoerd
Concorl
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Concord Enterprise
Baten
Theo C, Hurd
William Sullivan
Percy G. Botster
Warren A. Haynes
Maynard
Albert W. Haynes
Lowell
Maynard Enterprise
Charles J. McIntire
H. Fousom
Middesex
H.C. Sherwin
Elmina Willis
Charles B. Stone
Esquire
S. H. Folsom
Register
William Davis
Jonathan K. W. Wetherbee
Is. H. Folsom
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Samaritan
Miss Nettie Houghton
Justice and Correspondent
Justice White
Supreme Court
Washington Cor
Detroit Journal
Phil May
Telegram
Zoology
Mrs. McKinley
A. H. Haynes
Riverside Block
Commonwealth of
Rauru N. Smira
Rauru
Main Street
Damon's Mill
Oliver Rice
Concord Junction
Walter C. Wardwell
Massachusetts
Probate CouRt
Rea
Ernest Hosmer, D. D
Frank Priest
Mass
Post Office
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