American girl edits a Colorado mining camp newspaper
Miss Jadeline Davis daughter of Coline Davis the Leadville Chronicle proprietor becomes editor manager and publisher after her father falls ill. She works from dawn to night, handles business correspondence edits telegraphic news and learns linotype while denying the “new woman” label.
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Oman
Jadeline Davis
Coline de ‘Davis
Leadville
Colorado
Davis
Colonel Davis
Chicago Tribune
Housekeeper Dominates Hotel Panic and Press Spotlight
A vivid scene at a seaside hotel shows the housekeeper restoring order during a fire scare as waiters haul baggage and maids react in fear. The piece also surveys prominent women writers in the South, led by Atlanta figures such as Mrs. Ohl and Miss Dooley, praising their influence and roles in papers like the Atlanta Constitution and Savannah Press.
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Staid
Georgia
Commonwealth
New York
Massachusetts
Illinois
Dixie
North
South
Union
Atlanta
Maud Andrews Ohl
William King
Grady
Isma Dooley
Atlanta Constitution
Corinne Stocker
Mary Louise Huntley
Brent Whiteside
Mary Jackson
Atlanta Journal
Ellen Dortch
Josephine Hill
Coulding
Savannah Press
Higbee
Mary E. Bryan
Orelia Key Bell
Lollie Bell Wylie
Emily Battey
Emily McLaws
Augusta Chronicle
New York Mail and Express
Mrs Irene Rucker Sheridan a Portrait of Elegance and Duty
In Washington a Woman of Social grace and domestic leadership guides her home and studies, highlighting the value of women on school boards for child focused insight. A Massachusetts town earlier cured illness outbreaks after a woman on the board inspected the cellar and cleaned a dirty well. Louisville Post notes Julia Ward Howe’s forthcoming book Is Polite Society Polite.
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Sheridan Kanes
Mary
Trene
Louise
Phil Junior
Phil
Washington
West Point
Irene Rucker Sheridan
Phil Sheridan
W. Stuart Mosby Coleman
Ladies’ Home Journal
Massachusetts
Boston
Louisville Post
Julia Ward Howe
Wa terhouse gift endows St Luke's for consumptive sewing women
The Rufus Wa terhouse legacy to St Luke's Hospital in New York will provide at least 250000 dollars for the benefit of sewing women suffering from consumption.
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Rufus Waterhouse
St. Luke’s Hospital
New York
Vermont
Canad
Boston
Rutland
Brandon
Middlebury
Vergennes
Burlington
St Albans
St. Johns
Ogdensburg
Ottawa
Montreal
Quebec
Women enroll record at Law School of NYU
More women have been registered at the Law School of the University of the City of New York than ever before. There will be eight women in the senior class.
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England
Castle
New York Tribune
Law, Sthog
The
University of the City of New York
Salmon Croquets For Housekeepers
For housekeepers. Salmon croquets. Chop a one pound can of salmon fine with salt parsley lemon juice and cayenne. Boil milk with butter and flour, season, mix in salmon, cool, form into croquettes, coat with egg and breadcrumbs, and fry in hot fat.
Pressed Tongue and Duchess Soup Recipes Featured
A cooking column presents instructions for pressed tongue with cloves mace pepper and vinegar, followed by Duchess Soup from onion butter cornstarch milk cheese, and a Chow Chow pickled relish with cabbage cauliflower peppers pickles corn beans tomatoes celery and spices. The guide notes brining times and shelf keeping in jars.
Lobster Croquettes Recipe Steps
A recipe lists ingredients for lobster croquettes half a pint milk 14 ounces lobster butter flour salt cayenne pepper mace and parsley. Milk boils then butter and flour are rubbed in to form a paste. Salt pepper and mace added. Lobster mixed and chilled. Shape into croquettes egg crumb fry golden brown.
Paris corsetry trends reveal satin dresse stays and jeweled pieces
A Paris correspondent notes satin dresse stays avoiding linings with dual color sides, batiste stays with elastic sides, and small hip short designs for riders. Elegant corsets feature gold hooks and sapphire clasps, including a pink batiste piece for Mile Demursy. A Greek brassiere with silk hook and satin elastic strap supports night wear.
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Paris
Batiste
Mme
Marcel
New London Decorator Unveils Rock Hard Flower Inlays
A London art decorator describes a new method using a secret process to fully harden and petrify natural flowers. The technique embeds sunflowers peonies and dahlias in a liquid marble like base with multiple coats of polishing substance, creating durable decorative panels and table tops. A wealthy American gentleman’s conservatory floor features chrysanthemums, and another floor presents a white lily scene with minnows beneath a transparent surface.
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London
Popular Beliefs and Superstitions Debate
The Paris Gaulois column discusses superstition with Brichanteau noting the danger of mocking such beliefs. He recalls an uncle who survived a 13-person dinner by dying 13 years later, prompting a tense audience reaction and reflections on fate.
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Brichanteau
le Ribi
Paris Gaulois
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the Countess de Castellane
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Women’s International Maybrick Society
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Maynard
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Suoathdale
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Ida
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Oakdale
Boston Agers
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Dana J. Flanders
Geo. F. Evans
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Whitman Crossing
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G. A. Hartshorn
New Haven & Hartford
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