Mrs. Charlotte Perkins Stetson joins Hull House life
The New England writer and lecturer Mrs. Charlotte Perkins Stetson Beech er arrives as a Hull House resident for three months and may settle in Chicago. Her work spans woman suffrage, education, and reform topics, with lectures and sermons noted across California and the Pacific coast.
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Charlotte Perkinson
Hull House
Charlotte Perkins Stetson
Beecher
Mre. Stetnon
Pacific Coast
Oman
Kingdom
Stetson
California
Pala
William Dean Howche
Mra Stetson
Chicago
Chicago Tribune
The Latest Wrinkle For Weddings
A curious wedding notice explains a free admission policy with a small contribution, drawing a large audience. Six bridesmaids walk the aisle, each paired with a male escort, as the ceremony unfolds in a bustling church setting.
Household housekeeping tips and warding off pests
An editorial notes practical steps for vigilant cleaning between tenants, including inspecting trunks, searching belongings, and keeping closets moth free. It suggests burning sulphur in closets, using a water bath to prevent fires, and avoiding door screens removal until autumn flies pass, to protect newly decorated interiors.
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Gue
San Francisco Examiner
To Whiten Tanned Faces Advice for Women
A 19th century editorial urges young women to avoid tanning and use sun protection such as hats or sunbonnets. It cites skin care tips including washing with buttermilk nightly and applying beaten egg white mask followed by rinsing. Recommends drying with a soft linen cloth to prevent sun damage.
Silk designing dominated by women says New York designer
A prominent New York designer asserts women hold near exclusive grip on silk design. She notes few male designers, mostly foreigners, struggle to compete due to perceived lower originality and color sense. She adds men tend to be more educated.
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New York City
The Emerging Woman in Education and Craft
A source passage reflects on the evolving roles of women in education and design. Emily Huntington Miller states the coming woman will be multifaceted, not cast in one mold, balancing self care with care for others as she develops physical well being and broader capabilities.
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Emily Huntington Miller
Brave Woman Brings Roaming Horse Under Control in Hazleton
In Hazleton Pennsylvania a horse hitched to a buggy bolted down Broad street after a passing electric car frightened it. Mrs. Samuel Bowen, alone with her 5-year-old daughter, steadied the horse by climbing onto its back and grabbing the reins before steering it back to the store.
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Hazleton
Broad Street
Samuel Bowen
Twin Barnstable Sisters Celebrate 90th Birthday
In Barnstable Massachusetts twin sisters Mehitavel Smith and Deborah P Hall recently turned ninety. Born Parker in Barnstable on August 80 1805 they have remained active and sharp minded. Hall married Nathaniel Hall and later returned to Barnstable after his death. The sisters long lived in the house once inhabited by Governor Thomas Hinckley of Plymouth colony.
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Cape Cod
Barnstable
Mehitavel Smith
Deborah P. Hall
Parker
Booth Denies Denouncing Bloomers In Letter To Editor
Mrs Ballington Booth claims she never denounced bloomers and did not attack the new woman in a letter. She says she praised the "advanced woman" while explaining a "mock man" as a perversion of womanhood and asserts she did not even mention bloomers.
Elegance in Cycling Emphasized by New Orleans Times-Democrat
The piece extolls a refined cycling image where a poised rider avoids speed and dramatic motion. She maintains an erect posture with quiet, unobtrusive movements, wearing modest skirts, embodying the idea that repose is elegance and swift motion undermines grace.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
First Brooklyn draftswoman Miss Eva A Wood appointed
Miss Eva A Wood becomes Brooklyn city draftswoman after leading civil service exam with 94 average and a monthly salary of 70 dollars. A new round top trunk design is described as wall friendly and trayless. B R Skidmore, delegate to the international geographic congress, is praised in London. Boston women told to register by October 16. Mme Patti earns five thousand dollars per evening.
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Eva A. Wood
Brooklyn
B. R. Skidmore
International Geographical Congress
London
Storing Apples and Pears for Winter Use
The Boston Globe outlines methods for keeping apples and pears through frost. It covers dry cellar storage with barrels, wiping fruit before serving, and wrapping pears in white paper. For pears it adds layered cask methods with fennel leaves aniseed and water immersion to preserve depth.
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Boston Globe
Hudson Savings Bank Deposit Books Verification Committee
The undersigned announce appointment as a committee to verify the bank books under section 47 chapter 317 acts of 1894. All depositors should bring or send their deposit books for receipts. Bank open every forenoon and Saturday afternoon and evening. Compliance urged. Ames Joslin and Jon M Kamene, Committee. Hudson, Oct 3, 1895.
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Ames T. Joslin
Jon M. Kamene
Hudson
Mechanics Fair Opens in Boston Attracting Wide Attendance
The Centennial Fair in Boston draws visitors from across the state and beyond. The event offers entertainment and instruction and will run for several days, likely closing around November 1.
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Boston
Immortal Pact Between Mrs Beecher and Twain In Elmira
A 1895 Elmira note records Mrs Thomas Beecher and Mark Twain discussing immortality. Twain allegedly agrees to confess any error after a million years, sealing promissory lines on three Chemung river stones. The verse vow forecasts future accountability in a mock contract dated July 2 1895.
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Mrs. Beecher
Mark Twain
Mra
Thomas K. Beecher
Heaven
Mark
Chemung River
Elmira
N. Y
Sunday laws tighten in Pontiac with shops closed
Pontiac Michigan enforces stricter Sunday rules with restaurants saloons candy stores and tobacco stands shut on Sundays ice cream delivery barred and petitions circulate to close livery stables milkmen and icemen also urged to halt Sunday business Sabbatarian fears the milk and ice trades are an enemy device but presses on strongly per New York Sun.
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Pontiac
Mich
New York
San
Marlboro Branch Train Schedule Corrected July 1 1895
Corrected Marlboro Branch timetable lists westbound train times from Belmont Wayland South Sudbury and other stations with stops only on signal and notes for passenger boarding and conductor instructions. Includes Sundays and various stop patterns with multiple daily runs.
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Weston
Wayland
Avon
A. Bei
East Subary
South Sudbury
Sunda
Wayside Inn
Rackbottom
South Clinton
Sunwtran
M. Barre
Northemntson
Leavesengers
Marlboro Branch
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