Emily Morrell Wood California's oldest woman suffragist
Emily Morrell Wood, 86 or older, the oldest California woman suffragist, hopes to cast her first vote soon as California moves toward universal suffrage. A New York native who moved to California in 1850, she has lived in San Francisco since and recalls ties to Elizabeth Cady Stanton, John Lorimer Graham, and Anneke Jans heirs.
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Emily Morrell Wood
California
Golden State
Wood
New York
Palmetto
Mrs. Wood
San Francisco
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Stanton
John Lorimer Graham
Anneke Jans
Rachel
Modish Winter Interiors Favor Silk and Burlap Trends
A professional decorator notes winter style favors deep cream chrysoprase silk for walls and rose pink draperies. Burlap in pale green appears chic, with a greenish fish net mantel drapery and waban netting in art shades. Beardsley fancy work decorates cushions. satin or silk quilt covers showcase embroidery. Interiors should reflect owners taste rather than mimic others.
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Shige
Health and Beauty For Working Girls
Advice urges busy women to improve health and appearance with four basics: diet, daily bathing, exercise, and sensible dress. It endorses plain, nourishing food, warm practical clothing, daily baths, and a short nightly exercise routine with light dumbbells. The piece notes fashion changes reducing theater hats and describes recent New Orleans and Denver efforts to ban high hats in venues.
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Addie J. Farrar
Woman as Adviser and Wardrobe Craft in One Piece
A vivid essay contrasts the female role as advisor to a man and as a seamstress shaping evening skirts. It likens women to a mahout guiding elephants and details dressmaking steps for front, side, and back gores, emphasizing careful patterning, sewing prep, and fabric handling.
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Pittsburg
Subjection and strength in life cited by London Spectator
The London Spectator notes that physical power is a universal force of life and criticizes punishments for keeping others in subjection, applying the same argument to women and to the mahout.
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London Spectator
Quakerish garb described at morning musicale
The Philadelphia Letter notes a hostess wore a gray sill gown with black trim. The skirt had heavy black seaming, a plain bodice with puffed sleeves, and a gray silk double ruffle around the neck tied at the back. The outfit shapes figures warmly and flatters slim or stout bodies.
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Philadelphia
Hairpin feats in fashion and education
A Brooklyn Eagle quip notes a hairpin aiding buttoning linen and avoiding fabric stress while wrestling with a long shanked button. A Baltimore American stat praises higher education, highlighting that two thirds of U S teachers are women.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Baltimore
The English Abroad and Continental Hospitality
A London Lancet note contrasts English travelers on the Continent with locals. It says English habits clash with climate, bringing tough grilled steaks and overstrong ale while ignoring native wines. The piece praises Romans who adapt, saving money, but notes English-style bathrooms and drainage lag behind, though improvements occur.
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Italy
Spain
England
Rome
London
Women chair London theatre club meetings marked by new custom
The Playgoers' Club in London invites women to act as chairpersons at meetings for the first time. Miss K Evelyn Millard presided at a session where James Welch spoke on Beginners on the Stage. The move, praised for culture and wit, may inspire other clubs to follow.
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London
James Welch
K Evelyn
Millard
Welch
Kendal
Noethersole
Beerbohm Tree
Garden club prizes and hosiery club gathering described
In England the Great Western and the Midland offer annual sums for garden prizes and provide plant lists for borders and bedding. The text also notes a New Hampshire crochet or darning club meeting weekly, where members sew and socialise around a host's table.
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England
Great Western
Midland
Midland Mail Wray Ce
Taily
Tonilseri
Theatre Train Schedule for Marlboro Branch Revised
Time Table Corrected Oct. 4 1826 from Dana J Flanders General Passenger and Ticket Agent Marlboro Branch. A theatre train departs Boston Wednesdays and Saturdays at 11 20 p m arriving Marlboro Thursdays and Sundays at 12 59 a m. A Marlboro to South Acton theatre train leaves Wednesdays and Saturdays at 11 45 p m with stops at intermediate stations except Whitman Crossing for Gladiatse passengers. stops only on signal or when passengers to leave. JR Watson G PLA
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Boston
Marlboro
South Acton
Whitman Crossing
JR. Watson, G. Pla
Stae
Aono
Bat Maynard
Whitman's Crossing
Rockbottom
Hudson
Suludays
Leavs A.M
A.M. M. Marlbors
Reas
Rae Oo
Whitman’s Crossing
Maynard
Tig
New York
New Haven & Hartford
R. R
Old Colony System
Northboro
A.m
Clinton
A.amn
P.m
A. Mn. Sun
Leominster
Sun
Fitchburg
A. m. Sun
Southboro
Parent
Framingham
Pam
Aunty Bune
Acton
Lowell
Sudbury
Mansfield
K. G. Allen
A.C. Kendall
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Robert W. Carter
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Granite Polishing
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David Harris
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