Carrie Chapman Catt Leads National Suffrage Drive
ChicagoTribune reports on Carrie Chapman Catt as a leading suffrage organizer and speaker. She notes rapid growth in state suffrage societies, a new course of study in optical science for clubs, and a birthday commemoration for Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Catt describes renewed national organization with ten NY headquarters organizers and extensive correspondence.
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National Suffrage Association
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Chicago
Woman’s Club
Stanton
Na- 1 Association
New York
Carrie Chapman Catt
English National Council of Women Proposed by Mrs Croly
Mrs J Croly recently returned from Europe where she studied women’s clubs and attended a preliminary London meeting to form an English national council of women. She notes English councils have distinct divisions professional political industrial and social and differ from America’s model led by Susan B Anthony and Frances Willard.
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London
Woman's Council
J. ©. Croly
Europe
Jane
The American girl as Lang and Grant discuss
The passage debates whether any single American woman type exists. It contrasts Robert Grant and Andrew Lang, noting readers may see modified versions of real and fictional figures. It highlights regional diversity from New England to the South and the wide mix of backgrounds in fashionable society.
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Robert Grant
Andrew Lang
Mr. Grant
Lang
Mr. Lang
England
New England
South
New York
Minerva
England's Women Workers Urge Unions and Franchise
The London Methodist Times argues for organizing women into trades unions with men and enlarging female factory inspectors. It insists women deserve equal pay, protection from inspectors of their own sex, and that extending voting rights to women is the ultimate remedy to secure parliamentary protection.
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England
Josephine Butler
Booth
Henry Somerset
London Methodist Times
Women Chess Clubs Spread From England To America
English women form clubs to promote systematic play and interest in chess. The American Women’s Chess Association, modeled after New York’s Manhattan club, began in 1893 with officers elected in 1894 and a 75-member roster including Mary Rudge and Mrs Rowland. Meetings occur at the Ladies’ club and Woman’s headquarters as the association advances in weekly sessions.
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England
America
Women’s Chess Association of America
Manhattan Chess Club
New York
Ladies’ Club
East Twenty-second Street
Ireland
Mary Rudge
Rowland
American Association
Association
Woman
West Fifty-fifth Street
Democrats Open Campaign Rally at City Hall in Marlboro
About 1200 citizens attended Marlboro’s opening campaign rally at city hall with the Marlboro brass band playing beforehand. Speakers included George Fred Williams Hon E J Flynn and J W McDonald among others. The event closed at 10 10 PM after sharp partisan remarks and calls to support the Democratic platform.
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City Hall
Marlboro
Hudson
Edward J. Flynn
J. W. McDonald
John J. McCann
South Framingham
McDonald
Republican Party
Williams
Democratic Party
Notice of committee to verify bank deposits books
The undersigned announce they are appointed to verify bank deposit accounts under section 47 chapter 317 acts of 1894. All depositors should bring or mail deposit books to the bank for receipt. Bank open every forenoon and Saturday afternoon and evening. Compliance requested by James T. Jostin and Jor M. Pettingill. Hudson October 3, 1895.
The Leech Escape Through Tiny Holes at Drug Store
A Lewiston Journal note recounts six leeches escaping through small holes on a drug store bowl labeled Leeches. The creatures crawled out onto the floor overnight, astonishing the druggist who recalls their surprising elasticity.
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Lewiston
Tail Power Behind Propeller Origins Reexamined
A study argues fish propulsion relies on tail fin torsion rather than fin strokes. It traces paddle wheel theory to tail action and shows fins in the tail govern the motions once attributed to propeller blades as fish undulates through water.
It Has De Singin Of A Mockin Bird
Uncle Eben remarks on a saying about a mockingbird line from the Washington Star. A strip of oilcloth is advised as the best belt lining to keep stiffness as long as possible. The note lists 550 women physicians in Jewish hospitals, 88 of them Jewish.
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Eben
Washington Star
Time Table Corrected Oct 6 1895 Trains West and East
Time table lists trains west to Belmont Weston Wayland and more with multiple daily departures and Sunday services. Eastbound departures from Northampton Ware Berlin Hudson Rockbottom and Boston stop patterns include signals and rules for passenger pickup and drop off.
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Belmont
Weston
Sunda
P. East Agg
South Sudbury
Patley
Rockbo Bottom
Hudson
Oakdale
Barre
Ware
Northampton
Boylston
Gouth Cl Glinton
Berlin
South Bolton
A.m. Hudson
A. m. Agi Sudbury
East Sudby
Waltham
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