Virot hats and fashion vanity noted in era columns
The article discusses hat trimming labels and the Virot brand with claims of a vast fortune and aristocratic influence. It cites social critique on fashion taint and profit, and includes anecdotes on women’s dress efforts and early female education milestones in America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl of Warwick
Lady Brooke
Princess of Wales
Thuelaw Reid
Thempany
Virot
New York Evening World
Corelli on the Marriage Market and Women in Flora Trades
Marie Corelli denounces the modern marriage market in The Lady's Realm, contrasting it with genuine union and a God centered bond. She cites a Capri couple as ideal, then condemns arranged marriages funded by wealth, noting nine in ten modern matches fail. The piece segues into a Vick's Magazine discussion of women florists, greenhouse work, and fruit farming as viable occupations for women, arguing skill and love for flowers drive success.
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Marie Corelli
Barabbas
England
Capri
Vick’s
No title identified in wartime diary excerpt
A personal diary fragment shows a speaker insisting on hanging a portiere alone to ensure it is done in a specific way, rejecting help from an upholsterer or others. The tone emphasizes control and a single minded effort despite a difficult morning.
Advice on Petticoats and Ruffles for Women
The article counsels women on adapting silk petticoats with lining to extend their life and maintain rustle. It endorses French sateen linings, contrasting muslins, and careful ruffle placement. It advises hem binding with velvet braid, avoids pinking for size control, and restricts lace underlayers to evening wear while offering details for skirts and ruffles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orie
Mrs Hovey reshapes society with Delsarte bowing stance
The New York Journal profiles Mrs Henrietta Hovey famed for Delsarte principles who revolutionized social manners in New York and London. She promotes a reverent court bow dropping eyes and slow contact, rejects handshakes as superfluous, and instructs fashionable women in a refined etiquette including a distinctive disdainful bow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
New York Journal
Henrietta Hovey
Metropolis
Mrs. Hovey
The Legal Status of Women Sparks Nationwide Debate
Jessie J Cassidy’s book argues laws on spousal support vary by state. Idaho requires wife support for an infirm husband, Nebraska hinges on the husband’s idea of suitability, New Mexico has no specific rule, Nevada demands only necessaries, and Arkansas provides no compulsory support without divorce.
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Jessie J. Cassidy
Idaho
Nebraska
New Mexico
Nevada
Arkansas
Polish Doctor Appointed for Mohammedan Women in Bosnia
In Austrian ruled Bosnia a female physician, Dr Theodora Krayewska born in Poland, is appointed under army surgeons to serve Mohammedan women who refuse male doctors. She wears a uniform, holds captain rank, earns captain pay, and must travel the district to enforce sanitary laws and assure public compliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bosnia
Theodora Krayewska
Perfume Use in Sickrooms Said To Shield Against Contagion
A historical note claims pleasant scents in ill rooms may protect patients from disease. It mentions lavender water sprayed in homes in malaria-prone areas to prevent malaria contraction among residents.
Miss Nance Lee Neal Chosen Kentucky State Librarian Candidate
Local report notes Miss Neal of Lawrenceburg is the 26 year old daughter of Hon. William Neal and a candidate for state librarian, with education at Hamilton College Lexington and Belmont Nashville. Mrs. Oliphant burial mentioned along with a Windsor area wreath from Queen Victoria praising her writings.
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New York Post
General Assembly of
Kentucky
Nance Lee Neal
Lawrenceburg
Neal
William Neal
Hamilton College
Lexington
Belmont
Nashville
Mrs. Oliphant
Eton
Windsor Castle
Queen Victoria
Victoria
R.I
Wealthiest Women Named Across Global Tally
A list highlights top wealth among women: Senora Isidora Cusino with 200 million dollars, Hetty Green with 50 million, Baroness Burdett Coutts with 20 million, Mme Barrios and Miss Mary Garrett each with 10 million, and Mrs Woleska with 10 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senora Isidora Cousino
Hetty Green
Baroness Burdett-Coutts
Mme. Barrios
Mary Garrett
Mra Woleska
Women hold public roles in Sonoma County California
In Sonoma County California women are active in public life including roles as postmistress in Sonoma an attorney in Santa Rosa two physicians a sign painter an undertaker and a Petaluma school board member Mrs Henrietta Wilkie of Elwood Indiana wins Madison county bar admission after opposing attorney Beeler and becomes the first woman admitted there The Turkish language is described by scholars as soft musical and well suited for musical notation and recitative more so than Italian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Elder Faunce
Alice Southworth Bradford
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Bethlehem
Peter Cooper
Arthur
Helen Kendrick Johnson
Popular Science Monthly
Sonoma County
Cal
Sonoma
Santa Rosa
Board of Education
Petaluma
Henrietta Wilkie
Elwood
Ind
Madison County
J. E. Beeler
Boston women gain a clubhouse for members and guests
The article notes a new clubhouse for Boston women to welcome friends, host banquets, and stay overnight. It discusses fashion details like white linen thread in satin stitch and asserts cycling by women in Spain will take years more. It also mentions clothespins boiled periodically for durability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Spain
Time Table Corrected June 27 1897 Boston region schedule
The notice lists train times and stops for various stations including Belmont Weston Wayland East Sudbury South Sudbury Wayside Inn Rockbottom Hudson Berlin and Northampton with multiple morning and afternoon departures on a Sunday and weekday pattern. It notes several special stop conditions and remarks about stopping only on signal or to leave passengers.
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Boston
M. Weston
East Sudbury
South Sudbury
Wayside Inn
Berlin
South Clinton
Jefferson
Barre
Ware
North, N
Northampton
South Bolton
Hudson
Eer
A.m. Rockbottom
A.m. Wayside Inn
A. m. South Sudbury
A.m. Ayland
A. m. Weston
A. m
A. m. Waltham
A. m. Belmont
Oakdale
Leave
Tom
Rockbot Whitman
Grossing
Maynard
South Acton
Beston
Marboro
Tre
Iboron
Whitman Crossing
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Women In Horticulture
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Solus
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Swampville
Yellow Kid Magazine
Food Products
George A. Sweet Nursery CO
Box Dansville
N.Y
J. Rufus Wales
Shawmut Ave
Marlboro, Mass
Grover Graham
C. D. Hunter
Robert W. Carter
Charles H
the Peoples Dry Goods Company
Boston & Maine Railroad
Southern Division
Central
UNION
Causeway Street
Daniel W. Sanborn
Dana J. Flanders
W. G. Bean
T. G.P.A
A.M. P
Ats
Tenography
Sis
Areaven
Gaines
Clement C. Gaines
Poughkeersie
Naw York
York
New Haven
Hartford Railroad
OLD Colony System
Marlboro
Northboro
P.m. Sun
P. m. Clinton
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Leominster
Southboro
Frammetors
Ap Ke
Lowell
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Sudbury
Framingham
Mansfield
E. G. Allen
A.C. Kendall
Pas
Fitchburgh Railroad
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Toronto
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Ogburg
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Watson
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