Fresno notary Mrs. Nettie Coke breaks ground in conservative town
San Francisco Chronicle reports Mrs. Nettie Coke, widow and Fresno area notary, rose from farm girl to legal aide and now notary public, profiting from town curiosity. Her daughter and she moved from Illinois to California, where Coke mastered shorthand and law study, earning esteem in Frank H. Short's office amid hardships.
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Nettie Coke
Ites
Mary Wilkins
Illinois
Coke
California
Woodland
Mrsé. Coke
Frank H. Short
San Francisco Chronicle
Women and the call for equal church roles
The speaker argues against barbaric gender bias that bars women from public life and church governance. He asserts women should have freedom comparable to men to choose actions and roles, including trustees, directors, and other offices, as part of their elevation in the church.
National Daughters of the Confederacy forms in the South
The National Daughters of the Confederacy unites Southern women groups including the Monumental Association and the Ladies Auxiliary. It aims to strengthen friendship, preserve memorial sites like Mount Olivet, and coordinates with state and national officers in Nashville and New York coverage.
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National Daughters of the Confederacy
South
Monumental Association
Mount Olivet
Ladies’ Auxiliary
The
Hermitage
Ashville
Pasly
White May
Nashville
John P. Hickman
J.B. Lindsley
W. B. Maney
John Overton
State Association
New York Mail and Express
Reverend Withrow Denounces Sex Prejudice in Society
A remark by Rev. J. S. Withrow of Third Presbyterian Church Chicago condemns denying women roles in society or state solely due to gender. He calls such bias a barbarous relic and notes some women choose not to pursue certain paths.
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J. S. Withrow
Third Presbyterian Church
Chicago
Bays
The Pay of Women Musicians
An article notes wide pay for top women in music, with Patti earning up to 5000 dollars per night and Melba never below 1000 dollars per concert. Eames Nordica Calve are cited with 500 to 700 dollars per performance, illustrating high fees only for the world’s premier artists.
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Mme
Patti
Melba
Eames
Nordica
Calve
Detroit Woman Becomes Michigan's First Female Engineer
Miss Marian Parker of Detroit graduates from the University of Michigan with a bachelor of science in civil engineering, aims to become a practical architect, and presents a fireproof apartment design as her thesis. She notes only 50 to 60 women are in the profession nationwide, with a few in Philadelphia New York and New Orleans.
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Marian Parker
Detroit
University of Michigan
Philadelphia
New York
New Orleans
Miss Sarah Dobson Named Yorkville Postmistress
Miss Sarah Dobson is appointed postmistress of Yorkville Canada. Her father led the office for 43 years. The nomination came from M P W F Maclean who cites district wishes and broad support across Conservatives and Reformers.
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Sarah Dobson
Yorkville
Canada
W. F. Maclean
M. P
Pincushion Canoe Keepsake From the Mountains
An odd souvenir shaped like an Indian canoe carries two brown plush bags holding pins. A silk cord suspends the craft, with sizes varying. the example sketched measures ten inches long, the bags filled with sawdust and tied by brown silk cord.
Mrs Campbell Reveals Life Offstage in Interview
Mrs Patrick Campbell says the public underappreciates the strain of emotional roles and she combats exhaustion by embracing everyday life at home. She recalls a romantic runaway marriage in youth and becoming a mother of two before age twenty after debuting at Liverpool’s Alexander Theatre in 1888 following an amateur start.
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Patrick Campbell
Campbell c
Alexander Theater
Liverpool
Queen Margerita Visits Rome Girls Mission Schools
Queen Margerita makes her annual visit to Rome girls mission schools arriving in an open carriage followed by flower laden coaches. She distributes bouquets to pupils and teachers saying she revenges last year’s gift of flowers. The Paris table decor trend with almond orange and cherry trees is noted.
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Margherita
Rome
Paris
Broiled Mackerel With Maitre D Hotel Sauce
Instructions describe washing and scraping a mackerel, soaking overnight, draining and drying, brushing with melted butter, peppering, broiling over a clear fire, turning to cook both sides, then serving on a heated dish with melted butter and maitre d hotel sauce.
Roast Duck With Sage Stuffing and Onion Sauce
Roast ducks prepared by drawing and singeing, stuffed with bread crumbs onion sage and butter. Bake under bacon slices for an hour and a quarter, finish with onion sauce made from boiled onions in white sauce and seasoned to taste. Includes serving with apple jelly.
Recipes for Pudding Cakes Biscuits and Fried Chicken
A collection of old fashioned kitchen instructions for Rice Pudding with merengue Maple Cake Apple Charlotte and Milk Biscuit along with Fried Spring Chicken. Details include ingredients quantities methods baking times and finishing steps for each dish.
Anecdotes Link Judges and Lawyers to Classical Joke
Massachusetts clerk Mr. Jecpeh Willard recalls in Half a Century With Judges and Lawyers witty anecdotes. Colonel Edward G. Parker wrote a life of Mr Choate and told of a third century BCE incident as Ptolemy III neared death with Holmes by asking If Ptolemy III is dead.
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Jecpeh Willard
Superior Court
Massachuusetts
Boston
Edward G. Parker
Choate
Christ
Ptolemy III
John
Holmes
Parker
Critics Hear Voices at The National Observer Review
Article notes differing opinions among elderly critics on Joy’s Bayswater Bus and Sydney P. Hall’s Viva voce in the Old Schools Oxford. A comely dame asks which piece is Viva Voce, and the cavalier hints it is the one bending over.
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Oxford
Miss Libbie Healy the Brooklyn Songstress Sailors Know
Miss Libbie Healy of Brooklyn is famed among sailors for singing to crews on visiting naval ships since childhood. She boards ships on Sundays to entertain, and is well known even in foreign ports where sailors ask chaplains about her.
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Libbie Healy
Brooklyn
Miss Healy
Brooklyn Songstress
Time Table Corrected for Sept 30 1894 Trains West
列 Train schedule details for Boston West including departure times from multiple stations such as Weston Sudbury Wayland and Hudson with listed weekday and Sunday services. Names Daniel W. Os Seer Dana J Flanders appear as officers in charge.
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Weston
Ws Land
South Sudbury
Sen Fe
Hudson
Bolton
Berlin
Ps South
Bi Seete
M. Woriamoen
A.M. A.M
South Acton
Whitman's Crossing
Marlboro
A.M. A.M. A.M. A.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. Marlboro
Whitman Cross
Leavin Marro
Weshanya
Mundays
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