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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1895
Page
3
A pioneering woman becomes the first to enter the live commission business in the United States. She receives her first consignment and sells at the top market price, announcing her office at the Live Stock Exchange stockyards with a visible sign.
A portrait of Jennie M Goodwin a 24 year old former stenographer and bookkeeper born in White County Tennessee who becomes the first female stock commission merchant She circulates a bold letter to former clients promising expert handling fair prices and swift proceeds and notes she can manage with a competent staff in her own venture.
Dr. Nellie V. Mark notes that the 1848 Seneca Falls convention sparked laughter nationwide as women pressed for suffrage property rights and equal wages. She asserts profound progress in women’s education and awareness, with eyes opened to possibilities.
October meeting in Baltimore will devote one or two days to discussing social purity, moral uplift, and strategies to aid those with missteps. Major groups including the National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union and National Council of Women back broad representation, while Catholic and other bodies show strong interest. a New York editor urges expanding law to cover translated works in multiple languages.
A southern woman urges women physicians in lunatic asylums arguing female doctors provide empathy and calm guidance. She says discipline by force worsens nerves and that female attendants lack refinement, calling for dignified care led by women in hospitals, sanitariums, and asylums.
The New York Mail and Express argues that women devoted to medicine form a key specialty and should be on the boards of state asylums. It contends that intelligent women on trustee boards would improve attendants and advance female physicians.
The article highlights Miss Wheeler winning both artist and popular prizes of 1000 dollars in a Christmas card competition, showcasing her imaginative talents. It praises her trained hands and keen eye in various subjects from ceilings to portraits, and notes Mrs. Keith’s notable work including a series on American literary men and decorative pieces by Associated Artists.
The National Observer argues that American women's colleges overemphasize boarding routines and lack private study space. It contrasts U.S. dorm life with Oxford and Cambridge, praising self reliance and independence fostered by private rooms and active college social life.
A Philadelphia Ledger idea urges English educator reform to teach girls chivalry to men. It argues girls lack consideration for others and that new rights for women require maintaining mutual respect. The piece links better manners to broader roles for women and calls for balanced courtesy between sexes.
Mrs. Julia B. Nelson argues women deserve joint title to the earth citing Genesis. She notes a movement including Mrs. Potter Palmer, Mrs. Russell Sage and Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton to erect a monument at Seneca Falls to Frances Lady Bloomer for pioneering dress reform.
A short home recipe for chilbaue or chilbaice uses six tomatoes two onions two peppers one cup vinegar and one tablespoon salt. Chop onions and peppers, partly cook, peel ripe tomatoes add with salt and simmer one hour.
Peel and core ten pounds Bartlett pears not fully ripe then boil until tender. Reserve the liquid, mix equal parts of pear water and vinegar with five pounds of sugar and mixed whole spices. Boil, add pears, heat briefly, then pack in jars and seal after pouring hot syrup over.
A recipe outlines making mango chutney with vinegar mustard seed ginger salt and brown sugar. It instructs chopping onions green peppers raisins and apples then simmering, adding apples later and cooking until tender before bottling and sealing.
A Boston Globe Winthrop cor report describes a goldenrod tea held last week praised for artistic beauty. The dining room featured dark polished wood, cream lace, yellow satin, brass candelabras, and centerpieces of goldenrod and ferns. Glass globes, moss, and ropes of goldenrod created a floral bower while dainty china cups, hand painted menu cards, bonbon boxes, and stick pins complemented the event. The hostess wore yellow crepe with green accents and more goldenrod decor completed the scene.
An advertisement from 227 Main Street Marlboro Mass promotes cabinet work at one dozen units for $2.00 or $3.00 with colored and mounted devil glass and $4.00 with a life size cray on. It emphasizes first class work and no charge to sit over.
Polly Pry argues in the New York Recorder that advancing women must gain strong preparation and mental habiliment to compete with men. She warns against superficial knowledge and urges thoroughness as a battleax for real progress.
Fragment from Syracuse Post item shows Mrs McSwatters speaking to a doctor about a medical moment. The Invalid character notes a humorous twist as the doctor touches but the joke rests on a pocketbook.
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