Consuelo Marlborough Supports Women's Equality Movement
Ex president and Consuelo Duchess of Marlborough discuss progress in women's rights in America and England. She praises the growth of jobs beyond housework and teaching, cites Lucy Stone and Florence Nightingale, and endorses the Young Women’s Christian Association while noting past restrictions and current opportunities for women.
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United States
America
Consuelo
Duchess of Marlborough
Vanderbilts
England
Lucy Stone
Massachusetts
Oberlin
Ohio
Society of Friends
Parti War Society
Young Woman's Christian Association
Seneca Falls
N. Y
New York
Florence Nightingale
Red Cross
Crimea
Lullaby of Evening by E. O. Cooke
A lullaby poem paints a bedtime scene with amberwest skies and fading sun. A sleepy wind, katydids at night, and a tired mother singing guide a baby toward a distant land beyond the trees as darkness falls.
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E. O. Cooke
Coal strike likely as miners demand eight hour day
The piece foresees a probable coal strike in the anthracite regions as miners press for an eight hour day and union recognition. It notes owners will oppose, recalls past presidential mediation, and warns on possible nationwide shortages and public costs.
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Jay
Uutil
Labor Organization
United States
Roosevelt
New Sea Giant Amerika Arrives In New York Harbor
The Amerika, twin to the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, is about 700 feet long 70 feet wide and over 50 feet deep with 23 000 tons capacity for passengers and cargo. It can carry 2 300 steerage passengers 600 crew and offers Imperial suites from 2 500. The ship features electric elevators Marconi wireless and quadruple expansion engines 15 000 horsepower and a seven day Atlantic crossing.
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New York Harbor
Oregon
Clarke
Horn
Cervera
The Human Fly Climber Dazzles New York Crowd
John Garrick known as The Human Fly ascends and descends the Flatiron Building without ropes or ladders watched by a massive crowd on Broadway. His wife and two children witnessed the nerve wracking ascent from the Bartholdi Hotel as Garrick loops down from the ninth story and reappears higher on the tower.
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John Garrick
Flatiron P
New York
Broadway
Garrick
Manhattan
Lawrence
Hazel
John
Bartholdi
Weather Forecasts and public trust in the Weather Bureau
An essay argues the Weather Bureau maintains low error rates of about fifteen percent, superior to foreign bureaus. It notes farmers and ship owners support forecasts despite jokes about inaccuracy and suggests broader popularity if forecasts extend reliably to six months ahead.
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Fifeen
Willis L. Moore
Weather Bureau
Weather Service
Congress
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Charles E. Kern
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Haskell
Eugene P. Lyle, Jr
John Dinwiddie Driscoll
Maximilian
Mexico
Jacqueline
S&j. Louis Republic
N. Y. Times Saturday Review
N. Y. Globe
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