Women Leaders in the Suffrage Movement Highlight Prominent Figures
The article profiles early suffrage figures led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. It recounts Marilla Ricker as the first woman to attempt to vote, Nannetta Gardner as the first registered voter, and Sara Spencer with others challenging registration. It notes Stanton and Anthony as pivotal organizers and orators with stories of trials, including Anthonys 1872 habeas corpus case, and lists Livermore Cousins Blake and others as leaders.
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Marilla M. Ricker
Dover
N. H
Nannetta B. Gardner
Detroit
Mich
Sara Spencer
Sarah E. Webster
Washington
Board of Inspectors
Supreme Court of the District
Stanton
Anthony
United States
Susan
Susan B. Anthony’s Early Life and Quaker Upbringing
This account details Susan B. Anthony born in 1820 in South Adams Massachusetts, moved to Battenwell New Jersey at age twenty, and her Quaker father’s strict views on amusements shaping her later dedication to reform. It notes family wealth and self support training for his daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenafly
Susan B. Anthony
South Adams
Mass
New England
Miss Athony
Battenwell
N. J
Susan
How to Eat Wisely in Health and Digestion
A health note from Hal's Journal of Health argues moderation in meals. It warns against rapid eating and overlong digestion, urging small bite sizes, five hour intervals between meals, and lighter suppers for better sleep and vigor. It advises breakfast before work and avoids late eating for laborers and the sedentary alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal
Heart Troubles in Streetcar Leads to Cadet Diagnosis
Two young ladies ride a streetcar. One appears pale and ill and leaves at a corner. A gentleman physician notes the situation and asks about the other’s health. The survivor explains the friend has heart trouble, and the doctor guesses an aneurysm, but she is a West Point cadet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Point
Snails Demonstrate Speed At Terre Haute Polytechnic
An experiment at Terre Haute Polytechnic measured snail movement over ten feet to derive a precise pace. With six mollusks crawling between two points, the average pace showed a snail would cover a mile in about fourteen days, converting vague terms into exact figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Boston
Feminine Management in a Silly Household Scene
A humorous exchange shows Little Dot and Little Dick reacting to castor oil left for pudding. Dick admits drinking a large amount, claiming it was a lesson from his mother’s instruction. The dialogue plays on household miscommunication and childish mischief.
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Dot
Omaha
Woman's Crowning Glory and the Hair Folly
A village exhibition shows a sixteen year old, Miss Sigismunda Montmorency, displaying her hair as a great natural curiosity. The piece explores hair fashion, praises luxuriant natural hair, and cites historical and contemporary praise, along with endorsements for tonics and remedies such as Hostetter’s Bitters and St Jacobs Oil with testimonials.
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England
Britain
Sigismunda Montmorency
Jupiter
Apollo
Neptune
Phidias
Olympus
Homer
Virgil
Horace Walpole
Queen Victoria
Wales
Edinburg
The Most Remarkable Business in the Country
In a comic scene Mamie faces pressure to marry as her brother and a suitor joke about snides and the only marriage definition being a splice. The piece then shifts to a boastful ad for Moxie claiming 5,000,000 bottles sold in 17 months and asks readers to forecast five-year sales.
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Pop
Mamie
Pap
Girl
South America
How to Cook Snails in Jay Gould Style
This piece explains a method for preparing escargots: boil snails in shells, finish in a flavorful sauce, then roast. Snails are served in browned shells, eaten hot from the shells with a fork, shells held in one hand. The taste is pleasant to the non-squeamish, with many snails coming from France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Gould
New York
France
Loving Is a Curious Thing Sometimes
A Paris youth saved a drowning woman who offered his hand as a reward. She was drowning for another man and could not love him. The man reportedly contemplated suicide as she refused his love while she herself planned to end her life for the one she loved. This loving business is a curious thing sometimes.
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Senate
Stanton
Washington
Schuyler Colfax
House
New York
William D. Kelley
Paris
New York City Property Valuation Surges in 1887
The article notes an increased assessed valuation in all wards of New York City for 1887, with total real and personal property rising by over 86 million dollars. It compares this yearly gain to Albany’s entire property value, underscoring NYC’s rapid growth.
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New York
Albany
New York City
Consumption Cure Promoted For Liver Blood Disorders
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as the most effective remedy for early pulmonary disease and liver and blood derangements, claiming it to be a safe and sure specific available from all druggists.
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Pierce
Etee Smith
J. &. Spite & CO
SI. Louis, MO
Invalids’ Otel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
Jerce
Pr. Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Main Street
Invention of a Reversible Shuttle Loom Report
A Pittsburgh man is credited as the inventor of a reversible shuttle loom that may revolutionize weaving. The device reportedly increases carpet output from 15 yards per day to 500 yards and eliminates frequent chain breaks of the old loom.
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Bittsburgh
First Garden Eden Item and Patent Beef Tonic Ads
The page advertises MensMan’s Peptonized Beef Tonic claiming it contains blood making and life sustaining properties for indigestion nervous debility and pulmonary exhaustion. Hazard Haza Co New York markets it via druggists with other promo lines. Also references Boston Gazette praise for a tight laced woman and Piso’s Remedy for Catarrh priced at 60 cents.
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Mensman
Hazard, Haza, & Co
New York
Burdensome young matriarch and peddler tips from era
The text contrasts a domineering young woman with a sickly atmosphere and prescribes Prickly Ash Bitters as a remedy. It also counsels resolving peddler trouble by offering to buy him out rather than threats, reflecting old time household and commerce advice.
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Women Leaders
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Iss Susan Bb. Anthony
Cory
Miss Anthony
Johnstown
N. Y
Daniel Cady
Congress
Lillie Devereaux Blake
W. Cousins
Gene
G. C. Kyirex
War Dept
Washington, D. C
St. Jacobs Oil
Frank L. Cox
Foreman Herald and Times
Gouverneur, N. Y
St. Jacobs
Mr. Jones
Joan E. SkGar
Millenbeck
Prence
Sophra F. Boswert
White Cottage
Mia
May Gleason
Hunton, Ottenee Co. Mich
Havig
Garden of Eden
Adam
Tuhee
Boston Gazette
KR. V. Pierce
Marshal Air
Hood
Hanry G. Parr
Champaign
Lowell
Masa
Avitra
W. Va
N.S. J. Striper
Boy Druggista
Kidjer
Asthma
Oy Mail
Stowell & Cos
Barkslow4y
Dass
J. Biephens
Levanon
Ohio
Inies
Orgyne
Prickly Ash Bitters
St.Louis
Kansas
Crry
Ballard Gallery
Marlin Fire Arms Co
New Haven
Conn
E. Touriel
Franklin
Mase
Haveltine
Warren
Chicago
Randolph St
Lord & Thomas
Fort Wayne
amiLe
BEAN
St. Louis, Mo
Lin
Rock Island & Pacific R
Atlantic
Rock Island
Joliet
Ottawa
la Salle
Peoria
Geneseo
Moline
Illinoia
Davenport
Jine
Fairfield
Ottumwa
Oskaloosa
West Liberty
Iowa City
Maines
Indianola
Winterset
Atlantic Knoxville
Angoeen
Harlan
Gu Centre
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Gallatin
Trenton
St. Joseph
Cameron Kansas City
Missouri
Leavenworth
Atchison
Albert Minneapolis
St. Paul
Minnesota
Watertown
Dakota
Hun
Great Rock Island
West
Missouri River
Kansas City
Albert Lea
Chinege
Minneapolis
Devere
Interior
Seneca
Kankakee
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Lafayette Ana Council
Josepee
Island Trains
Canada
R. R. Cable
E. ST. John
A. Holbrook
T & Gen
M’g
Pass
Agta
Cmeages
Fitzgerald & Powell
Ind
Ys Brewster Safety Bein Holder Co
Holly
B. F. Monnan
Lexington St
East Boeton, Maes
G. F. Irnacum
Crystal, Mich
Procter & Gamble
Apo
C. Miler & Co
Tansili
Mitcann
Eliebureh
BR. W. Tansill & CO
Chicagoa
N. A
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