Fashion and home tips from a bygone period
The article discusses footwear care for children with stockings and the importance of well fitting soles. It describes a nickel plated spoon holder for pots to prevent sticky fingers, mid century decor such as portieres, and lamp wick cleaning with washing soda. It notes kerosene use for window cleaning and mentions women’s roles in university and political life, including Lucy L Flower’s election as trustee.
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Springfield
Illinois
Altgeld
Lucy L. Flower
The
State University
Second Lady Brassey Succeeds Sunbeam Sailor as Figure of Society
The London correspondent profiles Lady Brassey, wife of De Vere linked to Sunbeam lore, noting her tall stately presence and yacht interest. She is Viscount Malden’s daughter and Essex- Earl lineage, a capable reader and horsewoman, with drawing room deckhouse refitted for her marriage. She serves Hornsey school board as a manager and backs freedom of conscience.
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Brassey
Sunbeam
de Vere
Sybil de Vere
Daugh
Ter
Malden
Earl of Essex
Arn
National Health Society
Hornsey
London
Emancipation Debate: Mothers Shaping Nation and Freedom
A New York Press commentary argues that praise for past women’s virtues underscores the need for broader liberty today. It contends domestic leadership tests and trains minds fit for public achievement, claiming motherhood requires as much intelligence as voting and that women’s full emancipation strengthens the nation.
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America
United States
New York Press
Miss Toulmin Smith Becomes First Woman Librarian at Manchester College
Miss Toulmin Smith is named the first woman librarian at Manchester College Oxford after beating nearly 100 competitors. The college, opened two years ago by the Unitarians, values merit over social position, with Dr Murray entrusting much dictionary research to her. She is a great granddaughter of the Presbyterian divine Mr Toulmin.
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Toulmin Smith
Manchester College
Oxford
Miss Smith
Dr. Murray
Oxford Press
Toulmin
Warwickshire
Yorkshire
Bhat She Ee
Rani
Hairdressers and fashion tips from old times
An article notes women earning well as traveling hairdressers who visit patrons twice weekly, shampooing and caring for hair. It also reviews 1910s fashion advice from New York Times and Ladies' Home Journal on satin outfits, fur trims, and proper shoe warmth for children, warning about imitation furs and moth damage.
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Boston Globe
New York Times
Isabel A. Mallon
Ladies’ Home Journal
Astrakhan
Indictments of civilization spark chat at Pioneer lab
Miss O Connor Eccles mocks vanity snobbery and the so called superior person in a lively critique of civilization. Mrs W D Jeanhoff eight years head of public instruction in Mariposa county Cal recounts her rise to superintendent and long school visits over rough roads. Three Cincinnati women open a Bryn Mawr prep school near Bryn Mawr station to tailor students for advanced college work while studying each pupil s aptitudes.
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Miss O’connor Eccles
Pioneer Lab
Miss O'Connor Eccles
Soie
Persiflage Au Grand
Serionx
Burton Street
London Queen
W. D. Jeanhoff
Mariposa County
Cal
Mariposa
Egenheim
Yosemite Valley
Igenhoff
Cincinnati
Hopkins House
Bryn Mawr College
Bryn Mawr
Shipley
Murray Shipley
Lizzie Shipley
Wesleyan
Germany
Central Christian Advocate
Time Schedule for No4 to St Paul Chicago and beyond
Daily departures from Northern Pacific Lacal Depot for St Paul Chicago and all Eastern Southern and Canadian points. Through trains feature Pullman Sleeping Cars Upholstered Tourist Sleepers elegant day coaches and dining car service.
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Spokane
Tacoma
Seattle
Portland
All Coast
California
Montana Union Depot
St. Paul
Chicago
Northern Pacific
Lacal Depot
Pullman
Women win seats on new London school board
Fifty-five of 90 candidates were elected to the London school board with two women securing seats on the progressive ticket. The party fell short of a majority though it captured 817 632 of 1 606 788 votes. Davenport Hill won for the city with 18 982 votes and Era Maitland surpassed 30 000 for Chelsea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Miss Davenport-Hill
Era, Maitland
Chelsea
New York Designers Win Big At Atlanta Exhibition
Mary N Gannon and Alice J Hands of the New York School of Applied Design For Women designed the Women’s building for the Cotton States and International Exhibition in Atlanta 1895. They completed the work in three weeks with estimates £3000 under the $20 000 limit. The pair won five of seven competitions last summer against other New York architects. The czarina slide, the wreath and Italian foliations were highlighted as prevailing motifs.
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Mary N. Gannon
Alice J. Hands
Se Ue
New York School of Applied Design For
Atlanta
New York
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Overman Wheel CO
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Detroit
Denver
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Mole Sam
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Sec’y & Treas
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Henry Cy Payne
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Ster
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W. M. Tuchy
E. Broadway
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Charles & Fee
General Pasa
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VAL Blatz
Milwaukee Beer
Far Glass
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Are
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Poindexter & Orr
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Lillon
Women Architects
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DA Vol Medicine Co
N. M. Warre
Sfarmer” Miles
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