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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1894
Page
7
The Press Claims Company led by John Wedderburn promotes patent services to protect inventors from unsafe practices. It offers to prepare and prosecute applications across mechanical inventions design patents trademarks copyrights and international patent work for reasonable fees.
Miss Kate Windschied earns the first German woman’s philosophy doctorate at Heidelberg, signaling broader access to universities for women. Her study titled The English Pastoral Poetry From 1579 to 1625, education across Munich and Berlin, and the evolving role of German women in higher learning are highlighted.
Ten thousand people attended the dedication of the Mary Washington monument with the president, Virginia governor, Civil and military leaders, Masons, and representative ladies. Speakers praised Mary Washington and the Mary Washington Association for funding the first monument to a woman by women, citing Washingtons tribute to his mother and other praise for American matrons.
London reports that the Women Writers club, formed after women journalists failed to enter men’s clubs, celebrated the new Strand premises with speeches and tea. Notable attendees included Thomas Hardy George Alexander and Henry Arthur Jones as supporters. Princess Christian serves as president and the club draws both working women and titled patrons, signaling fashionable backing and businesslike conduct.
The school of social economics will offer a women’s class starting in October on Mondays from 4 to 5 30. About 25 lectures by Professor Gauton will cover sociology, social institutions, industrial history, wage systems, profits, rents, municipal administration, and comparative work. Admission requires history knowledge and reading. the course costs $10.
A brief note questions the use of cradles for babies claiming rocking motion harms infant brains, signaling a shift away from traditional soothing devices. The article suggests a cultural move toward alternatives amid warnings from authorities.
A description recalls beds for infants in 1894 featuring wicker cribs with cross leg stands and tripod head supports. The beds are wrapped in three rows of broad lace lining and finished with white ribbon bows at the lower corners, resembling draped dressing tables.
Miss Elizabeth Burrill Curtis daughter of George William Curtis is active in the suffrage effort in New York. Her leaflet cites painful cases showing hardships under existing law and questions how any woman can claim full rights while others suffer, urging action.
In a Fashion Journal note, a stout woman’s sash is styled as a point at the front and tucked under the waist, fastened at the back with a bow and bone accents. For a slim girl, chene ribbon sash remains preferred, with numerous bibs and tuckers offered as low cost upgrades to refresh overworked gowns.
Judge Joseph Christian appeals to the United States Supreme Court on behalf of Mrs Belva A Lockwood denied admission to the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. He argues she is a person and citizen entitled to practice in all Virginia courts under the U S and Virginia laws and asks the high court to compel admission.
The Iowa legislature passes a measure empowering women who pay taxes to vote on issuing bonds and on raising the tax levy. The Woman's Standard notes this grants taxpayers a broader civic role beyond voting for public officers and encourages public-spirited women to engage more deeply in state affairs.
Mrs E R Clark of Stockton New York told the Dunkirk convention that women are born economists able to stretch a dollar, insisting laws and taxes affect daughters and personal property, not altars and fires.
Women form the entire staff of two large Boston advertising agencies. They handle contracts and complex work themselves, securing major railroads and streetcar business across the largest U S cities.
The era expands women’s participation from clubs to professions while men keep voting time. Questions arise over Rachel Frank’s ordination as the first woman Hebrew rabbi and her official attire. Lillie Devereux Blake urges working women to push for state enfranchisement. Harvard will admit women via Radcliffe, and Philadelphia’s six young ladies charter a July yacht cruise with no men aboard.
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