Notary Nettie Coke Sails Fame Through Fresno Society
Mrs. Nettie Coke, appointed notary public in Fresno, becomes the sole female in southern California to hold the office. Raised in Illinois, she moved to California with her husband and child, supported by bookwork and law stenography, then rose to prominence in legal clerical work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Fresno
Freano
Budd
Nettie Coke
Ites
Mary Willins
Illinois
Bill Nyen
Middle West
Linois
Coke
Frank H. Short
San Francisco Chronicle
National Daughters of the Confederacy Formed in South
The National Daughters of the Confederacy unites several southern women groups in a nonpolitical sisterhood to foster friendship. It includes the Monumental Association and the Ladies Auxiliary, which helped secure Hermitage tract funds and lodging for nearly 100 old soldiers. Key officers hail from Nashville, Savannah, Dallas and other southern cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Daughters of the Confederacy
South
Monumental
Mount Olivet
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Old Hermitage
Nashville Daughters
M. C. Goodlett
Nashville
L. H. Rains
Savannah
Kate Cabell Currie
Dallas
Miss White May
John P. Hickman
J. B. Lindsley
W. B., Maney
John Overton
State Association
New York Mail and Express
Lady Dudley Rise From Shopgirl to Peeress in Salisbury Era
The article traces Rachel Gurney, later Lady Dudley, who rose from a Norfolk shopgirl to a noble wife after marrying Lord Dudley. Her father faced financial collapse, leading her to work in a London milliner shop before nobility connections via the Duchess of Bedford and Lady Henry Somerset, culminating in a marriage into the Dudley family.
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Coldstream ' ‘Guards
Khedive
Helen
England
Miss
Linley
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Sheridan
Lady Seymour
Duchess of Leinster
Edgar Vincent
Munsey
Dudley
Salisbury
Gurney
Norfolk
Thomas de Gourney
Edward II
Gurney Bank
London
Regent Street
Mme
Elise
Lord Dudley
Duchess of Bedford
Henry Somerset
Rachel
Trowbridge
Rachel Gurney
Clerical Advocate Urges Women's Franchise and Equal Rights
Rev. J. S. Withrow of Third Presbyterian Church Chicago denounces denying women a place in society or state as barbarism. He argues state duties to grant suffrage regardless of female desire and asserts no church barrier to women's elevation including trustees and other offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Withrow
Third Presbyterian Church
Chicago
The Pay of Women Musicians Varied Across Music Realms
In a discussion noted by Mrs Garrett, the article argues that no field shows more disparity in wages for women than music, with varying salaries cited across different musical spheres. The piece highlights gender pay gaps in performance and composition careers.
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Mra
Garrett
Notable Ladies of Song Wealth and Fame in 19th Century
Webster notes women in vocal professions earn top fees and high averages across fields. Mine shows Putti as the best paid female worker, earning up to 5000 to 8000 dollars per engagement in recent years. Melba and Nordica command 1000 to 700 dollars for concerts and opera, with Calve at 600 a performance in 1894.
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Webster
The
Ladies’ Home Journal
Putti
Melba
Mme
Eames
Nordica
Calvye
Detroit Woman First to Graduate UM Engineering Degree
Miss Marian Parker of Detroit becomes the first woman to graduate from the University of Michigan engineering department earning a bachelor of science in civil engineering. She aims to become a practical architect and prepared a fireproof apartment building design in her final thesis.
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Marian Parker
Detroit
University of Michigan
Philadelphia
New York
New Orleans
Miss Sarah Dobson Appointed Yorkville Postmistress
Miss Sarah Dobson becomes Yorkville Ontario postmistress with support from M P W T Maclean and broad district backing. Her father held the office for 43 years and the appointment breaks usual political rules due to strong local influence from Conservatives and Reformers.
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Sarah Dobson
Yorkville
Canada
W. TF. Maclean
M. P
Odd Pincushion Craft Shaped Like Mountain Canoe
A decorative pincushion from the mountains features an Indian canoe form carrying two plush pina filled bags. It hangs by a brown silk cord, with the illustrated version measuring ten inches long. The brown plush bags are tied and filled with sawdust.
Mrs Patrick Campbell Reveals Theater Strain and Personal Life
Mrs. Patrick Campbell tells a British interviewer that acting takes a mental and physical toll on performers. She says her cure is simple daily duties at home. She recalls romantic elopement as a young girl and becoming a mother before twenty. She debuted professionally at the Alexander Theatre in Liverpool in 1688 after a brief amateur start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Campbell
Campbell
Alexander Theater
Liverpool
Queen Margherita Visits Rome Mission Girls School
Queen Margherita rides in an open carriage to Rome girls mission schools. She arrives with two flower laden carriages and orders them into the gardens. After gathering pupils and teachers she distributes a banquet and jokes about revenging last year’s flowers.
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Margherita
Rome
Ceach
Mrs Green Returns From Greece and Troy Site Visit
Mrs John Richard Green widow of the historian travels from England after a voyage including Greece and the site of Troy. She visited Delos, a nearly inaccessible uninhabited island, during her travels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Richard Green
England
Greece
Troy
Romance of the Telegraph Across Rough Ocean of Land
A discussion of the Indo European telegraph line from London to Teheran and on to Karachi. The piece outlines the vast route, the varied climates, and the hardships faced by operators including snow avalanches, nomad interference, and winter isolation with ample supplies and reading material to endure the season.
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London
Lowestoft
England
Emden
Germany
Warsaw
Romne
Odessa
Caucasus
Tiflis
Persia
Tauris
Teheran
Bushire
Persian Gulf
Baluchistan
Karachi
India
Russia
Caucasian
Georgia
Asia
New York Sun
Southern summer illusions dispelled by climate facts
Montgomery Alabama Advertiser argues that southern summers are mild and pleasant, with long evenings and lower heat stress than the north and west. The piece claims government weather records show no basis for superior heat, highlighting less summer mortality and extended farm work season in the South.
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Government Weather Bureau
Montgomery
Ala
Wills and wills misfortune in famous lives
The piece notes that celebrated men such as Ben Jonson Dryden and Isaac Newton died testate or insolvent and cites the difficulty of will construction. It recalls sayings by Lord Coke and Sir Henry Halford and recalls Romilly Thompson and Bradley wills missteps reflected in Temple Bar.
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Ben Jonson
Dryden
Sir Isaac Newton
Bacon
Butler
Abbey
Lord Coke
H. Halford
Samuel Romilly
Baron Thompson
Bradley
Lord Thurlow
Temple Bar
Mall
N. M. Warre
Dillon
Montana
Athlete and Doctor Exchange Fracture Report
In a terse exchange reported by the Cleveland Plain Dealer the athlete lists a broken arm a crushed collar bone and a fractured skull while the doctor confirms injuries and questions whether a record was broken. The dialogue captures a dramatic moment in a sports medical scene.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Folklike Metholism Branches Span Nationwide Diversity
Nonspecific text notes that seventeen distinct branches of Metholism exist across the country each with a unique name church property organization local body and membership.
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Cal
Daughters of the * Confederacy
Lady Dudley
Helen Venilia Duncombe
Helen Vincent
Daughters of the Confederacy
Women Engineers
Queen Margherita
Omaha Turmverein Hay
Arnold
Boston
Chauncey Hall
Paris
Oaa
Renter
Regulator
Simmons Liver Regulator
Simmons
J. H. Zellin & Co
Philadephia
WILL
B. Orem
Center Street
Mont
J. C. Orem
Black
Druggiata
Mintenperner
Clarion
E. Shorry
Rhorey
Kansas
R. I. Scearce
Dillon, Mont
BIG Profits
Smact Investments
United States
Flep
Thomas & CO
Bankers and Brokers
Rialto Building
Elkhart Carriage and Harness Mfg. CO
America
Bartylen
St Single
Don Doublean
Fiem
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