The New Woman At Work
Eliza Archard Conner reflects on women's gains in Massachusetts and Australia, praising suffrage and guardianship laws. She profiles female pioneers in nursing, art, and medicine such as Miss Ida Murphy and Dr Adele Richardson, and notes pushback in education and a playful critique on national symbols.
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Wo Sian
Massachusetts
Woman's Journal
Australia
Newouth Wales
Tasmania
Victoria
United States
Earth
Ida Murphy
Miss Murphy
Minnesota
Adele &. Richardson
Lillian G. Bullock
Massachusetts Eclectics Medical Society
New York City
Board of Education
Eliza Archard Conner
Oregon Sisters Prove Woman’s Strength on Range and Farm
The Walker sisters ride astride and rope and break horses on their father’s range proving women’s physical strength and skill. At a state agricultural school girls plow and harrow under a professor, showing women can handle farm work and even dairying and fruit culture. SUSAN PEPPER.
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Charles Reade
Oregon
Walker
Lave
New England
Susan Pepper
Sandpiper Bathes Before Bed on Wamscut Lake
Roy Hartwell and his father watch a spotted sandpiper or peetweet near their camp at Wamscut lake. The bird wades, baths, and then crouches to sleep as a thunderstorm rolls in, leaving Roy eager to learn more about his new avian friend.
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Roy
Wamscut Lake
Hartwells
Mr. Hartwell
Peetweet
New York Tribune
When He Was A Boy James Whitcomb Riley recalls boyhood
The Indianapolis News piece recounts Riley remembering early life in Indiana. He describes baking pies as a child, schooling struggles, reading McGuffey's readers, and hot-water punishment. He praises country children's self reliance and recalls making a whirling jenny and cooking eggs on brown paper.
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James Whitcomb Riley
Indianapolis
McGuffey
Little Nell
Lucky Woman Receives Jewelry and Lifelong Income
Jennie Higgetts, a domestic servant, inherits magnificent jewels and a $30,000 lifetime income from her late mistress due to her good behavior.
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Jennie Higgetts
The Snuggelty Bug Tale
The poem describes a cozy creature called the Snuggelty Bug or Content who hides in holes and shoes, enjoys sun and firelight, avoids bare walls, and resides in homes with comfort and cheer as a friendly guest.
Potato joke repeats in diner diners gag
A New York Journal quip features a waiter and a customer in a running joke about a potato. The line highlights a tired routine as the customer never eats the potato.
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New York Journal
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Empire
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the Girl Horse Breaker
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