International Council of Women in Washington Session
The International Woman's Council in Washington celebrates the fortieth anniversary of the first rights convention with lectures by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Delegates from multiple countries hear papers on education, co education, law, and women’s roles, with notable speakers including Clara Barton and Frances Willard.
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Washington
International Council of Women
National Woman Suffrage Association of
United States
Albaugh
Opera House
Woman's Rights
Susan
Anthony
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
J. D. Cammon
Iowa
The
Grange
Calcutta
India
Louisa Reed Stowell
Sheb
Temperance
Frances KE. Willard
Palmer
Sabin
Miss Willard
Frances FE
Willard
Rena A. Michaels
Evanston
Ill
Sisters of the East
Michaels
Frances FE. Willard
Leona M. Barry
Knights of Labor
Hilia B. Loud
Knights of Lavor
Clara Barton
Mount Vernon
Miss Barton
Florence Nightingale
Hurops
Society of the Red Cross
Geneva
Red Cross Society
Julia Ward Howe
Suffrage Association of Massachusetts
International Council
Amanda Deyo
Universal Peace Union
M. Louise Thomas
Sorosis Club
D. G. Croly
Jennie June
Thomas
John L. Sullivan
Miss Anthony
Marella M. Hill
Dover
N. H
Women speakers at a temperance gathering address social roles
Esther L. Warner and colleagues speak on women as farmers educators journalists and doctors at a national temperance meeting. The event features Ada Bowles on women in the ministry and a call for a woman at every station-house to aid unfortunates.
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Amelia Hadley Mohl
Washington, D. C
National Press Association
Matilda B. Carse
Rena A. Michaels
Womans College
Northwestern University
Cora A. Bennson
Li. B
Michigan University
Bryn Mawr College
Martha McLellan Brown
Wesleyan College
Cincinnati
Phoebe Couzins
Missouri
Gossip of the Council at the Woman Suffrage Meeting
The report describes tensions at a suffrage gathering with Dr. Mary Walker seen as a nuisance and Belva Lockwood controversial. It notes Bessie Keefer's Canadian education claim, Anthony's firm leadership, Stanton's 1848 Seneca Falls role, and remarks on Mary Walker's pension and survival.
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Mary Walker
Belva Lockwood
Belva
Bessie Starr Keefer
Toronto
Canada
United States
Phabe Couzins
St. Louis
Anthony
Helen Taylor
John Stuart Mill
Miss Taylor
Atlantic
America
Mrs. Ashton Dilke
Mrs. Dilke
Mrs. Stanton
France
Republic
Congress
Susan B. Anthony
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Seneca Falls
N. Y
Stesolved
Demagnetizing a Watch A Practical Guide
The article explains a method to demagnetize a watch using a compass to map dial polarity. By testing each hour position and waveing a magnet near matching poles, one can neutralize magnetism piece by piece and restore accuracy.
SipNEY WooLLEETT the elocutionist repeats vast poetry claim
The elocutionist SipNEY WooLLEETT asserts he can recite over 300000 verses of poetry, a claim not yet tested by any challenge. His feats are noted in the exchange.
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Sipney Woolleett
Stirring Burt Wears Showy Ornaments Despite War-Whoop Ring
Burt speaks of a fondness for display ornaments while noting he frequently hears the war-whoop in his ears, indicating a mix of showmanship and persistent battlefield recollections.
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Burt
Possible successors for Chief Justice Waite listed by papers
A roundup of candidates named as possible Chief Justice successors includes George Wy. N. Lothrop, Don M. Dickinson, Judge Miller, Judge Field, Ex-Senator Thurman, Ex-Senator McDonald, Senators Turpie Voorhees Morgan and others. Also named are Judge Niblack, Secretary Bayard, Attorney General Garland, Minister Phelps, Secretary Vilas, Judge Doolittle, James G. Jenkins, Speaker Carlisle, Judge Hoadly, Judge Jackson, Senator Morgan, W. S. Groesbeck, Olville W. Fuller, William C. Goudy, Judge Scholfield, and Col. J. Ross Thompson.
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Supreme Court
George WY. N. Lothrop
Michigan
Russia
Don M. Dickinson
Miller
United States Supreme Court
Field
Thurman
Ohio
McDonald
Indiana
Turpie
Voorhees
Chicago
William C. Goudy
Judge Scholfield
Illinois
Col. J. Ross Thompson
Erie
Depews Strength in New York for Presidency
Col Dave Littler visited New York and reports Chauncey Depew as an active strong presidential candidate. He believes the New York delegation will be solid for him with no effort to instruct. The State ticket is Miller for governor and Sloan for lieutenant governor, uniting the party on old lines.
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Depew
New York
Col
Dave Littler
Washington
Chauncey Depew
Littler
Miller
Sloan
Washington Cor
Chicago News
Nervura Nerve Tonic Promoted As Cure All
An advertisement urges readers to buy Dr. Greene's Nervura Nerve Tonic for nervous debility nervousness and a range of ailments claiming it strengthens nerves improves sleep regulates digestion and kidneys and offers free consultation with Dr. Greene at 35 West 14th Street New York with bottles sold at one dollar by all druggists
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Damocles
Greene
Dr. Greene
West 14Th St
New York
Penny Sweeps, War Tactics and a Napoleonic Moment
Miss Clara frets over Bobby swallowing a penny as Featherly offers cautious reassurance. The text shifts to a vignette about hostile forces advancing in battles with varying combinations, a critical moment, and a decisive mental flash determining day’s fortunes, linked to Napoleon I.
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Napoleon I
What Constitutes a Family Medicine
A historical definition praises a reliable Family Medicine adapted to relief and cure of household ailments. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is highlighted for dyspepsia constipation and biliousness and praised for purifying the botanic base and aiding nervous tension kidneys and rheumatism. The piece notes strengthening appetite and overall debility relief and includes a humor line about a dime museum.
Ex Alderman Dishman Returns Home with Progress
Ex Alderman S C Dishman reports five weeks away yielding gratifying results. He notes growing popularity of the Masonic Mutual Benefit Association and praises Hibbard's Rheumatic Syrup and Piasters for Effie's rheumatism relief. The letter, dated Grand Rapids Mich December 24 1887, ends with an advertisement for Rough on Itch ointment.
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Masonic Mutual Benefit Association
Effie
Hibbard
Errie L. Dishman
Third Street
Grand Rapids, Mich
Remedy for consumption offers free bottles to readers
To the Editor a physician promotes a cure for consumption claiming thousands cured and offers to send two bottles free to readers who mail their addresses. The notice also advertises several patent medicines including Rough on Piles and Wells products with prices.
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P. O
Y. A. Slocum
M. C
Pearl St
N. Y
Clergyman Cured of Catarrh by Secret Recipe
A clergyman long afflicted with catarrh finally healed after trying many remedies. He found a prescription that saved him from death and offers to send the recipe free to any seeker who provides a self addressed stamped envelope to Prof J A Lawrence 212 East Ninth street New York.
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J. A. Lawrence
East Ninth Street
New York
Look Young Skin Remedy and Excursion Fare Offer
An advertisement touts Leaurelle Odl for youthful skin and a $1 alabaster complexion product. It also promotes round trip excursion fares to Kansas from eight midwest states on specified April and May dates with contact at Chicago and Ottawa. Lyon's Patent Heel Stiffener claims to restore old boots to new.
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Wells
Jersey City
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Illinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Dakota
Minnesota
Kansas
M. Solemon
South Clark Street
Chicago
J. L Warner
Ottawa
Lyon
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Three Kingdoms
Scatcheri
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Alice Fletcher
Viroqua
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Phoebe W. Couzins
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Vicksburg
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la Fourche
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Desplaines
Friends of the Enterprise
Endicott
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Waite
Clara
Featherly
Bobby
Harper’s Bazar
Joupge
Texas
S. C. Dishman
ES Wells
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