Pioneer Woman Physician Honored For Fifty Years Of Practice
A Philadelphia physician Dr Hannah W Longshore celebrated her eighty second birthday marking a half century of medical practice in the city. A graduate of the Woman's Medical College she was among Philadelphia's early women doctors. The article notes women's advancing roles and includes other society snippets on fashion, etiquette and a nurse training in Saxony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannah W. Longshore
Philiatphia
Woman's Medical College
Philadelphia
Woman's Journal
Europe
Frederick Augusta of
Saxony
Tuscany
Lutheran Hospital
Dresden
London
Hlvira Miller
Louisville and St. Louis
Mia. J. P. Ford
Manchester
Syracuse
Women gain rights and inventions dominate fashion notes
A survey of notable women in science and industry across the era highlights Mrs. Weber in South Germany pushing for female privileges, Corinne Dufour’s electric carpet sweeper, Belle McKinnon’s leadership at a Little Falls plant, and Miss Hviria Miller’s new passenger role. Fashion detail follows with footwear, jewelry, gowns, veils, and accessories emphasizing elegance and practicality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Svaslpe
Mathilde Weber
Tubingen
South Germany
Bissell
Grand Rapids
Mich
N4c Mme
Bottard
Burse de Paris
Salpetriere
United States
John Kidder
Nevada County
California
Colfex
Nevada City
Corinne Dufour
Savannah
Belle McKinnon
Little Falls
N.Y
Sammy Finds Courage To Seek Judge’s Help In Love For Lapham
Seventeen year old Sammy pleads with Judge Saunders to assist Mrs. Lapham, an invalid widow, by saving her cherished apple tree view from his meadow. The judge grants a chance for Sammy to rise, offering a path to employment and a new future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sammy
Hiram Lane
Moorby
Hiram
Uncle Hiram
Mr. Sargent
Mr. Lane
Mr. Lay
Sam
Lapham House
Tara
Chance
Boston
Mother
Mrs. Lapham
John Roberts
Mr. Lapham
Dammy
In Hoy
Roberts
Jarim
Lapham
Crab tongs and their use in the Fulton market scene
In the Fulton market a crab dealer explains how buyers choose crabs and how he protects fingers with improvised crab tongs fashioned from wood and fishing line. The piece notes crabs’ reactions, the risk of pinching, and a witty aside about a market woman selecting a crab as others observe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulton Market
South Street
New York Tribune
Humorous exchanges on life and luck by guests and locals
A collage of quips and exchanged lines from a social gathering or panel show. Jokes cover marriage, dentistry, twins, fortunes, and everyday foibles. A waiter, a mistress, a police kitchen scene, and a railway job applicant supply a comic mosaic of era humor and wordplay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blobbs
Bigbrain
Cutter
Nora
Sue
Pauline
Belle
Jack
Through Germanys Gardens and Fields of Patchwork Land
A vivid, period tone compares North German fields to a patchwork bed quilt with small plots, windmills on the horizon, dense populations, and a view of farming. It notes no land lies unused, with oxen and cows as main beasts of burden and government orchards supplying fruit to peasants. The piece ends with a social anecdote about a Washington woman criticising a young couple’s spending on furnishings over food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North
Germany
Connecticut Avenue
Washington
Washington Star
Luminous Nasturtiums and Other Curiosities From Old Papers
A column cites early reports on flowers that emit light, highlighting luminous nasturtiums and the glow from corollas like sunflowers and dahlias. It recounts anecdotes in Golden Gate Park and notes expert claims of electrical origin. Also covered are swimming pheasants, a hoodoo bird with a bell, an armor gift to a king, and details about the White Star liner Celtic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piatron
Linneans
New York Herald
A. Frederick Collins
Golden Gate Park
San Francisco
Lloyd Morgan
London Chronicle
Boone County
White Star
Celtic
Also Mentioned on This Page
Libbey’s
WH. Schweigert & Co., Jewelers
Broad
Augusta, Ga
Kansas State Association of Undertakers
Ely
England
Harpers Basar
By Euitassia L. Gavin
Ang
Tippecanoe
Pointer
Philoeiphis Press
Uncle Sam
New Zealand
Tutuila Naval Guard
Luminous Nastultiums
Haggern
Duke of Marlborough
George I
Dymoke
Christopher Hatton
Jacobi
Elizabeth
Mercury
Bond Street
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