There Are No Women Nowadays They Are All Reformers or Ladies
A satirical essay explores women, dining, and domestic duties in late 19th century America. It contrasts the idea of ladies with modern reformers, argues women should cultivate household skills, and links beauty to proper diet and provisioning. It cites Emerson, Thackeray, and Edison to discuss cuisine, sentiment, and gender roles in dining and home life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bach
Edison
Lucullus
Samuel Ward
Emerson
Rossini
Thackeray
Latin Quarter
Demoicelle
England
America
Hloef
M. Raffaelli
Inventor Proposes Belt Battery Turret for Self Defense
Chicago Tribune reports Taylor Carroll an actor proposes a defensive system for lone pedestrians using a belt worn storage battery and copper wiring to the hands to discharge four batteries as a revolver like turret when threatened. He envisions four point defense front rear or flank and four successive discharges with emergency only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor Carroll
Carroll
Chicago Tribune
Funeral of General Grant Eyes Eight Mile Procession
A dawn to dusk New York funeral procession stretched eight miles along Broadway honoring General Grant. The cortege included the Grant family, staff, cabinet officers, Grand Army posts, Aztec Club veterans, and officials led by President Cleveland and Sec Bayard. Notables from both sides attended, with pallbearers and dignitaries from government and military.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Broadway
Grant
Aztec Club
Cleveland
Bayard
Supreme Court
United States
House
Hill
Carlisle
Randall
Hiscock
Reed
Morrill
Cockrell
Sherman
Ransom
Ingalls
Harris
Joe Johnston
Buelmer
Sheridan
Logan
Wade Hampton
Fitzhugh Lee
Gordon
E. Benjamin Andrews
Scribner’s
Two Games From Round Three of St Petersburg Chess Tourney
William Steinitz reports on two games from the third round in St Petersburg. Giocomo Piano joins as a competitor, adding intrigue to the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Steinitz
St. Petersburg
Marvelous light and its ability to penetrate solids
A London cable reports remarkable progress on a new light linked to Rontgen and Kinpathy. It penetrates aluminium plates briefly, and even books, with a Crookes tube setup, producing a positive plate photograph without lenses. A Revolutionary War daughter joins the Daughters of the Revolution in Lebanon, Conn. Mrs Augustus Avery, age 56, is the youngest daughter of a Revolutionary soldier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rontgen
Profesor Kinpathy
Perth University
Crooke
London Cable
New York Son
Lebanon
Conn
Willimantic
Daughters of the Revolution
Augustus Avery
Poet Laureate Sparks Praise for Austin and Gilder
Cholly Knickerbocker in the New York Recorder lauds England's new poet laureate Mr Austin and Richard Watson Gilder, Cleveland's poet laureate, noting their verse elevates the United States and mocks hair as a sign of character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Austin
England
Richard Watson Gilder
Cleveland
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Frank Leslie
Ocla- Co
American Press
MR. Gcarrolus
General Grant
Bowery
New York Sun
St. Louis Republic
George Eliot
Black
Pillsbury
S S
White
Steinitz
Giuoco Piano
Tschigorin
Freese & Ranke
Chemists
Calhoun Street
Fort Wayne
Rescue Medicine CO
Fort Wayne, Ind
the Globe
M. L. Jones
Naptha
Home Telephone Company
the Home Telephone & Telegram
Maumee Avenue
Calhoun and
Wayne Streets
Calhoun St
Gene. C. Stemen
M. D
Tailors
Bey Sie
Tri-State Building
Isc Arcade
White National Bank
PRA Bank Este
Sopular Monthly
Rrost
Mr. E- Burns
East Berry Street
Ind
Popular Monthly
Fevenine Post
Evenine Post
N.Y
Mustratea
W.A. Meyer
Broadway and
Jefferson Sts
EX. Klein
Inpurier
East Washington ST
Bradley &Son
East
Wayne St
C. B. Fitch
Reliable Companies
Bass Block
Fort Wayne Stern
West Main Street
Phillips
Telephone
Alfred Grindle
Bass
A. Hattersley & Sons
E. Main ST
Matinalis
Mary A. Whery
Madison St
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