Birth stones list for women from American Queen
The Natal Stones page lists birthstones by month with alternatives for each month. January garnet, February amethyst or pearl, March jasper or amethyst or hyacinth, April sapphire or diamond, May agate, June emerald or cat's eye or turquoise, July onyx, September chrysolite or sapphire and diamond, October opal or sapphire, November topaz or pearl, December ruby or bloodstone. Wearers used as pins rings or charms to bring health and prosperity and guard from harm.
Homes for Unmarried Women and Danish English Teacher
Sweden and Norway boast homes for unmarried women endowed by a founder who left most of his fortune to spinster descendants. A Danish celibacy insurer pays life annuities to unmarried women at 40, with forfeiture on marriage. Queen Alexandra praises Miss Miles Knudsen, famed English teacher to royalty.
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Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Queen Alexandra
Alexandria
Miles Mathilde Knudsen
Christian
St. Croix
Miss Knudsen
Russia
Duchess of Cumberland
Prince Valdemar
Copenhagen
Amalienborg
England
Queen Victoria
Summer Girl's Footwear and Stocking Trends of 1901
The article notes the 1901 summer fashion favoring tan and black shoes, with tan preferred for most wear and black shoes valued only for shape and fit. It describes stockings with clocking and embroidery, including tall plain yellow clocks and embroidered daisies, and states colored stockings will be reserved for house wear.
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Song
New Styles in Weddings in London Fashion Recap
Lady Violet Greyville writes on wedding dress trends in the London Graphic. The Duchess of Westminster wears an empire gown of white net with silver embroidery and lace, praised for its beauty and theatrical effect. Lady Beatrice Butler favors ivory satin with chiffon Brussels lace and white violets. Mme Deschanel, wife of the French president, marries in white satin with an immense train and orange blossoms, sans jewels.
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Violet Greyville
London Graphic
Duchess of Westminster
Beatrice Butler
Marlee
Mme. Deschanel
Why Women Fail in Business Question Sparks Agency View
A London women’s employment bureau secretary says training is the main obstacle. She reviewed about 250 women seeking work and found nearly 100 labeled as lacking training, with about 50 more hindered by deficient situational factors, illustrating why women fail in business.
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London
Women in Business Advices Women Should Start Small
A Chicago Herald article argues that lack of training and education undercuts women seeking clerical or nursery roles and warns against rushing to run large enterprises. It urges learning from the bottom up, valuing practical education for commerce, and notes that modest dowries or maternal support can boost a woman’s prospects in manufacturing and business.
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Chicago
Re Orl Herald
Novelties in Spring Collarettes from Paris to New York
The article describes spring collarettes with varied ends and fastenings, including pile mauve silk and quilled white tails, large Tudor red tulles, and silver enameled boas. It notes ostrich feather styles fading, updated with artificial flowers and lace, and mentions silver rose boas with rhinestones. Prices and exact origins span Paris and New York fashion circles.
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Tulle
Paris
New York Sun
Fashion notes on summer dress and hatpins trends
Fashion items highlight novelty hatpins with cherry and strawberry heads, boleros for fools and velvet gowns, and summer fabrics like titas tammy foulard Gro linen and silk blends. Trends include striped patterns, embroidered brocades, chameleon tinted silks, metallic velvets, and medallion or clipper openwork motifs. Buttoning fashions for dresses extend to backs, deemed practical for slim, supple women.
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Nesloo
Titas
Tammy
Foulard
Sumner
Picnic Day in the Woods Poem Excerpt
A children’s verse from the Chicago Record-Herald invites readers to a carefree picnic in dreamy woods. It recalls eating, drinking, and playing while robins sing, then sadness as the days end and old friends move on.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Loyal Little American
A voyage home story features a ten year old boy who, while aboard a steamship nearing New York, proclaims America his home and expresses patriotism. He had spent six months in Europe including schooling in Sweden, and despite travel, he insists that America is the best country in the world.
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New York
St. Paul
Minn
America
Columbus
Europe
Sweden
Presbyterian
Faster Than the Wind Paradoxes in Sailing Speed
In a Philadelphia Record piece a physicist explains how a sailing vessel can beat the wind by moving at an angle. A billiard-table analogy shows a ball traveling diagonally across a groove can cover more distance in the same time as the cue, illustrating how a ship can move faster than the wind that propels it.
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Philadelphia
Queer Meals in War Time During Paris Siege 1870
During the five month siege of Paris in 1870 residents improvised food from window gardens and gelatin from bones. Prices soared for horses dogs cats and even zoo animals as a debate arose over cooking versatility. An Englishman and French officer clashed over what could be made savory from any saucepans contents.
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Paris
Academy
Ques
Ants and a French chef reveal kitchen trickery and curiosity
A comic tale recounts a French officer deceiving an English guest with a feast built on rat stew horse marrow butter cat roast and mouse larks. Two days later the secrets are revealed. The article then highlights ant watching by Sir John Lubbock and others describing ant language color vision violet light and social behavior including a 700 foot trek carrying items and meetings that seem like talks.
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Joseph
John Lubbock
Wasmaun
New York Tribune
Dandy in Whitehaven Assembly Rooms 1770
A macaroni appeared in Whitehaven assembly rooms wearing a mixed silk coat pink satin waistcoat and breeches covered with silk net white silk stockings pink clocks pink satin shoes and pearl buttons. His hair was high and adorned with many pearl pins.
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Whitehaven
Life Worth Living Missing Time for Deep Debate
A Washington Star poem ponders whether life is worth living amid everyday distractions. The speaker voices doubt about solemn meaning, noting that pleasant spring scenes and nature’s awakenings distract from heavy reflections. The verse expresses ambivalence and a casual, reflective mood.
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Washington Star
Humorous exchanges and wordplay mingle in old jokes
A collection of old quips and banter featuring characters Nell Belle Wigg Scribbler Scrawl er Biggs Diggs Hoax Jack Jill and others. The jokes touch on age romance work and miscommunication with light barbs about honesty wealth and wit.
Education of the Princess Victoria at Kensington Palace
The British parliament granted an extra 10000 pounds yearly for Princess Victoria’s education after the regency bill. Her governess Fraulein Lehzen, the Duchess of Northumberland for etiquette, and notable tutors and instructors shaped her. The 1885 confirmation by archbishop and bishops, royal attendance, and the 1887 legal majority marked major milestones before her final court appearance.
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Victoria
Fraulein Lehzen
Kensington
Feodore
Charlotte Florentia (Clive
Duchess of Northumberland
Earl of
Powis
Lablache
Mme. Bourdin
Bernard Sale
Richard Westall
R. A
George Davys
Peterborough
Canterbury
London
William IV
Adelaide
Duchess of Kent
Duches
Saxe-Weimar
Duke of Coburg
Ernest
Albert
Prince Consort
Kensington Palace
Child christened with long state name in North Carolina
A North Carolina encounter quotes a bright girl named Virginia Alabama Mississippi Benson. Her parents say the unusual name was chosen so they would remember the states they have lived in, making the child a family record.
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North Carolina
Virginia
Alabama
Mississippi
Benson
Washington
Chicago Record-Herald
Saddle backed pie sheep found in Alaska
A new animal in Alaska is described as the saddle backed or pie sheep with a snow white head neck and breast and brownish gray body. The article notes high altitude water boils at lower temperatures affecting cooking and tea or coffee preparation. It mentions a submarine arc light trial for sponge fisheries off Florida and reports from Dr Sven Hedin on Central Asia discoveries including the Tarim River as the largest in eastern Asia. Light from Jupiter’s moons travels at the same speed as from gas lamps, and the sun’s apparent size varies with position, tied to atmospheric path and observer geometry.
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Alaska
Florida
Sven Hedin
Central Asia
Tarim
Turkestan
Asia
Jupiter
London
Huggins
Lock ¥Er
Queen Elizabeth
M. Reimann
Toads as Medicine in Historical Quackery Claims
Ainslee's magazine excerpt quotes Harvey Sutherland recounting toads' medicinal reputation. It cites Luther and Adrian on toads drawing out poisons, dried toads worn for health, and a boy treated with tied frogs, noting these tales as curiosities of old time medicine.
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Martin Luther
Adrian
Harvey Sutherland
Ainslee
Climate and Consumption Dr Lannelongue experiments
Dr Lannelongue reports experiments testing climate effects on tuberculosis using guinea pigs injected with human TB and placed at three locations Paris seashore and inland. Lab animals resisted disease longest. travel and new surroundings may worsen the illness. Also notes rattlesnake bite versus 2509 mosquito bites in poisonousness.
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Lannelongue
French Academy
Paris
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Nell
Belle
Longwind
Scott
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Penpush
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