Oberlin girls study hard and keep in good health
A jumble of social notes and anecdotes from early 20th century life includes Oberlin College girls focused on study and health, along with various remarks on women in society. Mentions Mile Ages in London, church singer bans, a reform-minded Oregon school ma'am, Lansing temperance signals, and church benefactor Miss McHenry fundraising for homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin College
Rachel
Mile Ages
London
Westminster
Engand
Oregon
Ma'am
Lansing
Mich
Miss McHenry
St Steven’s Church
Philadelphia
Earl of Shaftsbury
K. G
Laystall Street
England
Eden M. Toule
Sing Sing
N. Y
How Different Nations Drink Beer
A humorous survey of national drinking styles describing the English, French, Yankee, Irish, Polish, Spaniard, German and Swiss habits. It humorously notes the English stand and watch the bottom, the French sit and sip with exclamations, and the German linger with pretzels while paying with a large beer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Express
Jim
Powerful in Sing Sing and other prison tales
The article recounts Stokes at Sing Sing paying $50 weekly for hotel meals, with rising board costs and his refusal to work, plus a look at prison life and corruption. It also covers a drinking warning anecdote, a Manchester death linked to a needle in the chest, and brief notes on long comet tails and a fatal farming accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Looney
Sing Sing
Stokes
Hotel du Sing Sing
Conners
Teather
Asias
Walter Greenwood
Manchester
England
Ife
Liv
Donati
Issgyth
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rosa Boxneur
Cuartorre Cusiuman
Newport College
Lac Qui Parle
Minn
Sacramento
Young Ladies of the Collegiate Institute
Poughkeepsie
Treasury
Galusha
Missouri
Saratoga
Lucy Hooper
Mme. McMahon
France
Shaas
Miami Valley
Peter Utz & CO
Second Street
Basin
Hamilton, Ohio
Chas E. Durst
Burbank Bros
Patent Agency
C. M. Peck
H. P. Peck
Becks
Bruce
Hawi
Tex
N.W
Hamilton
Ian
Huber
P. H. Gilbert & Co
Undertakers
North Side High Street
Third and Railroad
Hamilton, Co
MO. L.walker
Gro. H. Phillips
Walker & Phillips
N. E. Cor
Mamilton, Ohio
Charles Richter
Second St
Bet
Hamilton, Omio
Joseph Long
B.H. Holbreek
Hamilton, O
B. H. Wellinghoff & CO
Cor
High St. and C
HW. & D. Railroad
Manistor, P
M. A. Tron
Mitubnery
Anp
Toheesi
Bok
Darke
Finn
Bill Heads
Alleghanies
J. H. Long
Examiner
Cheap Cash Store
A. Winter
Adam Snyder
Main Street
West
Greatley
Levy & Son
Basin Streets
Velises &c
Jacob Maas
Merchant Tailors
Third St
J.R. Brown, M. D
Front Street
First Ward
Hasartros
Opera House
Horaxp Corp Balls
H. Beardsley
Igh Street
A&w. Frechtling
Cottonades
China
Glass and Queensware
HAW. Frechtlug & CO
Hamitten
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