Women’s World highlights women’s education and leadership
A roundup notes Ella Wheeler Wilcox Jr writing her first novel, women editors in Georgia, and the rise of women in education and public life. It cites Mary Wolf’s election as county school superintendent in Marshall county Dakota, Myra Peterson as the first woman mail contractor, and Bishop Stevens affirming women’s vestry eligibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Wheeler Wilcox Jr
Mary Wolf
Keithsburg
Marshall County
Dakota
United States
Myra Peterson
Courson’s Grove
Kansas
Delphos
Stevens
Mra
M. C. H. Baker
Vinnie Graff
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
Chadd’s Ford
Delaware County
Episcopal Church
England
Progressive Euchre Sets Example for Christian Gamblers
A reader questions how players who identify as Christians engage in Progressive Euchre and whether the game encourages gambling behavior, suggesting players reconsider the ethical implications of their pastime.
Christians and gambling in card games considered
A reader warns Christians about poker and progressive euchre arguing that betting in games can lead to gambling and moral decline. The letter questions teaching children to play cards and the risk of converting leisure into vice, urging conscience and propriety.
Missionary Letters Describe Life in Chung King China
A private letter from Mrs Kate Crews in Chung King details daily routines of medical mission work in Sze Chuen. She describes language study, patient care at the dispensary, teaching duties, partition wall construction, and conditions for women in China including foot binding and social roles. She notes its slow language progress, and the long hours of work with little leisure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Chung King
Sze Chuen
Kate Crews
Bloomington
Henry High School
Gertrude Beggs
America
George
Geo
Wren
Mr Wren
Iind
Finamahit
Missionary Reflections on Chung King Women and Life
A missionary writes of Chung King women and social customs. She notes dress at feasts, pipe smoking, wine consumption, and elaborate meals. Many women consult the local doctor, while efforts to spread gospel face cultural barriers and severe infant abandonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanyo
Chung King
Tan
Suan
We Carry a Large Stock of Bicycles and Accessories
The advertisement announces exclusive agencies for Columbia bicycles including the New Pattern machine with nickel enamel bearings at 125 dollars, the New Style Light Roadster Victor bicycle, and the Facile Safety model for elderly riders. It also lists the American Challenge and Deal high quality machines, Otto bicycles from 16 to 50 inches, boy and girl tricycles, velocipedes, and a broad range of bicycle sundries. Installment plans and trade-ins are offered to fit terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayvei
Agen
Columbia
Victor
Tdeal
Otto
Callio
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W.eis
Sorgan Cn!ly
Piaa
Fon Hgud
Patt Genpty
Zianoe
Ciia
Atoek
Tore Y
Etresaes
Edwards
Henry, Ill
Second Street
Menry, Til
Hagan
Seinig
Republican
Clara A. Stepiens
Miss Mary
E. Thompson
Pocahontas County
Iowa
Ella J.dortch
Cainesville
Reg Ister
Georgia
Mississippi University
Misses Booth
California
Laura J. Tisdale
School of Oratory and Dramatic Art
Chicago College of Muusic
Barrett H. van Auken
Commodore Garrison
Court of Claims
Anna Ella Carroll
Tennessee
Ja Ost
Evanston University
Woman's College
Paris
George Eliot
Illinois
Kentucky
Woman's—Journal
Louisa M. Alcott
Ayer
E. L. Thomas
Framingham
Mass
W. P. Hannah
Gormley P. D
York Go
Ont
W. D. Moore
Elgin
Ayers
Ayer’s
Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co
Lowell, Mas
Chicago & Alton
E.R
Beiwexk
Louis
Noother
Palace
Orks Ohi
Neale
Istorii
Ull
Ues
Paskell House
Grand Army
Piper Meidsick
Henry
Junne
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