Poems by Carmen Sylva in Thanksgiving edition of The Independent
The Thanksgiving issue features 17 poems by Carmen Sylva, queen of Roumania, each poem sung by a different laborer such as a carpenter or clockmaker. The item notes other social topics including women’s dress reforms, working women in London, and women’s roles in management and culture with several brief anecdotes about notable women and their activities.
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Remarkable Older Student and Nightmarish Equalities
A 60 year old farm woman graduates from Chautauqua University after 14 years of study and earns 10 diploma seals. An unnamed Chicago undertaker and Mrs Marsh in New York run embalming operations, with Marsh personally handling cases. Dover area notes critique court penalties for women versus men and calls for reform. Miss Louisa May Alcott counsels girls to seek health, education, prudent friendships, and independence for women while urging high standards and lifelong learning.
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Mis Ideal Girl Arkansaw Traveler
A fragment describes an ideal girl who appears rare yet exists with a modest girlish charm. She captivates with bright wit and affectionate sympathy, evolving from playful conversation to steadfast support in sorrowful times.
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Arkansaw Traveler
Youths Column Promotes Home Breeding and Gentle Upbringing
The piece argues that boys and girls succeed in life through a home atmosphere of gentleness and kindness. It urges parents to model refined manners and thoughtful speech, claiming true breeding begins at home and surpasses finishing schools or foreign travel.
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Don’t Be Mean Boys In A World Of Suffering
A voiced admonition urges boys to avoid mean acts and cruelty. The speaker reflects on self rejection at night, the harm caused to neighbors, and the weight of one mean act amid widespread suffering, urging endurance of injustice rather than committing cruelty.
Do You Smoke Cigarettes Made From Street Stumps
A New York Mail and Express reporter visits a back room behind a cigar store where dirty street tobacco stumps are collected from a girl with a pail. Boys rub and dry the stumps before shredding and rolling them into cigarettes sold by several manufacturers.
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Mary Ann's Turn at the Rural Church Service
A rural church tale describes a florid choir performance that exceeds the singers’ abilities. The pastor signals the stop to let Mary Ann, noted for her red feather, take the rest, highlighting simple relations between pastor and congregation.
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Mary Anna
Mary Ann
Harper's Wee Weekly
Log Cabin Remedies Promote Natural Health Reform
A critique of modern medicine favors nature and old time remedies. Warner's Log Cabin Remedies offers vegetable formulas like Log Cabin Sarsaparilla and Hops and Buchu Remedy, claiming simple cures from past practices without drugs.
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Traveling salesman for yeast house in Peoria Illinois
L. H. Farr of Roberts township is now a traveling salesman for a wholesale yeast house based in Peoria Illinois. In emergencies from cold croup or asthma a bottle of Ayers Cherry Pectoral is recommended as a reliable remedy.
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