Dr Mary Walker Seeks Pension and New Ventures
The article profiles Dr Mary Walker seeking a pension for distinguished Civil War service and planning a hospital for consumptives with funds from her pension. It notes her invention of a lock and her ambition to attract capitalists for manufacturing, while describing her fashion and public curiosity during a Mississippi steamer journey as a noted New Woman of her era.
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Mary ‘Walkér
Washington
Bhendars
Albert
Goldig
Gongress
Dia
Walker
Gage
Death's
Tribune
Wah
Mary Walker
The Rise of Women’s Clubs in Society
The era of the club idea elevates women through outside societies like the Daughters of the Revolution and Colonial Dames. These clubs offer wholesome, nondomestic influence, fostering open discussion, broadening standards, and supporting charitable, healthy mental and moral outlooks for women's public life.
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Gox
Daughters
Somersault Cure Promises New Figure Hope
A Swedish woman in Chicago promotes a somersault based fitness regime as a figure improving cure. She claims patients respond to patience and logic and notes gains even as one ages. She says the method boosts energy and reduces a girdled figure, contrasting with other cures.
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Germany
America
Chicago
Pablic Ledger
Woman'’s Journal
Empress Freederick of Germany Visits Victoria in Royal Dinner
The Empress Frederick of Germany visits her mother Queen Victoria and hosts an elaborate 66th birthday dinner. She is praised as a leading scholar among European royal women. The Needlework Guild of America holds its 12th annual meeting in Philadelphia on January 28 with notable representatives. Queen Victoria plans to dictate and revise her biography for a 1907 publication.
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Frederick
Germany
Queen Victoria
Europe
The
Needlework ‘Guild of America
Levi P. Morton
Victorie
Editorial on farming life and sorghum culture in Mt Palatine
A column from Mt Palatine discusses rural values, gate quality on farms, and social life for families. It reports H K Smith of Mt Palatine presenting a paper on Sorghum Syrup and Culture at the Woodford County Farmers Institute in Eureka, noting profitable sorghum yields and fodder value. It also covers the Groat anti-oleo bill and warns against peddlers and swindlers targeting farmers.
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H. K. Smith
Mt Palatine
Woodford Co. Farmers’ Institute
Eureka
Smith
Farm work builds character and Oregon colony growth cited
A rural essay praises hard farm labor shaping boys while recounting visits by E Barsman to Putnam County Institute. It notes Magnolia township telephone ties and premiums for youth recitations. The piece previews Oregon Willamette colony plans centered on McCoy with settlers, wheat profits, and a Sears party leaving Chicago Feb 27. It also criticizes a proposed 3 million tax hike by the Chicago Drainage Board and urges restraint against unnecessary levies.
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Oregon
Illinois
Willamette Valley
McCoy
Portland
Chicago
Villa
Mette Valley
Emeet Parrui
Bloomington
Paotographaays
Hay
Chicago Drainage Board
Eckhart
Kilmer Swamp Root advertised kidney remedy and offers
An adverse period advertisement extols Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root for kidneys liver and urinary issues. It claims relief from pain, incontinence and nighttime urination, and offers free sample bottle and pamphlet by mail. It also lists subscription deals for The Henry Republican and other papers and invites readers to submit notices of social events for publication.
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Reese
Mi-health
Legion
Bierce
Bre
Aol
Gibbs
Russellville
Logan Co, Wy
Muphe
Association
Buffalo
N. Y
Kilmer
Henry Republican
Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. C
Farmer City reader endorses Dr i's Syrup Pepsie for all
A Farmer City correspondent praises Dr i's Syrup Pepsie as an excellent medicine used by the whole family including a six month old baby. The note mentions available sizes 100, 500 and 1.00 with photograph envelopes for sale at the office.
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Farmer City
Atloe
Republican
Henry
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