Women’s World notes on reform and notable women
Dr Lena Beach appointed sanitary inspector at Cherokee State Hospital. Mary E Tucker selected for similar post. Mary Desbat earns Montyon prize and funds an asylum near Lyons. Jeanne Schneider funds blind children home. Chicago women open clubhouses Sundays for relaxation and talks. Miss Susan B Anthony plans to move woman question works to Congressional Library. California club women push for children’s court. Vinnie Ream Hoxie commissions a life statue of Ezra Cornell at Cornell University. Wyoming recognizes Woman’s Hospital Aid Society. jail and asylum visits discussed. Massachusetts adopts equal custody and double-headed household concept.
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Mary Desbat
French Academy
Lyons
Jeanne Schneider
Vinnie Ream Hoxie
St. Paul
Cornell University
Ezra Cornell
Mre Hoxie
Hoxie
Miss Ream
Lincoln
National Capitol
Laramie County
Wyoming
Woman’s Hospital Aid Society
Weomen’s
Farm Implements and Dairy Education Prominent at Illinois Meeting
A new farm implement for corn care and soil improvement drew attention at a dairy and butter makers convention held at the University of Illinois. An editorial favors teaching homemaking in common schools to improve household management and financial sense among country women and families.
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University of Illinois
Cattle Die From Argot Disease Investigated Near Freeport
State Veterinarian C P Lovejoy of Princeton examined cattle on Carl Wolf’s Harlem township farm near Freeport. He found 16 to 20 head in poor shape and advised killing 10 to 12 of the worst to end their suffering. The disease, linked to smut in wild barley hay, is not contagious and may have been caused by late season overflows and delayed cutting.
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C. P. Lovejoy
Princeton
Freeport
Carl Wolf
Harlem Township
Lovejoy
Wolfs
Becker
Swingley
Molf
Govejoy
Interurban Line Adds Twenty Dollars Per Acre to Farms
A. J. Lovejoy of Roscoe Illinois states the Rockford Belott and Janesville interurban line greatly enhances farm value and quality of life. He notes land along the route increased by twenty dollars per acre and compares city access with rural benefits including telephone service and delivery, declaring the electric car a necessity.
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A. J. Lovejoy
Roscoe
Rockford Register-Gazette
Rockford, Belott & Janesville
Roosevelt letter on race and family values provokes debate
President Roosevelt writes to Mrs Van Vorst praising her article The Woman Who Toils and warning that race life and national future depend on strong family bonds. He urges men to father children and women to be good wives and mothers, calling neglect of marriage a crime against the race.
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Mascachueetta
Old Bay State
Roosevelt
Mra John'Van Vorst
Misa Maria van ‘Vorst
Messrs Doubleday, Page &Co
Mia Vapo
United States
White House
Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Women and Jewels and Health in Newspaper Ad
An advertisement extols women’s love of jewels and health, urging use of Dr Bouche German Syrup to prevent or treat coughs colds and bronchial trouble. It claims the syrup helps early consumption and lung healing and notes availability at Dr Powell's city drug store for 25c or 76c.
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Sven
Dr King’s New Discovery Praised by Walton Patient
Melbourne Florida man H Hagegina credits Dr King’s New Discovery for a recovery from consumption after being told to prepare for death. The free trial offer and 60 cent to 1 dollar bottles are advertised by Powell’s drug store as a guaranteed remedy for lung diseases.
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H.hagegina
Melbourne
Flin
Cing
King
Powell’s Drug Store
Speak Well of Others and Mind Your Own Business
A local essay urges wise living focusing on self restraint and kindness over petty bragging. It notes you cannot climb by knocking others and suggests speaking well of people and pursuing right actions. The piece promotes Cham berlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets and signs off with a travel note from Enid Oklahoma.
County officials urge removal of Illinois River locks and dams
The Bloomingon meeting of supervisors and county clerks passed a resolution calling for the removal of all locks and dams on the Illinois River. The text questions how many of the officials live near the river and would be affected or know about the dams.
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Bloomington
Illinois River
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