Worldwide Women's Movements and Local News Highlights
In San Francisco a missionary society of married Chinese Christian women meets monthly to support a Bible woman in their land. Peoria W C T A hosts gospel temperance meetings with state evangelist Mrs Louise Rounds. Miss Della Harrington now runs stamping and fancy work with Miss Trowbridge in Peoria after leading Clarke & Co’s fancy-work department. Elizabeth Reynolds is Lafayette Indiana’s largest taxpayer, paying on 236000 personal property yet lacks a voice in taxation. Miss Lelia J Robinson, Boston lawyer, wins a notable territory case defending Chinese laborers as the first female lawyer in the Ah Mon case. Mary Clement Leavitt arrives in Honolulu to advance YWCA and union work, forming a W O T U chapter and prompting hopes for broader female organization across islands.
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San Francisco
Missionary Society
Della Harrington
Henry High School
Lafayette
Indiana
Elizabeth Reynolds
Lelia J. Robinson
Boston
Pacific Coast
Ah Mon
United States
Miss Robinson
Hanford
Woman’s Journal
Mary Clement Leavitt
Honolulu
Y. M
Union
Dr Whitney
Miss Willard
Leavitt
Woman as core of home and reform across society
A religious meditation asserts that women's influence shapes home life and society from college to government. It argues Christian womanhood refines culture, politics, and civilization, claiming men need companionship, and gospel civilization proves women’s essential role.
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Marah
Willard Quotation on Home Respect and Companionship
A fragment quotes Frances E. Willard stating that jubilation is in exact proportion to a violation from the home of woman's companionship. The line reflects early feminist sentiment on rights and respect within domestic life.
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Joration
Frances E. Willard
Nes
Improvisatrice Corilla Olympica Crowned at Rome Ceremony
Maria Madelin s rentinas Corilla Olympica, born 1740 at Platoca, gained early marks of genius and Italian improvisation talent. She was crowned under Pius VI after Rome’s Arcadian Academy selected examiners, including clergy and nobles, to judge the new edition of the Tenth Muse with extensive poetical trials.
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Maria Madelin
Italy
Maria Theresa
Vienna
Rome
Academy of the Arcadi
Corilla Olympica
Pius VI
Petarch
Arcadian Academy
Abati
Avocati
George III
Duke of Gloucester
Art Needlework Increased Interest in High Art Styles
A New York Mail and Express interview with a lady artist describes the revival of etching like needlework. She cites satin and plush fabrics, new backgrounds Battis transparent canvas and Chinese cloth, and notes the Kensington outline stitch and Rococo ribbon embroidery as popular methods.
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the Mail and Express
Battis
Kensington
Fabric Ribbon Flowers and Embroidery Techniques
The piece describes crafting artificial flowers from ribbon and embroidery floss, naming wild rose forget me not and clematis among the favorites. It outlines step by step methods to form petals with plaits, center fills with French knots, and stamens, plus notes on shading and designs.
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Sarah
A Sermon for Business Men on Sharp Advertising
A merchant urges specificity in ads to attract buyers and keep campaigns fresh. He contrasts dull generic notices with targeted weekly lines and advocates changing departments to promote full stock. The piece notes advertising frauds and praises The Agents Herald for exposing scams and saving readers money.
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New York City
Sunday Herald
Agents Herald
Philadelphia
Sum Smith
Electric Bitters endorsed by customers in Girard
Mr T W Atkins of Girard Kan writes that Electric Bitters give entire satisfaction and rapid relief. The medicine is praised as pure and best for kidney and liver complaints purifying blood and regulating bowels. Sold for fifty cents a bottle by Dr Powell.
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Momay’s
Peoria W. C.T. A
Louise
The
New York Mail and Express
M. A. Coman & CO
E. Madison Street
Cheago, Ill
Geo. Ball
Alpo
Geo
Ball
Edwards
Henry
Ill
Bauer & Tretzger
Peoria
Severance
Watchmaker
Bite
McCoy
Baska
J. F. Gates’s
DE Ross
Adame Street
M. Stevens
Hanry Milling CO
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