Women Achieve Milestones at 19th Century Commitments
At Toronto University five women earned Bachelor of Arts. Notable moves include Mrs E. A. Connor joining the New York World staff and Mrs Mary B. Willard taking a yearlong health-related vacation from Union Signal. Vancouver women celebrate suffrage on July 4. Ohio upholds husband's ownership of his wife’s clothes. May King Kin Yamei earns an American medical degree as a Chinese woman. Michigan’s 1870 classical entry and 1884-85 enrollment show growth in women’s higher education. WCTU officials advocate health standards, hymn compilation proceeds, and Indiana WCTU supports prohibition within a political framework.
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Kin Yamei
May King
Woman’s Medical College of the
New York Infirmary
America
One Thing She Forgot
A prominent society woman known for keeping a knot in her pocket handkerchief drops it during a flirtation. Her hostess pulls her aside and she realizes with the knot that she has a husband. The tale endures as a reminder of marital ties in diplomatic circles.
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Washington Post
Let the Women Vote Say Princeton News
The Princeton News argues that women voters will improve legislation and public morals. It calls for equality, condemns liquor effects on families, and urges women to exercise political power to reform schools, temperance, and government.
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Princeton News
Health of College Graduates Shows Gains in College Years
A study based on 705 women graduates reports 272 excellent and 277 good health, 78 percent in good or excellent health, with health improving during college. Data compare favorably with Jacobi findings and note fewer marriages but stable, rarely divorced unions. The children of graduates show generally good health and low death rates.
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Association of Collegiate Alumne
Wellesley
Miss Freeman
Miss Howes of
Vagsar
Massachusetts Labor Bureau
Mary Putnam Jacobi
Alice Stone Blackwell
Woman's Journal
Rural decline: urging water works and factories
The writer argues an old town loses enterprise as it ages and warns the city to foster new industries and water works to sustain growth. He notes dependence on agriculture narrows opportunities and threatens population decline, urging manufacturing development now.
Malaria Cure Ad Targeting Rural Boarding House
A rural boarding house exchange asks if malaria is available for a family with a landslady replying they have none now but will get it if asked. The piece endorses Brown's Iron Bitters as a malaria remedy citing Mrs McDonald of New Haven who recovered after six years.
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8. R. McDonald
New Haven
Conn
Brown
Court Houser Matters and Local Notices Displayed
Court records show estate reports approved for Wash ng Ore and Robert Beaton, Barah M Davis, and minor Geo D Mayes with guardianships and administrations. Real estate transfers, births, marriages, and licenses to marry listed for multiple towns. a Times-Democrat reporter cites Saint Jacob Oil sales exceeding 1.2 million bottles locally in two years.
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Wash Ng Ore
Robert Beaton
Barah M Davis
Geo D Mayes
Guardian
Sophia Frickey
Aseustito
Bion
Zon Slegund
Acer Senewa Ae
Joseph
DaChesne
Sue Owen
Busan
Wong
Hopewell
Rue Owen
Susan M Owen
Wis
Richland
Lewis Linebarger
Henry
Jane
Milton Bayne
Jax J Dunne
Wenona
Ninian M Laws
Susanne Larkins
Ldt
Lacon
Samuel OC
Samuel D Baxendale
Sw Let
Bern
New Orleans
Times-Democrat
Marshall county men in West lead: Johnson county fair leaders
Theodore Smith, formerly of Henry, elected president of the Tecumseh Nebraska Johnson county Fair. Tom Creighton named director. Both noted as wealthy farmers and leading figures in the region. Premium list for 1885 forwarded by President Smith.
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Marshall County
Theodore Smith
Henry
Johnson County
Tecumseh, Neb
Tom Creighton
Smith
Hood's Sarsaparilla Fights Summer Weakness Claim
Advertisement describes midsummer heat weakening the body and mind and promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla to purify the blood regulate digestion and restore vigor. Claimant letters say it puts new life into them and makes them young again. 100 Doses $1.
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Hood
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