Women lead World Fair efforts and influence across nations
The column lauds the World’s Columbian Exposition with the Board of Lady Managers as a pioneering national body for women. It notes international female committees, advances in industrial arts, and women’s central role in charity, education, and reform, highlighting New Jersey’s contributions and historic flag origins. It also mentions Chicago garbage creamatory ordinance and London women tea merchants as proof of women’s expanding influence.
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Potter Palmer
The
Home Journal
Board of
Lady Managers
World's Columbian Commission
Congress
Columbian Commission
England
Christian
France
Germany
Frederick Karl
Chicago
Ald Swift
Agriculture and Grange Views on Farming Practices
The article discusses drains in strawberry rows to prevent frost damage and spring restoration with a cultivator. J B Long, Texas State Grange Master, notes petitions from members while stressing practical farm repairs and labor division. It cites feeding tips for cattle and grass importance, plus humorous quips about crops in various newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Long
Texas State Grange
Congress
Grange
California cold process preserves fruit color and taste
The California cold process uses a salyx extract to preserve fruit without heating or sealing. Druggists can obtain the compound easily and provide instructions, offering inexpensive, nearly effortless preservation for berries, cherries, grapes, pears and more with natural color and flavor intact.
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California
Origin of A Fortune Linked to Madeira Wine Trade
The New York Record notes Lady Thomson as daughter of famed Madeira wine merchant Charles Blandy. Blandy invested huge sums after 1852 oidium, buying up prime wines and acquiring forty properties in Funchal to store them. His wealth supported Sir William Thomson, recently ennobled, and now his family continues to uphold his legacy.
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Otis P Bintish
New York Record
Thomson
William Thomson
Funchal
Charles R. Blandy
Oidium
Blandy
Martinho Verdelho
The
Royal Society
The Man of Forty and Creative Life Ahead
A Vick’s Illustrated Magazine essay extolls forty year olds as at their peak. It contrasts trained intellect and temper with youth, asserting mature minds see nature clearly, value steady effort, and gain widening knowledge, finding growing joy and purpose each year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vick
Illustrated
Head Model From Tokio Incident At Penn Museum
The piece is a carved copy of Count Okuma's decapitated head created by Han nenuma after witnessing the 1889 assassination attempt in Tokyo. A lacquered cover holds hair inserted in drilled cavities, and the model was donated to the University of Pennsylvania Museum by Dr. Edward H Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Pennsylvania
Okuma
Toklo
Hannenuma
Edward H. Williams
Dr. Williams
Academy of Fine Arts
Unfortunate Dinner Party Thumb in Chocolate Mix Up
A Rochester Democrat tale recounts a young woman at her first dinner party mistaking a waiter’s chocolate frosted cake for an éclair. She reaches for the cake only to discover it is the waiter’s thumb, prompting polite apology and silence at table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter
Rochester Democrat
Worth Two Hundred Dollar Mare Motive Revealed
An East Dover Maine farmer schemed to have his mare of twenty plus years killed for money. Two hired boys shot the mare. another boy unknowingly dug up and killed a different horse later. The farmer returned to find a five year old horse shot and buried, valued around two hundred dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jos Thompson & Son
Dover
No. 8
John Sebastian Advertises Men’s Ticket and Pass Agent
Chicago Illinois notices advertise John Sebastian as a men’s ticket and pass agent. The terse entry lists contact details and scope of service for ticketing and access arrangements in the city.
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John Sebastian
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