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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1889
Page
2
A 19th century column notes Rev Anson Situs on training daughters for a broader life. It praises practical education for women in law and business and extols ingenuity as a key driver of progress in daily tasks and broader society.
The entire Western Union operator corps at Johnstown, including Mia Ogle the 25 year AP receiver and her daughter Minnie, perished defending their post. Ogle refused to leave, wired warnings to the valley and uttered This is my last message as the torrent engulfed her, becoming a posthumous heroine.
A short essay urging mothers to remain sovereign of the home and prioritize their own rights and authority over their daughters. It argues that a mother's abdication harms both herself and the family, regardless of a daughter's talents or accomplishments.
A winter death of a newsboys home superintendent is recalled by a former ward who notes the leader saved $200 yearly to help lame and sickly boys start stalls, while a wealthy woman reuses a torn lace dress for Europe repaired by a poor worker earning $300. Another rich woman mourns a lost parrot and orders a silver-nail coffin for the pet Poll.
A reflective fragment questions whether books poems or monuments ever celebrated ingenuity, asking if humanity has ever honored inventive brilliance through literature or monuments.
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