Woman’s World echoes on temperance and women's progress
A 1885 period piece notes women in medicine in Hampden county and Chicago, tempers debate in Missouri and Kansas on compulsory temperance instruction, and early female achievements in straw goods, engraving, and education. It covers Julia Ward Howe quotes, Harriet Hunt’s medical path, and a Central Temperance Association meeting citing St. John’s lecture plans.
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Julia Ward Howe
Harriet K. Hunt
Harvard University
Boston
Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania
J.G. Laughlin
C. Tomlinson
Jarvis Evans
Dorchester
Non-partizan Temperance Society
John Swaney
Ellen Foster
Geo. Woodford
High License
Nebraska
Clara Hopkins
Missouri
New York
St. John
South
John P St. John
Putnam County
Miss Mary Anderson Defies Courtly Courtesy in England
Mary Anderson, a Kentucky-born actress, refused to meet the Prince of Wales at his request, citing her priceless reputation. She ends a highly successful season amid strong audience praise and harsh press attacks, notably Labouchere in London Truth calling her a pretty American girl with a good mother.
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England
Mary Anderson
Prince of Wales
Kentucky
Labouchere
London
Anderson
Juliet
County Superintendent Bill Sparks Education Debate
A bill in the Minois legislature would make the county superintendent a puppet of county boards, prompting a Princeton Tribune editorial arguing the office should be abolished. The piece contends boards lack trained educators and would attract inferior candidates, harming teaching quality and education overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton Tribune
Jiable
Seiter
Failures in business and health urged by Brown's Iron Bitters
The piece notes 10 568 business failures in the United States and Canada in 1883 along with many health failures. It argues failures bring sorrow and claims Brown's Iron Bitters can save many by restoring wasted health.
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United States
Canada
Earth
Brown
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Woman’s World
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Seraph Frissell
Hampden County, Mass
Medical Society
Julia Holmes Smith
Chicago
Philadelphia
Kan‘sas
American Journal of Obstetrics
Anna Broomall
Mary D. Jones
Brooklyn
Mary H Thompson
Maria B. Wermer
America
Switzerland
Talleyrand
Betsy Metcalf
Providence
R.I
St. Louis
D. M. Mulock
Central Temperance Association
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William Yates
Carroll Ave
E.R. Morrison
LaSalle
Edward Day
Ashland Street
Bright
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Asth- Alex. Samuel
West Lakema
A. C. Christean
A. A. Mellier
Hamman
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Lest
U.S
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Lancaster Co
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Peoria
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