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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1886
Page
8
Notes from Woman's World include Pennsylvania W. OC. T. U. membership at 12,600, Jennie June Croly’s Demorest’s Monthly editorship resignation, a girl at Point Arena telegraph office, bequest to Bates College, and various social reform and literary items. The column also covers travels, charitable gifts, and essays on friendship and self-imposed burdens.
The text contrasts male moral duty with women’s calls for virtue, cites Parisian etiquette on address to husbands, and chronicles New Orleans’ Woman’s Club. From a small start of 18 working women, the club grew over three years into a bustling social, literary, and philanthropic hub with lectures by Howe, Anthony, and Townsend, aiding members in distress.
In the basement of the treasury department a room houses about a dozen girls who sort daily waste paper from 2500 clerks above. They uncover valuable items like dropped penholders and occasionally large sums, such as $10,000 in bonds found earlier. Their skill grows. they routinely save items by careful examination of scraps and discarded documents.
The notice highlights Peterson's Magazine for December a valued annual volume with two steel engravings many wood cuts fashion patterns and strong literary contents offered at 2 per year. An ad also promotes Bosanko Pile Remedy claiming relief from piles with direct action and permanent cure priced at 60 cents plus Dr Bosanko Medicine Co Pana Ohio suppliers Powell.
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