Women in Industry and Heroes of the South
The piece covers women in Chicago machine shops with foreign workers and beginner wages, Boston dog walkers, a Tennessee era memorial, a Mary Adelman rail tale, royal room details at Balmoral, a champion typist, a South Carolina civil war monument funded by women’s relatives, and a South Carolina Confederate memorial plan in Richmond.
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Chicago
Boston
Animal Rescue League
League
Queen Alexandra
Balmoral Castle
Rose L. Fritz
South Carolina
Richmond
Confederate Museum
Girls Who Slouch A Little Lecture On Self Reform
Alice Plympton offers a stern admonition to young women about slouching. The piece urges self awareness, posture correction, and steady effort to improve carriage and gait, warning that poor posture harms charm and social standing. It stresses self discipline and consistent practice to overcome the habit.
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Terra Firma
Alice
Plympton
Rich Girls Must Cook Training for Chicago Daughters
Wealthy Chicago mothers organize a club to teach daughters cooking skills. Lessons include broiling duck steak with bacon, baking salt rising bread, roasting pork with sweet potatoes, meal planning to minimize waste, maximizing bean flavor, and making indulgent mince pies while avoiding rich pastries for fowl. Instructions occur on statra days during winter.
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Chicago
New England
Ruff's Cold Cream of Roses advertisement
Ruff's Cold Cream of Roses offers cooling soothing application with daily massage to keep skin velvety and free from lines and wrinkles. Harmless and made from vegetable oils, it contains no harmful dyes and has a delightful fragrance. J. Irwin Ruff Drugist and Chemist.
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Ruff
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Missour
Woman's Christian Temperance Tnion
Omaha
Frances Willard
M. Cary Thomas
Bryn Mawr College
United States
Mary Adelman
Chicago and Alton Railroad
Mary
Roundhouse
Slater
Tewksbury
Mass
Sarah A. Dixon
Lowell
J. Irwin Ruff
Hummelstown, PA
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