From a Woman's Viewpoint Co Education In Michigan
A collage of observations on women in late 19th and early 20th century society. Highlights include Michigan's co education since 1871 and degrees earned, fashion trends in Washington DC, and portraits of influential women such as Empress Eugenie and Lady Constance. Reports on Seminole women, and debates at the American Academy of Medicine on women in professions and suffrage.
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Michigan
University of Michigan
University of Michigan News-Letter
American Academy of Medicine
Chicago
Helen C. Putnam
Providence
Edward Jackson
Denver
Otto Juettner
Cincinnati
To Look Well Woman's Duty Reflects Fashion Economy
The article urges women to stay stylish by replacing worn styles with adaptable pieces and patronizing quality dressmakers. It argues spending modestly on clothes maintains prestige, linking good looks to family duty and criticizing thrift that sacrifices appearance except in dire poverty.
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Pittsburg Dispatch
Lady Mary Graham Montgomery Opens London Decor Shop
Lady Mary Graham Montgomery, one of eight famed sisters, launches a career as an artistic house decorator. She opened a shop on Duke Street at Manchester Square, London, under the discreet banner Ropley House Decoration Alterations Upholstery Sanitation. She is wife to Sir Thomas Montgomery seventh baron Stanhope and youngest daughter of Sir Thomas and Lady Louisa Noncrieffe, with her eldest sister married to the Duke of Athol.
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Duke Street
Manchester Square
London
Ropley
Montgomery
Thoms Montgomery
Stanhope
Peebleshire
Thomas
Louisa Noncrieffe
Duke of Athol
British Isles
Lady Montgomery
Lady Constance Stewart-Richardson Turns Ballet Dancer
Society note reports Lady Constance Stewart-Richardson adding ballet to her feats. She attends Mme Cavalazzi-Mapleson’s Covent Garden classes and has begun formal training in the profession. Described as unusually unconventional, she is also a champion lady swimmer.
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Constance Stewart-Richardson
Constance
Mme. Cavalazzi-Mapleson
Covent Garden
Swingmer
Fashions Of The Pastel Silk Departments And Accessories
The article outlines clothing trends including pastel and soft blues in silk, Pompadour coiffures, princess petticoats, silky V shaping for slim figures, voile coats with silk straps, pony coats with self-material trims, and French novelty trimmings. It notes touches of gold and silver, wide back combs, and two toned checked afternoon gowns with silk garnish for body, plus bow styling tips to prevent mussing.
Faith Once Delivered at Brooklyn Church Sermon
The Rev. John Howard Melish preached on The Faith Once Delivered from Jude 8 at Church of the Holy Trinity. He argued faith in God as Father and Jesus as Elder Brother suffices to answer life’s deep questions, noting Korea’s growing Christian vigor while warning against equating faith with creeds. The sermon urged preserving faith’s core while adapting church forms to life’s tests.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
John Howard Melish
Church of the Holy Trinity
Clinton and
Montague Streets
Meligh Bald
Korea
Hilder
Jesus
God
Father
Wilder
Job
Saul of
Tarsus
St. Augustins
Luther
Wesley
Hfe
Herbert Spencer
America
Henry Ward Beecher
Wim
Origen
Alexandria
Bilder
Christendom
Giving is Getting Hospitality and divine reciprocity
The passage argues that giving and receiving are inseparable in life. Hospitality opens the heart to divine influence, suggesting that offering our best to God and Christ yields greater return. The author urges generous, open reception of spiritual guests and influences as a pathway to growth.
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Jesus Christ
Tim
God
Muncfarland
Essential to Happiness and Companionship Quote
A quote from Henry Van Dyke proclaims fellowship as essential to happiness. It asserts the human heart needs enduring fellowship centered in God, claiming life without Him is a failure and all beyond is a blank.
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Henry van Dyke
Feminine News Notes Highlights 2400 New Couples Visit
June featured 2400 newly married couples touring Washington from across the country. Notables include Mrs. John B. Stetson’s Philadelphia wedding to Count Santa Hula lia, Portuguese Consul in Chicago, and Dr. W T Power of New York marrying Miss Esther Redmond in London. Other items cover bankruptcy petitions, a $1000 damages suit by Mrs. Albertina Isaacson, Queen Victoria’s stance on bullfighting affecting Alfonso’s decree, Dr. Martha Hughes Cannon’s move to California aiding suffrage, Eliza Nash’s death as a Daughter of the Revolution, and Gurid Gaace’s self-made clothing skills in Minnesota.
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Washington
John B. Stetson
Philadelphia
Santa Hulalia
Chicago
W. T. Power
New York
Esther Redmond
John BE. Redmond
London
Sophia Kluber
Trenton
N. J
Albertina Isaacson
Queen Victoria
Spain
Alfonso
Martha Hughes Cannon
Utah
California
Eliza Nash
Norwell
Mass
Jon Adams
Gurid Gaace
University of Minnesota
United States
Usurer tale from Little Hock Arkansas court tale
A lawyer recounts a horse theft dispute in Little Rock Arkansas where a townsman sought justice after his horse was stolen. The thief returned the animal, prompting the adviser to let the matter rest rather than press arrest for usury amid muddled dialogue and regional expressions.
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Little Hock
Ark
Wrench adopt new verb businer in bold hustling style
The Wrench adopt a new verb businer meaning to transact affairs in a bold hustling spirit. The verb derives from the English word husiness according to the Philsburg Dispatch, seen as another tribute to Anglo-Saxon commercial superiority.
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D. C
Baroness Moncheur
New York Press
Tolstoy
New Orleans States
Mother Earth
Eugenie
Riviera Villa
Sir Thomas Lipton
Colombo
Scotland
Rockies
Leslie
Mary Graham Montgomery
Ballet Dancer
Fashion Notes
J. H. Melish
Christ
Ndiana
Emocrat
Franklin Sansom
the Democrat’s Clubbing List
National Stockman and Farmer and Democrat
The
Commoner
Democrat
New York Daily World
New York Sunday World
World
Pittsburg Daily Post
Philadelphia Daily North American
Pittsburg Evening Sun and Democrat
Pittsburg Evening Telegraph
World Almanac
Mail
the Democrat
Church Street
Indiana
W. S. Daugherty
Philadelphia St
J. Wood Clark
Marshall Building
Indlace
David Blair
Philadelphia Street
John N. Banks
OmMoe
Banks
John H. Pierce
Ofice
Cunningham Building
Philadelph Street
John H. Hill
Farmer's Sank
Court Place
Harry W. Fer
Joe
Reyal
Qeorce J. Feit
M. C. Watson
Ofica
Devout Bank
D. H, Tomb
Farmer's Bank
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