Women elected to Texas municipal posts in Palestine and Dallas
In Palestine Texas Miss Sally Ward was elected assessor and collector of taxes. In Dallas Mrs P Turner and Mrs P P Tucker were chosen as members of the Dallas Board of Education. The moves follow Attorney General guidance that Texas women are eligible to municipal office.
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Texas
Sally Ward
Palestine
P. Turner
P. P. Tucker
Dallas Board of Education
Attorney-General
Goelet Buys Chateau at Sandricourt Near Paris
Robert Goelet of New York buys the chateau at Sandricourt near Paris for 300000 dollars from the Marquis de Beauvoir. Grounds total 2600 acres with 2500 more acres of adjoining woodland to be refitted. Described as potentially France’s finest hunting ground aside from the Rothschild property at Adamvilitiers.
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Gohlet
Robert Goelet
New York
Sandricourt
Paris
Marquis de Beauvoir
Rothschild
Adamvilitiers
Goelets
France
Goelet
Miss Murray Captures High Honors at Munich University
Miss Sarah Murray of Newton Massachusetts earned high honors this year at Munich University receiving the Ph D degree and a place on the honor roll. A Radcliffe College graduate she studied in Munich for four years specializing in classical philology and archaeology.
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Sarah ©. Murray
Newton
Mass
Munich
Germany
Murray
Radcliffe College
Attitude of a Modern Society Woman Described
A New York Times excerpt highlights a self styled modern girl who is cutting and sarcastic, mimics others, scorns elders, and claims superior knowledge. She boasts public chatter, gives unsolicited advice, and promotes herself as artistic while dismissing critics as ignorant. The piece contrasts social vanity with outdated conventions amid behavioral critique. Additionally the note mentions increased honors for doctors with twenty five American women noted as studying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toud
New*York Times
Farmers' Fruit Cake and Globe-Girdling Traveler News
Dried apples soak overnight then syrup baked cake described as a hearty recipe from Washington Star. A profile notes Mrs Jenny C Hand Handy born in Australia and famed traveler who has circled the globe three times and plans another trip, with Tecumseh, Michigan as a current stop per New York Press.
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Washington Star
Alps
Miss Peck
Jenny C. Law Handy
Australia
Germany
America
Mrs. Handy
Europe
Africa
Canada
South America
Handy
Tecumseh, Mich
New York Press
Barefoot Salomes Stir Stage Sensations Across Europe
A reader recalls the lure of barefoot performances in theaters from roof gardens to vaudeville. Footwear and foot aesthetics are debated, with references to Maud Allan, Du Maurier, Trilby, and an Academy of Music foreign singer known for Aida in bare feet. The writer notes memorable, if unattractive, feet and past stage fashions.
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England
Continent
Maud Allan
Miss Allan
du Maurier
Trilby
Tf Am
Academy of Music
Aida
Annie Russell
Women Physicians Breaking Barriers Across the Nation
The New York Press notes rising numbers of women in medicine with graduates from Berlin to local colleges. It cites Dr. Kate Levy elected director at Chicago Hebrew Institute, Dr. Mary Isham named house physician at Ohio State Hospital for the Insane, Dr. Martha A Richardson as Canton Physicians' Club secretary, Dr. Caroline Loomis as assistant physician at the Texas Lunatic Asylum, and Dr. Laura Brensen chairing obstetrics and gynecology at the Iowa Medical Society.
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University of Berlin
Kate Levy
Chicago Hebrew Institute
Mary Isham
Cincinnati
Ohio State Hospital For the Insane
Columbus
Martha A. Richardson
Canton
Physicians’ Club
Caroline A. Loomis
State Lunatic Asylum
Austin
Texas
Laura H. Brensen
Iowa Medical Society
New York Press
Fashion Notes on Gowns and Hats for the Season
Gathering strings and pleats will ruin gown fit as Directoire looks return. New gowns show huge silk net neck-bows, numerous gores in walking skirts, silk piping on filet waists, and immense flower hats. Khaki shades appear on rich fabrics, hat bands feature net and ribbon embroidery, and Pocahontas trim rises in favor. Sleeves feature lace insertions or inch-wide tucks, shaping a tight, long silhouette.
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London
Bear hunter Elmer Ford famed in Greene County lore
The Catskills bear hunter Elmer Ford, famed for defying danger with hypnotic gaze and a den leap over a bear, departs after twenty years as Greene County’s legendary hunter. The article recalls his daring feats from Big Indian to South Mountain and his rival-turned-stories from East Windham and the Black Dome Valley.
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Belldd
Big Indian
East Windham
Elmer Ford
Greene County
Adirondacks
Black Dome Valley
New York World
William Butta
Africa
India
Catskills
Greene
Columbia Counties
Elmer
Windham High Peak
South Mountain
Ford
Mister B
Ford Sald
Black Dome
Dangerous diving dangers and water death risks
Drowning is a quick end with insensibility in about a minute and fatal unconsciousness near two. Greek Navatino divers, Red Sea Arab divers, and Ceylon pearl fishers cannot stay long underwater. A Falmouth record reports a diver at eighty feet taking two minutes to surface, with death following. Resuscitation may work after five minutes, though physicians doubt.
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Navatino
Greece
Red Sea
Ceylon
Falmouth
Coyotes Driven Down by Hunting Dogs in Sagebrush Hunt
In a morning chase led by a gentleman with two greyhounds and two wolfhounds, coyotes are pursued from a carcass in sagebrush. Mike and Jim spark the pursuit with rapid dashes, trapping one coyote and aiding the dogs to end the beast. Two more coyotes are driven from the sage, one killed by dogs, another captured after urging by Mr. Miers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike
Jim
Parrotlike Lovebird Learns to Speak in Ambleside
A small lovebird in Ambleside England has trained itself to talk with fluency and distinctness rivaling the village parrot pests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ambleside
England
Newly Gleanings Highlight Early 20th Century Headlines
Summary of diverse items: Formosan Railway opening at 334 miles. bubonic plague reports rising in Terceira Azores. Bowdoin College President Hyde criticizes Maine corporation laws. New York Attorney General Jackson sues Coal Trust. Paris lays tariff treaty groundwork with United States. La Guayra prepares for Dutch threat. New York to replace patrol wagons with autos. Art demand rises per Henry Duveen. Brooklyn groups press anti noise laws. Casablan ca tensions over deserter arrests. Johns Hopkins Library fire damages collections. New York Health Dept notes heart disease deaths rise post baseball unrest. Harlem Court holds Ladies Day with women precedence. Two Americans sell bonds abroad for $12 million Kansas street railway project.
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Terceira
Azores
Hyde
Bowdoin College
Maine
Jackson
New York
Coal Trust
Paris
France
United States
la Guayra
Venezuela
New York City
America
Henry Duveen
Brooklyn
N. Y
Board of Aldermen
Casablanca
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Health Department of
Magistrate House
Harlem Court
How to Clean Bronzes in Ancient Texts
To clean bronzes, wash with pulverized whiting or powdered saffron until smooth. Then rub with paste of plumingo and saffron, then heat the articles before a slow wood fire. Large statues not removable may be washed with weak alkali soap solution.
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New York Sun
Woman Seeks Workmen's Comp Award for Hand Injury
A young woman in Southwark London applied for an award under the workmen's compensation act claiming loss of three fingers on her right hand. She obtained one sum of 824.
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Southwark
London
Workmen's Compensation Act
Corn Puffs Muffin Recipe and Legal Profession Note
A recipe for corn puffs uses flour cornmeal baking powder butter sugar eggs and milk baked in muffins. The editorial notes the legal profession is inseparably tied to political and social history and should respond to recent criticisms and changing conditions.
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Boston Herald
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the Democrat’s Clubbing List
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Mall
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J. Wood Clark
Marshall Building
David Blair
Philadelphia Street
Phonaés
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Omoe In Banke Building
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Dunningham Building
John HH
Farmer's
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Amegel
M. CG. Watsoni
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D. HN. Tomb
Farmer's Bank Building
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