Do Men Love Learned Women at a Professional gathering
A Professional Woman's League meeting debated if men value erudition in women. Ella Starr cited Herbert Spencer. interviews with bachelors found few cared for learning, while Mrs McAuley argued education should sharpen tact, fostering true companionship as key to marital happiness.
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Professional Woman's League
Ella Starr
Herbert Spencer
London
Plaos
Phoebe Cousins
C. B. Bishop
Estelle Clayton
Mme. de Louie
Bertha Welby
Miss Penfield
Rachel McAuley
How to judge a man by habits and tastes
A period voice lists traits to assess a man by his linen nails voice hair and style plus his temper and breeding. It jokes about his ties trousers and rings and warns against marrying a necked collar. It also notes Windsor Castle use 764 years and odd trivia on sunspots revolutions and mothers-in-law journals.
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Windsor Castle
Venezuela
Canada
Read history and literature in a season of study
The Cincinnati Commercial extols reading history for life lessons and progress, poetry for ideals, romance for noble character, science for usefulness, philosophy for understanding and fortitude, and the Bible for future promise and spiritual strength.
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Cincinnati
Petticoats Rise in Silk Trimmed Fashion Elegance
The article notes a slow shift toward visible petticoats under light fabrics. Silk, lace, and fine materials remain preferred for a polished look, while muslin or cambric petticoats are deemed suitable only with plain gingham gowns.
Rhymed Recipe for Rice Pudding Tosy Taste
A playful recipe describes making rice pudding with one quart of milk nine teaspoons of rice and sugar, plus a salt pinch and two teaspoons of a flavor. Lemon is suggested, bake two hours in a moderate oven until thick and creamy.
Beatrice Harraden Imagined as Frail Author in Tid-Bit Note
A fragmented Tid-Bit item describes Beatrice Harraden as a frail writer of Ships That Pass in the Night, noting paralysis on the right side, near sight, and a 30 year old appearance, alongside other brief vignettes about skating accidents and a joking exchange on monarchs.
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Beatrice Harraden
Keeping Memories Green at Woodlawn Cemetery Florists
The piece explores cemetery floristry as a garden art, noting costly upkeep for single graves and family plots, with yearly charges from 5 to 150 dollars plus contracts. It describes plant choices, seasonal plantings, water duties, and the Cemetery Association's role, ending with a quip about economics and sentiment.
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Woodlawn Cemetery
Woodlawn
Cemetery Association
Castoria and remedies advertised in a late 19th century notice
An old newspaper fragment highlights medicinal and product testimonials. Includes Castoria usage for children and adults, a ham sandwich purchase anecdote, a skin salve claim with money-back guarantee, and a mysterious rheumatism cure promising rapid relief sold by local druggists.
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Hetrick Bro
List of Jurors Drawn for December Term Court 1804
Jurors drawn for the December term beginning December 3 1804 include grand jurors Blairsville Samuel Kr Hammers Braftington W M Wachob Banks Fred Wetzell Cherryhill David Dick Benjamin Stephens Bennett Wincoop Conemaugh John Ewing Center Win Sutton Rubt Allison Cherrytree B F Pitts Green Amos Buteraugh George McAnulty Indiana Frank Tredenhaugh West Indiana Adam Bowman South Mahoning G W Brady Marion Center Aaron Long John Kinter East Mahoning Enock Segier Montgomery W J Biss Con Walker North Mahoning Henry Knoff Rayne S R McMillen Frank Fleming Second week begins December 10 with jurors from Armstrong Blairsville Blairsville Blairsville Buffington Lowry Grow Blacklick Banks Center Canoe Cherryhill Green Indiana West Indiana Montgomery South Mahoning Mechanicsburg Marion Center Pine Rayne Saltsburg West Wheatfield East Wheatfield White S S Munshower Third week begins December 17 listing further jurors by township including Blacklick Burrell No 2 Burrell No 1 Buffington Blairsville Brushvalley Banks Conemaugh Harvey Miller Cherryhill James Rugh Center John G Lowman W W Bracken J D Dickey Canoe A S Martin Green Peter Stiffler Indiana W A Guthrie Solomon Simpson Kerr West Indiana J M Marshall George Lovelace North Mahoning J A Streams Fred Rishel South Mahoning John Hamilton Montgomery A C Rankin Pine Conrad Steffy Rayne Samuel Shirley M L Wissell Emanuel Hawk Salisburg S A Ray Washington Daniel Fisher Clark Shields Young W S Miller C G Couch
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Blairsville
Sammuel KR
Hammers
Braftington
W. M. Wachob
Banks
Fred Wetzell
Cherryhill
David Dick
James Getty
Benjamin Stephens
Bennett Wincoop
Conemaugh
John Ewing
Center
Armstrong
Joseph McGaughey
Robt
Gailey
W. R. Reed
Campbell
John Marshall
Buffington
Moorhead
Lowry Grow
Blacklick
Robert McGee
J. M. Cogley
G. W. Glasston
T. B. Cummins
John Long
Alexander Ray
John Laney
Milton Johnston
Canoe
J. G. Mank
Jacob Carr
Adam Empfield
Frank
Marion Center
Joseph McCormick
Pine
James Flanagan
Emanuel Stiles
Rayne
George Lotz
Milton Streams
Samuel McQuilken
J. C. Shannon
Saltsburg
Henry Newry
W. C. Robinson
J. JA. Klingensmith
West Wheatfield
Samuel Fulcomer
East Wheatfield
Samuuel Dick
White
S.S. Munshower
Frederick Reithmiller
George Coleman
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James E. Hill
Robert Donaldson
Samuel Mardis
R. E. McClure
J. H. Diven
M. D. Maher
W. A. Grant
Brushvalley
Jesse Fee
Christopher Carbaugh
Irwin Gardner
Franklin Barclay
Wagon and Bell Call Ledger at Water Street Bakery
A bakery on Water Street advertises fresh buns rolls bread and cakes kept constantly on hand. The notice highlights ready availability and steady supply to attract customers to the bakery’s counter and peddling schedule.
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Water Street
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