Womans World Features On Shirt Waists And Women’s Roles
A mosaic of pieces discusses women’s influence for parity, frontier pioneer Matilda McGee Taplin’s rise in Cheyenne County, and Mattie Taplin’s sheep ranching. It includes society sketches, gardening schools for women in Germany, fashion notes on white gowns and silk outfits, and Kansas suffrage activism with leaders Kate Addison and Eva Harding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matrie Moetsee Taplinef
Fairmount Nernst
Minnie McGee
Pwr
Elaine
Cheyenne
Mattie McGee
Mbs
Mattie M’gee Taplin Easion
Minnie
Mattie
Cheyenne County
David City
Eugene Taplin
Nebraska
Kansas
Senate
House
Naar
Kate Addison
Te State Equal Suffrage Association
Irs
Laura M. Johns
Salina
T. Bradford
Kansas City
Riv
Eva Harding
Qopeka
Helen Kimber
Parsons
Kansas Cit Times
Wardrobe Advice Guides Clean, Neat Shirtwaists and Underlayers
A garb etiquette note urges careful laundering and proper undergarments to preserve a neat shirtwaist look. It warns worn starch, mussed sleeves, and misaligned belts undermine dignity, and favors warm corset covers, simple chemises, and crisp belts. It cautions against heavy lace and suggests pinning and hook methods to keep lines smooth.
Women join Melbourne hospital staff in historic step
In Victoria Australia for the first time women are named to the Melbourne hospital team. Six vacancies were filled with two women among the top six in merit after examinations. The appointing committee faced heated debate with concerns from staff matron nurses and patients before an 18 to 5 vote confirmed the appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Australia
Melbourne Hospital
Doan's Kidney Pills Faithfully Help Sufferers Back Pain
A Beaver Falls resident testifies that heavy lifting caused back pain and cold weather worsened it. He bought Doan's Kidney Pills and reports rapid relief, praising the product and urging others to try it. The ad notes price 50 cents and that Doan's is sold by dealers and mailed by the Attain Company in Buffalo New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkie Collins
Dr. Agnew
S. G. Hartman
Inead
Bright
Diian
S.C. Dibworth
Beaver Walls
Iypito
Doan
Trawi
Undersold Price Store Offers Full House Furnishings
A local ad urges sagacious shoppers to save by buying where prices are low. It promises undersold goods by the store, featuring full sets of dishes, lamps at $1.95, stone crocks, fruit jars, tins, kettles, buckets, wash tubs, and a complete line of house furnishings at the lowest possible prices.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Womans World
Eunes
Feminine Farmere
New York Press
Bones
Polly Pry
New York Recorder
Frances E. Willard
British Women’s Membrance Association
London
John Wesley
Germany
Gartenhauschule Far Frauen
Castner
Friedenau
Berlin
Riga
Livonia
Fraulein Anna Blum
Spandau
Paris
Moore
New York Post
Morlist
New York Telegram
Hood
Pills 5 Co
Lowell, Mass
New York
Arthur
Emily
Mr. Merriam
Trusting
Cincinnati Enquirer
Castoria
Dr. Thomas
Felectric
J. S. Nesbitt
Frank Nesbit
Indiana
PENNA
J.H. Brilhart & Son’s
Court House
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
West Penn
Monongahela
West Pennsylvania
Blattsville
Indiane Beauehuckers
Heinz’s
Ansa
J. T. Boucher
Philadelphia ST
John S. Hastings
Indiana Ladder Company
John
Hastings
Lockard
Indiana County
W.S. Daugherty
Indiaza
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