Women travel alone in foreign lands and tips for first trip
The article notes that women traveling alone is common in progress era. It advises avoiding excess baggage and choosing a single trunk or satchel for easy handling. It also mentions many Americans abroad making solitude easier despite travel. Helen M. Gould is identified as the benefactor who bought 100000 acres near Greeley Colorado for poor families, costing 350000 dollars. Plans include subdividing plots, easy payments, local recruitment from New York tenements, with agricultural and sanitary instruction and dairying and poultry efforts. One hundred thousand dollars will fund fencing and seed purchases.
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Lunds
Gould
Helen M. Gould
Greeley
Col
New York
Modesty and medical cures in Dr. Pierce’s offerings
The ad pitches women to seek Dr. Pierce’s free consultation, promising privacy and relief from female ailments. It touts Favorite Prescription as a trusted, scientifically devised remedy for prolapse, menstrual issues, and nervous symptoms, alongside Golden Medical Discovery for impure blood and related conditions. The copy emphasizes honesty, home use, and oral bottle ingredients, with auxiliary salves and Pleasant Pellets for digestion.
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R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Pierce
R. V. Pigtoe
Main St
Princess model dress with mandarin sleeves and bolero effect
The description notes a Neapolitan style princess gown with mandarin sleeves and a bolero look, worn on days without an outside wrap. Deep cream silk background with sulphur yellow bias lines, Venice lace bandings on skirt and bodice, cream chiffon under sleeves, yoke of batiste with pastel silks, and a brown cream color scheme including a brown velvet bowknot and large ostrich plumes on the hat in rich golden brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venice
Batiste
Sag Harbor School Memorial Gift Stipulates Fireproof Build
Mrs Russell Sage donates 50000 dollars for a new Sag Harbor school in memory of her mother born there. The fundater insists the building be fireproof, and observers note her eagerness to dispose of her wealth to good effect.
Boston clubwomen announce biennial federation meeting
Boston clubwomen prepare for the General Federation biennial in summer 1908 with Hotel Vendome named as official headquarters. Mrs. Anna L. Bailey serves as chairman of the Boston board of managers.
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Boston
General Federation
Hotel Vendome
Boston Board of Managers
Anna L. Bailey
Miss Webb Runs Grand Farm With Cherry Fame
Ten acre tracts on Miss Webb's farm each specialize in top products led by the Lambert cherry prized in New York. Webb oversees cherry picking and contracts with Japanese labor, supervises packing, and works in the fields during rushes. The farm features Berkshire pigs, Lincoln sheep, Kentucky horses and imported stock. She wears a broad brimmed hat and boots while directing harvesting machines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Miss Webb
Lincoln
Pansey
Dragon Slayer Beats Monster for Princess Then Fails
A traveling youth slays a seven headed dragon and wins the king’s praise by delivering its tongues but exposes a scam. He later uses a fake potion tale to launch a dubious drug company, drawing scorn from Collier’s and Ladies’ Home Journal.
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Fred L. Boalt
Loomenugun
Anastasia
Loomenngun
Proprietary
Collier's Weekly
The
Ladies’ Home Journal
Home Recipes for Loaf Cake and Corn Muffins Described
Instructions for loaf cake, Indian pudding, corn meal griddle cake and muffins. Includes separate beaten egg whites and yolks, sugar, butter, milk, flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, cooking times, and oven temperatures. Muffins yield about 36 and use cornmeal, wheat flour, molasses, and eggs.
Filipinas to Learn Domestic Science in Manila School
A New York educator, Miss Belle Hopping, has been appointed to teach domestic science at the Manila normal school. She is a graduate of Teachers' College and will train Filipino students in culinary arts and home economics, following American methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Colling
New York
Belle Hopping
Manila Normal School
Teachers’ College
Women in Eastern Golf Championship at Atlantic City
The Woman's Eastern Golf Association will hold its second annual championship June 11 and 12 at the Country Club links in Atlantic City. Miss Frances Griscom, chair of the banquet committee, reports about 400 entrants from 72 clubs, a promising entry list reflecting strong interest among the association’s members.
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Woman’s
Eastern Golf Association
Atlantic City
Boston
Philadelphia
Frances Griscom
Banicap Committee
Styles of skirts this season blend gingham and lace
The article notes pretty skirts trending this season, highlighting colored gingham underskirts with lace or embroidery flounces and satine options with net ruffles and ribbon. It states white skirts decline in favor as colored gingham rises and silk styles fall out of fashion.
Where Women Vote in Australia A NSW Victoria note
A brief observation on gender registration in Victoria Australia showing 282 more women than men among 672054 voters. It states 995375 women can vote nationally and about 1,000,000 men, noting women do not always exercise the privilege.
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Victoria
Australia
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Washington St
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