Detroit District Nursing Society Led by Miss Cornelia Winder
The Detroit district nursing society funds and conducts charitable work quietly for the poor. Miss Alice Bowen began visits to Detroit’s needy in 1894, growing into a formal society aided by several young women who sew and provide clothing and beds. The sick receive free care when funds are lacking and children of poor mothers are cared for in mothers’ absence.
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Cornelia Winder
Detroit
Miss Bowen
Portrait in a Found Frame from a Murky Repair Dusk
An artist recounts buying a worn frame with a damaged canvas and discovering beneath a crude political miniature a masterful portrait of a pale young woman. He cleans and reveals a Moroni like figure with ebony dress, delicate features, and suggestive hidden wealth of jewelry.
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Moroni
Bess
Boers Capture Woman Exchange for Thief Tale
A fragment describes Boers catching a woman and exchanging her for a thief, a tale tied to a Boer horse exchange involving a figure named Piet. The garbled text suggests a wartime or frontier setting with diplomatic prisoner exchange.
New York Heiress Elizabeth Demsey to Marry in France
Elizabeth Demsey of New York, an heiress, will wed a foreign fiancé in Nice, France, with a ceremony planned for February. The Swedish consul in Nice will oversee the marriage.
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France
Nice
Elizabeth Demsey
New York
Old English Cranberry Pudding and Round Steak Loaf
An old English recipe describes cranberry pudding with layered crusts and cranberries baked hot, served with hard sauce. The text also outlines a round steak loaf using chopped meat, soda crackers, eggs, spices, and sage baked in a water-filled pan, basted often.
Girl with Braid Echoes Marguerite in Romantic Age
A fragment notes a trend where girls with long braids resemble Marguerite, sparking curiosity about public commentary on resemblances in the Romantic era as observed by the Globe.
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Marguerite
Aitchison Globe
A Kansas Educator Who Is As Good As the Men
Miss M. E. Dolphin, superintendent of Leavenworth city schools, earns high praise from a Kansas man who notes Leavenworth’s line of great superintendents. He says she ranks with the best educators in the country and has never faced a vote against her. Dolphin, a Kansas City native and Emporia State normal graduate, taught in Emporia High School and Leavenworth High School before being elected superintendent without applying.
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M. E. Dolphin
Leavenworth, Kas
Kansas
Leavenworth
Miss Dolphin
Kansas City
State Normal School
Emporia
State Normal
Portrait Fee Disclosed By Client In Buffalo News
A wealthy patron pressed for the artist’s usual charge for a portrait. The artist revealed that their typical fee for such work is a thousand dollars, as reported by the Buffalo News.
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Buffalo News
The Little Girl's Apron
The article describes a growing trend in aprons for young girls and contrasts them with mothers’ era designs. It notes a practical housemaid look with a brief bib and broad straps, a full flowing skirt, and embellishments such as hemstitching embroidery lace tucks and frills.
Birthday Chocolate Plea Sparks Auntie Bargain
In a playful exchange Aunt Ella negotiates with Bobbie over birthday gifts. Bobbie insists on a big box of chocolates, then declines once more, joking that a big tummy cannot handle them. Across the page a humorous jab contrasts life’s quirks with a senator’s snub and a ring kept after a couple’s tiff.
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Ella
Bobbie
How to Prevent Pneumonia and Cough Remedy Claims
A claim that pneumonia follows colds or la grippe is countered by Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. The advertisement asserts the remedy prevents pneumonia after a cold, noting it counters any tendency of a cold to lead to pneumonia. It states the product is the best remedy and warrantied, for sale through druggists.
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Chamberlain
Drogeiate
Visiting the Dear Old Home Amid City Chaos
A nostalgic sketch contrasts city rush with quiet home longing. Tragedy and danger loom as hazards like wrecks and falling beams are described, while the Chicago Times-Herald adverts health cures and local eateries.
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Chicago Times-Herald
Carrie Chapman Catt Seen as Miss Anthony's Successor
A profile of Carrie Chapman Catt, favored as Miss Anthony’s successor in national women’s rights work. The piece highlights her Indianapolis lecture,Brooklyn-area home, calm leadership, domestic life, and modern but nonaggressive approach to suffrage.
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Carrie Chapman Catt
Miss Anthony
Susan B. Anthony
National American Woman’s Association
Catt
Susan
Anthony
Mrs. Catt
Proper Adieux Tact For Quiet Departures
In Suisiting advice urges final visits end swiftly yet gracefully. It warns against lingering at entryways and delaying goodbyes, recommending tactful exits that spare hosts fuss and keep farewells brief and pleasant.
The Book My Mother Read
A poem recounts a mother’s cherished book, its worn pages, and the faith it reveals. The speaker recalls how a half hour of rest sparked calm labor into devotion, guiding her toward a sacred path and to God through the verses her mother loved. Dwight Williams.
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Dwight Williams
Opinion on Local Testimony and Dean's Kidney Pills
A local man H A Washburn of 11155 Spann Street reports back pain and kidney weakness eased by Dean's Kidney Pills from Henry J. Huder's drug store. He cites improved ability to work on long train runs, with Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo as sole U S agents and price 50 cents. Remember the name Dean's.
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Dean
Henry J. Huder
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N
United States
Fragmentary text yields unclear event
The readable fragments do not reveal a coherent event, participants, or location. No definite names, dates, or organizations are identifiable from the provided OCR snippet.
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