American Woman Among Savages Details Tropic Bird Voyage
Mrs. d Ancona wife of a San Francisco physician recounts her Tropic Bird voyage to the South seas. She dressed with natives, observed island life, and criticizes Western travel books. She notes a 31 day southbound sail and 13 days return drift due to fickle winds. She encountered Mormon missionaries aboard. A first stop at Taiohae showed Marquesas natives less engaging than Society islands.
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Ancona
San Francisco
South Sea Islands
d’Antera
Port
Bira
d’Ancona
Islands
Isles
Tropics
Taiohae
Marquesas
Society Islands
Columbia to Puerto Rico Dark Image of Charity
A Chicago Times-Herald piece by E. Kiser portrays a bleak allegory of colonization and exploitation. A "little dark-eyed maiden" seeks aid but is kept hungry while the pampered favored receive continually. The poem critiques hypocrisy and unequal charity in a harsh, satirical tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Kiser
Chicago Times-Herald
In the Black Hills A Restful Escape From The City
Victor Holiday leaves his mercantile duties to seek three months of perfect rest in the Black Hills. He travels with a wagon from Big Butte ranch while his insomnia and worn nerves press. The journey, amid wild scenery, stirs him as he contemplates a freer, simpler life away from his business pressures.
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Victor Holiday
Black Hills
Bird Slater
Big Butte
Holiday
Big Bye Ranch
Somers Stevenson
Impudent hospitality in a Newlands homestead
Holiday, weary and hungry, shares a rough meal at the Newlands shack after Bird Slater seizes the chance to enter an absent household. He learns of Sally and Nell Newlands, two plucky daughters, and the widowed Mrs. Newlands. Holiday writes a note for Sally before riding off to the mountains, where he finds courage, warmth, and a steadying influence in the women.
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Newlands
Holiday
Bird Slater
Bird
Bob Newlands
Sally Newlands
Holiday's Parting Promise Sparks Eastward Journey
A Chicago Tribune excerpt shows a man and woman debating separation and duty as she agrees to travel east with him. He persuades with affection and memory, while she challenges his plan and suggests stepping away from her own family. The scene captures emotional tension and glimpse of future surprises for the red cheeked heroine.
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Chicago Tribune
Skating Lessons and Witty Exchanges in Newspapers
A collage of quotes from Yonkers Statesman Chicago News Miami Brown and others shows humorous and provocative lines about skating age race and manners. The excerpts reflect period voices and social tensions with sharp contrasts and comic repartee.
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Yonkers Statesman
Not to yield to immaterial trifles and perfectionism
A Buffalo Times quotation urges restraint from judging others by a perfect standard. It warns against uniformity of opinion and measuring others by our own pleasures or limitations. The text cautions against policing what cannot be remedied and condemns setting absolute rights and wrongs.
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Buffalo Times
May Show Her Powers Mrs Piper to Be Released
Mrs Leanora Piper Boston spirit medium under London society care may be released soon to reveal powers to the public. The society and a few college professors have controlled her manifestations for some time. Renowned scientists including Crookes and Harvard’s James have endorsed her. He that Seeks Finds. He that takes Head's Sarsaparilla. Brazilian Balm cures coughs and colds.
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Leanora Piper
Boston
London Society of Psychic Research
James H. Hystop
Columbia University
Wiliam Crookes
James
Harvard
Woman lawyer opens practice in Menominee Michigan
Miss Frank Gray Shaver of Pittsburg and Michigan now partners in Menominee as the only woman practicing in Michigan's upper peninsula. A Michigan law graduate and former class vice-president, she recently returned from France and the British Isles, and is the daughter of a railroad master mechanic.
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Frank Gray Shaver
Pittsburg
University of Michigan
Menominee
Mich
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
Pennsylvania Railroad
France
British Isles
Three Black Hats Describe Splendid Styles
A description of three black hats highlights style variety. One features a yard long curled feather edging the brim. Another uses tucked tulle with two bands of Neopolitan brata at the edge. The third showcases heavy straw applique on Neopolitan.
Woman Campaign Worker Key to Ohio School Suffrage
Mrs. Sarah M. Schraeder of Cincinnati led Ohio women in backing B. of E. candidates who support free text books and kindergarten annexation to schools. She presides over a suffrage league and has been a frequent envoy to Columbus to advance women’s school suffrage, contributing to the current law.
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Sarah M. Schraeder
Cincinnati
Ohio
B. of E
Columbus
What One Woman Thinks
A collection of aphorisms on women and society notes that a sharp answer reveals thought, women influence, and men’s misconceptions. It comments on musical study, self awareness during Lent, and the harm of idle parenting, ending with a quip about shoes and ego.
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Philadelphia Times
Equality party for working girls near Chicago hosted by Mrs Potter Palmer
Mrs Potter Palmer hosted an equality party for about 2500 working girls in Chicago. Society leaders wore plain clothes to avoid upsetting the attendees and walked to the Palmer residence. Many guests arrived in full dress with flowers and diamonds, while some invited declined, rejecting patronage or charity.
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Potter Palmer
Chicago
Palmer
Potato Soup from Veal Stock and Parsley
Boil veal bones a ham knuckle and vegetables in three quarts of water until reduced by half. Add finely chopped onion to the stock. Boil three large potatoes, mash, and fold in cream or milk. Mix with stock, strain into a tureen, and season with salt pepper and chopped parsley.
CITY MARKETS PRICE LISTS FOR PROVISIONS AND PRODUCE
Indianapolis buyers see detailed prices for meats fruits vegetables nuts and more. A wide array of items includes smoked hams, shoulders, bacon, pickled meats, lard, fresh pork loins, onions, potatoes, cabbage, tomatoes, lettuce, celery, apples, bananas, oranges, lemons, cranberries, strawberries, and various canned fruits and vegetables. Also listed are fish, game, oysters, dairy, eggs, butter, poultry, hides, leather, tallow, salt, oats, flour, feeds, coal, drugs, and household staples with per unit and per bulk prices. Named brands and regional origins are interspersed throughout the condensed price catalog.
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Indianapolis
California
Hamlets
Link
Weiner Whrst
Indiana
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Golumbia
Puerto Rico
Atlanta Constitution
Chicago News
Miami Brown
Erastus Pink- Toy
Washington Star
Pertie Goodwin
Art Smasher
Meena Zerver
May
Honda
Edward G. Gardner
M's
Ging Jeweler
Hubbard Block
Progress
Mrs. Palmer
Fenner
Fredonia
49S
Pennsylvania-st
Pink
G. H. Snyder
Louisiana St
Lawrences
Kansas
Dr. Williams
Williams
All Orn Ta
City Markets
Baltimore
Kentucky
Florida
Floridas
Messina
Brazil
Ridgewood A
Phoenix A
Empire A
Ideal Gold
Windsor
Ridgewood
Lion
Jersey
Marlow Club
Singapore
Young Hyson
Johnson
Fish and Game
Timothy
Canada Field
G. S
U. S
New York State
Wisconsin
Kanawha
Winifrede
Raymond City
Jackson
Brasil
Island City
Slack
Blossburg
Farman
Penn
P.O. E. J. Hees
Vories
Aia
taeckeRer
United States
Vonnegurs
Vonnegut Hardware CO
Washington St
Physicians and Surgeons
Z. A. Sutcliffe
DKS
Royd & Neal
Baldwin Block
R. F. Stone
M.D
West
Ohio Street
City Library
Filson National Surgical Institute
W. Ohio
Paul E. Hulsman
Optician
Meridian St
JOS
R. Adams
Hudson Street
Moses Optical CO
Pennsylvania
Moses Optical
I. M. Rowe
Indiana Dental College Department
Ar University
W. Cor
Delaware and Ohio Sts
Morton Place
Central-ave
Anna R. Meyer
Ind
Gale Orrent
W. Allison CO
Mirs
E. South St
London
Massachusetts Avenue
Court Court House
Julian & Dick Ohberg
Ohberg
Union Tailors and Importers
Lombard Balding
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