Miss Caroline Hazard Inducted as Wellesley College President
Miss Caroline Hazard, 43, the newly inaugurated president of a Wellesley college, comes from learned stock as granddaughter of Rowland Gibson Hazard. Her father Rowland Hazard is noted for philanthropy and the Peacedale mill venture. Hazard assisted her father in advancing women’s progress and has written on historical topics and verse.
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Caroline Hazard
Wellesley College
Miss Hazard
Rowland Gibson Hazard
Rowland Hazard
Peacedale
R. L
Rebecca Ballard-Chambers
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Jessie Ackerman
Incorrigible Percy and the matchmaker wife plan
Mrs Brandenberg schemes to unite Percy Brandenberg with Virginia Tarleton, a wealthy stately woman wary of men and fortune. Her husband doubts the match while Virginia appears, revealing the family plot and the pair’s cautious optimism toward a possible union.
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Percy
Mrs. Brandenberg
Mortimer
Mr.Brandenberg
Floss
Virginia Tarleton
Virginia
Brickly
Chattan
Donel
Mr. Brandenberg
Miss Virginia
Jessy Brandenberg
Virginia Renews No Marriage Plan With Percy Pentacoast
Mrs. Brandenberg reveals Percy Pentacoast loathes matrimony but is social and wealthy, traveling and cultured. Virginia Tarleton, wary of suitors, demands no marriage talk yet shows curiosity about meeting Percy if arranged, while Brandenberg notes Virginia’s nearly inaccessible wall to romance.
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Virginia
Percy
Floss
Percy Pentacoast
Ana
Mrs. Brandenberg
Mortimer Brandenberg
Miss Tarleton
Mr. Pentacoast
Virginia Engaged to Percy Amid Mrs Brandenberg Plot
In a family drama, Virginia writes of her engagement to Percy causing Mrs Brandenberg to fear a scandal. A witty dinner party unfolds the next steps as Mortimer contemplates a portrait for his wife while charges of consent and manipulation swirl around the social circle.
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Percy
Virginia
Buffalo Enquirer
Splendid horsewoman wins blue ribbon at Denver show
Mrs. C. B. Whitehead drove an ugly horse at the Denver horse show last week and captured the blue ribbon. She is one of those splendid horsewomen for whom the west is noted and she showed grit when the horse balked.
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C. B. Whitehead
Denver
Misadventures in a Wedding and a Baby Name Joke
Extracted lines depict a comic exchange about a wedding trip and a hidden bill in Mrs. Witherby’s pocket. The father-in-law mocks financial requests as the couple adjusts after marriage. A separate O'Toole exchange toys with a baby name joke Patrick Expansion Mulvaney reflecting playful regional humor.
Successful Women and the Courage to Succeed
An editorial extols successful women who work with courage and tireless energy. It argues pay equity will improve, denies there is a gender difference in brains, and praises fighters who plan daily battles and strive honestly for success and respect.
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Lfe
Man with the Gun Stirs Maine Woods in Poem
A humorous verse characterizes a city man hunting in Maine, detailing erratic aiming and misfires as he pursues a deer like target. The piece ends with a satirical aside about a Lewiston Journal journalist and a closing joke about a girl seeking gowns and marriage offers.
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Maine
Mar
Strome
Great Caesar
Holman F. Day
Lewiston
Journal
Glove Confusion Stirs Chicago Record
A quirky note from the Chicago Record describes a person unsure of which glove is right or left. The speaker debates putting on hands, noting the right seems to stay on the left and vice versa, creating a tangled, humorous confusion.
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Chicago
Home Cookies Recipe Draft
Cream together a cup of sugar and three quarters of butter then beat in two eggs and a gill of milk. Fold in flour with baking powder and salt until stiff, roll out, cut into cakes, and bake.
Return baggage faster with FRANK BIRD Transfer Co
Instructions advise travelers to present railroad checks to the FRANK BIRD TRANSFER CO S AGENT at the MAIN EXIT of Union Station in Indianapolis to save several hours in baggage delivery.
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Indianapolis
Frank Bird Transfer CO
Union Station
One Fare Round Trip to Portland Seattle and Tacoma
Through Chicago and Northwestern Ray October 12 to 15 with return until November 16 1899 inclusive. Fastest time grand scenery and perfect service. inquire at nearest ticket office or A H Waggener 6 Jackson Place Indianapolis Ind.
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Portland
Seattle
Tacoma
Chicago & Northwestern Ra Y
A. H. Waggener
Jackson Place
Indiananols
Ind
Cincinnati and Return Fare Highlighted in Rail Ad
An advertisement promotes a Cincinnati round trip for 3.30 with text noting six fast trains by the C H and D Railway. Tickets are valid for outbound on October 12 14 16 and 18 and valid for return through October 18 inclusive.
Kitchen Guide for Roasting Broiling and Preserving Meats
The article details methods for enhancing meat dishes with sugar in baste water, quick browning for broiling, and finishing off in a hot fire. It covers boiling chicken for salad with salt pork and forming jelly, and boiling ham with spices then browning with brown sugar and stock basting. It ends noting epicures finish with a sherry basting.
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Epicures Ake
Pointed Paragrap hs of quotes singe in Chicago views
A collection of pithy observations on equality, ambition, love, and memory. The piece comments on twins birth, hesitating lovers, emigration versus arrest, canine honesty, amateur photography, perfection as trifles, brains in high places, bee memory, and a scientist’s claim. The voice ties a humorous note to everyday human quirks.
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Chicago
Leather novelties in fall bags and belts
The fall 1899 leather line features longer combination pocketbooks, velvet blends, and round corner purses. Cadet blue brown and tan leather dominate while black is avoided. Lizard chatelaine bags with sterling mounts, one and a half inch leather belts, and combination frames for five photos appear. New leathers include seal morocco alligator and exotic skins with gilt buckles and feather belts. Vienna offers heliotrope olive green light tan and ox blood tones resembling Persian agate but may limit use.
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Boston
Vienna
Artillery Red Cloth Cape For Evening Wear
The mid season wrap for evening wear is a long cape in artillery red cloth with a white silk collar and binding. The collar can be broadened for flatterer effect and fastens to the left of the opening. Seek sample from an army officer or let a military tailor cut and stitch the cape.
Modern Autumn Hats Trade Feathers Over Quills
In fashion notes from Place of Quills readers are told milliners favor soft breast feathers for autumn hats, replacing last season’s stiff quills. The new downy plumes are praised for beauty and suppleness in millinery trends.
Local Neighbor Testimony Promotes Kid-Neoids Cure
Mrs S J Prathro of No 249 Indiana Ave attests to kidney relief after using Morrow’s Kid-neoids. She credits the yellow tablets, not pills, with a complete cure from back pain following a car accident. Sold for fifty cents per box via Sloan Drug Co and John Morrow & Co.
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Morrow
S. J. Prathro
Indiana Ave
Merrew
Sloan Drug Co
John Morrow & Co
Springfield
Ohio
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Loney
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Patrick
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Brooklyn Life
Black Cat
Tig
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R. T. Felix Gouraud
L. A. Sayre
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Great Jones St
Baldwin Ellington Valley Gem
Howard Hamilton
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Penn
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E. Washington St
Vonnegut’s
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Old Mammoth Cave
Bond
Coldewey & Coo
Loussville
South Delaware
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Johnson & Walta
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