Women Doctors at Baltimore College Train for Practice
In Baltimore at Woman's Medical College of Baltimore twenty students pursue a three year program with heavy laboratory work and advanced clinical opportunities. The college notes that few female physicians practice locally and highlights the City’s unique place in women’s medical education, including several who study to become physician missionaries. The piece ends with an anecdote about a bootblack seeking aid from Mr Armour, and Chicago Tribune corroboration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Medical College of
Baltimore
Thomas Wilson Sanitarium For
United States
Orst Medical School
City Physician's
Baltimore Sun
Paradise for Mothers-in-law and Apache Roles
The piece contrasts Apache marriage customs with standard social norms. It describes a man’s obligation to his wife’s family, including silence before his mother in law and payment of a valuable dowry plus ongoing service. It notes consent needed to remarry after a wife’s death and reflects themes of love, obligation, and human nature.
Carrying an Anamese Bride and Its Disadvantages
Dr Hocquard recalls a French officer in Namdinb who bought Ti San an Anamese girl for 45 francs. The contract tied her to the husband allowing easy divorce, support obligations, and parental access. Ti San gambled away her wardrobe and money, triggering clashes with her sizeable family living nearby. The officer laments the social cost of such an Anamese marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hocquard
France
Tonquin
Namdinb
Ti San
Jim's Absentminded Barber Costs Job and Rent
A humorous local tale recalls Jim the barber whose chronic forgetfulness led to a string of mishaps from spraying lather into ears to shaving a moustache off a drunken customer. The tale ends with Jim losing his job after an ill timed finishing touch at the Deacon Jones funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim
Deacon Jones
Imperfect Encyclopedia Provokes Grads Riff
A Yale graduate complains the encyclopedia is imperfect after searching P for possum, a Harvard grad notes no allusion to a continental in C, and a Vassar graduate jokes about under S and R. The exchange shows playful scholars quipping about missing entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
Harvard
Vassar
George
Fragmented Frontier Legend Recounted in Local Note
A truncated reminiscence recalls Capt. Jack leaping from a bluff into a creek while pursued by Indigenous foes. The fragment hints at a boastful tale tied to a famous pursuit, mentioning a crowd and a heavy penotag as it trails into the local memory.
Princess Dolgorouki Memoirs Recall Assassination Eve
Odessa telegram reports Princess Dolgorouki morganatic wife of a late Czar has published memoirs in Russia. She describes the eve of Alexander I’s assassination, the palace guards, the Czar’s fury, a poisoning of his dog Tristan, and his movement toward Vienna before dying in the winter palace with his dying words mentioning her name.
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Dolgorouki
Odessa
Russia
Paris
Alexander I
Stauden
Vienna
Austria
Tristan
Alexander II
Sergius
Winter Palace
Alexander Hr
Paying for Knowing How and the Value of Knowledge
A factory owner recounts paying a machinist $25 for knowing how to fix a pump after a neighbor engineer used a hammer and three taps. The bill lists 50 cents for fixing the pump and $25 for knowing how, a price the buyer accepted as reasonable due to the value of knowledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. Blank & Co
John Smith
American Furniture Gazette
A Sensible Precaution and Lottery Fortune in One Page
A notice extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a safe early remedy for dyspepsia and other ailments, praising its purity and medical endorsement. It also recounts Joseph Huggard of Bridgeport winning $15,000 from a Louisiana Lottery prize, continuing his steady toil as a file-maker despite good luck, with no signs of extravagance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huggard
Bridgeport
Conn
Joseph Huggard
John Street
New Orleans
Adams Express Company
Harness Catalogue Highlights Kinsey Co. Denver Offer
The Kinsey Implement Co. of Denver publishes a compact Harness Catalogue praised for quality paper finish and clear, concise descriptions. It covers pony to heavy coach harness with full lines of collars halters sweat pads whips robes and carriage furnishings. Free mailed catalogue invites readers and farmers to request a copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Kinsey Implement Co
Denver
Kinsey Implement Co
Kinsey Co
Colorado Farmer
Santa Fe Route Dining Cars Offer Fast Travel
The New Deal on the Santa Fe runs daily from Colorado Springs at 5 p m to Chicago arriving the next morning at 8 50 with vestibule and chair cars. It serves supper out of Denver and is the only line with dining cars in and out of Denver. Double daily service to California points.
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Ununnervou
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Chicago
Denver
Santa Fe
Calfornia
Carlyle
Robert Allen Campbell
H. E. Lawrence & Co
State St
New and Elegant Train Service Expands on Central Line
Advertises constant improvements and a record growing number of passengers on the New York Central. Claims last year carried over 18 million passengers with expectations of a larger total this year. Also includes a stray, unrelated line about mint julep and straws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Central
Great Burlington Houte Rate to Boston and Return
Advertises a one lowest first class rate from Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo to Boston with return tickets on sale August 6 to 10 and valid until Sept 80. Includes half fare from all Colorado points and through rate to Boston via the Burlington short through line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington Houte
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Boston
Colorado
Loston
Burlington
Castoria Recalled In Children's Health Ad Joke
A local note recalls the familiar Castoria line from a period advertisement and adds a quip about a city lady naming her scratching cat Clawed, reflecting playful product lore and domestic humor of the era.
Colorado youths urged to enroll in Des Moines college
An old newspaper blurb invites 100 Colorado young men and women to pursue good positions at a business college. It promotes Iowa Business College Des Moines with mail lessons in shorthand and reduced railroad fare. Also touts Dr Sage’s Catarrh Remedy and Kidder’s Pastilles with brief testimonials and contact hints.
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Colorado
Iowa Business College
Des Moines
Iowa
Catairh
Sage
J. Ll. A
Kidder’s Pastilles
Lestown
Mass
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Pramoheco
Cal
NEW Roar
Jose
Pee Hakee Paper Aero Afpliabce Co, Orth Br
St. Louis
BE Broy
New York City
MEEVS
Rusber Boot
Mitme Pree
Acts Nen
T T
Lfelit Gouraud
Seecumey
Paol
Ear Sany
Frei Efrelnt O
Mr. Armour and
the Boo'black
Mr. Armour
Board
St. Paul
William
Mineponpolia
Arknasnt
Brush Street
Jack
Princess Dolgorouki
Cragin & Co
J. S. Parker
Fredonia
N. Y
Hall
Baby McKee
Mary Scott Lord McKee
Jersey
Bey
Theo
Grand Army of the Republic
Ethel
Charlie
Scott
Alt
Castoria
J. I. Case
W. Kinsey
Sapolio
Plsv
Pyle
James Pyle
New York
Milwaukee
Marriage Association
Gunnel's Monthly
Toledo
J.rennert
Clarks
West
Isaac K. Hitt
Dearborn St
R. R
Best Business College of the West
Lawrence
Kas
Gordon Fedleton, Jr
Kington Ave
Punt Johnson & CO
Main St
Hicharmond
C. M. Carter
Washington, D. C
Box
Orp
Wdows
Parer S
Aew
Tallmadge & Tallmadge
Wash
Washington DC
Densio Sion Ee
Rincip
Pension Bureau
Atty Si
Milo B. Stevens & Cos
Washington
PD. C
Cleveland
Detroit
Ohio
K. Ss
Berlin
Hebington
D.C
Tully
Agdress
James Tanner
Issioner
Redhead
Norton, Jathrop & C O
Deslow
Canary Birds
Canada
LS Cts
Biry N. St. Philadetonate
MrAenty
the Wars Chemical
Cincinnati
H.ingha Tam
Amsterden
Th & Co
Ebreago
Iil
Oruggiee
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