Faith cure and college women in the era report
A family in New Jersey clings to faith cure for smallpox amid its failure. The piece quotes Bryn Mawr president M Carey Thomas on women and marriage, arguing for equal education and rights. It notes educators favor manliness of character and contends college leaders should apply the same standard to women. A London labor question example follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
M. Carey Thomas
Bryn Mawr College
London
America
England
Emancipation and Liberty in Modern Society
The passage argues liberty has two meanings: freedom to follow impulses and freedom within law to rise without hindrance. It frames emancipation as progress, highlights the emancipation of women as part of a global movement that strengthens humanity. It asserts women gaining personhood and agency will renew society.
Health lecture urges science over tradition in physiology talk
The Science Department of the Women's Club opened a course on physiology with Dr. G. W. Fitz of Harvard affiliation presenting The Physiological Life. He urged scientific method, warned against dietary fads and cold baths, discussed vaccination, toxine, and anti vivisection issues, and urged humane tomato of education to protect child health and vitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Science
Science Department
G. W. Fitz
Harvard University
R. E. Bell
T. B. Smith
Elizabeth G. Newcomb
Fitz
Koch
Boards of Health
American Women in London Society Report
A look at American women clubs in London. The Society of American Women in London provides a center for literary artistic scientific and philanthropic women to meet share work and support each other. Notable members include Mrs J C Croly Mrs Rudyard Kipling and many other prominent figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Crane
Woman's Home Companion
Society of American Women
London
America
International Congress of Women
London Society
General Federation of Women's Clubs
United States
Prince’s
J. C. Croly
Jennie June
Clubs
Ridgiey Carter
Deitz Glynes
Clymer
Sorosis
Canziani-Starr
Crerar
Beile Cole
Isobel Margesson
Violet Brook Hunt
Joseph Chamberlain
Nevada
Arthur Paget
Moreton Frewen
Evelyn Millard
Ella Hepworth-Dixon
Humphrey Ward
Hugh Reid Griffin
Wells- Beach
Waterbury
Connecticut
Chicago
England
Orange Marmalade and Citrus Preserves Guide
Practical, period style instructions for selecting fruit and making orange marmalade, bitter orange and lemon preserves, plus extract from peel. Includes brining, peeling, boiling steps, sugar ratios, testing, jar sealing with alcohol, candied peel method, and drying.
Fruit Jellies Use of Gelatine Prevents Insipidity
Recipe note explains that all gelatine based jellies tend toward insipid texture and flavor unless a specific preventative technique is used. The guidance emphasizes adjustments to ingredients or method to retain zest in fruit jellies.
A. G. Pollard Co Annual Clearance Sale Deals
Catalog notes steep discounts across coats, capes, suits and furs for men and women. Items include long silk coats 35 dollars, broadcloth opera capes 20 dollars, multiple fur trimmed pieces, raincoats, tailored suits, and silk kimonos with prices slashed from higher amounts. Limited sizes and alterations listed.
Fragrant Jelly Recipes From Lemons Oranges and Fruits
An era of fruit based desserts described with detailed method for lemon and orange jellies. Instructions cover soaking gelatine, preparing zest and juice, sugar amounts, cooling times, and strain steps. Also directions for a tutti frutti jelly blending lemon jelly with mixed fruit and nuts for a richer dessert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valencia
California
Florida
Apricot and Peach Dumplings Steam Benign Pudding
A recipe instructs using canned apricots or peaches to make a layered steamed pudding. Boil milk with butter, stir in sifted flour, then add egg yolks sugar and cold milk. Beat egg whites to stiff peaks and layer with fruit in a tin mould. Steam two hours above boiling water.
Seville Orange Pudding and Meringue Pie Recipe
English housewives and Scots use Seville or sour oranges in sauces and desserts. This pudding mixes orange peel yolks butter and sugar with orange juice then bakes in a crust. Meringue topped with more orange juice and sugar bakes until firm in about fifteen minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Browned Pie Serving Tip with Orange and Lemon Note
A brief kitchen tip advising browning the pie delicately and serving hot. It suggests cutting while hot and, if desired, using a ordinary sweet orange with a small amount of lemon juice for extra flavor.
The Merry Bells Poem by Miss Cora C Bass
A volume from Miss Cora C Bass presents The Merry Bells a cheerful poem praising goodwill and joy. It contrasts heavenly beauty with the hard truth that crosses borne for right will keep a nation pure and white.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora C. Bass
The Bright Side and the Right Side Poem
A reflective verse contrasts the bright side with the wrong path, urging pursuit of a right and blissful path. It hints at freedom and hope, describing the white side as free of darkness and the journey toward homes beyond the sky with stairways of fair ways.
Woman's Alliance to Meet at Kirk Street Church
The Woman's Alliance connected with the Home Missionary society of the Congregational church will hold an all day meeting in Kirk Street church on Thursday January 16. Good speakers will be present and churches in the Andover and Woburn conferences will be represented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William M. Salter
Atlantic
Mr. Salter
Woman's Alliance
Home Missionary Society
Congregational Church
Kirk Street
Andover
Woburn
The Oldest Doll in America Story Begins
In 1699 William Penn sailed from England on the Canterbury for his second voyage to the American colony. Mary Townsend Kirk notes in the January Ladies' Home Journal that he brought with him a doll of historic significance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Penn
England
Canterbury
Mary Townsend Kirk
Oldest American doll travels through centuries in Maryland retirement
A lone English doll linked to William Penn’s daughter Letitia survives two hundred years from the 17th century voyage across the Atlantic. She remains a rare Court dress figure, twenty inches tall, with striped brocade and velvet attire, long waist, and a full basque. Now housed in Montgomery County Maryland, she is kept under careful wrappings except for curious visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
William Penn
Letitia
Miss Rankin
Philadelphia
Montgomery County
Maryland
America
Picture Bargains at Maker's Store on Merrimack Corner
The advertisement announces a large display of post Christmas bargains in pictures and picture frames at Geo. E. Maker's shop at the corner of John and Merrimack streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. E. Maker
John and
Merrimack Streets
Ely's Cream Balm Trial Size Offers Quick Relief
A testimonial endorses Ely's Cream Balm as an effective remedy for catarrh. Trial size costs 10 cents, full size 50 cents, available from druggists or by mail from Ely Bros. Addresses include Warren Street New York and Mill Street Lexington Kentucky. Mrs. B. Daniel reports strong personal benefit and plans to continue purchasing locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely
Ely Bros
Warren Street
New York
Mill Street
Lexington
B. Daniel
Kennedy’s Butter Thin Biscuit Proves Its Claim
The proof of the pudding is in the eating. Kennedy's Butter Thin Biscuit delivers what is promised. Pick Kennedy's and you’ll get the best.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
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Mrs. Roosevelt
Cabinet
Daughters of the American Revolution
Women of America
Ella Deitz Clymer
Glynes
Temple Kett
Chicago Women’s Club
Board of Protective Agency
Queen Victoria
de Friese
Joseph Choate
Great Britain
Mattox
Arthur Fay
Mrs. DE Friese
Frank W. Mattox
Mrs. Temple Kent
A. G. Pollard & CO
Melton
Oxford
McGee
Merrimack Street
NEW Poetry
Women’s Alliance
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