The Lowell servant problem and hiring trends
A reflective piece on housework hiring in Lowell Boston, comparing shortages and willing workers, and noting that experienced mill workers adapt well to domestic tasks. It surveys advertiser practices, the risks of unreliable help, and the social dynamics of choosing a housekeeper amid changing labor patterns. It also touches on local social notes and cultural happenings around Lowell and Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Lowell
Prominent locals attend long midnight school party
Henry H. Harris, Percival G. Barnard, Harry Knapp, Dennis J. Murphy, and James E. Donnelly were among notable attendees at a school event. A large turnout of youths and several school board members plus Superintendent and Mrs. A. K. Whitcomb joined in the late night gathering, which lasted until midnight and was a festive occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry H. Harris
Percival G. Barnard
Harry Knapp
Dennis J. Murphy
James E. Donnelly
A. K. Whitcomb
A Study in Courtesy on Broadway Car
A New York Vail and Express reflection contrasts Col Hardin of Kentucky and Dr Endicott of Beacon Street Boston. It argues their politeness disrupts city motion, illustrating a local code of courtesy that keeps each person a small cog in a fast moving clockwork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper Broadway
Broadway
Col. Hardin
Kentucky
Dr. Endicott
Beacon Street
Boston
Russia
Forty-second Street
New York
New York Vail and Express
Washington Park statue bill and European art club debate
The piece notes a Washington DC park statue plan funded by US women, a Senate bill handling a Washington pedestal for McClellan, and an international women artists club with branches in London and Paris. It also reports the death of sculptor John Leoni in St Louis from a 1593 scaffold injury, his Corsican origins, and burial, plus exhibitions and art funding across Chicago, Denver, Boston, and other cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Washington
Daniel Chester French
Edward C. Potter
Paris
United States
Washington
Wetmore
Senate
General McClellan
House of Representatives
Committee On the Library
Europe
London
John Leoni
Rome
Chicago
City Hospital
St. Louis
Leoni
St.Louis
Ajaccio
Corsica
Napoleon Bonaparte
Peruna touted as cure for catarrh and nervousness
In letters from Minneapolis and Hebron readers praise Peruna as a cure for catarrh and lifelong fatigue. The advertisement claims Peruna enriches blood, steadies nerves, and provides lasting energy, noting it can prevent summer ailments and urging readers to request the free book Summer Catarrh from The Peruna Medicine Co of Columbus Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RS. Elmer Fleming
Minneapolis, Minn
Polk Street
N. E
C. Nickel
Hebron
Neb
Columbus
Ohio
Salons and Sales Highlight Paris Art Market Movements
The piece notes a May opening for a new artist salon in the Grand Palace amid two established groups calling it the Salon des Refuses. It highlights Bowdoin family heirlooms donated to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and traces Monet, Sisley, and Daubigny works fetching high prices at Paris auctions, with notable purchases by M. Tillemot and M. Durand Ruel. It mentions architectural drawings from Rome and forthcoming sales of school pieces including Monet and Renoir works, plus illustrated catalogs.
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Boston
Lowell
Cruikshank
New York
George Cruikshank
London
Grand Palais
Champs Elysees
Bilange
Jourdain
Jossote
Minartz
Launay
Delpauve
Lempereur
Brancaccio
Giriend
Monge
Atlantic
Ary
Lot
Orrimary
Ganization
Grand Palace
Salon Des Refuses
Robert C. Winthrop, Jr
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Bowdoin
France
Bowdoins
Lon
James Bowdoin
Napoleon
Paris
Claude Monet
Saardam
Hotel Drouet
M. Tillemot
Bernheim and
Jeune
Frances
M. Durand Ruel
Daubigny
M. Theodore Duret
M. Duret
Sisley
Institute of Technology
Rome
Paris School of Fine Arts
Circulation Of New Yorks Yellows And Their Trade
Allen Sangree explains the rise of yellow journalism in New York, noting World and Journal each supply 300,000 copies and Herald 150,000. He details evening papers, war-time circulation spikes, Hearst and Pulitzer staff shifts, and annual paper costs and payrolls, with World employs about 1500 in its building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
World
Sun
Greater
New York
World and Journal
Herald
Hearst
Pulitzer
Allen Sangree
Ainslee’s
Thompson Hardware Announces Special Bicycle Sale
Thompson Hardware offers high grade bicycles at 22.00 dollars each in a closing out sale. These are first class wheels and are expected to sell quickly due to the low price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson Hardware Company
The May Era and Related May Magazines Review
The May issue highlights book illustration and the heavy focus on current literature. It covers The Era book reviews, The Observer notes on historical fiction boosting history interest, and features on Mortimer Collins and Hoosier literature. It also reviews Universal Brotherhood Path May contents, The Protectionist May leading article, and Motherhood for May with new covers and nursing, education, and child care articles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Observer
William S. Walsh
Keenan
Charles Welsh
Mortimer Collins
Thackeray Gilkysson
Emerson
Eilis P. Oberholtzer
Samuel S. Adams
John H. W. Rhein
Lada Blair
Joseph Byrne
A. M
Rowland Humphreys
Edith Vail Taylor
Elizabeth Robinson Scovil
Capitola Harrison Spencer
Ellen Ruby Perry
May Manton
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Elbert Hubbard
Abraham Taber
New Bedford
Belvidere
Roycrofters
Hitler Hubbard
East Aurora
Mr. Taber
Hubbard
Porto Rico
Flagler
Lucie A. Tucker
Women’s League
Philip Hale
George B. Pillsbury
San Francisco
China
Philippines
Irene Pindar
James J. Kerwin
H. D. Murphy
England
Royal Canoe Club
William Nichols Shaw
Edith Patterson
Charles H. Patterson
West 87Th Street
Highland Club
Humane Society
Colonial Hall
Lowell Training School
Gertrude Edmund
James BE. Donnelly
William P. Hovey
Hibbard
Adelaide Sweetsir
Sara Deane
Ella Burns
Agnes Bailey
Misa Elizabeth Butler
Mabel Ela
Essie Roche
Anna Coburn
May Courtney
Misa Bertha McCue
Blake
Adams, Taylor &C0
State St
Asee
Ams
Taylor & Ani
Ers
The
Art Institute of Chicago
Charles Warren Eaton
Gerome
George Washington
Cornell University College of Architecture
Denver
Buffalo
Brooklyn
Milwaukee
Philadelphia
Smithsonian Institute
Cincinnati
Museum of Fine Arts
Santiago de Chili
New York Tribune
Joseph Bail
Ribera
Velasquez
Spain
Lotus Club
George Fawcett Rowe
Arthur Dawson
Shimado Sekko
Japan
Pass
Rlin
Munich
Jiome
Peruna
Elmer Flemic
Elmer Fleming
Minneapolis
M. G
Monet
Degas
Renoir
NEW Yorks
Universal Brotherhood Path
William Scott
R. W. Machell
Mirror of the Movement
Children’s Department
Emily I. Willans
Home Market Club
Protectionist
Belgium
George W. Russell
Germany
Betty Bluet
Lilla Thomas Picter
Elizabeth Robinson
Woodpecker Inn
Pearl Howard Campbell
Lucie Chase Bell
Caro Atherton Dugan
Clara Marie Platt
Charlie
Alva Deane
Charles Wheeler
Thorndike Street
P. F. Devine
Merrimack ST
Lowell Trunk Manufactory
Shattuck & Son
Central Street
Prescott Street
J. B. Goodwin
Lawn and Cemetery
W.T.S. Bartlett
Merrinmack Street
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