Women of London on the School Board and the Progressive Decline
London notes on the school board show four women currently serving versus nine in 1879. Davenport Hill remains a long-serving, influential member. Maitland Eve and Homan are highlighted for sustained public work. The piece traces shifts toward Moderate victory over Progressive candidates and details Homan’s extensive preparation and year-by-year campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Progressive Party
London
School Board
School Board For
Indy
Davenport Hill
Maitland
Eve
Human
South Wales
Chelsea
Marylebone
Homan
Tower Hamlets
Besant
Sydney Watin
Kensington
Great East End
East End
South Kensington School of
South Kensington
St. Bartholomew's Hospice
Wealth of Russia and its monetary system discussed
An analysis of Russia’s financial structure describes money in circulation as largely paper and bullion backing. The piece argues imperial policy influences wealth, industry, and economic stability across Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
USSIA
United States
United
Imperial Bank of Russia
St. Petersburg
Nicholas
Russia
Imperial Bank
Frex
Dr. Strausberg
Moscow Commerce and Loan Bank
M. Eugene Lamanski
Purveyors offer pure wines with prepaid pricing tiers
An advertisement from L Apres of Los Angeles promotes pure wines for household use with prepaid cases at $6.50 to $9.00 per case depending on age. It guarantees wines are adulteration-free and shipped specially. A separate item mentions a Chicago contractor moving a brick church weighing 6,652 tons without damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Apres
Los Angeles
Cal
Chicago
Pennsylvania Farmers Shown 1895 Seed Promos and Prizes
A short promotional piece praises M. M. Luther of East Troy Pa for yielding 207 bushels of Sal ger's Silver Mine Oats and highlights wide seed interest. It urges farmers to enter a 200 dollar gold prize run by John A Salser Seed Co La Crosse Wis and promises a mammoth catalogue and ten free seed packages for a 10 cent reply. It also notes cheap freight for seeds and references hot air furnaces for homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Salter
la Crosse
Wis
Pennsylvania
M. M. Luther
East Troy
John A. Salser Seed Co
Hall's Catarrh Cure ad parodies and fraud warnings
An 19th century echo details a dubious sales pitch for Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills from F J Cheney Co Toledo. The text also notes a Toledo wholesale druggist endorsement and a separate indictment of the manager of a gas company over typhoid linked to polluted water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toleto
F. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Toledo
Ohio
Duiuth Gas and Waeter Company
Also Mentioned on This Page
Women OF London
Department of Ao
Minn
Prince Vassilichisoff
American Bankers’ Magazine
Salzer
Wisconsin
St. Paul
Ee Ee
Mrs. Maitland
Imperial State Bank OF Russia
Wealth OF Russia
Morrah
Kline
Gresterve Kestorer
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