Snits the Dutch Boy Becomes a Hero at Wales School
At a hillside school near Wales Miss Mattie Smith’s class endures pranks and gossip about Ben Windsor’s pants. A missing child triggers a wild search under the old building where Snits the Dutch boy crawls through a tiny opening to rescue Fanny Windsor and reveal a dead rat, prompting the town to fund a new schoolhouse.
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Mattie Smith
Wales
Miss Mattie
Nan Foster
Nan
Panny Rider
Tommy Gill
Johnny Smeltner
Ben Windsor
Jessie Brown
Snits
Miss Mattle
Mattie
Santa
Johnny Smeltzer
Sarah Wyand
Charley Stills
George Watts
Sammy Sin
Fanny Windsor
Ben
Panny Windsor
Windsor
Fanny
Panny
Willi Day
Sammy Singer
Rat
Louise R. Baker
New York Observer
The New Woman and Her Role in Society
A Buffalo essay advances the idea of the New Woman as a blend of feminine virtue and self reliance. It argues the real New Woman will emerge through education and experience, not sensational displays, and will balance domestic duties with public capability without abandoning traditional spheres.
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Buffalo
New York
Kirainerd Faolles
Grace Aml Force
Middletown
Conn
Normin L. Brainerd
Leora Campbell Brainerd
Fulier
Miss Payne's Young Ladies Seminary
Betsy Prie
America
Minerva
Venus
To Purify the Atmosphere New York Bin
Noxious gases from imperfect sewage may be destroyed by free use of copper in water poured down pipes. Saucers of chloride of lime placed around bathrooms and under traps purify a house atmosphere.
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New York
Great Millions Betrothal of Gertrude Vanderils
In 1885 Moses Taylor and Miss Gertrude Vanderils, daughter of Cornelius Vanderils, plan a formal engagement. Moses Taylor, 24, heir to a vast fortune from the Moses Taylor estate, is a Yale graduate and famed polo enthusiast with ties to William H. Vanderbilt. The betrothal announcement is expected this autumn.
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Trortrade Vanderbilt
Moses Taylor
Gertrude Vanderils
Cornelius
Henry C. Taylor
Moees Taylor
William H. Vanderbit
Mr. Taylor
Yale
Unspoiled by Honors Melchers’ Dutch Humility
An American traveler in Holland notes Detroit artist Melchers remains unfazed by fame after winning the Paris exposition prize in 1889. He dined with the German emperor yet wears a peasant blouse and wooden shoes, calling his wet attire the only suit he owns, even when hosted by a burgomaster’s wife.
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Holland
Melchers
Detroit
Portrait of Jane Addams, Chicago street cleaner chief
Miss Jane Addams of Chicago, superintendent of street cleaning, is praised as a remarkable woman of the decade. She is the daughter of Hon. John H. Addams, longtime Illinois state senator. She graduated from Rockford College in 1881 and has served as a trustee of the institution.
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Donne Addams
Chicago
Jane Addams
John H. Addams
Northern Illinois
Rockford College
The New Woman Discussion in Homestead Era Speech
Mr Jason comments on the new woman movement noting it shifts toward information gathering about neighbors more than government or microbes. He argues Blabe would study neighbors, not broad governance, reflecting local attitudes toward social change in a historical newspaper passage.
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Mr. Jason
Indianapolis Journal
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Moses Tosier
Meir
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