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Debutante era and Morse first telegram in focus
A long feature traces Mrs Jenness-Miller as rational dress advocate turning to drama. It profiles Marie Corelli at Hall's Croft Stratford and notes debutante motherhood duties. It also retells Annie Ellsworth’s sending of What hath God wrought for Morse and the first telegraph line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenness-Miller
Miller
NHS
Wintever
London
Philadelphia
Marie Corelli
Stratford-on-Avon
Wall's Croft
Shakespeare
Susannah
Hall's Croft
Stratford
Verona
Corelli
Stuswell Smwith
Annie Ellsworth
Stenry L. Ellsworth
Oliver Elsworth
S.j. B. Mars
Congress
Washington
Baltimore
Morse
SY Jos Ud
Senate
Professor Morse
New York
Miss Ellsworth
Connecticut
Hartford
Jack
Elmira Telegram
Annie Carlo
Chicago
Italy
Survey Medical College
Carlo
Mary Thompson Hospital For Women and Children
Playfair School