Women's boomer column elevates intellect over toil in Oklahoma
The piece profiles women boomers Nanette Daisy Catherine Labourier Dallas Pearl Younger Nellie Bruce and others as brave claimants near Edmunds Oklahoma. It extols female intellect over domestic drudgery arguing study enriches household life and moral duties while urging lofty ideals and independent thinking for women.
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Huilio
Oklahoma
Fair Woman
Nannetta Daisy
Indian Territory
Nannetta
Kentucky
Amazon
Edmunds
Catherine Labourier Dallas
Lucretia Borgia
Kate
Texas
Pearl Younger
Belle Starr
Nellie Bruce
New York Sun
The Secret of Youth for Student Women
The article argues aging comes from mental stagnation and routine rather than activity. It praises student women who continually study, analyze, and assimilate new material, claiming study fuels development and preserves youth while a life focused on worn thoughts drains vitality.
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New York World
Henry Austin
Boston
Mr. Austin
Sioux Falls
Mrs. Hubbard
Red Bank
New Jersey
Fashion’s hoop to tournure through Sioux Falls divorces
A Sioux Falls correspondent details the city as a hub for divorce seeking, noting Mrs. James G. Blaine Jr and Horace Greeley connections among prominent claimants. The piece contrasts fashion shifts from hoop skirts to the tournure and profiles notable residents pursuing legal separations amid social gossip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
James G. Blaine, Jr
Jamie
Patrick Egan and the Chilean incident in Valparaiso
The United States demands explanations and reparations from Chile for the attack on American seamen in Valparaiso. Patrick Egan, United States Minister to Chile since March 1889, presented the demands. Egan, an Irish-born official, faced a turbulent period during Chile's civil war and has a long political and diplomatic background.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Chili
United States
Valparaiso
Patrick Egan
Egan
Longford
Ballymahon
Dublin
Patrick
Christian Brothers
The
Land League
France
Lincoln
Neb
Boston
Miss Conners Pluck Defends School Flag in Indiana
Emma Conners, a district schoolteacher near Crawfordsville Indiana, stood firm for the national flag as a crowd tore down and destroyed the little cotton banner she cherished. Her brave stand drew widespread press attention from coast to coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Connors
Mexico
Miss Conners
Stars and Stripes
Indiana
Barbara Frietchie
Atlantic
Pacific
Emma Conners
Crawfordsville
Ind
Portrait of Baby Cleveland ruler of a Madison Avenue house
A vivid portrait of Baby Cleveland, a spirited infant described as quick tempered and energetic, living at a prominent New York address. The piece notes her distinctive appearance, daily care, and a canopy cradle planned for her, with garments mostly handmade by Mrs. Cleveland and gifting from friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baby Cleveland
Madison Avenue
New York
Cleveland
Paris
Boston
Diplomatic Pressure Escalates Over Chinese Demand
The United States and allied powers press China to protect its subjects. They threaten war if the mandate is not granted. A government reply is awaited, and if delayed, stronger measures will be pursued by the three governments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ers
United States
Ex-Presidentary Member and Dining Organization Mentioned
Fragmentary text references an ex-presidary member connected to a dining organization and a figure identified as Tanta Drivat, with unclear relation to a family safety issue and Morse.
Chinese Pigry of Horrible Outrage Against Foreigners
Riots in treaty ports injure Christians as rioters burn missions in Ichang and Wuchang on the Yangtze. Sisters are cast into the river and rescued by convent novitiates while consular and civil authorities fail to stop the mobs, heightening tensions between China and foreign powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Yang-tse-Kiang
St. Francis
Emigrants From the South Sail to Liberia
A shipload of sixty-eight African American emigrants from the South set sail for the Liberian republic aboard a vessel described as bound west to Africa. The party includes many preachers and elders, with a mix of ages, and was inspired by Bishop Turn’s Liberia lectures and the Liberia Colonization Society offering land and a future farming three crops yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suyia
Republic of
Beria
Africa
Robert O'Neill
South
African Republic
East River
Georgi
Sun
Florida
Robert McNe
Georgia
Bishop Turn
Liberia
Liberia Colonation Society
Republic
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Mitchell, South Dakota
Mitchell Printing CO
Regi
Moscow
Novoye Vremya
Helen Glapstone
Dakota
Thomas D. Worrall
England
America
Phillips
Colorado
Horace Greeley
American College of Medicine
New Orleans
Warmoth
London
Blaine
Louise M. Beall
Norfolk
Bealls
Harrisons
Old Dominion
Beall
Thomas D. Worralts
N G Blatse, JR
Mina Hubbard
Patrick Ega
Mrs, Cleveland
Clark Township School
Ichang
Natin Chang
Afrian
I Emigra
Ravi
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