Women in Banking and Public Life Across Regions
The article surveys roles and anecdotes of women in banking and public life, noting 907 women employed in national and state banks, and detailing figures such as Lady Salisbury and Mrs. Palmer. It highlights women’s voting rights in parish meetings, professional strides, and social impact, alongside miscellaneous notes on farming, trees, and a mislaid calf, interwoven with medical and household product advertisements and sayings.
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United States
Lady Salisbury
A. 8. Palmer
Cleveland
James A. Garfield
Lielewyn Davis
Great Britain
Treasury Department
Washington
Wil 04
Jackson
William R. Morteon
Mary F. Hansel
Ellenville
N. Y
Harmon
Genera
Bt. John's Church
Moline
Marnie Mackenzie
Alexander Mackenzie
Royal Academy of Masse
Syrup of Figs Promoted as Ideal Laxative
A diligent advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a pure liquid laxative soothingly cleansing the kidneys liver and bowels without weakening them. It claims health benefits for colds fevers and headaches and urges buying only the California Fig Syrup Co product in bottles priced 60 cents and 1 dollar.
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California
Inframes of color and manners in Paris and England
In The Woman's World column, contrasts of house paint choices and curb appeal are discussed alongside fashion notes about dress styling and fabrics. The piece then pivots to compare English French social customs, noting etiquette in greetings, carriage sides, and dinner party departures in both nations.
Photographs game and fashion notes in 19th century column
The item describes a party game where guests guess notable people from photos pasted on cards and numbered for scoring a booby prize. It also sketches fashion details like velvet collars for slender necks, ribbons, and a satin strap variation, plus several kitchen and home tips from Womankind and a New York Recorder luncheon guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Recorder
Industrial notes on labor, machinery, and global exchanges
A fragmented 19th century collage cites 96 ton locomotives, widespread orders for electrical shops, and a 25,000 strong coal miners union in Alabama, Kentucky, and Tennessee. It mentions Ohio's coal partly mined by machinery, and broad claims about labor value, quarry growth in North Carolina, and assorted ad-like snippets ranging from cures to clocks and cables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Alabama
Kentucky
Tennessee
Ohio
Atlantic Ocean
North Carolina
Not Coming to Lecture in America Health Forces Abdication
Du Maurier cancels lecture plans in America due to ill health. Inci George, Liverpool official and long-time city crier, notes 120000 missing children over his sixty years of service. Max Nordau says he traveled Europe and started writing at 13. Lord Wolseley wounded in action. William Brown appointed Queen Victoria’s Highlands attendant. John Morley nervous before speaking but settles once started. Tolstoi to write a novel critiquing Russian courts. previously fined for not swearing on a jury. Tolstoy recovers from intermittent fever and plans a rest in the Caucasus.
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London
William Brown
John Brown
Queen Victoria
John Morley
Leo Tolstoi
London Daily News
Tolstoi
Count Tolstol
Caucasus
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Western Fur Co
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Estern Fur Co
Omaha
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Los Angeles
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Princess Louise
Marquis of Lorne
Benjamin Ward Richardson
U. S. Navy
Secretary of the Interior
Secretary of Agriculture
Oliver Wendell Holmes
W. H. Russell
London Times
Frank R. Stockton
W. Clark Russell
Nelson A. Miles
Thomas B. Reed
Salisbury
Cleveland Coxe
Bishop Doane
Sir Edwin Arnold
Camille Flammarion
Justin McCarthy
Admiral Stevens
Admiral Markham
Admiral Elliot
Charles Dickens
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F. D. Miller
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