Trained Nursing Offers Careers For Women
A San Francisco Chronicle piece extols nursing as a noble path for women to earn a living. It details training, age, health, schooling, probation, two year programs, wages of eight then twelve dollars, and duties from wards to private homes. It notes uniforms, examinations, credentialing across America Canada and Europe, and ends with a quoted sentiment about independence and respect.
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Florendio Nightingale
Florence Nigitingale
Pup
Simar
America
Canada
Europe
San Francisco
San Francisco Chronicle
American women praised by French fashion editor in La Mode
The La Mode editor extols American female taste in dress and design. She notes Americans balance grace with restrained color, rivaling French style. She highlights American hats, robes, embroidery, and the evolving fashion scene, predicting growing influence and culture.
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la Mode
a @pariant
Mary Wood Ateon on stopping child whining
Dr. Mary Wood Ateon urges family harmony to curb a child’s whining. She stresses securing cordial cooperation of every adult in the household and a united purpose to avoid reinforcing the habit.
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Mary Wood-Ateon
Worankind
Gentle firm guide to curb a child's whining
A fatherly method urges calm steady response to a child's whining. Speak kindly about the habit and its future impact, refuse unjust requests firmly but gently, and reward polite requests. Wait and redirect to pleasant thoughts, letting the child regain self control without scolding.
The Child Mind and Schooling Reform Principles
The essay argues that a child’s mind is an incalculable possibility and schooling should nurture inquiry. It condemns intellectual stuffing and nihilism in classrooms, urging teachers and officials to honor nature’s plan for development and support true inquiry.
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Charles H. Parkhurat
Ladies’ Name Journal
Frachel
Proper table setting and etiquette for a private dinner
The audience learns to fold napkins neatly, arrange sideboard items, and lay a table cloth precisely even for private meals. Emphasizes polishing glassware, hot water washing, and quiet waiting by staff while warning against public reproach at the table to avoid humiliating the servant.
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New York Times
Rustic fire screen from forked and straight branches
A New York Herald description details making a rustic fire screen using two forked uprights forming an inverted V with the smallest branches removed. It calls for peeled bark or cleaned before varnish, two straight top and bottom crosspieces, and a fringed silk rug curtain for a country farmhouse.
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New York: Herald
Rich Interiors and Lady Henry Hostess of Estates
A portrait of a grand drawing room and oak paneled hall with a Holbein designed mantelpiece, Thornhill decorated staircase, and social tea scenes led by Lady Henry. The piece contrasts elegant domestic life with busy work of women typing letters and estate management. Also highlights Mrs L J Miln’s Quaint Korea.
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Holbein
Henry Viel
Thornhill
Henry
Merry
Japanese Women and the Myth of Nippon Beauty
A. de Guer Ville surveys how globe trotters misrepresent Japanese women. He compares Western stereotypes to real life in Tokyo and other cities, noting class differences, geisha roles, morals, and the charm of courteous, well dressed women. He argues foreigners misunderstand love, beauty, and social norms in Japan.
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Japan
Iman
Nippon
Tokyo
Inouye
Pierre Loti
Edwin Arnold
Sir Edwin Arnold
Europe
America
Paris
London
New York
San Francisco
Lfe
Quartier de Batignoelles
Dupont Street
Yokonama
Kobe
Nagasaki
A. de Guerville
Grave no terrors for you in Flat-Oh myth noted
Detroit Tribune cites an inhabitant who proclaims the grave has no terrors, contrasting it with a dwelling that lacks airshaft. The quirky remark reflects local color and humor in the column.
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Detroit Tribune
Italian Author Marie Correlli Revealed in Biography
The passage discusses Mario Correlli, an Italian born authoress adopted by Dr. Charles Mackay, and notes her disciplined, private approach to writing. It contrasts public depictions of Black’s wife as Queen Titania with Correlli’s actual stature and reserved temperament.
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Mario Correlli
Charles Mackay
William Black
Titania
Ahd
Perpetuity of sound and light in historic speculation
The St Louis Republic recounts philosophers Babbage Herschel and Hamilton arguing on whether sound and light waves persist. Babbage claims spoken words imprint forever on air and atmosphere. Henry Reed echoes similar fears. Hamilton contemplates viewing ancient battles by outrunning light waves.
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John Herschel
Babbage
Newton
William Hamilton
Bridgewater
Henry Reed
Marathon
Actham
Herschel
Hamilton
St. Louis Republic
Revival Sermon Sparks Conversion in Camp Meeting Tree Incident
The Rev Dr Eddy, a Northwestern student, preached beneath a busswood tree where Fred Houghton, deeply convicted, had climbed to meditate. Eddy’s impromptu exhortation moved Houghton to accept Christ, and later he recalled the moment as the sermon that saved him. The tale, recounted by the New York Dispatch, ends with Eddy stunned at the unexpected outcome.
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Eddy
Northwestern University
Fred Houghton
Christ
Houghton
Zaccheus of Old
Dr. Eddy
Blueberry Pie A New England Heritage Dish
The piece extols blueberries as a New England treasure from hill pastures to homes, praising the fruit’s独 unique flavor and the art of baking blueberry pie. It emphasizes a delicate balance of crust and syrup, the importance of fresh from the oven taste, and the pride of native cooks in producing the dish.
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New England
Ysnoroe
Boston Transcript
Candy from Cocoa Nuts and Pokeberry Joke
A historical recipe describes grate up two cocoa nuts with four pounds sugar and egg whites, add milk, cook until candy returns to sugar, form cakes, and chill. A joke between Venticentual Friend and an elderly spinster ends with a pun on “women’s rights” and a reply about “widowers” from the London Globe.
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London Globe
River Forest News Items and Local Developments
L 3 Mayo of the National Bank of America moves to Grove street residence. E F LaGare and bride nee Mias Hovey of Glencoe visit the Mayos. Rev Geo I Larash assigned to the Methodist pastorate here by Rock River Conference, replacing Rev A S Villars. W B Schromer to build a 336,000 residence on Franklin Ave. E H Darnsing plans a home costing 3000 to 4000 on Thatcher Ave. Nut coffee cake giveaway with every 25 XXXX blue labels. Robert T Lackey named village engineer with broad local support. New catch basins to be installed due to street changes from pavement work. Willow trees within forty feet of a water course to be removed per ordinance. J B Boyer cut stone yards advertise stone trimmings near Oak Park.
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A. 8. Villars
Byron
Ills
W. B. Schromer
Franklin Avenue
Oak Avenue
T. D. Thompson
E. H. Darnsing
Thatcher Avenue
Air
Albert Burgess
Geo. Nordenholt
Oak Park
Robert T. Lackey
River Forest
Jackson
Catch Basin
J. B. Boyer
Chicago & Northwestern
Lathrop Station
Maywood Board Adjourns As Street Works Loom
Maywood village officials plan a busy year with several street improvement ordinances on the agenda. Ex engineer Wm Iken may challenge his ouster as legal action claims he served a two year term. Trustee Juergens gains relief after exposing crooked Lake street sewer work, preventing disease from defective drainage in River Forest.
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Tapis
Wm. Iken
Juergens
Lake Street
River Forest
Ridgeland Community Notes Highlight Local Changes and Events
Fred F. Cross opens barber shop cigar stand and laundry office in Ridgeland hotel building. Power house roof girders underway and a 195-foot stack to be completed next week. Ridgeland Church rally day features themes and music with an expanded orchestra. Mr. and Mrs. E A Cummings plan Denver trip. Mrs. Cummings to stay with son Charles. Congregational Church receives new carpet from Young Ladies Aid Society. Mrs W A Bartlett returns from Rogers Park and a reception planned. Ridgeland Church sermons focus on Sent from God and Ruth the True Woman. Choral Union and Orchestra organized. Professor Woolert invites singers. rehearsals Fridays at 7 45. T T Rogers elected President.
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Fred F. Cross
Ridgeland
Samuel
Mother
E. A. Cummings
Denver
Young Ladies’ Aid Society
W. A. Bartlett
Rogers’ Park
Ruth
Artist Sketches Italian Counterfeiters in County Jail
A veteran newspaper artist was sent to sketch Italian counterfeiters in the county jail. After hurdles with the turnkey, he used diplomacy and flattery. The prisoners responded with a sharp quip about their innocence, saying they had not been found.
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Blarney
Chicago Chronicle
Tricks In All Trades Pulled A Tooth With Crown
A Chicago Record quip recalls a con where a man claimed to have a toothache case. The crook supposedly swapped a dentist offer for a gold crown, pulling a tooth bearing a $10 crown instead of the real one. The tale frames a jest at a clever scheme.
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Chicago
Efaus Catars
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Cleaning Marble Basins With Acid and Disinfectants
Marble basins stained by use may be cleaned with muriatic acid applied to a rag on a stick and kept away from skin and plumbing. Use extreme caution, treating only stains unyielding to soap. Chloride of lime solution serves as a cheap daily deodorizer and disinfectant to flush waste pipes and drains.
Cure for Headache Electric Bitters
Claims a permanent cure for all headaches with Electric Ettera and promotes it as the remedy for habitual constipation by toning the bowels. Encourages trial with bottles available for AO and $1.00 at L. M. Lovett Oak Park and B. H. Trail Austin drug stores.
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L. M. Lovett
Oak Park
B. H. Trail
Austin
English Press Mulls Marlborough Vanderbilt Link
The English press ponders a possible alliance between the Duke of Marlborough and the Vanderbilt family, with envy and curiosity framing the discourse. The Times notes a Yale professor’s claim of a serum that would prevent young men of standing from marrying Americans, a notion that would alter social matchmaking if true.
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Duke of Marlborough
Vanderbilt
Padmore Brown
Aid
New York Sun
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