Women in London Crowding Out the Sterner Set
Walter Be sant cites the London Queen report on the Society for Promoting the Employment of Women. The piece notes rising demand for women clerks and bookkeepers while many men seek work, sometimes at lower pay, with broader questions about pay fairness and gender roles. It mentions women finding roles as hairdressers cooks and waitresses and the scale of unemployment given a population of 40 million and 20 million women and girls over 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Walter Besant
The
London Queen
Society For
Tam
R. V. Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N.Y
Pierce
Fall of a Monolith in West Virginia Curiosity Site
A massive sandstone rock at a cliff in Mason county near Ag Lik Mine near Olse is described as a towering monolith that recently collapsed after long weathering. Visitors from nearby cities had gathered at the site to view the formation, which stood hundreds of feet above a sagged country.
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Ag Lik
Mineoln
W.va
Capeinand Enquirer
Ted Rei
Agra
Donny Mt
Olse
Virginia
West Virginia
America
Wrestling with the Supernatural at Jabbo Brook Sermon
Dr. Talmage delivers a Sunday sermon on Genesis as he discusses Jacob wrestling with the angel at the brook Jabbok. He argues trials purify believers, yield growth through hardship, and that divine help comes even in night struggles, leading to dawn and renewed faith.
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Bible Times
Talmage
Jacob
Jack
Inna
Viitor
Dacol
Tuesb
Fravid
Dohn
Paul
John
Chrot
Alwoghtiy
Woden
Jalbok
Coop
Fuente Rhoenh
Ibi Beni
Ito
Hannibal
Alps
Hermopylae
Balaklava
Phe
Jesus
Lazarus
Wali
Church of Christ
Luther
Melancthon
Phitlip
Fragmented notes hint at local housing and youth incident
The passage mentions encounters involving home seekers and several places in the western and southwestern states. It notes youths facing an event at a BTiS facility and references a failed or incomplete West Calon Garetthe action, with scattered place names and dates.
Nostalgic chatter on health tonics and social quirks
The passage spoofs old time remedies like Syrup of Figs and Piso’s Cure for Consumption, mixing comic asides with names and quotes. It mentions actors, suitors, and trivial social exchanges amid a collage of vintage advertising and dialog.
Thanksgiving Tales from a Child’s Letter
A child writes of Thanksgiving with family warmth and simple scenes. The piece contrasts grandmothers and Santa Claus across two splendid days, noting a baby brother who cannot eat yet and the joy of generosity within a Chicago Times-Trier context.
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Santa
Gran
Santa Claus
Grantma
Stanley Wood
Chicago Times-Tieraid
Thanksgiving shadows over a troubled home
Edith Matthews frets over money and luxury while preparing for Thanksgiving. Hiram consoles her as Norah reveals Bernice the frail child and a brutal history. The scene ends with Edith recommitting to gratitude for her home and babies.
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Edith
Pernice
Norah
Maude
Mabel
Bernice
Pet
Hiram Matthews
Hiram
Thanksgiving Dreams and a Burst of Turmoil
Edith, exhausted by poverty, longs for steadier support as her husband Hiram’s absence creates strain. A sudden violent scene at the Ashley house exposes a hidden spree by Mr. Ashley, shocking Edith and drawing the nurse and Mrs. Matthews into the unraveling evening.
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Edith Matthews
Mabel
Mrs. Mat
Faye'n
Edith
Faye
Sway
Bernice Ashley
Mrs. Murphy
Hiram
Maude
Hlow Bapps
Mrs. Ashley
Caime
Ashley
Mrs. Matthews
Mr. Ashley
Norah
Bernice
Daniel Boone Endorses Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
A Cleveland Tennessee Journal report features Daniel Boone descendant Mr. Jack Boone recounting recovery attributed to Dr Williams Pink Pills. He and neighbor Mr. Atchley describe improved health and ongoing use. Pills claimed to rejuvenate blood and nerves cost 50 cents per box, six for 2.50, available from druggists or Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady.
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Journal
Cleveland
Tenn
Daniel Boone
Tennessee
Kentucky
Daniel
Jack Boone
Black Fox Station
Boone
Dr. Williams
Phillips
Dgivn
Daniel Atchley
Williams
Mr. Atchley
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Schenectady
Useful Family Member Lets Breakfast Define Husbandship
A discussion contrasts Portuguese views on a good breakfast and a wife's role with a story of a man who cooks for 15 years, proving domestic work can accompany good living while a Berlin asylum patient is said to show hair color shifting with temperature, likening it to a human barometer.
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Waterbury
Berlin
Loomis & Nyman
IFFIN
Important European Train Stoppage Discovery Report
The New York Herald notes a Dresden test of a simple brake system using rails that sink into sand to gradually resist a passing train. As speed and load rise the stopping becomes more immediate, yet without shock to cars or passengers. A freight-train trial confirmed the plan’s practicality and low cost.
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Europe
Saya
New York Herald
Aroma
Dresden
Novel Pile Driving Observations at ASCE Meeting
Prof W H Burr described experimental pile driving using stone crib work. Nineteen piles driven to depths of 52 to 60 feet with 35 foot crib, 3 500 pound hammer, up to 350 blows, no failures. New York department used conical shoes about 60 degree cone angle secured to pile cores by a cast pin.
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American Society of Civil Engineers
W. H. Burr
New York Department
Thanksgiving Pudding and Vintage Ad Snippet
A historical fragment shows a beef suet pudding recipe with steps and ingredients including ground mace and cinnamon. It mixes bread crumbs, sugar, flour, baking powder, molasses, cream, raisins and eggs then boils for four hours. The piece also includes jokes about umbrellas and warnings about cough remedies and tonics.
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Cleveland
Election's Over in Doubtful Exchange
A quizzical brawl of dialect marks a tense exchange about the outcome with one man asserting the vote is settled and the other challenging the result. The snippet reflects election talk and social tension in a Kolkata style phrasing.
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Poldes
Thomandel
Cheney
Teledo
Ohio
Chearp & Co
Mloy
Price Tic
Ail
Whicage
Millmeee & Bt Baal
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Aind
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Calon Garetthe
Tebacco
Chivagoar
New York
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Brookica
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Mrs. Crimconbeak
S Yorkers Statesman
Piso
Needham
Dawell
Chicago Secord
Ysa
Hke Hod
S’posen
Iran
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Hitle
Enis
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Mrx. Murphy
Gomme
Little Bernice
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North
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Devatti
Louisville
Vane Cort
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Ceca Saeetsasce
Greg Lard—Steam Ener Outverse
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Cupid
Beggar
Eliza R. Parker
Hale
Pike
Zoe
Ansoon
Gyuoley
Anson
Washington Times
Michigan Kuominees
Stanley Waterloo
Surmmere
D. G
CG Ll & 2 Ty
Indianapolis Journal
Crater
Tesl
Waterloo
Napoleon
Boe
Aermotor CO
Ghpars Ralalogea
Powell & Clement CO
IGN
Leia Stineinsst,d
Yucatan
Ayer
Demorest
Demorest's
London Times
Magnusine
Penton
Baaksell
Sangaxine
Shell
van Vredenburgh
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