Paris Fashion Gossip From Estelle on Ladylike Attire
Breakfast letter from STELLE in Paris details feminine fashion in the world capital. Topics include filigree and engraved gold jewelry, coral and diamond ornaments, lace gowns in Cluny style, black and white combinations, foulards with Empire and Louis XVI motifs, and royalist tastes evident in jewelry and gowns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stelle
Paris
Estelle
Cluny
Ion
Castellanes
Batelle
What One Woman Thinks And Other Fragments From Life
A collection of assorted reflections on gender roles society and daily life noting how women influence men the value of love and family duties. The piece touches on vacation proximity to leisure and social observations about servants and children.
Daily Hint for the Table Vegetables
A Daily Hint notes the value of a herb with medicinal properties and frequent use in stews. It mentions variety in preparation and highlights HUBARB as one of the most useful items.
Rhubarb Ring with Ginger and Lemon Glaze
Prepare rhubarb in 3 4 inch pieces. Bake with sugar water Canton ginger and lemon peel until tender. Cool and remove peel and ginger. Stir in gelatin and soaked lemon flavor, then set in a chilled mould. Serve with whipped cream and cherry garnish on ice.
Improvised Orange Jam Prep From a Fragmented Recipe
A muddled recipe describes peeling oranges into quarters and removing pith, slicing rind, sectioning fruit, and cooking with sugar and water. The steps mention boiling, then packing into jars after a two hour simmer to make orange preserves.
Rhubarb Jelly Preparation from Fragmented Text
A fragment describes stewing rhubarb until tender, soaking gelatine in water, then combining and moulding into jelly. The visible lines hint at cooling steps and setting the jelly in a mould for serving.
Rhubarb Stew Instructions Fragment
When it is to be stewed the rhubarb should be cut into small pieces with a silver knife. Seeener Seine te ant wart of the rhuberb cupful each of sugar abt water. a oeras rl stew closely until the t not falling to. The best tooke uever sara mae Seema that much of.
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Sara Mae
Rhubarb Jelly Preparation Time Cited
A housewife plans to pot up rhubarb jelly in mid to late August. The article notes this period as most suitable for the task, timing rhubarb work with the late summer harvest and preserving the harvest for winter use.
Color Line Sparks Debate at Milwaukee Federation
Mrs. Josephine St Pierre Ruffin, Massachusetts delegate, leads a color line controversy at the General Federation of Women's Clubs session in Milwaukee. Her Woman's Era Club membership is disputed by officers who question color, while Ruffin and her Boston group underpin national colored women’s organizing efforts and suffrage ties.
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Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin
Massachusetts
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Milwaukee
Ruffin
Woman's Era Club
Boston
National Federation
United States
Colo Women
National Association of Colored Women
Northeastern Federation of Colored Women's Clubs
Charlestown
Associated Charities of Boston
Moral Education Society
Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association
New England Women’s Press Association
Woman's Era
Colored Women of America
Association For the Promotion of
South
Women's Press Association
Massachusetts Federation of Women's Clubs
Florida Ruffin Ridley
Rhubarb Stew With Gentle Simmering Instructions
A fragment outlines simmering rhubarb with water per pound, using a granite or porcelain kettle, then straining through cloth to sweeten and finish. It hints at timing and color cues for the juice during the cook.
Names of White House Ladies
An interesting study in nomenclature surveys presidents wives by name. A notable example mentions Mary Todd Lincoln and the two Marthas Martha Dandridge Washington and Martha Wayles.
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White House
Mary
Mary Todd Lincoln
Marthas
Martha Dandridge Washington
Martha Wayles
Notable First Ladies Names in Early American Presidents
The passage catalogs wives and woodenly lists several First Ladies by given and family names, noting Abigail Powers Fillmore Abigail Smith Adams Margaret Smith Dolly Madison Letitia Christian Tyler Lucretia Garfield Julia Dent Grant and other spouses. It highlights the pattern of shared and varied surnames across early presidents and their wives.
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Lucretia Noses
Garfield
Julia Dent Grant
Lacy Webb Hayes
Louisa Catharine Adame
Dartmouth undergrads stage late night circus at White River Junction
About 500 Dartmouth undergraduates in nightgowns, led by the college band, marched five miles from Hanover to White River Junction to attend a circus. They seized the best seats and the acts sparked interruptions before the students finished by performing a portion of the show themselves.
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Hanover
N. H
Dartmouth
Brown
White River Junction
Two Graduates at West Nottingham Academy Commencement
Elkton Maryland June 7 West Nottingham Academy held its 159th commencement at West Nottingham Presbyterian Church and grove. Only two graduates, Mabel Wiley Colora and Walter D Williams Oxford Pa, received diplomas. George A Blake Cecil county school board president gave a remarks and Rev J M Eckels Arch Street Presbyterian Philadelphia spoke on The Faculty. The program included vocal and instrumental music.
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Elkton
West Nottingham Presbyterian Church
Grove
West Nottingham Academy
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Mabel Wiley
Colora
Walter D. Williams
Oxford
George A. Blake
Board of
Cecil County
J. M. Eckels
Arch Street Presbbyterian Church
Philadelphia
Through Sleeper to Buffalo via Pennsylvania Railroad
Train service offers a through sleeper from Philadelphia Broad Street to Buffalo via the Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway through Emporium Junction. Leaves 8.50 P M daily from Broad Street and arrives in Buffalo at 8.50 A M next morning.
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Buffalo
Pennsylvania Railroad
Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway
Emporium Junction
Philadelphia
Broad Street
Neshannock Presbyterian Church Celebrates Centennial
The 100th anniversary and dedication of Neshannock Presbyterian Church were held with over 2,000 attendees. The church traces its beginnings to 1800 when the congregation, then 87 members, occupied a cabin before the current church structure was completed.
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Timms
Sharon
Neshannock Presbyterian Church
Ted
Rousing Farewell to Their Alma Mater at Central Manual
Graduating class of Central Manual Training School at Broad Street Theatre holds a well arranged ceremony. Valedictory, orations, and diplomas mark the day as classmates receive gifts, honors, and portraits amid a proud audience of families and staff.
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Central Manual Training School
Broad Street
Wilson
Alfred D. Way
Herbertes
Percy Tock Man
Arold
Percy Stockton
Alfred D. Way, Jr
FP. Darbey, Jr
Ernest W
D. Way, Jr
Ernest W. Lauschke
Newton Walker
Fred
Abram Nowell Creadick
Dean Archibald Garvin
Francis Hopkinson Gilpin
Wakeman
Griffin Goribbel
Detertek Kimball Hagar
Haslett
Gardiner Hall
Charles Horner
Madeleine Jones
Walter Denniston
Kimballames Dougherty
Enormous Penn Charter finals audience gathers at hall
A large audience, mainly well dressed young girls, fills Witherpoon Hall for the Penn Charter School commencement exercises. The event features oratorical competition and marks a major finish in the school's program.
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Penn Charter
Witherepoon Hall
Exerciaes
Eene Charter School
Ae Santense
Central High School Commencement Set Next Week
Central High School prepares a week of events for the 1900 graduating class. Baccalaureate sermon by President Robert Bills Thompson at North Broad Street Presbyterian Church. Class day at Broad Street Theatre with W. C. Maxon chairing. Banquet at the Rittenhouse. Associated Alumni meeting at the school. Commencement exercises at the Academy of Music with about 120 graduates receiving arts and sciences degrees.
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Central High School
Robert Bills Thompson
North Broad Street
Presbyterian Church
Broad and
Green Streets
Broad Street Theatre
William C. Maxon
Charlies EB. Fox
James A. Hayes
William G. Baer
William D. Brewer
Rittenhouse
Academy of Music
Rexander Adaire, Jr
Frank Wil William G. Baer
William N. Trinkle
R.T. McCracken
John Lawrence Haas
William C. Mason
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Panama
Eathaus
Federation OF Women’s Clubs
McKinley
Mr. Gibson
Executive Mansion
Washington
J. Gibson
The
Philadelphia Press
Washington, D. C
Bears
the Times
Ceylon Tea Our ‘“‘Monogram’’ Brand
E’ Bradford Clarke
Saludo
Maric
Green
England
Wakeman Griffin Gribbel
Dwight Moody
William Herbert Gorton Mackay
Harry Darby Hhomor Mes
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