Many Kinds of Schoolmarms in a Changing World
A discussion of female teachers' roles across eras, exploring types from strict, career-driven to dreamy reformers. It profiles Miss Anne Jemima Clough, Louisa May Alcott, and others, noting teaching as a stepping stone to influence, leadership, or marriages, and cites examples from America and Europe.
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Olies
Clarence 8. Losier
Sarah W. Parton
Fanny Fern
Elizbeth Busckwell
Louisa May Alcott
Amos R. Alcott
Alcott
Clara Barton
Rose Eijzabeth Cleveland
Cleveland
White House
Emma Willard
Hartley
Nee Laffan
Dublin
Coombe
Johnson
Oberlin College
Olympia B. Willis
Blackwell
Auguste Chapin
Oak Park
Africa
Cherif
Morocco
Keene
Wants to Be the First Female President
A composite portrait features 27 schoolmarms from as many States selected to embody traits of leadership. The likeness aims to portray intellectual authority with a broad forehead, well shaped head, expressive eyes, and a firm mouth, suggesting latent character yet sympathetic, decidedly womanly.
Peruna cures chronic ear discharge claims in 1892 letter
A letter from R Waller Brady of Cascade Arkansas praises Peruna remedies for long lasting ear discharge and deafness. The document claims a 14 year ailment improved after using Peruna and a pamphlet by Dr Hartman. It promises guidance and a free booklet on catarrh treatment from the Peruna Manufacturing Company of Columbus.
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Peruna D. Manufacturing Company
R. Waller Brady
Cascade
Ark
B. Hartman
Perua Ane Manufacturing Company
Columbus
Christian in the family and boarding houses in the city
A sermon argues that Christians in boarding houses and tenement families face temptations to complaint, gluttony, and loneliness. It urges practical home Christianity through courtesy, forbearance, and unselfishness, with prayer and family worship at meals as daily practice.
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St. Paul
God
Ncon House
Ruskin
Jesus Christ
Grorce
Orton Hall and Hayes Hall Planned for Ohio State University
Ohio State University advances two new buildings. Orton Hall will house the geological museum and library, built of Ohio stones, donated by quarry owners. Hayes Hall is to serve a manual training school to train public school instructors.
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Ohio State University
Geological Museum
Ohio
Orton
Gool
Edward Orton
Hayes
Foundry Defends Electric Arc Welding for Eye Safety
A large foundry firm reports two years of extensive electric welding in tube and marine fittings with no permanent eye damage to operators. They credit protection to a dark non actinic red glass and criticize ordinary blue glass as useless.
Autographs of Presidents from Washington to Harrison
A collector displays autographic letters and engravings from George Washington through Benjamin Harrison, with notes on handwriting styles and historical context. Featured are letters from Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Lincoln, Grant, Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland, Harrison, and Grant’s father.
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Edgar Allen Poe
William H. Crook
Lincoln
Washington
Harrison
William Black
King and Queen
New Electrocution and Cheap Incandescent Lights Ahead
The Dispatch notes advances in electricity including a humorous Edison anecdote and Carl Hering’s caterpillar trap using alternating copper and zinc wires to deter larvae. It also describes a rubber substitute from manilla gum and benzine blends with bitumen and rosin oil to create durable electrical insulation and potential vulcanization methods.
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Dispatch
Edison
Carl Hering
India
Auvergne
Public urged to use pillar boxes for telegrams
An English Postmaster General notice explains that telegrams can be posted at pillar boxes or any non telegraph office for later collection and delivery free of extra charge if prepaid with stamps. However such telegrams may not arrive as promptly as those handed in at a telegraph office and should be marked "Telegram, immediate" in the envelope.
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Tope
Augusta
Chapin
United States
Mary Anderson
Jackson
Martin van Buren
John V. Henry
William H. Harrison
John O'Fallon
North Bend
Ind
Howard
James K. Polk
Samuel =lin
Nashville
Tenn
Polk
Z. Taylor
Army of Occupation
Corpus Christi
Texas
Filmore
H.C. Day
Buffalo
Washington and
Taylor
Franklin Pierce
Concord
N. H
M. F. Daneler
Boston
Mass
Lsw
Washington, D. C
RK Mortimer Walker
Buchanan Club
Lincoln
Dean Str
Massachusetts
Richard Jr
John I. Keyes
A. Lorcoum
Jessa RB. Grant
Grant
General Scott
Galena
Springfield
Scott
Crook
Secretary of War
Cuantistos, D. C
Electric motors to revolutionize Western farm work
A Kansas Legislature bill proposes a government agri cultural power experiment station to test motor value on grain farms. The shift from animal power to electric power promises cheaper tillage and harvesting and faster market access, mirroring electric power gains in other industries.
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Kansas
Plains
Cheap electricity to reach lower costs for light and power
In England the cost of producing light is falling due to better dynamos and lamps. After January 1893 lamp prices drop to 18 cents from 90 cents. London station returns show income per lamp down from 10 shillings to 9 shillings, suggesting growing public use and thrift in turning off lights.
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England
London
Electric pool scoring system records points automatically
An electronic register records pool scores without a desk attendant. Contact buttons in front of pockets trigger bells and a wall annunciator, signaling when a ball is holed and tallying the total points. The device also adapts to a pin pool variant with push buttons and bell sounds to indicate scores.
Effect of Electric Roads on Street Car Traffic
Electric street car lines replace horses, increasing traffic. Statistics from many lines show gross receipts rising 25 to 300 percent, rarely below 30 percent, even where prior service was strong.
Ohio State trustees approve ending preparatory course after 1892 93
Trustees vote to send off the first year of the preparatory course after the 1892 93 session and the faculty recommends abolishing the remaining year soon after as feasible.
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Ohio State University
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Newnham College
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Miss Clough
America
Liverpool
Madame Bodichon
Girten College
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Benjamin Leigh Smith
Ciera Barton
Emily Heenee
Turton
Spenes
Tree Schools
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N. J
Aewee
Johnstown
Medical College
New Or
Betty
Literaru Fe
Elizabeth Blackwell
Cincinnati
Antoinette Blackwell
Sim
Geneva College
Mulai Ali
Madame de Maintenon
Scarron
Louis XIV
Paris
Madame de Genlis
Prudence Crandall
Louisa M. Alcott
Susan B. Anthony
Mia Lozier
Dorothy Beal
Cheltenham College
Fanny M. Busy
North London College
Lydia M. Child
Europe
Ese
Isabella Andreimi
Padua
Saura Maria Bassi
Bologna
Indy
University of Bologna
Anna Maria Schurmann
Cologne
Heloise
Argenteuil
France
Hare Cubalerteee
Sir Arthur Helps
Building Stone OF
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Fort Sumter
Arthur
Blaine
G. Wasuixater
John Adams
Niles
Adams
Jefferson
le Carmarthen
Duke of Dorset
Congress
Bagiste
Benjamin Franklin
James Madison
Mer
Teuch Cox
Department of State
Ebenezer Stevens
New York
Cotton
Stevens
Madison
James Monroe
Charles Everrett
Monroe
John Quincy Adams
St. Petersburg
Hermitage
Andrew Jackson
H. M. Ratlidge
Felix Robertson
William Carroll
John Tyler
Dr. Furniss
Frand
Colonel Crook
Alexander
A. Lincola
Marcon
Andrew Johnson
Executive Mansion
William A Browning
Executive
President Grant
K B. Hayes
James A. Garfield
Meetin Mansion
Garfield
Greely
General Garfield
Hiram, O
James G. Blaine
A. Arthur
Jacksonville
Bbe
Harrieen
Grand Army
Grant's Bush
Tom. P. Walker
G. T. Beavarsam
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Beecham
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