Real Remedy for Women Rights in Marriage Reform
Mrs. Livermore outlines a program to elevate women's status, demanding legal equality, shared income, and industrial training for girls. She argues marriage should be a union of equals, with laws on marriage and divorce shaped by both sexes, not just men. The piece ends with an assertion that such reforms will be carried out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary A. Livermore
Ives
Brebands
Yves
Pittsburg
Tate
Abe
Hyer
Sealin House
Corp
Remnant of Barbarian Law Shapes Wife’s Poverty and Gain
Lucy Stone cites historic common law that gave a wife’s property and earnings to her husband at marriage. She recounts a case of a wife who, after learning she could control her own money, asks for and receives a weekly allowance plus a private drawer savings plan. The tale illustrates the impact of financial independence on marriage dynamics and dignity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Stone
Tom
Tradine Eee
Ibad
Family Bank Torque Scheme in East End Finances
A woman using the alias A Satisfied Wife describes a two-book family system to manage money. Each spare sum from her husband is deposited as a loan to the family bank and later redeposited in a downtown business bank. The pair balance the bank books monthly, with no personal allowance and joint checks. The wife reports independence in spending and pride in their financial arrangement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cty
Frank
East End
Pride and prudence in money matters reflect independence
The speaker reflects on the urge to spend, the pride in managing funds, and the trust from her husband. She rejects avarice, notes her freedom to draw money, and values the financial lessons gained for future need and mutual partnership.
Emma Sheridan Advises Women To Have Own Finances
The actress Emma Sheridan writes to Mr Fry urging women to control their own money. She argues husbands should set a regular allowance and not question expenditures, though a wife may also maintain her own income sources for moral effect and independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma
Sheridan
John
Boston society woman on rights of women and marriage
Mrs. L. C. Whiton-Stone argues in favor of dialogue over extremists in solving social problems. She notes men are often noble yet fail in marriage and money matters, while women’s financial empowerment grows but may threaten dignity. She urges serious conversation with husbands about money rights and a shift in marital relations as old norms pass away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Whiton-Stone
Boston
Ives
The Evil of Pin Money in Married Life
An essay by Emily Selinger criticizes the persistence of pin money in American marriages. It argues that mutual financial trust should elide such allowances, urging honesty about wants and needs, and calls for early moral teaching to curb the habit. The piece stresses shared responsibility, frugality, and better parental guidance.
A Separate Purse Independence for Women’s Welfare
Mrs Harriet H Robinson advocates women’s welfare and independence, arguing that wives could wiser use money than husbands who buy costly goods. She questions typical marriage service pledges and notes many wives could better manage finances, preferring personal autonomy over lavish dress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet H. Robinson
Robinson
Pandora
Ives
Quality over quantity in a harsh New York tavern line
A New York Herald snippet reflects a rough urban sentiment on value and vice, contrasting moral calm with tempting cheap liquor. The speaker complains that a poor whiskey bottle can drive a man into murderous impulse, while a time bottle of champagne would restrain the same urge, framing a social critique of temptation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Herald
Beating the Mormons and a Yankee Soldier's Daughter Tale
A dispatch correspondent from Estator Crees. North Carolina, October 3, narrates a journey through rugged terrain toward Quanatown on the Indian reservation. He encounters a mountain cabin, a beaming mother with a child, and a mountain beauty old storytelling line about a Yankee soldier father.
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Estator Crees
N. C
Vengeance Creek
Blood Rock
Quanatown
North Carolina
Phoebe
Phil Sheridan
Phebe
Utah Reminiscence of Mormon Courtship and Escape
A tense reminiscence recalls a Utah connection, a Tennessee move, and a Mormon bride’s peril. Biddy, nearly seventeen, faced pressure from a stepfather-backed marriage while the narrator contemplates drastic action to protect her. The narrative blends frontier hardship with faith and family pressure.
The Old Lady and the Sealing House Trick
A narrator recalls Biddy arranging a mock sealing to delay elders and marry the narrator’s cousin. After Chow sealed ruse, they flee, hide, and return to wed. The tale ends with the narrator praising Biddy while sharing a humorous, rural scene laden with dialect and family lore.
The Age of Speculation. Hannas of the Small Boy tale
A Detroit Free Press item recounts a quiet boy who sold a drum for ten cents and later bought four drums with the dollar. The neighbor, amused, faced a lesson in market savvy as the boy’s cousins added four more drums to his purchase. The tale ends with the neighbor paying up, recognizing the boy’s shrewdness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
Third Avenue
Sonny
Ex-President Cleveland Buys Tudor Haven Cottage
Mr Cleveland plans permanent summer residence at Marion on Tudor Haven near Long Neck East Wareham. He has purchased a land site and a cottage named Tudor Cottage described as old fashioned yet comfortable. The dwelling sits on a bluff facing the sea near the Monument river outlet and will be refitted for next occupancy after repair of grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
New York World
Marion
Tudor Haven
Bourney Shore
Long Neck
East Wareham
Tudor
Whittier Club
Monument
Gossip From Venice on Royal Yachting and American Visitors
American observers recount evenings at Cafe Florian with Felix Moschelles and an English art partner, noting his socialist views and praise for American hospitality. The piece details gondola mishaps, a royal harbor spectacle featuring Empress Frederika and daughters, and two Americans touring on foot from Paris who report rich Parisian painters and brigand-wary travel tips. It also profiles artists Frank Meyer Boggs and Jules Stewart, highlighting their works and prominence in Venice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venice
Florian
Felix Moschelles
Albion
M. B. Leisser
Moschelles
Carnegie
America
Cleveland
Mr. Cleveland
Bellamy
Mr. George
Charles Dickens
Mr. Blaine
United States
St. Mark’s
St. Mark’s Square
Grand Canal
England
Frederika
Victoria
Margaret
Adolph of
Umburg- Lisues
Townsley
Great Bend Tribune
Kansas
Sellac
Norwalk
Carria
Italy
Europe
Frank Meyer Boggs
Jules Stewart
Mr. Boggs
Place de la Bastile
Paris
Mr. Stewart
Fortune
Stewart
D. W. Scantan
SAILING IN CLOUDS AND LAKE TITICACA VIEWS
Travel notes from Puno Peru describe Lake Titicaca as the highest navigable lake with 12,550 foot elevation and 120 by 57 mile span. The Desaguadero links to Lake Aullagas, reed bridges, ancient Inca ruins, and a grim Siberia for criminals on the Dry Tortugas. Professor Orton’s grave at San Estevan is visited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puxo
Peru
Lake Titicaca
South America
Titicaca
Pacific
Andes
Chimborazo
Desaguadero
Aullagas
Great Upper Basin
Chililaya
Puno
Cortez
Vera Cruz
Tenochtitlan
Puno Bay
John Thorndyke
Santiago
James) Beaumont
Paterson
N. J
Bolivia
Siberia
Dar
Samara
Tishuanaco
Cinots
Faywre B. Ward
Obituary Salted With Turbulent Truth In Arizona Kicker
The Arizona Kicker explains a blank second page as not the paper’s fault. Colonel John Kyloff, longtime town pioneer, died last week and an obituary filled a column before a Portland detective identified him as a thief, embezzler and bigamist. The paper avoided publishing the obituary after the find, sending condolences to the widow instead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona Kicker
Detroit Free Press
John Kyloff
Portland
Two Mouths on One Bull Described by Scientists
A New York City butcher reports an eighteen month old bull weighing about 1200 pounds with two mouths. The normal mouth eats and has full teeth, while a second mouth beneath the neck drinks water. it has nostrils but no eyes or ears, and no knees. The animal is described as calm and well formed aside from one shoulder and forelegs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
Salt Lake City
Tennessee
Riddy
Chile
M. B. Leisser
Venice
Torcello
Atilla
Italy
Toreelly
Snd
Leisser
Munich
Oberammagan
America
Paris
Europe
Scientific American
New York City
Stammerer’s Woe Amid Winter Road Delays
An impatient traveler, driving through a snow drift near Jackson village, berates a slow team of farmers. After insult and a punch, the stammerer is mocked by locals who translate his words into the simple command go ahead. He storms off, his ego damaged, while the farmers laugh at the episode.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston Journal
Jackson Village
Agsin
Rabbie
Ald
Stemmerer
Keep Your Mouth Shut Advice for Sprinters
The New York Press recounts a Western man advising a Montreal sprinter to keep lips closed during runs. He cites Indian runners and long-distance feats, noting they breathe through the nose to protect lungs, while exhausted finishers often have mouths open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Montreal
Mexico
Neckwear Promises Prominent Place In Dress
The New York Sun notes that women will wear throatlets and collars this season. Neckwear promises a conspicuous role in upcoming fashion, with Rocca and bows set to enhance the pretty chin and overall look.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
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Tann
Jist
Bridget
Mormie
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Faust
Jinsey
Alice MacGowayx
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Cleveland's Cottage
Mr. Carnegie
St. Mark's Square
Signor
Pictsbergera
Globe
Professor Aeton
Great Basin
State of
Lake Aullagas
Titicaca Island
Orton
Pano
San Estevan
Saint Stephen
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Pune
Helena
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