Inventive Mind of Dear Woman with Vast Patent Legacy
A Pittsburg Dispatch feature notes nearly 6,000 US patents held by women through Jan 1, with ventures spanning cosmetics to hospital beds and chairs. It highlights Mary Kies the first patent by a woman in 1609 and Mary Brush who patented the corset in 1812, plus later figures like Mrs. Edison and Mrs. Baird whose products and royalties seed wealth.
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Pittsburg Dispatch
United States Patent Office
Washington
Mary Kies
Indy
Mary Brush
Miss Kies
Park Building
Patent Office
Mr. Evert
Commissioner of Patents
United States
W.H. Baird
Hust End
Nashville woman chairs Tennessee centennial department
Mrs. Van Leer Kirkman of Nashville leads the woman's department for the Tennett& Bee centennial. She is celebrated as a northern beauty and descendant of Caswell Macon Thompson, with a varied education in Cuba and the United States. Her project funds arise from lectures and a Nashville newspaper Ladies’ edition, supporting events and the building’s blue and pink decor and fine furnishings.
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Nashville
Tenn
van Leer Kirkman
Tennett& Bee Centennial
South
Caswell Macon Thompson
Jove Thoman
Vider Mpreshaenut Buchanan
Heltseorg
Household Hints and Moral Ponderings From a Dinette
A Washington Star column mixes kitchen tips with advice on homemaking and youth. It relays a sponge pudding recipe and laments lost needlework skills, urging parents to guide teens, preserve home crafts, and foster sensible laughter and tact in social life.
Notable Women Pioneers in Early Electricity Industry
The article highlights Miss Bertha G. Lamm of Pittsburgh, an electricity expert under 21 who has mastered the science and devised devices used by General Electric. She supervised a major electrical exhibit at the National Electrical Association exposition in New York, while women in Paris suburbs are noted for beauty and new manufacturing roles, earning royalties of 26 cents daily per car.
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Edison
Llewellyn Park
Orange
N. J
Covenasians
Greatvet Aesisrance
Paris
Westinghouse
Geneva
Alectric Company
Bertha G
Lamm
Pitteburg
General Electric
Pittsburg
National Electrical Association
New York
Selected Recipes and Fashion Notes from New York Bun
A mix of kitchen instructions for Floating Island, Apples Saute in Butter, Small Birds Baked in Sweet Potatoes, Salt Rising Bread, and various desserts, followed by fashion remarks on gowns, red accessories, violets milinery, black grenadines, and English tailor-made coats. includes tips on dress trends and fabrics.
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Lonsen
Will
New York
Fashion’s Preaks and Frills Revive Beaded Belts and Sashes
The article notes revival of steel ornament buckles, beaded effects, and various belts. Bias satin belts and black satin ribbons remain fashionable, with wide bias satin belts shaping a slender figure. Back buckles on ribbon belts appear in current dress styles.
Care of Infants Warns Against Early Starch and Rough Handling
Early feeding should avoid starch until teeth appear and rough handling and loud noises are discouraged. Infants should not sit up before three months, should be carried flat to protect the spine, and require about twelve hours sleep plus a two hour nap in hot weather to stay healthy.
Summer foulards and soft silks in dainty patterns
Foulards and soft silks will be worn in summer outfits. They feature printed designs in soft colors and varied patterns suitable for both plain shirtwaists and evening gowns. While less dressy than stiff silks, soft ellies form the basis of delicate frocks adorned with lace and velvet ribbon loops.
Dramatic Notes On Stage Comebacks And New Opera Plans
Nethersole at 27, Byron to revive Across the Continent and Bostoniana to stage Rip Van Winkle. Bernhardt linked with America next season, Richard Gollon joins Wilbur Opera, Kendal considers another U S tour. Mme Bans Gene to open at Daly’s New York, Dockstader quarrels over war in Crete. Comedie Francaise to return to London, Boston Chinese actors win Sunday wet rights for hospital funds. Sullivan paid for ballet guide, Dr Villiers Stamford at work on new Irish opera score. The Charlatan may be new opera by De Wolf Hopper, Klein and Bousa authors. Drury Lane pantomime grosses reach 275000 dollars in three months. Bernhardt to alter Hamlet for next winter, Albani to sing at Jubilee, God Save the Queen. A Goumanian theater staged The War in Crete riot and ban. Melba to sing in London in June then tour English provinces. Modjocka appears unlikely to act again. Shakespeare birthday noted Feb 23 with Henry V at Stratford memorial. Sir Walter Montagu suggests Anglo-Saxon annual Shakespeare anniversary.
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Crete
Comedie Francaise
London
Boston
Arthur Sullivan
Hela
Tito
Albani
Goumanian
Mme, Melba
Helena Modjocka
Shakespeare
England
Henry V
Memorial Theater
Stratford-on- Avon
Walter Mosant
Incident on Tremont Street Saint or Summer Fire Painter
A Boston painter on Tremont Street near the third story of a brick house fell from a ladder while plied the brush. The Traveler notes a summer fever in the city as the incident occurred.
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Boston
Tremont Street
Broadcloth Suits and Fine Skirts at Low Prices
Advertises broadcloth suits with gored Eton jackets cured for cholera style, five shades silk lined, black tan green plum, price cut from 10 dollars. English tweed coats skirts and coats with cadet blue black green plum, crinkled crepon skirts in ten shades with moire silk skirts and brocaded satin skirts offered. Separate skirts, clay diagonal capes 27 inches long, latest style, prices range from 2.49 to 6.98.
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Eton
Fragmentary World War II Era Street Scene
A garbled description shows a man in overalls watching a German worker in lanes. The Journeyman resists, shouting “Bay, Charley, I don’t make me no Kick on dot vietting ven you are working,” calling for a louder tune to fit the mood.
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Jila
Joking Pieces From Various Newspapers Mention Family Threads
A collage of quips and cartoons quotes from Detroit Free Press and other papers lampoon family life, manners, and social scenes. Jokes touch courting consent relatives boosters elevators and churchgoers while a harsh wit recalls Lamb and Herod in a broader humor column.
The All Kind Mother Poem Excerpt by Jomo Whitcomb Ailey
Poetic meditation on nature as a generous mother who provides rain and sun to nourish all beings. The speaker urges gratitude for the earth's bounty and warns against withholding appreciation, ending with a signature line attributed to Jomo Whitcomb Ailey.
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Washington Star
Dauntler
Hanna
Grandmamma
Aires
Jess Halle
Napoleon
Eeoven
Gould
Belny
Ashe
Cleveland
Thia
Philadelphia
Lackawanna Avenue
Ameria
Lee City
Z. Weingart
Mrs. Blues
Mrs, Grey
Sle
Detroit
Free Presa
Bobby
Tammany Times
Chicago
Detroit Tribune
Flatte
Cottise
Deen Feeing
Mit
Detroit Free Prems
Charles Lamb
Herod
Plymouth
Barton Journal
Brooklyn
Jomo Whitcomb Ailey
Chiago
Montreal
A. E. Rogers
Lacknwanna Aien
Erkelens
Ginning
Conrad's
Lackawanna Avenua
L. Posner
Lackawanna Ava
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