Women on Coast Embrace Free Dress Reform Community
The piece describes an all female community near Massachusetts led by Rev. Anna Shaw where women practice minimal dress for outdoor life. Members, from young to old, come from across the country to live without men, pursue health and independence, and exude confidence in their shifted social roles. They wear divided skirts or knickerbockers, study body structure, and observe a Sabbath with prayer before meals.
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Minneapolis Times
Massachusetts
Anna Shaw
Brook Farm
Kansas
Greece
Scranton
Itz
Ciitizens
Comner
Eidea
From Ages of Heroines to Modern Fiction and a Cookery Insert
The piece surveys heroines ages across centuries from Shakespeare to Dickens and Thackeray, noting shifts toward older female leads. It contrasts contemporary fiction with earlier works and cites specific authors and heroines. It then abruptly shifts to a kitchen column offering preserved corn canning instructions and a peach cobbler recipe, with procedural detail and time estimates.
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Chicago News
Shakespeare
Fielding
Walter Scott
Rebecca
Thackeray
Dickens
Bella Wilfer
Dora
Dolly Varden
Agnea
George Elliot
Dorothea
Gwendolen
Catharine
Robert Elsmere
Marcella
Mise Wilkins
Cable
The Bloomer Epidemic Riffs on Fashion Shifts
A Washington Star verse notes a shift in style away from jewels and laces toward practical items like sealskin and a bike. The playful poem satirizes changing tastes and expectations for women’s dress and consumer desires.
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Washington Star
Household Tips From a Bygone Era on Polishing and Preserving
Household advice covers leather cleansing with linseed oil and cream, making egg balls with bread crumbs and cream, silver cleaning with ammonia paste and whiting, moth and bedbug control using gasoline with warnings, coffee quality tests, and various coffee making methods. The tone mirrors 19th century domestic columns offering practical hacks.
Health hints and social notes from Washington Star
A column discusses nervousness and sleeplessness with exercise, bicycling, hot baths, and warm milk. It advises a morning glass of water to aid excretion and reduce morning headaches. It notes the appeal of the so called new woman who is advanced in ideas but aging in years.
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Pepe
Sun Charming
Washington Star
London Hostage Holds Spotlight Mrs Patrick Campbell
From the Chicago Record the London actress Mrs Patrick Campbell is hailed as the chosen interpreter of the New Woman on the modern stage. The article praises her magnetic Irish eyes and her performances in The Second Mrs Tanqueray Mrs Pobsmth and Fedora noting her earnestness and star power despite imperfect entrances and exits. It reveals little about her personal past aside from a remark about a runaway marriage.
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Patrick Campbell
Chicago
London
Tanqueray
Bicdsmith
Mra. Campbell
Mra
Mrs. Plobsmith
Fedora
Mia
Atrick Campbell
Mrs Campbell the Tanqueray Actress and Her Stage Rise
The article profiles Mrs Campbell, an early marriage mother of two who pursued music before turning to acting. It recounts her discovery as Mrs Tanqueray by George Alexander, her acclaimed interpretation of Pinero’s roles, and notes her tall slender appearance, mobile mouth, and reputation for exquisite gowns influencing stage presence.
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Alexander Theater
Liverpool
Wife
George Alexander
London
Pinero
Tangqueray
Summona
Mbhamith
Miss Nethershlee
Scranton Park Need Highlighted By Local Voices
A Scranton citizen writes that the city lacks public parks while crowds fill main avenues. He argues for parks as essential leisure space, urging corporations and families to fund greenery and improve urban life for all residents.
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Scranton
Where Justice Is Placed Above Law In Japan
W E Curtis discusses Japan’s legal evolution from shogun rule to the modern judiciary under the mikado, noting the shift from despotic control to a French style system with a strong minister of justice. He contrasts civil and criminal courts, judges’ tenure, salaries, and the role of lawyers, plus social status of legal professions and public attitudes toward authority.
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Kyo-Hu-Sho
Danpdal
Japan
France
Imperial University
Europe
America
Chancery
Origins of Common Medicines and Their Discoveries
A compilation of historical notes on medicines and chemicals with dates and discoverers. Scheele’s tartaric acid extraction in 1770, bromide by Balla in 1826, creosote from wood tar around 1800, Davy’s 1807 potassium, Geber’s ancient acids, and other observations about alcohol, glycerine, nux vomica, pepperment, and Indian tobacco.
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Balla
Montpelier
Brandt
Hamburg
Siemund
Vienna
Geber
Reichenbach
Humphrey Davy
Scheele
India
Fast Indies
Ceylon
Agricola
England
France
Spain
Holland
United States
Europe
Gilmore's Aromatic Wine Promises Restored Health for Women
An advertisement touts Gilmore's Aromatic Wine as a tonic for weakness exhaustion and nerve strain. It claims to restore flesh and plumpness, improve digestion and blood quality, and suggests mothers give it to daughters as a corrective for female ailments.
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Gilmore
Radway's Ready Relief advertised cures and tonics
An old patent medicine advertisement claims Radway's Ready Relief cures a wide range of ailments from internal pains to fevers. It touts DOLE-Half doses, mentions cures for rheumatism neuralgia mosquito bites sunburns bruises burns coughs colds throat troubles and fevers. The copy emphasizes internal use and rapid relief, with a fifty cent bottle sold by druggists Radway & Co New York.
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Dole
Ian
Radway
Radway & CO
New York
Eva M Hetzel’s Superior Face Bleach Advertises Purified Complexion
Eva M Hetzel offers Superior Face Bleach claiming to remove freckles sunburn liver spots and blemishes. It is described as a medicinal skin purifier not a cosmetic, priced at 1.00 per bottle and sold at 339 Lackawanna Ave with mail orders available.
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E. M. Hetgel
Haire
Lackawanna
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