Votes for Women A suffrage advocate recalls shirtwaist strike abuses
Miss Martha Gruening of New York, a Smith College graduate, recounts the 13 week shirtwaist strike that left 40,000 women out of work and unprotected by laws. She describes arrests, punishments, and the push for voting rights to obtain protective legislation.
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Martha Gruening
New York
Smith College
Washington
Miss Gruening
Philadelphia
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Daily Menu and Civic Manners From Boston
The page lists a daily menu with breakfast lunch and dinner items including fresh fruit cereal creamed corn and codfish rolls for breakfast, corn fritters beans and cucumber dishes for dinner and coffee. It then shifts to commentary on manners referencing cucumber usage politeness in public parks and cleaner habits noting improvements and a sign of better manners expected when signs come down in Boston.
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Central Park
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Creamed Corned Codfish on Toast Procedure
A historical recipe instructs soaking one cup of corned codfish in cold water for an hour or more. It then combines it with a cream sauce, pepper, and chopped hard cooked eggs, and serves over buttered toast with edges dipped in boiling salted water.
Corn and Egg Omelet on Griddle
Six ears of corn and two eggs with salt and flour. Separate whites from yolks and mix corn with beaten yolks, season and fold in whites lightly. Bake on a hot greased griddle and serve hot.
Traditional Graham Flour Raisin Bread Instructions
Recipe fragment outlines mixing graham flour sour milk molasses sugar salt and soda with warm water. Add chopped raisins and flour, bake in a moderate oven for about 40 minutes.
Refreshing Citrus Pineapple Cherry Juice Blend
A simple mixed juice recipe combining pineapple orange lemon and cherries. Add sugar to taste and serve over cracked ice for a bright, fruity drink.
Classic Onion Parsley Rice Soup Base
A buttered kettle cooks two onions and a carrot with celery then adds water bay leaf cayenne white pepper and salt. Parsley and thyme are stirred in with curry and rice last, simmering and straining before serving.
Old Time Bean Soup Mixes From An Early Pantry
A historical kitchen note lists two cups beans two tablespoons molasses one scant teaspoon mustard one half pound mixed salt pork and a pinch of salt. Soak beans overnight then drain and start cooking in the morning with water and the other ingredients.
Suit of Linen and Embroidery
Simple linen outfits feature cuffs and collars of deep-toned linen with varnished leather belts in matching color. Broad flat coarse straw hats pair with linen dress and suits, trimmed at the crown with a rose circle over a velvet band.
Tying Lottie's Shoe by Samuel Minturn Peck
A playful poem in which the speaker recalls tying Lottie's shoe and the joy it caused him. He describes Lottie wearing a red gown with white chrysanthemum and a mocking smile as he blushes and trembles on bended knee. The moment becomes a true love knot born of small, telling acts.
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Lottie
Samuel Minturn Peck
Boston Transcript
Signs of public nuisance in city life
The passage notes common signs like Please Remove Your Hat and No Loud Talking reflect people’s disregard for others comfort. It cites a picnic party abusing borrowed glassware and leaving messes on household property.
Olympic Moon National Park Status Clarified
The reader asks if the Olympic moon constitutes a national park and whether trapping and hunting are allowed. A correspondent notes that no clear federal designation exists, with confusion over open and closed areas and references a Mercury forecast of 39 degrees below zero.
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Minn Grey
Olympic Moon
Ralph and Rover Learn From a Day in the Woods
Ralph sets out for a full day of fishing with Rover tagging along. After lunch Ralph eats all the food while Rover helps himself but later a pit accident prompts Rover to bring apples to Ralph. The boy reflects on his selfishness as his father rescues him from danger.
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Miss Gruening
Ashe
Ralph
Rover
Hover
Women take first seats on Stockholm council
Two women elected to Stockholm’s municipal council mark a historic shift with one conservative and one socialist winner. The report notes Mins Mabel Nutting of Massachusetts Teachers' College urging handwork in care institutions while highlighting Emily Butt as the first woman to earn a notable civic privilege.
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Mins Mabel Nutting
Massachusetts Teachers’ College
Sweden
Stockholm
Conservatives
Socialita
Mies
Emily Butt
Why Not Take a Vacation From Your Family
A columnist urges families to split up on vacation to refresh and avoid daily stress. The piece cites a mother needing rest and promotes independent trips, noting two example families who found value in annual separation to renew bonds and rekindle affection.
Mississippi Legislature Sits In Working Session
A floor session addressed by a member who explained the reformatory bill that had not yet passed. The discussion focused on the bill’s meaning and implications within the legislative process.
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Mississippi
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