Consuelo Marlborough Advocates Women Work Progress
A nostalgic essay contrasts past limits on women with modern gains and features Consuelo, Duchess of Marlborough, praising women’s public engagement and the rise of the working woman. The interview highlights the Young Women's Christian Association and the broader shift in women’s roles across professions and public life.
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United States
America
Consuelo
Duchess of
Duchess of Marlboroneh. A @nighter of the Vanderbilts
England
Antoinette Brown Blackwell
Ensland
Goamucho
Aip
Young Woman’s Christian Association
Sim
Keren Gould
YS Mlc. A
Sepeca Falls
N. Y
Hush Child Lullaby Poem Reflects Evening Journey
A tender lullaby lyric by E. O. Cooke describes a westward sunset with amethyst and gold, a sleepy river wind, and a tired mother guiding a baby toward dreamland. The poem evokes night, the moon, and the land beyond as mother and child drift to sleep.
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E. O. Cooke
Coal strike probable may drive eight hour day demand
The article warns of a probable coal strike in anthracite regions as winter nears. It details expected demands for an eight hour day and union recognition, owner opposition, and notes the president’s potential role and past arbitration success. It cautions the public bears the costs of strikes.
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Labor Organization
United States
Roosevelt
Giant new ocean liner Amerika steaming into New York
The Amerika, the largest passenger ship yet built, arrived in New York on its maiden voyage. At 700 feet long and 75 feet wide, it seats 3,400 passengers with a 600 crew and 16,900 tons of cargo. It features an electric elevator and Marconi wireless telegraph, with quadruple expansion engines delivering about 15,000 horsepower and a planned seven day transatlantic crossing.
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New York Harbor
Oregon
Clarke
Horn
Cervera
Ity
The Human Fly Climbs the Flatiron Building Feats
John Garrick known as The Human Fly ascends the Flatiron Building in New York using no ropes or ladders. A watching crowd gasps as the awning hanger climbs 286 feet from ground to cornice and back. His wife and children witness the peril and crowd. Garrick's swift crisscross descent elicits astonishment.
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John Garrick
New York
Broadway
Garrick
Flatirol
Manhattan
Lawrence
Hazel
John
Bartholdi
Hareld
Watchis
Tim
Weather Bureau Praised For Accuracy Despite Critics
An interview with Willis L. Moore of the Weather Bureau defends the forecast record, noting eighty five percent accuracy and lower error than foreign bureaus. He argues long range forecasts are less valued than short term, despite prizes offered for six months ahead predictions.
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Willis L. Moore
Weather Bureau
Weather Service
Congress
Boston
Th Sands
Bur
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Consullo
Vanderbilts
wWeoman
Lois
Lucy Stone
Massachusetts
Oberlin
Ohio
Society of Friends
Tren
Lorence Nightincad
Red Cross
Crima
Consuelo, Duchess OF Marlborough
Hassalin
Charles E. Kern
Flatiron Building
Ernest
Haskell
The
Eugene Pyi
John Dinwiddie Driscoll
Maximilian
Mexico
Jacqueline
St. Louis Republic
N. Y. Times Saturday Review
N. Y. Globe
Doubleday, Page.& CO
East X6th St
New. York
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