New Jersey Senate bill would allow asylum admissions
A new bill introduced in the New Jersey Senate by Mr Leavitt would let any person deemed insane by the Medical Director of the state hospital in Trenton be admitted for treatment upon application. A second Leavitt bill calls for commitment of confirmed inebriates. The measures were urged by Dr Henry A Cotten, medical director of the state hospital for the insane.
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New Jersey Senate
Leavitt
Henry al Cotten
State Hospital For the Insane
Trenton
Aio
New Kind of Awning Easily Hung
A Philadelphia inventor offers a simple system enabling householders to hang or remove awnings in minutes. Hooks at window sides and a barreled rail with hooks hold the awning top, making setup and stowage quick to protect canvases from wind and rain.
Earrings Fashion and a School Poacher Anecdote
Paris notes earrings wane yet in this country they remain popular at opera and formal events with diamond hoops pearls and pendants. Blondes suit turquoise while pearls flatter paler complexions red coral suits brunettes. ruby pendant earrings light evening wear. A country school mistress dismisses classes due to illness and receives wildflowers but finds a ominous note about a poacher behind the bouquet.
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Paris
New Vapor Stove Offers Easy Cooking and Long Flame
Two Connecticut inventors introduce a compact vapor stove with a stand hollow for alcohol, a globular reservoir above, and curved piping feeding fuel. A side key regulates flow and flame, with no wick to trim, allowing hours of use per fill.
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Connecticut
Little Inmate Harbinger of Good Song of a Hearth
Poem in which the speaker, Annie Seward, remarks on a cricket as a cheerful year round songstress. The verse asks the insect to stay in the cottage and provide music through winter, promising shelter and warmth in return. The speaker praises the cricket’s enduring melody compared to grasshoppers’ summer song.
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Annie Seward
American Breakfast Menu Sparks Global Appetite Debate
A London Chronicle reader contrasts British and American breakfasts by presenting a California hotel breakfast bill of fare. The list starts with orange, moves through porridge, beefsteak, chop, potatoes in skins, fish, stewed fruit, and hot bread, highlighting weight and variety to redefine the breakfast concept.
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London Chronicle
Why Women Should Have Right to Vote by Hubbard
Essay arguing for universal suffrage for women, defending women’s right to vote, likening anti suffrage critics to poll parrots. Discusses education, motherhood, and the positive social impact of educated women, citing Denver experiences and Judge Ben Lindsey’s support of children.
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Emlbert Hubbard
New York American
Frederick Froebel
Kroebel
Stanley Hall
Froebel
Union
Denver
Rabbit's Foot and Other Humorous Exchanges
Brief humorous quips and dialogues on luck, honesty, obstinacy, and whist, featuring characters like Teaspot Mullins Grace and Wot Left In the Dark, with witty exchanges on fortune, fair dealing, and propriety.
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Teaspot
Mullins
New Statesmen Modest in Congressional Biographies
Washington D C Some new members in the congressional directory share modest remarks and personal details Senator Wesley L Jones credits his wife Minda Nelson of Enfield Alabama with much of his success in his 1886 marriage The House veteran Howard T Taylor from Colorado boasts of authoring many laws and constitutional amendments while in state legislature Representative Crow of Missouri recalls congressional revision of mail weighing procedures during his postmaster tenure at Caruthersville
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Burton
Ohio
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House of Representatives
Sixty-first Congress
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Union
Caruthersville
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Missouri
Congress
Women, education, and woman suffrage in civic life
A speaker asserts that education aims to enable both boys and girls to earn a living by serving humanity. He emphasizes decision making, self reliance, and Froebel's pedagogy, arguing mothers shape future generations and women’s suffrage advances mental development and participation in government. He cites Denver women striking a boss and urges broader legal rights.
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Pha
Fruchel
Froebel
Lesson in Good Manners from Short Stories
A well known lawyer recounts teaching manners in his office by correcting a young autocrat. The boy learns courtesy and pays his way into the park ball game after a polite request. The piece riffs on officials, jokes about names in Congress, and notes a health commissioner’s warning on epidemics.
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Jimmie
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