What Women Have Done in Politics
By Mrs. John A. Logan the article champions women’s political influence from 1850 to the present, praising suffrage leaders Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony and noting shifts in voting behavior, reform efforts, and the role of women in education and public service. It argues women’s moral influence spurred religion temperance and municipal reforms and envisions broader political representation.
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Anthony
Mrs. Stanton
Sis
Women and political clubs shape labor and pay
A speaker argues for equal pay for equal work, notes women may earn more in some fields, and criticizes women’s political clubs as ineffective. He praises women’s tact and intellect, warns against partisan campaigning by women, and urges informed, dignified advocacy in domestic and political economy.
Farming Wisdom From an Early 20th Century Almanac
A wide ranging agricultural note summarizing farm practices from feed and shoeing to orchard care and soil rotation. It discusses stable cleanliness, proper horse and pig management, feeding practices, and the value of organization and diversified crops for long term farm profitability.
We Grow Young Not So, Census 1900 Findings
Harper's Weekly notes from the census of 1900 detailing changes in age structure. It states more babies survive to age five, yet mortality rises in later life with increases in death rates from ages sixty to above. The piece cites Dr John Shoemaker and Washington data referencing rising elderly mortality.
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United States
John Shoemaker
Washington
Arger
Harper's Weekly
Springfield Man Plots Return After Wife Visits
A Kansas City Star report says a Springfield man grew tired of his wife's travel visit and devised a plan to induce her return. The couple’s troubles involved mislaid papers and alleged deceit amid marital strain.
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Springfield
Kansas City Star
Preserving Grapes Into Jam And Jelly
Instructions describe preparing grapes for preserves by washing, pressing pulp from skins, cooking skins and pulp separately, straining to remove seeds, recombining, and sweetening with sugar. The mixture is cooked until thick, then jarred in small glass containers.
Wraps with Paris labels resemble capes in fashion shows
The article describes new wraps that imitate capes with Parisian labels. They hang in tall straight lines from shoulders, display the curve at the shoulder join, and use cape pieces or sling straps to secure the arm. Designs appear on furs, silks, velvets, and quilted cloths for warmth.
Bolivia Railroads To Be Built By Standard Oil Capitalists
Bolivia moves toward a new railway network with Standard Oil capitalists and allies pledging thirty five million dollars for eight months. Bolivian congress has ratified concessions and contracts for steel rails and construction materials are underway.
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Bolivia
Standard Oil
Republic of Bolivia
Practical Montenegrin Minister Leads Poultry Focus
A Montenegrin minister of culture shows practicality as poultry breeding gains attention. He sits with a ben sitting to hatch a special biped of chickens, while nine chickens chirp around his chair.
Quote on Vindictiveness and Debts from Witnesses
Gad describes a subject as very vindictive and notes it as a serious fault. Lenders admits ignorance of that fault and adds concern about grudges. The exchange then shifts to a second fault: he never pays what he owes.
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Gad
Lenders
Heaviest Locomotives Highlight Prairie Type
The heaviest locomotives in the world are Prairie type, hauling fast trains on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway. This type weighs 1774 tons, exemplified by the Car oean class engine used on the Caledodian railway.
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Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway
Ability in the Pulpit
The English bishop of Carlisle warned that true eloquence lies in plain speech. He said any fool can preach above the audience, but a really able man crafts a great sermon that ordinary people can understand.
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Carlisle
Pictures to Teach History in Preston Schools
The Preston free library committee plans to distribute hundreds of pictures to elementary schools. The images cover poetry legends and history of Britain and major world events to aid history instruction.
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Preston
Eng
Nbarry
Modernizing Afghanistan Ameer Plans New Factory Town
The ameer of Afghanlatan has hired an electrical engineer to install machinery in new factories. A town twenty miles north of Cabul is being built to house arms and ammunition production and other manufacturing industries.
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Afghanistan
Ameer
Afghanlatan
Cabul
The Problem of the Child
The piece discusses the child as a thorny problem that can bring parents either deep joy or profound misery as explained by The Gentlewoman.
Justin McCarthy Still Buay
Historian Justin McCarthy, longtime Irish party figure, lives retired at Westgate on Sea. Though older and less vigorous, he still works daily, dictating for an hour or two each morning to an amanuensis, per remarks in the Possum column of the Atlanta Constitution.
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Justin McCarthy
Westgate
Sea
McCarthy
Atlanta Constitution
Invented Cowcatcher by D B Davies of Columbus Ohio
The common cowcatcher attachment for locomotives is not patented and was devised by D B Davies of Columbus Ohio. He found his model resembled a plow in form and use.
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D. B. Davies
Columbus, O
Coffee Vendors Work Streets of Alexandria
Street vendors in Alexandria carry cup baskets and coffee cans as they sell beverages to pedestrians. A line of road coat is noted in the description, while the text mentions the average railroad construction cost in the United States at about $30,000.
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Alexandria
United States
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Nationaal Association of Agricultural Implement and Vehicle Manufacturers
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T. Scott Mayes
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Springfield, Ky
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