Swiss Women Gain Momentum for Universal Suffrage
Zurich shows a growing women’s movement with 17 000 advocates, seeking the ballot and jury rights. Zurich families fund a nautical training guild aiding poor children, while reformers guard child support and guardianship laws. Zurich’s Protestant Reformation history, its towers, ton hall, and Einsiedeln abbey anchor a panorama of a nation balancing tradition and reform.
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Zurich
France
Zurich ‘Woman's Suffrage Society
Fraulein
Europe
Ts University
Tebte
Fraulein Ferts
Switzerland
Frau Professor
Orellie
Zwingli
Grossmaenster
Charlemagne
Grossmuenster
Doris
Calvin
Luther
Zwingl
Jane Grey
Zwingil
Canton of
Lake
Eilene Stadt
Pelvoir Park
Tonhalle
Lake Nouth
Munster
Wasserkirche
Roden
Housekeeping in Hankow through a Western mistress
Florence Gilbert describes life in Hankow among six servants led by the head boy from Ningpo. The piece details the hierarchy, dress codes, and daily routines from market buys to meals. It notes variations in cook tasks, Western goods in concessions, and the colonial context of supply from Australia and Europe.
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Hankow
Florence Gilbert
New Idea Woman's Magazine
Lkely
Ningpo
Ployer
Australia
United States
Great Britain
France
Germany
India
Zola’s Pantheon Honor Secured by Court Ruling
Paris notes that Emile Zola, who died in 1902 from coal gas exposure, earned a Pantheon burial after a court decision ten years later. The Dreyfus affair, his famous L accuse letter, and his later posthumous recognition frame this tale of a writer achieving France’s high burial honor and enduring fame.
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Paris
Emile Zola
Pantheon
Westminster Abbey
France
L’assommoir
Pascal
Lourdes
Rome
Dreyfus
Seine
Zola
Knorville Woman Hails Pinkham Medicine Relief
A Knorville Iowa woman reports extended pain in the right side and general weakness. She writes that after doctors failed she found relief using a root based tonic advertised as Pinkham style medicine, noting improved strength and ability to work and rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knorville
Iowa
Kaori
Shrewd Scheme Stopped Run In South Wales Bank
In a historic South Wales bank panic small farmers crowded the counters as a desperate manager devised a plan. A clerk produced coins from a frying pan claiming they were hot sovereigns, and the audacious trick convinced customers the bank was minting money. The ruse eased alarm and helped stabilize the bank during the crisis.
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South Wales
Copree
Batetela Drum Wireless Message Across Seven Miles
In Central Africa the Batetela tribe uses a carved wooden drum as a wireless messenger. The hollow interior is carefully formed from a single solid piece of hardwood. Beaters with rubber knobs strike the drum to send sounds up a hillside at dusk, producing three distinct notes from each side.
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Johannesbuye
Africa
Outlining Treatment and Drifting Fashionable Patients
A fragment cites a Parlet dialogue on patient care and fashionably minded clients. The speaker urges handling practice while away, then jokes about a Chanticleer cocktail and a Chan Ucleartall pun.
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Oghen
Pestalozzi
America
Jura Mountains
Liftie
Einsiedeln
Notre Dame Des Ermites
Abbey
Einstedeln
Eberhard
Franconia
Colomban I
Christ
Meinrad
Berthold of
Hohenzollern
Elnsigdeln
Conrad
Constance
Othon
Adelaide
Apostle
Peter
Gregory the Great
Stephen
Saint Law
Michael
Charming
WE Zwingl
Groum
Valhalla
the Pantheon
Parle
Lydia E.pinkham
E. Pinkham
Broadway
Buos & Scheu Co. Cingianati
Onie
Erwin Shimeieewater
Jerma
Michigan
Renry A Gauriar
Grayling
Mick
Lod
Pegi Creek
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