The Policewomen by W L Alden in New Jerichoville
A satirical tale of Wyoming style suffrage in New Jerichoville where women win all local offices. Miss Twitchell leads a women’s regime that outlaws liquor and reshapes police, courts, and taxes, until a male-dominated backlash reverses the reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
New Jerichoville
Miss Twitchell
Connie Smith
Jim Ferguson
Jim
Lake Erie
California
Withers
Mr. Withers
Johnson
Smedley
Florence Wilkins
France
Sullivan
Progress in Germany and a wedding gown plan
Mrs. Jones debates a black crepe de chine or liberty satin gown for a three week wedding. She tours shops with friends, toys with pink or blue shades, considers her sister in law Lizzie's match, and plans to have a gown remade from pink net to avoid dull black.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Jones
Mr. Jones
Willie
Henry
Huchre Club
Maria
George Morgan
Lizzie
Mercy
Henry Davenport Jones
Wtllee Jones
Henry Jones
Norah
Mrs. Robinson
Mrs. Griggsby
Emily
Mes
Jones
LM O'Clock
Home Preserves and Pickles from Good Housekeeping
A collection of vintage pickle and preserve recipes detailing green tomato and cucumber pickles, cucumber and green tomato mix, canned peaches, grape juice, spiced peaches and damsons. Ingredients include peppers, onions, cucumbers, tomatoes, sugar, vinegar, horseradish, mustard, and spices with step by step directions for packing, boiling, and canning.
White gowns for season in crepe de Chine and sheer fabrics
Philadelphia fashion notes describe summer attire with gowns in crepe de Chine and other light fabrics for watering places, fetes, dinners, and receptions. A diaphanous combination over pale pink bastiste or corn-yellow silk is highlighted, with a brunette model wearing two weaves of crepe de Chine and a Princesse slip in yellow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Inquirer
Liberty
Tata Erink
Fashion description of satin gowns and evening toilets
The text outlines Uberty satin cut in a low neck with short sleeve caps and a yoke of satin in an excellent pattern. It notes the satin’s iridescent gleam through crepe, an accordion-plaited satin flounce added to the foundation skirt, and evening dresses in lily white over silk and lace over mauve, sea green, or azure.
Women Doctors Rise in German Colleges and Courts
The New York Evening Post notes rapid advances for women in higher education in Germany. Mary Williams Montgomery earned a PhD cum laude after exams in Oriental languages, including Turkish and Assyrian, easing barriers for Berlin women. Frau Bornstein also earned a medical degree with high ranking. Seven women faces court for falsely registering as doctors in Zurich. charges dropped due to expiry of the statute of limitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Evening Post
Mary Williams Montgomery
University of Berlin
Berlin
Haling
Zurich
Autumn fashions and kitchen tips from a bygone era
The article surveys fall fashion trends with satin fabrics and lace waistlines, noting black satin popularity and new patterns. It also offers recipes and kitchen advice, including a chocolate sauce for ice cream and salad dressing technique, plus baking tips on substituting bread flour for pastry flour in powder mixes.
Prohibition Debate in Indiana Letter to the Editor
A reader defends prohibition, arguing Maine shows mixed results and that success relies on total abstinence communities. The piece cites 1855 Indianapolis through local papers praising early law, laments modern relapse, and urges education over repeal while predicting future strict sobriety and continued enforcement.
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Indianapolis Journal
Maine
Washingtonian Movement
Sons of Temperance
Portland
Indianapolis
Iss Willard
Henry Ward Beecher
Edward R. Ames
Albert G. Power
David McDonald
Jonathan W. Gordon
Lucien Barbour
John D. Defrees
James C. Yohn
W. 8. Hubbard
Austin W. Morris
Calvin Fletcher
James M
Indianapolis Sentinel
John Barneycorn
Journal
Evening Republican
Journal of
Supreme Court
Court-street
Wa Street
Fort Sumter
Morton
Scott
Horace Greeley
Indiana
Bert
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W. L. Alden
Montgomery J. Withers
Morocco
Carrie Thompson
Germany
Florence
Madame
Jim Robinson
Jennie
Women's Progress
Odds and
Prohibition
Legisla
Clevelane Anderson
Union City Scrummeiation
Creveland
New York & East
Fianbow City
York and Goeton Famuly
Knickerbocker
Mattoon
I. Lous Express
Chicago
Lafayette
Eas Cincinnat Cincinnat Express
S. Cincinnati Express
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Express
Muncie
Marion Wabash Socom
Peoria
Bloomington
Springfield
Columbus
Pringfield
Louis
Ubio Special
Lynn Accommoda
CiIn
MAM
City Ticket Office
Cincinnati Fast Nail Cin
Dayton
Toledo
Detroit Express
Dayton Express
Detroit
Chicago Fast Mail
Chicago Express
Chicago Vestibule
Monon Socom
OHI
Rales
Lake Erik & Western RE
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Lim
Lafay Ve
Laporte
Decatur & Western My
Decatur
Louis Mail
Bpeeerty
Louis Fast
Philadelphia
New York
Neliimore
Washington
Ind
Richmond
Piqua
Vincenoes Express
Madison
Sun
Martinsville
Louisville
North Vernon
Xenis
Pittabuerg
East
Seymour
Logansport
Martineville
Keightetowns
Baltimore
Springfel
Springfeld
Columbua
Louseville
Vincennes Rouge
Pitteburg
Eaat
Spencer
Philadelphis
Xenia
Vandalia
Forse Haute
St. Louis
West
Inghem
Terre Haute
Lous Feet Mal Bt
el Punts
Las
UL. L. Sae
Atkins
E. & Atkins & CO
South
Ilinois Street
W. B. Barry Law and Supply Co
Penn
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