Feminine Readers and Women in Architecture Spotlight
The piece highlights pioneer women in architecture with counts of Louise B. Bethune Sophia Hayden and Lois L Howe. It notes Hayden and Howe's education at institutes, Bethune’s Buffalo practice and early membership, and a student narrator's push for women in design alongside practical home planning insights.
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New York Tribune
Louise B. Bethune
Buffalo
American Institute of Architects
Sophia Hayden
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
W. B. Bennett
Lois L. Howe
Boston
Miss Sr
Overenergetic Women Lose Themselves In Busy Schedules
A Chicago Evening Post commentary lampoons industrious women who overwork. An anecdote shows a guest racing between tasks from morning to dinner, describing housework, writing, shopping, and cooking until leftovers of the day pile up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Evening Post
Mary
Tren
Down Town
Anxious to see how the goods would fit my pattern
A transcript from the Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph discusses clothing, posture, and athletic throwing differences between girls and boys. It covers fabric work, furniture moving, and daily routines. It highlights remedies for round shoulders and contrasts throwing styles due to collar bone differences.
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ACS
Mother
Mary
Fred
Victorian Household Hints and Art Market Insight
A collage of domestic tips on cooking and cleaning plus a Detroit Free Press alike note on British art losses to American buyers. It cites linseed oil uses, fabric care, pantry insect remedies, and knives care, then shifts to quotes from Asher Wertheimer on English masterworks selling to Americans, mentioning Duveen and Morgan and doubts about authenticity.
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London
Philadelphia
England
America
Asher Wertheimer
Bond Street
France
George A. Storey
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York
Storey
Duveen
Brother
J. Pierpont Morgan
Morgan
Armerica
Eture
Appointed Inspector Delights New Jersey Health Board
A Baltimore American clipping reports a woman appointed as inspector by a New Jersey Board of Health. A committee of women’s clubs guarantees her salary, celebrating a smooth win without extra cost. The clubs praise the triumph and the work carried out, noting the unusual, idyllic outcome in New Jersey. The piece references Mrs. Austin as a key figure.
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Baltimore
The Exhumed Repentance in Cuernavaca’s Public Square
In Cuernavaca a dying old woman tells Tomas and Julia of a buried treasure, a deserter’s hoard, coins and a letter from Robert T. Martin. They arm themselves with a merry go round to dig, lure by Aztec gold, then uncover a guarded cache and a confession from 1837. The unearthed money changes their fate as the tale closes in San Angel.
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Cortes
Cuernavaca
Plaza of the Constitution
Pacheco
Mary Magdalene
Tomas
Julia
Walte
Hindoo
Trish
Nho
Ame
Eitar
Juila
Yautepec
Tange
Tetillas
Popocatepetl
Montezuma
Pachecho
Tomasito
Cleveland
Mexico
Ollows
Flo
Nils
Jimne
North Carolina
Texas
Taylor
Buena Vista
Chapultepec
United States
Robert T. Martin
Horns
San Angel
San Francisco
What they Look For Atchison Globe Poem Fragment
A damaged OCR fragment presents a verse by Thomas Mardy about a church sister and her sisters. It evokes beauty, patience, and a hidden charm, with lines hinting at love and memory. The text is partial and cryptic, preserving names and phrasing in a romantic tone.
Isaac and Abrahams lineage and the lesson of peace
The excerpt explores Isaac as the joyful heir of the promise, his birth at Beersheba and the laughter it inspired, and contrasts his monogamous fidelity and calm faith with a broader view of patriarchal life. It highlights Isaac as a figure of peace, spiritual maturity, and a model of devotion within a complex biblical narrative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac
Beersheba
Abraham
Ishmael
Hagar
Sarah
Hebron
Padan-aram
Rebevca
Rethuel
Rebeoca
Aefiela
Myrienne
Imaac
Atraham
Wordsworth
Eatren
George Herbert
Ieaac
Todd
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Mra
John Jacob Astor
New York Times
Newport
John R. Drexel
William K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Joseph &. Widener
Duncan S. Ellsworth
Eton
Lucile Bacon
the Waldorf
Miss Bacon
Aauheer
Good Housekeeping
New England Cooking School
Good Housekeeping Institute
Miss Downing
Mise
Architecture For Women
New York Sun
Pittsburg
Mandy
Detroit Free Press
Romero
Yante
Suernayaca
Yautepes
Cuautia Valley
Tom
Thomas Mardy
Hall & Ruckel
J. Ivison
Lonaconing
E. CO. DeWitt &Co
Chicago
Frank H. Carter
Henry J. Huder
E. W. Stucky
Emerson
Tlemmedu Sausieho
Humnday School
Lessa
Awn
Isaac the
Genesian
Imene
Abimelech
Europe
Isang
Shem. Dle
Jacob
Jssas
Christian Endeavor
Job xxii
William Cecil
Burleigh
Myers
Purleigh
Jesus
Christ
Mim
Migo
Haverwal
Cheenter Lowe
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