Curious Eddy Street Jews Leave A Lasting Impression
Descriptions of Eddy Street orthodox Jewish life reveal rituals, including Sabbath customs, milk and meat dish separation, mezuzoth on doorframes, and a matchmaker’s role in marriages. Rabbi Rivkind’s authority anchors ceremonies from weddings to divorces, mourning rites, and charity collection practices among the community.
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Russia
Mrs. Kavanaugh
Eddy-street
Eddy Street
Rivkind
Anton
America
Pertunate
The modern girl and the art of repose
A New York Commercial Advertiser column laments the fashionable bustle of daughters who study arts and activities yet neglect stillness. It portrays the modern girl as overactive, talkative, and restless, with stressed nerves, poor health habits, and social scrutiny.
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New York
Westfield opens public library reading room with 700 volumes
Westfield Ind January 11 Westfield Library and Reading Room opened after six months of work by the Monday Afternoon and Woman's clubs. Miss Mercia Hoagland state organizer praises libraries as equal to public schools as the people’s university. Officials note proper cataloging, annual inventories, and tax support. Guests include Mrs Julia S Conklin and Professors Stanley Jessup.
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Indianapolis Journal
Westfield
Ind
Mercia Hoagland
Friends’ Church
Library Association
Julia S. Conklin
Miss Hoagland
Ose
Jan l
Westfield Lbrary
Bayard Taylor
Paul Revere
Old South Church
Concord Bridge
Lexington Battlefield
Benjamin Franklin
Alexander Hamilton
Charles Sumner
John Hancock
Daniel Webster
Ndiana
Indiana
Public Library Commission of
Stanley
Friends’ High School
May Sue for Divorce Frances Hodgson Burnett Separated
Washington reports Frances Hodgson Burnett now Mrs Stephen Townsend plans to seek divorce from her husband Townsend. Details note their long friendship dating from the summer abroad with her son Lionel the original Little Lord Fauntleroy and her financial backing of Townsend’s theater venture in London.
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Genoa
Washington
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Stephen Townsend
Washington Post
Townsend
Ancient lava sea shaped Northwest farms and water needs
Geological Survey reports that a vast lava sea once covered about 200000 square miles across Washington Oregon and Idaho. Rivers carved deep canyons, leaving rich plateaus ideal for wheat but needing more irrigation water. Florida springs and artesian wells are studied as part of national water resources.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
United States
Oregon
Idaho
Grand Canyon
Colorado
Northwest
United States Geological Survey
Israel C. Russell
Nez Perce
Geological Survey
Florida
Kissengen Springs
Polk County
California
Missouri River
United States Geolical Survey
Mme Adele Preveau dies in New York shelter
The Paris born countess turned widow after a Paris duel, later married Henri Preveau and moved to Washington society. In New York she drifted from wealth to poverty, dying last night in a miserably kept shelter cared for by a Black woman who found her there.
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New York
Mme
Adele Preveau
Paris
Ufe
Count de Doreau
Henri Preveau
Initial Sale of Under Muslins Show Gains in 1902
The 1902 event spotlights a broader range of French made garments and new American inputs, with lower import costs enabling more beautiful lingerie. Lace, lawn, and embroidery define the display, including corset covers, nainsook gowns, cambric ensembles, and skirts priced from 25c to 35c, showcasing intricate trims and Swiss embroidery.
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Geological Survey Bulletins
Natures
Milady
Switzerland
France
Batiste
Valenciennes
Nainsock
Nainsook
Hamburg
Ge Goodmuslin
Nain Sook
Underskirts
Point de Paris Insertion
Sic
Bks. Ayres
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