The Folly of Servile Following of Fashions
A Chicago Evening Post column argues taxpaying women deserve a voice in taxation and cites Mrs. Mary Sturges, Mrs. Emmons Blaine, and Helen Gould as examples. It links fashion conformity to independence, warns against emulating last season’s trends, and urges practical dress standards and self-reliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Evening Post
Mary Sturges
Emmons Blaine
United States
Chicago
New York
Helen Gould
Ilinois
State Senate
Assembly
Senate
Votfor
Rubber plant care and social gathering tips from Ada C. Sweet
The article offers home gardening and social advice. It recommends a monthly teaspoon of olive oil on rubber plant soil as a tonic, milk-washed leaves for gloss, and a mustard bath to combat root worms. Personal anecdote highlights dramatic worm exposure. It also advises hosting diverse, noncompetitive gatherings featuring music and storytelling for balanced enjoyment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ork
Aff
Ada C. Sweet
Woman's Home
Odds and Ends Fashion and Home Care Tips
A collection of practical advice on trimming with French knots using heavy silk, treating bruises with hot water, pressing garments with newsprint, and preserving whites with beeswax. Also notes on hair and fabric care, jewelry and belts, restoring mahogany polish, kitchen hacks with scissors, summer sashes, and burn care using baking soda and carbolic acid solutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
The Happy Way’s Reflection on Life and Weather
A lyric style reflection contrasts life journeys with storms and sun. It envisions going through life together, enduring rain and tide, while hoping for green world growth and brighter days. The imagery of lilies and feathers evokes resilience amid darkness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lily
Brown Thrush Day in the Thicket of Spring
A nature diary recounts a march quest for the brown thrush and hermit thrush amid marshy streams, bluebirds, phoebes, and other birds. The narrator describes delays, weathered skies, songs, and a triumphant glimpse of the brown thrashers after long wandering with fellow birders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Thrush
Phoebe
Rufus
Briery
Elizabeth Nunemacher
Boston Bag and its Meaning in Social Circles
R M Field notes in the Chicago Post about a bag carried by prominent Bostonians. He claims the bag varies by bearer and can be cloth or leather in colors from black to brown or dark blue. The piece links bag choice to literary inclination and social signaling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. M. Field
Chicago Post
Boston
No clear news event in fragmentary prose
The text presents a fragmented, stylized meditation on etiquette and social behavior with no identifiable people, organizations, places, dates, or concrete actions to report as a standalone news item.
Brightwood Suburban Society Notes Incomplete Visits
Brightwood society news lists dozens of visits and guests across towns like St Louis Danville Muncie Shelbyville Martinsville and Lafayette. It records social gatherings at churches clubs and homes including anniversaries and travel plans for residents and visitors such as Miss Kay Miss Geneva svichols Miss Bertha Ross and Mrs. Mulholland along with pastors Rev O B Rippetoe and H B Renninghoff and many local host families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. A. Brown
St. Louis
Kay
Muncie
J. Rowarke
Geneva Svichols
Kampman
Clarence Cummins
Danville
Rose Smith
Fred Hickock
Paterson
N. J
Bertha Ross
Shelbyville
Mulholland
Etta Spaulding
Grayford
L. E. Hursh
Ashley
Hursh
Graham and Son
Windfall
Anna Murphy
James Moore
Lafayette
John Larsh
Noblesville
Jonah Larsh
Samuel Bloom
Syracuse
N. Y
Richard Hawkins
Yazoo City
Nora Bentley
Morton Hodson
Clara Baker
Martinsville
Bertha Campbell
B. H. M. Club
Hattie Weber
Ladies’ Ald Society
M. E. Church
Frank Brandt
Anderson
George Faber
H. T. Haxton
C. C. Millburn
Chicago
Wilbur Conner
Springfield
Ill
Ben Prosser
Huron
Herbert Jones
Clayton
Harry Jones
Whitestown
Nora Jones
Chilicothe
Lela Potter
Sullivan
Robert Bennett
Honor Lodge
Daughters of
Rebekah
C. I. Club
Myrtle Dunn
W. 5. Bryan
Evansville
Peine
J. L. Stout
Bain
McClure
T. T. McClure
Mamie
Ruth Glick
Colum
Barton Mandolin Club
Otis Barton
Twentieth Century Literary Club
Lawrence Thompson
W. M. Dawson
Mrs. Billot
Mary Daly
J. F
Terre Haute
Jessie
Colorful fabrics and gloves sale items listed with prices
An extensive advertisement lists silk tafteta and peau de soie by the yard with discounts, plus satin duchess, kid gloves, moire taffetas, and lawn fabrics. It also includes local social notes: club visits, church society meetings, and community events around Danville, Hazelwood, and Morris Street churches, with residents and hosts named.
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Eyam
Buffalo Express
Josephine Wright Chapman
New England
Miss Chapman
Chapman
Odds and
Boston Bag
Suburban Society News
Brightwood
Naughville
Rufus Williams
Davon
Laura Keene
Brownsboro
Katherine Bergman
Bertellsman
Mount Carmel
R. McCantley
Columbus
George Schnell
King Avenue
Blanche Gregg
Ella Dillon
Fairmount
James Burnett
Rangoon
India
William Hunter
Henry W. Byram
Cleveland
Thomas Moore
Charles Riggs
Harry Coleman
George Cooper
Walter Nelson
John Carpenter
North
Indianapolina
Claude J. Shinns
Roachdale
Frank Caldwell
Charles Pruit
F. C. Peters
Samuel Trafflinger
Louisville
Robert Crist
O. C. Cosser
William Cowdrey
Madison
Charles Ross
William Aikman
Lyons
Charles Stellhorn
Marion Park
M. E
Pierce
William Cobb
George Tyler
Raymond Malott
Cora Cornell
Glen Dixon
Malott
Nellie Brannon
J. F. Moyer
E. E. Mitchell
Helen Lowes
Alfred Raber
West
Indianapolis
The
Wim. H. Block Co
Taffeta Special
BATIN
Grenadines
Assyria
Quay
Cagas
Silesia
Osc
WM. H. Block Co
Mpnte Club
Eden
Jessie Thompson
Thompson
James Ferrow
Daleville
James Shepherd
Frank Shields
Jewett Jones
Hazelwood
Ladies’ Aid Society
Trinity M. E. Church
Alexander
Morris-street Christian Church
Wallace Turpin
Ethel Heath
Ida Shuey
Westfield
Ida
Glen Anderson
Evans
Morris Street Christian Church
Ida Henderson
Kansas City
Harry Henderson
Palmer Union
Benson
Missad Wands
River Avenue
Shepherd
Riverside Camp
Trinity M. EB
Maw
Africa
Tome Paes
Co Ee
Chilar
Hold O Weaes
Soc
Rink
Illinois Street
Jardinieres
Kipp Brothers Coo
South Meridian Street
Patton Bros
Journal
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