News and Notes for Women From Quiet Times
A survey of women’s fashion and roles includes silk hosiery, lace, embroidery, and tight lacing trends. Profiles spotlight Dr. Mary F. Thomas and Dr. Hannah Longshore as pioneering physicians, Annie D. Clopper’s horse sales in Colorado, and women in Hartford dentistry. Case notes cover wage gaps, mining work in Belgium, and social customs in Ladis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kensington
Mary F. Thomas
Richmond
Ind
Hannah Longshore
Philadelphia
Mollie Garfield
Cl Veland
Colorado
Annie D. Clopper
West
Hartford
Conn
Sarah Bernhardt Exhibits Sword Skill in Buenos Aires
Latest reports from Argentina say the famed artiste Sarah Bernhardt performed sword exhibitions in a Buenos Aires circus, drawing elite society crowds. A pupil of Merignac, she trained long but only recently used the blade publicly, impressing local press with precise attacks and daring agility amid skepticism from Argentine spectators. Queen Victoria is sixty seven and has reigned forty nine years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argentine Republic
Sarah Bernhardt
Buenos
Merignac
Rue de Fortuny
Paris
Queen Victoria
Cary i
G George Til
Budget of Fun and College Gossip Bits
Humorous vignettes on domestic quips and a college anecdote. A waiter named Prettyman is teased for career and romance aims as a joke about waiting for his girlfriend's father to die. Edith and the old man clash over a dog gate incident and a breakfast misunderstanding. Tid Bits and St. Paul Glebe provide the compact humor column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith
Harry
Prettyman
St. Paul
Heavy patent jack demo spurs tale of lifting barns
A humorous collage from a 19th century page shows a farmer testing a patent jack with a screw lever to lift heavy objects, a Sunday school cat and dog moral, plus Civil War anecdotes about Jabe Mathis and a boastful uncle with a seven foot snake tale at a Michigan grocery.
Snake hunt ends as no whopper found at the hay
A grocer tells Uncle Davis the snake is gone and urges him to go see and ovate this morning. The old man, blushing, unties his wagon and drives off toward Halifax, attempting to calm the situation after a fruitless search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan Avenue
Davis
Merit
Uncle Davis
Halifax
Detroit Free Press
Torpedo hunt on the Red River ends in tragedy
Details from a Federal steamer Monongahela crew describe grappling in a bend near the right bank when a boiler iron torpedo exploded. A boat was lifted and torn apart, two sailors killed, one wounded, and a shot fired from shore killed a Black informant. The operator who detonated the device was suspected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monongahela
Red River
Tensar
Mississippi
Bink
Detroit Free Press
Obsidian Cliff in Yellowstone Described by Iddings
Professor Joseph P. Iddings of the United States Geological Survey details an obsidian cliff in Yellowstone Park. The half mile long elevation, 150 to 200 feet high, shows dense black glass with red brown streaks and a golden lustre, includes prismatic obsidian columns, and reveals a past lava flow with a porous upper portion and a dense lower shell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph P. Iddings
United States Geological Survey
Yellowstone Park
Iddings
New York Sun
A Dog-Catching Canine Displays Notable Sagacity
A dramatic tale from deputy poundmaster Wilther describes his red Irish setter shepherd dog aiding in catching dogs. The animal follows commands, engages targets, and even distracts larger dogs to allow nets to be used. The report ends with a note on Southern taxes claimed by Black residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilther
Wilmer
Porki and
Oregonian
My Little Self Knows No Meeting of Seasons
A reflective poem by Edith M. Thomas describes the speaker and his shy “Little Self” who reside in spring and the autumn’s separation. He longs for a meeting of his two selves amid meadow imagery, noting fall and spring can never meet and cherishing the joys the Little Self holds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howe
Edith M. Thomas
St. Nicholas
Chicago Tribune
Witty Clippings from Various Newspapers
A collection of jokes and quips from papers like the Norristown Herald Burling ton Free Press Call Hartford Times Puck and San Francisco Chronicle. The snippets cover fashion slang beef with Canada and Mexico and humorous misreadings about stamps pumpkins and oysters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norristown Herald
United States
Canada
Mexico
Burlington Free Press
Norristown “Herald
Waterbury
Hartford Times
Puck
California
San Francisco Chronicle
Davy Crockett Tales and Oddities From a Bygone Era
The Nashville Union recalls Davy Crockett’s 1828 Obion River journey living rough on the bank, hunting bears, and sleeping on a bearskin. A Boston doctor notes the longest English word from cocaine chemistry. A piano pupil tale and health musings prompt tonic advice. A Portland ship brings a Japanese tumbler bird famed for somersaults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Obion
Crockett
Tom
Davy
Nashville (Tenn
Union
Made His Living by Sterling in a Bluff Trial
A courtroom exchange exposes the witness as a habitual thief who admits to a three year pattern of stealing. The prosecutor aims to paint the witness as a credible but dishonest informant, challenging his denials and suggesting his livelihood relies on theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jabe Mathis
Georgia
Gettysburg
Jabe
Svein
Jake
Atlanta Constitution
Sterling
Harriet Cummagi
Cincinnati
Ohio
de Wat
Hall
Ine
Warner's Safe Cure touted as universal kidney and liver remedy
A Rochester News story quotes Mr. H L Warner praising Warner's Safe Cure as the premier kidney and liver treatment. It cites endorsements from medical authorities, discusses widespread use, and notes rising sales despite reduced advertising. The piece links drug ab/use issues to kidney health and suggests the cure can aid withdrawal from narcotics and stimulants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner
A . J. L. Stephens
Lebanon
ORM
Ben
J. M. Hall
State Board of Health of
Town
Alexander Neil
College of Physicians and Burgeons
Academy of Medicine At
Columbus
TR Tirs
Fowler
Hidden Profit Offer Appeals to Home Workers
An advertisement promises profit from home work with no capital, listing earnings from five to twenty five dollars per day and up, urging readers to write Hallett & Co. in Portland Maine. It claims free start and opportunities for both sexes, with claims of earnings already made by some.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallett É& Co
Portland
Maine
Hinaday
American Rural Home
Rochester
Danielso
Ton
K. Parsons
Rochest J
Y Rural Home CO
Kocimster N.Y
MASON@ HAMLIN ORGAN AND PIANO CO
Boston
New York
Chicago
John B. Gough
Gough
Axman Akott
D. Worthington & CO
Hartford
Conn
Dee
Pierce Well Excavator Co
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Saydo
Minnie Wilson
Milner
Hamline
Dakota
Lincoln Institute
Wayne
Penn
Bertha Wolf
San Juan Mountains
Rose Terry Cooke
Jay Gould
Nellie
Belgium
Donna Cousino
Chili
Lota
Theresa Kelly
Cleveland
Fifth Ohio Infantry
Worfin
Ladis
Tyrol
Catherine Schran
Ths
Boston Courier
Glass Mountain
Eyebright
David Crockett
Oregon
Rochester N
Europe
H. HL. Warner
Totel
John
Ayer
Hood
Lowell
Mass
C.L Hood & CO
Apothecaries
Allays Infamma
Heller
USA
Ely Brorurns
Owego
Cockle
Mer
F. Rentschler
San Francisco
Cal
Russia
W. B. Hoke
Jefferson County
Aleding
Hig
Lyon
Bates
John W. Forbuseh
Wakefield
America
Anny
Furbosh
Death
SN. Crittenton
Fulton St
Imunt's Fale Company
Hook
Willya
N.Y
Jones
Aise
Reece
Raene
Hay Binghamt
U. S
Sorvereis Harnass
L J. & Ligue
Hester
PHILA
Ies
Ioumae
Phils
Electric
Bell Outfit
Wapress
New England
van Sands
Dwight Street
Bustom
Mase
Busi
Saers
Burgund
Mu Rey
Qure Perer
St. I’ Minn
Albany
Frink
Broadway
New Yorks
Axle Frazer Axle
Blair
Humaxe Bsmedy Co
LaFayette
Desperate Encounter
Elijah Cook
Bright
Kim
Kile
Elitah Cook
P. S
Simeon Lips
Il. Clapper
Taber
C. D. Pierce
H. J. Warner
Binghamton, N.Y
Dus
Nora
iBe
Neiman
Oalnent
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