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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1904
Page
9
A discussion of marriage contrasts selfish and unselfish partners, detailing how mismatch and unfulfilled needs erode harmony. A wife’s sacrificial role is critiqued, while male behavior and chivalry are examined as evolving, often distant from real emotional support.
A biscuit colored melton automobile coat features red broadcloth edging with white braid. A large Uberty silk bow decorates the neck, brass military style buttons, and a biscuit turban trimmed in gold white silk braid with netted back ends.
A dramatic portrait of Mrs Charlemagne Tower wife of the American ambassador to Germany. The piece extols her wealth fashion and social influence while contrasting American and European social norms and the perceived decline of the traditional American masculine ideal.
A Victorian era piece offers nursery window gardening ideas. It describes a turnip or carrot garden in a sunny window using oats and seeds, a suspended wet sponge for a green mosslike ball, and a damp flannel mat with seeds for quick greenery. It also notes borax baths for skin whitening, suggesting a half pound dissolved in warm water twice weekly.
A humorous essay divides humanity into bromides and sulphites. The bromide group repeats familiar phrases and avoids independent thinking, while sulphites are marked by unpredictable, independent action. The piece playfully explores social types, with examples from conversations and etiquette, ending with a call to view friends through this new lens.
A man surveys life with wide horizons, often missing near matters, while a woman focuses on minute details, gathering small earnings to support essential household needs. The passage contrasts gendered viewpoints on priorities and resourcefulness.
A feature on women entering mining shows Mary West and Mabel Chenowith rising from schoolteachers to certified assayers and mine managers. West funds study by teaching, builds an assay office, and proves ores while supporting her mother. Chenowith assists her father, handles mine duties in Colorado after his death, and faces ongoing mining challenges alongside other young Missouri women in Ozarks.
The dainty coat of white broadcloth Mius tented is a useful theater wrap trimmed with heavy white lace and pale gold satin. A gold and white cord fastens the collar at the throat. The white beaver hat is trimmed under the brim with gold poppies.
The article profiles Mary West, Mrs. Mary BE Latey, and Mabel Chenowich, among others, showing women who overcome prejudice and poverty to become successful mining operators. It notes West’s ascent from empty office to a $109,000 claim, Latey’s expansion with crews and machinery, and Chenowich’s and Grice’s self built cabins and digs. It highlights women in Arkansas, Missouri, Colorado and Alaska proving educated women can own mines and manage ventures.
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