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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1903
Page
2
A long nocturnal ramble through late summer mountain wear with plaid shirts and silk trims, plus social musings on friends and “chair warmers.” It ends with a tale of appearances and class at the Highbanker Golf Club, where a legendary professor asserts his lifelong club membership.
Russian and Egyptian embroideries feature prominently in a collection from Old New York. A pale diabetamine coat and skirt set, with a flat box pink skirt, is styled with a short collar and a stole in traditional blue red and black embroidery colors.
The text recalls Isabella Beecher Hooker’s religious creed from childhood in Cincinnati and her brother Henry Ward Beecher. At eighty-one, she has written these scrupulous reflections in clear penmanship, highlighting a lifelong belief in a universal Creator and the origin of worship as Sky Father.
Isabella Beecher Hooker, last surviving Beecher sibling memories, and her husband John Hooker shaped reformist life from Beecher roots to Nook Farm influence. Reminiscences cover early travels, abolition and woman suffrage work, and Isabella’s extemporaneous 1871 congressional speech.
The piece mixes garden tips on planting Japanese fern balls for winter storage and spring growth with a discourse on ascetic living. It mentions dormancy, watering needs, and care for fern ornaments, followed by a long moral meditation from Arethusa and Emerson on plain living, abstinence from rich foods, and spiritual ascent. The narrative travels through social interactions and a meal scene featuring Maryland fried chicken, pie, and coffee.
A clipped wartime style note discusses women’s influence in historical events, referencing Elizabeth I and the Spanish Armada. The fragment mentions a 1638 establishment and a July 21, 1588 date, then shifts to a note about a new undergarment, all presented in a damaged newspaper fragment.
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