Notable New York Old Women Keep Active Into Age
An affectionate portrait of elderly female luminaries from New York society and reform circles. Eliza beth, Mrs. Stanton Anthony, Isabella Beecher Hooker, Matilda Jocelyn Gage, and Grace Greenwood are highlighted for active work, writing, dancing, and public advocacy.
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Ze Wooas
Elizabeth
Mra Gilbert
John Draw
Maggie Mitchell
Lay Wilde
Threescare
Matilda Jocelyn Gage
Fayetteville
Isabella Beecher Hooker
Draper
England
Willian Hierechel
Thildren
Marion Harland
Orians
Barr
New York
William Astor
Mra Parap Stevens
Grace Greenwood
Washington Homie
Boston Globe
Women Physicians in North America 1899 Statistics
The article notes about 2,600 women practicing medicine in North America with 130 homeopathists. Among them are 7 hospital physicians or surgeons, 610 specialists in women’s diseases, 70 alienists, 65 orthopedists, 40 conlistas and aurists, and one electrotherapist. Canada has one medical school devoted to training medical women, while the United States in 1899 had 10, mostly homeopathic establishments.
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North America
Canada
United States
A Sense of Duty in Woman Suffrage Debate
The New York Herald asserts that women who believe in suffrage will feel a sense of duty rather than pleasure from voting. It notes women are more conscientious than men and will ponder major day to day issues, facing the heavy burden of electoral responsibility.
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P Legielatiees
New York Herald
Bremarck Fawr and Great Exposition Features
An eclectic Rushburg style notice touts Bremarck Fawr events at Beautiful Bismarck Grove from September 24 to 20, with round trip tickets, $5000 in prizes, displays of buffalo and antelope, and three daily Union Pacific trains. It also promotes the Exposition flyer Chicago to New York service, blood purifier ads, headache capsules, burn and pain salves, dental tonics, and Silver Leaf vinegar as a staple grocery item.
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Bremarck Fawr
Bismarck Grove
Union _ Pacific
Union Pacific
A.M. Puowka
U.P. Railway
Hamomd Alfsirn
Chicago
New York
Lake Shore
C. E Wilber
Weatero
Mary Ansett Barrie A Portrait Of J M Barrie’s Wife
A fragmentary tribute portrays Mary Ansett Barrie as a shy, home loving actress married to J M Barrie. Descriptions highlight her beauty, modesty, dressmaking skill, musical talent, and calm influence despite public life and illness in Barrie’s world.
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Mary Ansett Barrie
Mary Anset Barrie
J. M. Barrie
London
Altbrother
Mr. Barrie
St Lous Republic
English Women on Bicyclon and Lady Tennignon Recovery
A Pall Mall Budget piece notes Dowager Lady Tennignon recovering from a severe fall at Aldworth and an English fashion trend toward cycling. It praises wartime patriotism and mentions prominent women riders including Mrs Jad Leslie Duchess of Manchester Lady Jeune and Mrs Asquith as skilled enthusiasts.
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Tools Tennyson
Lady Tennignon
Aldworth
Lady Tennyson
Lor Tennyson
Pall Mall Badget
Paris
Newport
Tryde Park
Jad Leslie
Jérome
Randolph Chevehill
Duchess of Manchester
Jeune
Asquith
Fairy Dishwashing Aid Steals Housewifely Burden
A New York Post item imagines a fairy tale of a woman who washes dishes for 20 neighboring households three times daily for 15 cents a week, promising relief to many housewives if such a servant ever existed. A correspondent from Queensland Australia notes the push for women’s suffrage with parliament likely to support the measure. The Michigan Board of Regents asserts no gender distinction in hiring for university positions, selecting the best candidate. Winter omens forecast a hard season with birds and animals signaling cold, goose bones turning white, and rising cowls prices confirming a severe winter ahead.
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Shires
New York Post
Ouida's Latest Scold on The New Woman
The piece criticizes Ouida for preachy views on women while praising her harsh stance toward animal cruelty. It notes her paradox of championing mercy for humans yet displaying brutal indifference to animals, citing dead birds hunted hares pheasants and wounded salmon as examples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouida
Guidameyer
Sto
Courtesy to Swedes and social decorum in public spaces
The article describes Swedish manners with emphasis on bowing and hat lifting at train or ship departures. It contrasts ceremonial politeness with passive behavior and notes social expectations for travelers to greet and acknowledge others, reflecting a culture of careful etiquette. It also includes unrelated advertisements for hair products and cough remedies.
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Sweden
Popular Journal
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ST. Paul
Hinneapolis
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Philadelphia
Boston
Washington
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Azpecialty
J. G Gilchrist
Jackson Streat
Topeka Vacuum Cure
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Aia
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Birney
J.K. Jones
Prescott & Co
West Lighth Street
Eton
Foundry
Topeka Foundry and Machine Works
R. L. Cofran
Topeka
E. H. Woolger, Mer
Ee Aepe
Jackson St
Conron Bros
Erie
Itedee
Excelsior Coke and Gas Company
5Th and
Kansas Ave
Beyes
W. R Kennady
Jovnxar
Krause
Rowley Bras
Chas, Rogers
Bay City
Mich
J. K. Jones
Rowley Bros
Polly
Wits
Barry Mees
Jones
J. & Jones
Rowlay Heros
Jeannette E. Walworth
Ving Alon
Queensland
Austerlia
Australia
Board of Regents
State University of Michigan
Maine
Lewiston Journal
W. K. Kennedy
Ata
Butte
Elauor
Silk
Ean. Ave
Charles Worrall
Kansas Avenue
Hiram Hulse
Elmwood
Willow Ave
Jotwin Place
Lebtrooe Topesea Transfer Company
Kansas Ave. Tele
F. BP. Broom
Arthur Massay
West Fifth Street
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