Varied 1900s notes on politics science and society
A compilation of short items filed from Washington and New York touches on chaperones at box parties, liquor politics, parrot feathers as fashion, watermelons on water lilies, an Italian type setting device, Mrs Alva Vanderbilt’s nerves, Cuban insurrection, Maxim gun potential, Lady Churchill and American women abroad, Miss Lester and Miss Chamberlain political displays, and Professor Wiley’s soil fertility research aimed at guiding fertilizer use to cut costs for farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lady Churchill
Mary Lester
Jane Chamberlain
Great Britain
United States
England
Old Dunton
Brentwood
Essex
Furnval’s Inn
Charles Dickens
Helen Gladstone
Newnham College For Women
Cambridge
Gladstone
Lotta
Boston
Park Avenue Theater
New York
Lancashire authorities use iron for tramp reform
Two tons of pig iron purchased by Lancashire, Pennsylvania authorities are to be used to force tramps into five hours of active exercise. Convicted tourists must carry the iron from one end of the prison yard to the other or face ration stoppage. The plan is described as useless and cruel reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancashire
Growth of Electric Life Spurs Hotel and Apartment Boom
Architects and engineers note unprecedented levels of hotel and apartment house construction due to electric convenience. Electric cookery travel and tools intensify social life, drawing people together through theaters churches clubs tours telephones and abundant reading. This surge reflects a broader push toward shared activities and connectivity.
The Spinster Army of Fame and Fortunes
Special correspondence profiles notable unmarried women across fields from Harriet Hosmer in sculpture to Susan B. Anthony in suffrage and Ada Rehan in theatre. It notes age ranges from 25 to 75, tells of their wealth, homes, causes, and marriages rumored or avoided while highlighting their independence and public roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet G. Hosmer
America
Susan B. Anthony
Ada Rehan
Georgia Cayvan
Mary Anderson
Nora Perry
Rose Elizabeth Cleveland
Ouida
Jean Ingelow
Rosa Nouchette Cary
Anna Dickinson
Grace Denio Litchfield
Edith Thomas
Susan Coolidge
Katharine Draper
Professor Draper
University of New York
Miss Draper
Belles
Beaux
England
William Herschel
Draper
Sarah Orne Jewett
Frances EF. Willard
London
Henry Somerset
Miss Willard
Phoebe Hannaford
Sorosis
Clever Little Outfielder Blakes Leaves Mark In Cleveland
The article profiles Harry C. Blake born June 16, 1874 in Portsmouth Ohio as a skilled outfielder for the Cleveland club. It traces his early teams Tren ton Charleston Staunton and Atlanta before joining Cleveland on July 7 and notes his strong batting and fielding in 1893 and 1894. It also discusses magnates plans to remove Louisville and St Louis from the league and hints at economic pressures from reduced schedules. It mentions Charlie Bennett painterly pursuits and pitcher Stultz being released by Kansas City, plus Adrian Anson’s acting and a baseball comedy-drama by Charles F. Mathison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arry C. Blake
Cleveland
National League
American Association
Portsmouth
Ohio
Trenton
Charleston
W. Va
Staunton
Louisville
St. Louis
Washington
Stultz
Manning
Kansas City
Selee
Boston
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Townsend Messenaer
Stout & Watt
Montana
Congress
New York City
Italy
Alva Vanderbilt
Willie K
Newport
Cuba
Madrid
Wiley
Agricultural Department
Cupid
Massachusetts
Rome
Charlotte Cushman
Beatrice Cenci
St. Louis Public Library
Zenobdia
Puck
Faun
Isabella
Rosa Bonheur
Ada M. Field
Grace Dodge
Madison Avenue
Anna Leary
Mamie Dickens
Arthur Leary
Bellevue Hospital
Miss Leary
Fifth Avenue
Charles Leary
Kate Field
Harriet Hosmer
Charlie Bennett
Jimmie Manning
Detroit
Charlie
Bennett
Adrian C. Anson
Chicago
Anson
Charles F. Mathison
New York “Evening Telegram
Harry C. Blake
Hood
Hood’s Pills
Mies Pee
Spabhon
Mperia
Imranun
John Carle & Sons
Columbia
Pope Mfg. CO
Hartford, Conn
Reston
San Francisco
Providence
Buffalo
DR. Winchell
Desl Medicing
Jaque
Emmert Proprietary Co
ALI Druggists
H. T. Clark Druc CO
Lincoln
Nebraska
Barker
Mair Balsa
Ghcogo
Nd SL
Feat
Oes
I. Oe
Geo
Pee Hox
Rochester
Ension Sotln Worren
Washington, DC
Amine Pension Bureau
Sioux City Engine & Iron Works
Pech Mfg. Co
Sioux City
Iowa
Tax Rowers
Caase Mactixeny Co
West Eleventh Street
Kansas
Cit
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