The Quiet Lunches of Store Clerks on a Morning Walk
The St. Paul Globe reports young women who work in downtown dry goods stores carry lunch in music rolls. Clerks say early morning strolls precede a busy day behind counters, with some men attempting flirtation but quickly dismissed. The piece highlights work discipline, modest recreation, and the balance of public perception and female propriety.
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St. Paul Globe
Third Street
Globe
Dry Goodaj
Dry-Gooda
Wabash East
SMALL WAIST, Mother and Daughter Equally Vain A New York Police Incident
A New York City court scene unfolds with Julia Hayes and her daughter Annie before Justice O Reilly. The mother laments Annie seeking police attention and reveals a dangerous method for achieving a tiny waist by tying corset strings to a bed post. The daughter presses for her father to testify in her defense, while the mother denies the claims as the judge dismisses the summons.
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New York
Journal
Julia Hayes
Annie
Justice O'Reilly
Mrs. Hayes
Pather
Belf
Henry
Physical education as a college standard and need
Prof Edward Hitchcock of Amherst argues in Outing that physical education is essential in colleges. A robust program blends laboratories and gymnasiums guided by experts to build the whole man moral, intellectual, and physical. The professor should engage with students beyond the mind, sharing in sports and recreation and aiding in planning and executing athletic life.
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Edward Hitchroak
Amherst
Cat Picks Apples From Waterbury Trees
New Haven News reports local Waterbury resident George Baldwin owns apple and pear trees. A cat repeatedly climbed to ripen fruit, biting stems to secure apples and carrying them to a porch as the family watched the daily harvest.
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New Haven
George Baldwin
Waterbury
Baldwin
Pennsylvania Female College feature and openings
Announcement highlights Pennsylvania Female College Pittsburgh with a healthful suburban setting near the city and urging catalogs via Miss Helen E. Pelletreau. Other items include Hood’s Sarsaparilla testimonial, various Johnson & Siegfried product pitches for Shiloh’s cures, a fatal shooting at Rogersville Tennessee, and a petrified squirrel mailed to President Cleveland for the Washington public museum.
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Pennsylvania Female College
Pittsburgh
Helen E. Pelletreau
East End
Henry F. Balcom
Shirley
Mass
Hood
Joseph
Johnson & Siegfried
Martua Brown
Rogersville Tonn
Galena II
William Mulhellen
Cleveland
Washington
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Hiloh
C. GC
Shiloh
Owa
Harry W. Olmstead
the Times
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Davin Kenyrepy
Indiana
Thad
David Kennedy
Lan
Jong
Sam
Harry W
Olmastead
Kennedy
Rondout
Rondow
J.C. McCurdy &Co
Phila
Wool & Thomas
Methodist Church
Wanken, PA
Tutt’s
Drogeists
Express
Sa. Ofies
Murray St
Laat Delta
Howe
Howe Sewng Machine CO
Jay iv
Triath St. Pateumpg
Phe Hale Meinger
Sanucfactur'yg Co
Wood St. Pittsburg
Saxton's Magnetic Balm
Magnetic ,Balm Co
Warren, PA
Sfelk
Price & Fa
F. Koller & Cs
Harngburg
Samii I Keller & G
Jolnbson, WoLwowar & Co
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Plulud
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N. H. Downs’ Vegetass
Menry, Johnson & Lord, Props
Burlington
Downs’ Elixir
Wo Selgr
Warren Pu
Gevild DE Easton
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