The Modern Movement in Women entering Industry Schools
The American Architect discusses a fourteen year old New York technical school for girls. It highlights courses in stenography, bookkeeping, drawing, sewing, design, and modeling, all funded by Young Women's Christian Association. The piece argues female technical training raises earnings and widens opportunities beyond traditional roles, citing wallpaper and textile design as successful examples and urging broader artistic practice and decorators.
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New York
Wall
State
Young Women’s Christian Association
Holmes
Garrett
England
Heaven
Owen Jones
Dr. Dresser
William Morris
Venice
Inventor Fred Thayer and the Catchers Mask origin
A Boston Globe account recalls Fred Thayer inspiring the first catchers mask for baseball. After a catcher refused to face a pitcher, Thayer devised a wire cage to shield the face. He spent spare time bending wires, producing the first mask used behind the bat.
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Fred Thayer
Harvard
Ernst
Trug
Thayer
Antil le
Meek
George Wrights
Wou
Boston
Gicbe
Oil or hay used in Switzerland to deter flies in shops
A San Francisco Journal report claims oil mixed with hay is used by Swiss butchers to keep shops clean of flies. After applying the coating to walls, flies allegedly avoid entering. The method is said to work in southern France for protecting gilt frames and chandeliers from soiling, with similar fly deterrence observed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Fran al Journal
Switzerland
France
Frank Leslie
Crossing the Shou River with Desert Caravans
A Morocco correspondent describes a perilous river crossing by mule caravan using a fragile raft boat. Mules are loaded amid prayers, curses, and blows, with exacting chaos as farmers seek to shore up passage. The crossing ends with a muddy ground landing far downriver.
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Shou
Mooley Indrees
Allah
Indrees
Morocco
Cor
Boston Transcript
Where the Tourists Come From
A Philadelphia Times Consul Catlin Switzerland Letter notes that about 250000 tourists visit Switzerland yearly, with four fifths from England Germany the United States France and Italy. America supplies about thirteen percent, rising from tenth in 1861 to third today, while Australia Africa and Asia are small shares. The piece highlights English dominance and social scenes from Zurich Lucerne Geneva Jungfrau and Vevey.
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Switzerland
England
Germany
United States
France
Italy
Atlantic
Australia
Africa
Asia
John Bull
Zurich
Lucerne
Geneva
Jungfrau
Metterhorn
Vevey
Thun
Catlin
Philadelphia Times
French Banker’s Ornate Seagoing Gabare On The Seine
A banker named M. Bardon sails a luxuriously fitted gabare on the Seine near Vert-Falant and Pont-Neuf. The 200 ton junklike craft features a salon, dining room, bedrooms, piano, and stable for four horses. Bardon, a railway investor, travels the rivers instead of hotels, planning to live aboard during Paris exhibitions.
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Seine
Vert-Falant
Pont-Neuf
France
Thatean
da Towi House
MM. Bardon
Tieverely
Ites
Lfe
Istanily
Paris
Diogenes
M. Bereton
London
Telgraph
Old Wines and the Myth of Age Enriching Drink
The article debunks the belief that aging endlessly improves wine. It notes decay after fermentation, preservation methods like alcohol addition and corking, and cites experiments with 1795 Port showing aged wine often loses character. It traces ancient practices, noting Greeks and Romans flavored and adulterated wines, and highlights Pompeii’s amphora as potential but unreliable evidence for very old vintages.
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Bavaria
Paris
Johannisberg
England
Rabello
Oporto
William Cullen Bryant
Europe
Homer
Nestor
Athenas
Horace
Pompeii
Ward
Home Journal
Courtesies of Olden Time in Modern Society
A reflective piece by Father Alcott praises old time politeness as an easy virtue. It laments the loss of refined manners amid rapid fashion and social change, urging a revival of courteous behavior among girls and gentlemen of today.
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Father Alcott
Sanday
Japanese hanging scrolls on view in gallery
A gallery displays 1,200 Jananeee kake mono or hanging pictures. Unlike permanent wall art these kakemonos are seasonal and tied to festivals. They symbolize long life with pine and bamboo motifs and include figures like takesago a stork and a tortoise.
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Sloms Journal
Local Names and Places in A Seaport Card
Partial OCR shows names and addresses including GEO. S. GATCHELL and LEPFORD along with street references in Hutu and Warren Pennsylvania. The fragment lists officials and passengers, indicating a transit or listing notice without full context or dates.
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Geo. S. Gatchell
Gert Sup't
Ellows Deener
J. A
Eh Aeus
Lo, N.Y. W
Lepford
Aventat Warren
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Erie Railways
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Erie Mall
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Irie
Pennsylvania Railroad
P. & E. Division
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Pam—Oil
Erie Mail
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Philadelphia
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Washington
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Hay Thetic
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Pennsylvania
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White Mountain
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American Bloge
N.Y
C & EL Bartsch
Water St
Diamond Block
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