For and about women in 1896 Warren PA
A column notes notable women and achievements including Charlotte Embden Heine's sister, Ellen Terry, Elise Stanley Hall's Mendelssohn scholarship, Dr Lillian Hamilton as chief physician to the emir of Afghanistan, the Elizabeth Carey Agassiz scholarship at Radcliffe, Mme. Marchesi guiding Jenny Lind’s granddaughter, Mabel Spencer as Riley county physician, Ballington Booth’s continent trip, Belfast Me women clergy, and a humorous exchange about a church fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Embden
Heine
Ellen Terry
Elise Stanley Hall
Mendelssohn
Leipzig Conservatory
Lillian Hamilton
Mme. Marchesi
Jenny Lind
Mabel Spencer
Kansas City
Kan
Riley County
Ballington Booth
Salvation Army
Belfast
Miss Kingsbury
Universalist Church
Miss King
Church of the Advent
Miss McIntyre
Church of God
Versatility in Fiction Storytelling Quip
Dialogue between Miss Gushaw and Old Rusher quotes a four o clock routine to craft new stories each morning. Old Rusher reveals the need to satisfy a publisher and his wife after a poker party at the club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Gushaw
Old Rusher
The Secret Marriage Revealed By Quarrel and Tears
The notice recounts a couple's secret marriage brought to light after a quarrel. A spectator heard their dispute and saw the woman cry, with the incident unfolding within a brief period before the judge's involvement.
Indignant Ethel Chides Brutal Football Cash Clash
A comic exchange shows Ethel insisting football is brutal after mentioning Tom Sluggar, the cast-iron half-back. Brother Bob notes the danger, while a judge quips about delaying a bicycle lesson. Von Blumer and his wife discuss a $100 check against a $50 balance.
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Ethel
Tom Sluggar
Bob
Spoiling a Cook and A Youthful Stoic Snapshots
A humorous exchange about a cook's nightly routine and a wife attending evening school to learn reading. A second vignette from Puck features Willy Slimson admiring a cocoanut cake while Mrs. Witherby offers a piece and Willy declines, noting one piece would be an aggravation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Livewell
Willy Slimson
Mrs. Witherby
Willy
Puck
Meant Well Dialog on Fur Boas and Charm
The speaker notes a judge remarks on how young ladies wearing fur boas tucked under their chins can look attractive, suggesting a transformation of appearance despite a girl's homeliness. The exchange centers on fashion as a social impression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownley
Late Nonsense Sparks Witty Banter in Indianapolis Journal
A short exchange depicts Charlie complain ing at 11:58 p m that jokes about a young man staying up late are tiring. Maud Edith responds in mock astonishment claiming she never tires of the idea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie
Maud Edith
Indianapolis Journal
If Bald-Headed Groom Could Marry A Girl
A humorous line from Brooklyn Life ponders marriage of a girl to a bald-headed man. The jokey exchange asks if inner baldness matters more than appearance for wedlock, reflecting social wit of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Cause and Effect and Affection in Comic Exchanges
Column of brief gags and banter from various papers including the Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph and Chicago Tribune. Snappy lines cover money, pride, religion, romance, and independence with a touch of humor.
Wealth and sports notes mix from around the world
The column surveys horse care costs in England at 1625 dollars yearly and fashion in Paris as ladies are attended by staff on bicycles. It cites scarce gray squirrels in Vermont, abundant partridge, Mount Union female gym demands, bans on women riding in St. Petersburg, Widener planning a 250 foot yacht, and Monte Carlo’s poor season with fewer roulette tables and hotel losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Paris
Vermont
Mount Union College
Alliance
St. Petersburg
Peter A. B. Widener
Philadelphia Traction Company
Monte Carlo
Queer and quaint signs and quirks in odd tales
A menu of oddities from early 20th century: a Traverse City blacksmith shop with a cultural sign about horseshoeing parlors. Odessa heiresses promised a million rubles each for 15 months of servile work. a St. Louis couple’s bloomers joke ends with a vow never to wear the garment again. Lancashire grave tributes include a funeral card noting Friday visits. a Hindu stammer reportedly worsens in moonlit nights and after full moons, aligning with other observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Traverse City
Mich
Odessa
St. Louis
Lancashire
England
Witty quips and puns from era newspapers
A collage of jokes and quips from Chicago Record Boston Transcript Life and other papers. The humor touches on actors pass ing bills bucket shops and stomach aches with quick one liners and personalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Boston Transcript
Benny Bloobumper
Mr. Bloobumper
Bobby
N. Y. Herald
Mr. Hardhead
Rehoboth Sunday Herald
Innovations in Future Industry Aboard Pioneering Devices
The article surveys upcoming manufacturing advances including aluminum trunks for travel goods. It notes ground old glass as sand substitute in mortar, a Hungarian yarn from wood pulp for textiles, a high speed match-cutting machine, a hair-drying device with a lamp and a fast-spinning fan, and a diagnostic centrifugal air flow system for processing.
Poultry Advice on Roosts Feeding and Turkeys
Poultry guidance notes low uniform roost heights for large fowls and reactivating laying by adjusting feed. Suggest reduced grain and more meat and skim milk. Turkeys need ample range to forage and bug eating by nature. Revival of poultry business boosts shows and enthusiasm among poultrymen. Chickens need grit and variety, with pounded glass or oyster shell as substitutes.
Paris Menu Adds Vodka and Night Lights
Paris menus now feature vodka described as Russian brandy. Mr. Asquith, former English home secretary, appears in court with 45 counsel. Priests join ambulance service under mandatory service rules in France. Missionaries from Turin depart for South America. Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovitch ill with consumption and sent to the Caucasus. Teheran to Bagdad road and suburban electric railways awarded to a German contractor. Berlin hosts an exhibition by elderly artists Menzel Achenbach Schrader. Paris boulevards grow quiet and stores shorten hours. books close earlier and lights vanish after theatre hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asquith
France
Turin
Order of St. Francis de Sales
South America
Grand Duke
Alexander Mikhailovitch
Czar
Nicholas
Xenia
Caucasus
Teheran
Bagdad
Berlin
Academy of Arts
Adolf Menzel
Andreas Achenbach
Julius Schrader
Paris
Interesting Medley of Facts From Across the Nation
A collage of brief items notes two Harbine Nebraska photographers in business, a Kentucky horse and a man dying in Barren County, observations on liberty caps used by Greeks and Romans, Rhode Island and Georgia marble contrasts, ten Indians seeking railroad work in Machias Missouri, a $200 hidden in trousers found by Jacob Weymang in Akron Ohio and returned by his wife to a tramp from West Avon Connecticut, and a Humane Society sign at Chicago stockyards urging reporting of animal cruelty amid a grim slaughter context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harbine
Neb
Barren County
Rhode Island
Providence
Georgia State House
Indiana
Machias
Jacob Weymang
Akron
Jesse Zing
West Avon
Conn
Chicago
the Humane Society
Notable Characters and Odd Facts from a Gossipy Epilogue
A Jamaica boy William Ludlam White at 15 weighs 262 pounds. Gen Cassius M Clay plans to send his wife to school. William Beckett named coachman to President Cleveland. Rev Joseph Northup of North Scituate Mass. gored by a bull enjoyed three minister friends sermon after reading death reports. Police Judge Campbell of San Francisco joined the Salvation Army where Mrs Ballington Booth preached and the judge asked for prayers, not enlisting as a soldier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Ludlam White
Jamaica
N. Y
Cassius M. Clay
William Beckett
Cleveland
Washington
Joseph Northup
North Scituate
Mass
Judge Campbell
San Francisco
Salvation Army
Ballington Booth
Faces of the Day in Brief News Items
The sole female steamboat engineer is Mrs Madge Trueworthy of Scituate Massachusetts. A pine and spruce pulp fabric is used to make overcoats in Leeds England. Missouri still has 526000 acres open for homestead entry. Flour milling grows in Jerusalem with wheat from the Jordan and Samaria valleys. French telephone rates drop to five cents for a three minute call within fifteen miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madge Trueworthy
Scituate
Mass
Leeds
Eng
Missouri
Jerusalem
Jordan
Samaria
France
Proverbial Wisdom From Classic Sayings
A collection of short maxims on virtue moderation taste and truth. Quotes from Willmot Poincelet Beecher Cumberland Stanislaus Aleyn and Izaak Walton emphasize purity simplicity generosity and good company as keys to living well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willmot
Poincelet
Beecher
Cumberland
Mrs Stevenson sails to Samoa from San Francisco
Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson sails for her Samoa home after leaving San Francisco. The note mentions her voyage and destination in a concise society item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Louis Stevenson
San Francisco
Samoa
Mr. Edison
Dot
Dash
Col. Bradley
Kentucky
George Vanderbilt
Biltmore
North Carolina
Hints to Housekeepers from Home Remedies
Household tips cover cleaning methods for plaster of Paris ornaments with wet starch and benzoin to relieve toothache. Additional hints include seeding raisins by soaking in hot water, and using diluted coffee with ammonia to refresh black clothes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plaster of Paris
Unclear Identity Noted By Club Laughs
A Chicago Record snippet recalls a man new to town whose identity remains unknown. A club performance night reveals he laughed at Sympson’s jokes, prompting curiosity about his background and presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uat
Sympson
Chicago
Queen of Madagascar Keeps Reign Under French Protection
The defeated Madagascar queen, famed for five thousand dollar Worth dresses worn barefoot, tobacco chewing, and champagne drinking, negotiates terms with France after a war. Her husband banished, she remains queen under French protection with funds to acquire dresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madagascar
Paris
Antananarivo
Quick Glimpses of Local Newspaper Humor Snippets
A collection of brief comic exchanges featuring a courteous minister, a lazy discussion about wood saving, a timid tramp, a mortified bystander avoiding exposure, a Brooklyn ruse about manners, and a hungry man bargaining for a square meal with a shop boss. The tone mimics period humor columns.
Retiring Bridal Couple Becomes Local Sensation
William Ensel of Springfield plans a quiet bridal tour after his Wednesday wedding. On arrival at Leland the couple’s tale drew attention when their luggage revealed a trunk labeled This is a Bride's Trunk adorned with old shoes and grains of rice, sparking public curiosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Ensel
Springfield
Mr. Ensel
Ensel
New British Battleship Victorious Launched in London
The Victorious was launched from Chatham dockyard London in the presence of a distinguished crowd. At 390 feet long and 75 feet beam she will carry four 46 ton breech loaders, twelve 6 inch quick firers, sixteen 12 pounders, several 3 pounders and Hotchkiss guns, plus four submerged torpedo tubes and one above water. Mrs Goschen christened the ship as wife of the first lord of the admiralty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victorious
Chatham Dock Yard
London
Goschen
Admiralty
Turkey Has a Woman's Paper
Turkey starts a women focused newspaper edited by men with women on staff. Fatma Alie Hanoun and two Turkish ladies back the venture. The paper includes fashion, local and foreign news, and articles aimed at women readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Fatma Alie Hanoun
Djevdat Pasha
Mussulman World of
Notable English Estates Gifted for Military Service
Strathfieldsaye Blenheim and Trafalgar park were presents from the country in recognition of military and naval service. Strathfieldsaye is the seat of the Duke of Buckingham, Blenheim of the Duke of Marlborough, and Trafalgar Park of Earl Nelson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strathfieldsaye
Duke of Buckingham
Blenheim
Duke of Marlborough
Trafalgar Park
Earl Nelson
A Burglar Falls to Death in New York House
A burglar exiting a New York residence fell from an upper story and died almost instantly. The incident occurred last night, and police are treating it as a fatal accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nervous Debility and Exhaustion Warned By Medical Institute
The article describes nervous debility among young and middle aged men caused by worry bad habits and overwork. It notes symptoms such as backache dizziness and insomnia and mentions physicians at the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute offering a 168 page home treatment book mailed for 10 cents. The address given is World’s Dispensary Medical Association 663 Main Street Buffalo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
World's Dispensary Medical Association
Main Street
Bus
Just What They Wanted and First Sight of a Railway Train
A humorous scene shows a boastful editor and a hopeful author in a clash over an article that is accepted after rejection. An English country boy witnesses a railway train and misinterprets it as a smiddy stealing a row of houses, a comical misreading of the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Champ Book
Weirdsley
N. Y. Recorder
Scotland
Fayther
London Telegraph
Unmanly New Woman Figures in Emancipation Debate
A Washington Star excerpt features two emancipated women arguing over Miss Tomasa Buoy’s smoking habit. One questions the act, the other warns of impeachment, framing the incident as a test of gender norms and leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomasa Buoy
Washington Star
Moldy cheese taste test in a Texas restaurant
A diner complains to a waiter about a moldy piece of cheese. The waiter inspects it and notes green and blue mold on top, flips it to show the hood side up, and asks if it looks fine now, hinting at the absurd judgment.
Smelling Gunpowder And The Talk Of War
A collage of quips from Texas Siftings and Chicago papers includes jokes on gunpowder scents saltpeter usage and wartime bragging. It notes a remark about smelling gunpowder during war and a quip about soldiers detecting its scent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Anjerry
Texas
Dentist and Patient Clash Over Tooth Extraction
The scene shows McTighe chairing as a patient protests two failed extractions. The dentist vows to continue, threatening to pull every tooth until the correct one is removed. The exchange ends with the patient insisting on leaving for a blacksmith if needed.
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McTighe
Notorious Spendthrift Owes All to Restaurant Patron
In a Texas Siftings tale a spendthrift leaves a waiter unpaid. The famed debtor claims the amount is beyond reckoning while the server notes the sum is far more than he can name. The vignette captures flippant gallows humor in a dining room scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Do You Realize Flour Economy In Winter Wheat Use
A reader warns that using ordinary winter wheat flour wastes money and that four pounds of Pillsbury’s Best will suffice for baking needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pillsbury’s
Southward Trains Schedules Notice
Train 5 departs Howland 2 10 pm and reaches Sheffield 4 49 pm with stops at Brookston and Barnes. Train 7 leaves Brookston 6 40 pm arriving Sheffield 7 05 pm. Train 9 starts Howland 9 10 am and ends Sheffield 1 10 pm with Brookston and Barnes stops. Train 3 from Brookston 8 am to Sheffield 8 25 am. All trains connect at Sheffield with P and E R R and at Sheffield Junction with P and W R R. Jerry Crary, Supt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheffield
Barnes
Brookston
Sheffield Junction
Howland
Tain
Jerry Crary
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
New York
Sunbury
Lancaster
Philadephia
Baltimore
Washington
Pullman
Erie
Williams
Kane
Eries
Warren
Puttman
Williamsport
Renovo
Ridgway
S. M. Prevost
J. KR. Wood
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Warren Mail
Warren, PA
Boo-hoo
Her
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph
Mr. Spencer
Dinguss
Shadbolt
Chicago Tribune
Watts
Potts
Independence
L. A. W. Bulletin
Sports and Athletics
Detroit Tribune
Boxyall
Miss Peavick
Lord de Liverus
Plugwinch
Bay City
de Hamme
Barnes Tormer
Clara
Maude
Europe
Bingo
Witherby
Hank
John Andrews
L. A
Siegfried
Cupid
Jones
Atchison Globe
Hisself
Mr. Underwaite
Big Bailey
Siegfried & CO
Pisa
W. H. DroueEn
U.S. Pension Claim
Dearborn St
J. K. Ronne
Wanamaker & Brown
Hickory St
Boston
Cincinnati
East
West
Garfield
Dig
Rina
Jamestown
Tionesta Valley Railroad
American Tobacco Co
Cornell
Lafayette
Yale
Marlbury
Richmond
Imperial
Princess Royal
Piccadilly
Monte Christo
the Mail Office
Wright
Dr. McClellan
Electrical and Medical
Hale Sanitarium
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Struthers
Chas. A. Dana
By Mail
Tur Sun
McClellan
Bright
Stae Board OF Medical Examiners
Buffalo
I. A. McClellan
H. J. Linn
State Board of Medical Examiners
Lake Erie Infirmary
Chippewa St
Main St
Pennsylvania
Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley & Pittsburgh Railroad
Utica
Syracuse
Rochester
AL Seveenees
Jagara Falls
Ised
Bupealo
Dunkirk
Fredonia
Lily Dale
Cassad
Inclairville
Falconer
Ackley
Russel
Irvington
Youngsville
Pittsfield
Garland
Torpedo
Grand Valley
Daily Sun
North
Titusville
Oil City
Pittsburg
Epson J. Weeks
Se St
Ketcham
N. Nar
H. Daniels
Gen
Certie Y
New York City
D. C
Philadelphia Weekly Press
Minn
Tam
Lirrie Faris
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lynn, Mass
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