Savory Herbs and Pressure Cookers for Farm Women
A Washington County feature urges women to grow pot herbs for home use and market. It explains soil preparation, seeding, thinning, and drying methods, plus dill sage and caraway tips. Farmers report rising cooker use to speed meals. May 29 set for reporting progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Scott County
Iowa
Agricultural Extension Office
Muscatine County
Ployd County
Pottawattamie
Marshall
Wapello
Wright
Floyd County
Wright County
Enter Into the Spirit of the Children's Games
A summary of Froebel influenced kindergarten play stressing mother involvement in carpentry and blacksmith role play. The piece notes the value of pretend work to teach gratitude for labor and links to broader child development, plus a call to share the material nationwide. It also includes a brief cost-of-living snapshot for women in printing trades and a light anecdote about a corked gun on a train.
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Froebel
Growing Herbs and Perennials for Home Gardens
Instructions describe soil preparation with topsoil removed then replaced after mulching. It covers grouping perennials, biennials, and annuals, winter protection, and fertility. It lists herbs such as anise, sage, mint, and tarragon with cultivation notes and uses, plus spacing and drying methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surrey
Gage
Mit
A Model Husband and Women Lawyers in Courts
A poem contrasts a model husband with a deceased husband figure while noting Holland has 38 qualified women lawyers, nineteen practicing but barred from posts in the Courts of Justice. The piece pairs domestic virtue with legal barriers faced by women in the judiciary.
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Holland
Courts of Justice
Hash and history in a single page
The article describes making hash from vegetables with optional meat or fish, detailing preparation steps from chopping to seasoning and cooking a brown crust. It then notes Jessie Coggeshall, an early female diplomat’s daughter, who served as secretary of legation after her father’s death in 1866.
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United States
Jessie Coggeshall
William T. Coggeshall
Ohio
Coggeshall
Meander
Legation
First Woman Heads Vermont State Library Commission
Mre Walter P. Stith of St. Johnsbury has been appointed chair of Vermont state Library Commission, becoming the first woman to lead a state board in Vermont.
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Walter P. Stith
St. Johnsbury
State Library Commission
Vermont
Minimum wage for Washington women workers proposed
A conference committee of workers employers and outside members unanimously recommends a minimum wage for women in Washington stores. The proposed figure is fifteen dollars and one half per week as the smallest livable amount.
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District of Columbia
the Printing and Publishing Trades
Washington
Winnipeg woman joins brothers wartime law practice
One of Canada's leading women lawyers, Miss Winifred Wilton of Manitoba, took over her brother’s law practice after he enlisted for wartime service.
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Canada
Winifred Wilton
Manitoba
No Mystery About Pearls and Dew in Oyster Tale
A humorous note explains that pearls form when an oyster coats a grain of sand. Poets’ romantic notions of heavenly dew are contradicted by the practical biology of the mollusk. The piece quips that the pearl is the oyster’s effort to tame irritation.
Daily Thought Reminder From Want Ads
A terse note cites Shakespeare’s line What’s gone and what’s past help should be past grief and directs readers to use the want ads for leads and items of interest.
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Shakespeare
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Washington County
Martek
Chaffee
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Education
National Kindergarten Association
Robert
Emilie Poulsson
Mother
W. H. Neidlinger
Russell Sage Foundation
South
Ite
Iowa Gas
Pilo
Gingham
Anderson Gingham
Evlent
Silk
Rothschild’s
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