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Library of Congress1905

Image 2 of The Colfax chronicle (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.), June 3, 1905

The Chronicle COLFAX LOUISIANA Women in Business The pronouncement comes from Chl eago that the new woman is dead commercially speaking that prominent employers of that city have decla ed that they do not want women and that some have declared unequivocally that they will hire no more women Variou3 treen are given for this policy but Dmon that has not always existed and wlil not always exist asserts the In dianapolis News We have heard so much in recent years abxout the prog res of women in the business world their succeess their adaptibility their loyalty their good habits and what not which made them superior to men that this announcement from our most strenuous center of commerce comes with a good deal of a shock How much force really lies behind it is doubt tul That women are now employed in many places in preference to men is un questionable that they will continue to be employed in such places is altogether probable Affairs of this kind with women as well as with men have reached the utilitarian basis Where work and women are not suited the women must drop out There is a sur Vival of the

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Library of Congress1901

Image 2 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), April 4, 1901

JOURNALISM As a Profession for Young Men and Women A paper read at the Universalist Church Sunday evening March 31st by Charles A Pilsburv I am asked to address you tonight on Journalism as a profession for young men and women Should I accept the great preponderance of opinion on this subject it would only be necessary to say to those of either sex who think of taking up newspaper work what Punch said to those contemplating matrimony dont Men and women who speak from experience tell us that journalism is an arduous profession in which there are few prizes and that the qualities which command success in this line of work would bring greater fame or larger pecuniary reward in other professions or in trade This is perhaps true but journalism has its attractions and its rewards First as to the young woman m journalism I can look back to a time when there were no women employed in regular newspaper work There were women contributors but none who held positions as reporters staff correspond ents or editors Today there is not a newspaper in any of the large cities and this is no doubt true of the smaller

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Library of Congress1925

Image 9 of Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.), May 11, 1925

eer wowjyw Umiv iaJLfci 1Day 1tU apml g m jtmmmm i MARK the development of women as economic factors through the centuries From the pale presence of medi eval days ineffectual rare of speech a mere shadow in cloistered recesses to the modern robust participant in world affairs the progress of woman has paralleled the growth of printed knowledge In the 17th Century womans thoughts had little to do with writingsthe Braillelike achievements of the monks She lived as the lily to mind her nunlike face In Revolutionary times the Diary of Samuel Pepys or the plays of Wm Shakespeare were main constituents in womens men tal pabulum In hoopskirt daysGodey s Lady Book and the heartfluttering works of Ouida What of the Women of Today What or the women or today Ur 1 Zella Ford Warner Portland Oregon says Women direct family buying They have improved themselves as homemakers and citizens through newspapers Personally I prefer the morning newspaper Judge Virginia Henry Mayfield of the Domestic Relations Court of Birm ingham Ala says Morning news paper advertising plays an important part in the economics of the home 1 he housewife owes it to her family to pay thorough attention

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Library of Congress1921

Image 6 of The Aberdeen weekly (Aberdeen, Miss.), November 18, 1921

THE ABERDEEN WEEKLY ABERDEEN MISSISSIPPI A WOMAN TESTIFIES Here is the Help Most Women Need at Some Time in Life Covington Ky Some years ap I Was awfully ruiwlown and nprvmis from feminine trouble and my physician reo omrnended Ur fierce s iavonte Pre scription told me that it was the beet medicine on the market for women W hether it is the best or not it is the best I have found for a few bottles helped me wonderfully and by continu ing its use 1 was cured entirely Mrs Edith Ford 1320 Banklick St The use of Dr Pierces Favorite Pre scription makes women happy by mak ing them healthy A great many women in the South owe their good health of to day to this famous Prescription Get it at your drue store or send 10 cents to Dr Pierce Invalids Hotel in Buffalo K Yf for a trial pkg Dr Pierce will give you confidential medical advice free Comfortable Healttfal Nights for Baby follow the use of the saf eT5leaa ant purely vegetable guaran teed nonalcoholic nonnarcotic preparation RSWIMSLOWS SYRUP Tit laftnt acd Ouldrent Relator fi Medical skill haa never deviard a safer or more satisfactory

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Library of Congress1904

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), February 18, 1904

The Medicine that Lydia E Pinkhams 8L aMmoTwlenu Vegetable Compound ism Sterility How shall a mother who is weak and sick with some female trouble bear healthy children YS1 How anxious women ought to be to give their children the blessing of a good constitution I vS Many women long for a child to bless their home but because of some debility or displacement of the female organs they are barren Preparation for healthy maternity is accomplished by Lydia E PinkhanTs Vegetable Com V pound more successfully than by any other medicine because it gives tone and strength to the parts curing all displacements and inflammation I Actual sterility in woman is very rare If any woman thinks she is sterile let her write to i Mrs Pinkham Lynn Mass whose advice is given free to all expectant or wouldbe mothers The Ijj medicine that instantly asserts its curative powers in the ills of women is I Lydia E Pinkhams Vegetable Compound Read these Two Remarkable Cures Dkab Mbs Pinkiiam During the early part of my married life I was very delicate in health I had two miscarrages and both my husband and I felt very badly as we were

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Library of Congress1906

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), April 5, 1906

u___ NEW IDEAS FOR HOME DECORATION HOUSEHOLD LETTER FROM JEANETTE VAN REYPEN Vkw York March 31 1906 It is said that the leader of New York society Mrs Astor never permits any change in the furnishings of her homes Once built and suitably fitted they are finished as permanently as the woodwork or walls of the house As wear makes renewals necessary articles are replaced in exact duplicate though to do this often involves fresh importation and great additional expense This is extreme conservatism but itcertainlv makes for repose and no one can be in touch with the best decorators here without realizing that the pendu lum is swinging toward simplicity and permanence in the selection of household belongings _ b 6 fashion harnessed Fashion has been put in harness and made to work not drive the busy women who preside over the household and who are responsible for its well The servant problem which is ever present and the need for time to devote to reading study and to social intercourse have combined to create a demand among intelligent women for furnishings and decorations that are not only pleasing to the eye but permanent and practical as well Even

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Library of Congress1917

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), October 4, 1917

MAINE ITEMS j Bath Women Knit For U S S ManleyJ j Bath Me Sept 23 The women of Bath are taking great pride in knitting for the U S S Manley which leaves Bath early in October When the ship leaves here she will have on board 110 each of sweaters mufflers helmets wrist ers and twice that number of socks Many people will be interested to know that after equ ppingthe drafted men with the articles there are still remaining 46 sweaters 50 helmets 90 pairs of socks 89 pairs of wristers and 59 mufflers Even with this supply there is demand for many more More knitters are needed at once especially to make the sweaters Portland Diver Finds Ring Robert Chase of Portland deep sea diver packed up his diving suit and went down to Beauchmont Point dived into 24 feet of water and recovered a 3000 diamond ring which had been lost by Mrs Alexander Biddle of Philadelphia a couple of days ago while she was waiting on the wharf for the Rockland boat He was submerged only four minutes When the ring slipped from her finger she ac curately noted the place it hit the

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Library of Congress1919

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), March 6, 1919

fS UNWISE to put off todays duty until to morrow If your stomach is aciddisturbed take KmiqidS the new aid to digestion comfort todaym A pleasant relief from the discomfort of aciddyspepsia MADE BY SCOTT BOWNE MAKERS OF SCOTTS EMULSION Tea and Club Rooms Opened for American Women Miss Charlotte Niven Director of Ital ian Work Prepares for Influx of American Woman Students Italy is rnw included in the war work of the American Y W C A Miss Mabel Warner of Salina Kan and Chicago lefi Paris i few days ago for Rome where she will he in charge of a Hostess House for American girls employed there by the American Red Cross the Embassy and the new Tu berculosis Commission Miss Warner lias been director of the Y W C A Hostess House at Irest France Miss Warner will open a tea room and club rooms where the American women can gather for social times Rome is harboring a refuge population of about 40iHo and accommodations are difficult to Ind l lte wnru m Koine was srarteo as a direct result of the appeal of Miss Charlotte Niven one of the National Y AY C A secretaries of

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Library of Congress1903

Image 2 of The Butte inter mountain (Butte, Mont.), January 2, 1903

A Necessity Shoe Sa let 1 A CLEAN SWEEP MUST BE MADE NOW At The Our Immense Holiday Business has made great inroads upon the mammoth stock we had LBR O prepared for your holiday purchasing In every department broken assortments of de HOLRO HiOLBROOK STORE sIrable new uptodate Shoes are left for your choosing at about ONB HALP the usual selling prices These are days upon which the claims of invested capital remain unheard 27 NOrth Main when consideration of actual values Is thrown to the winds With but few exceptions our 27 North Main S Entire Shoe Stock has been reduced in price so as to place it below the profit point Mens Shoes Womens Shoes Childrens Shoes Mens Shoes Womens Kid Shoes either button or lace Childrens Kid Shoes Button or ILce sizes b Sen iir 4ity atin Ces Mns lst quality l cgrin Digging Shoes MiCh neety sale price te tSale wreece er pair s c wquality gris 200 pwair T0he Necessity 0 Fin wrh1 p Nect kind worth 200 10 ile lri is l i Fine K h s with light flexible 59 Pair Childrens Kid Shoes sizes are 5 6 Necessity Price19 Nrsst r

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Library of Congress1907

Image 7 of The Grenada sentinel (Grenada, Miss.), February 2, 1907

E js i i W iiM V illlll V m OR Pg 4 M w JT L i J r i V o V I cHmerican Women as Newspaper Writers By Katherine Thomas Newspapers Cannot Get On Without WomenMentally and Physically an Eiausting Occu pationThe Society Reporter Must Be a Listening Machine Excels as an Interviewer Copyright ty Joseph U Bowles Katherine E Thomas is one of the best known women writers for newspa pers at Washington Her book on Of ficial Etiquette at the Nations Capital is regarded as a standard She has also written a novel on Washington society ntitled Not All the Kings Horses Womans place on the newspapers today is due to the law of demand and supply She has not crowded man out It is distinctively a posi tion into which she has neither forced her way nor sought in ever so limited a degree to oust man from that do main in which since the invention of the art of printing he had held exclu tive right With the evolution of successive stages of progress the necessity of womans work on the press became so Apparent that the cry went forth throughout the land

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Library of Congress1916

Image 7 of The Ekalaka eagle (Ekalaka, Mont.), September 29, 1916

MONTANA WOMEN IN THE WEEKS NEWS Mary Stewart former Dean of Women at the University of Mon tana is at present a patient in a sanitarium in California suffering from a nervous breakdown Besides being one of the leading educators of the state she was an active worker in the suffrage campaign and in re ply to greetings sent her by a com mittee of her coworkers at the last meeting of the Good Government or ganizations she responded in her happy manner And something more Intimate and affectionate if it were consistent with this official acknowledgement of your happy and kindly remem brance of me I thought of you all at your an nual meeting of your happy and busy activity and longed to be with you and it was good to know that you too thought of me Some things are too deep for felictious phrases and perhaps what I would say to you is one of them but you will believe me always loyally and lovingly one of Montanas citizens May whatever you do prosper and may I sometime be so happy as to again be able to help the good work on its way to a

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Library of Congress1916

Image 11 of The Harlem news (Harlem, Mont.), September 22, 1916

MONTANA WOMEN IN I THE WEEKS NEWS Marx Stewart former Dean of Women at the University of Mon tana is at present patient in a sanitarium in California suffering from a nervous breakdown Besides being one of the leading educators of the state she was an active worker in the suffrage campaign and in re ply to greetings sent her by a com mittee of her coworkers at the last meeting of the Good Government or ganizations she resonded in her happy manner And something more intimate ond affectionate if it were consistent with this official acknowledgement of your happy and kindly remem brance of me I thought of you all at your an nual meeting of your happy and busy activity and longed to be with you and it was good to know that you too thought of me Some things are too deep for felictions phrases and perhaps what I would say to you is one of them but you will believe me always loyally and lovingly one of Montanas citizens May whatever you do prosper and may I sometime be so happy as to again lie able to help the good work on its way to a

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Library of Congress1935

Image 6 of The Wolf Point herald (Wolf Point, Mont.), August 9, 1935

Page Six Here Is Your Vacation Money s i our vacauon money a K Weekly Payroll in PLAN IN BRIEF The object of thia bit Weekly Payroll Drive la twofold Primarily to Increase the already large ealbeerlptioD list of this newspaper to collect arrearages and advance subscription payments from present or old subscribers and at the same time to afford the livewire energetic men and women boys and girls of thia territory an oppor tunity to profit In a 810 way through their spare time during the next few weeks le ft Is a plan that works both waya and to the ultimate good of all concerned In order to gain this end quickly and advantageously the most attractive awards ever offered by T newspa per In this section have been made ready for distribution among those who participate most aetlvtoy Ambition and energy are the only requisites tor success Let It be understood at the very outset that this Is not a beauty nee popularity contest but a strictly legitimate competitive proposition tor enterprising men and women and one into which no element of ehanee enters Each active participant win receive a pay eheck every Saturday night One toatun

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Library of Congress1927

Image 4 of The Poplar standard (Poplar, Mont.), April 29, 1927

THE POPLAR STANDARD AND CONTINUATION OF THE BROCKTON BULLETIN OF BROCKTON MONTANA CARPENTER AND DELGER OWNERS AND PUBLISHERS Entered as second class matter on May 19 1910 at the postoffice at Poplar Montana under the Act of March 3 1879 THE BEST IN NEWSPAPER AND JOB PRINTING SERVICE SUBSCRIPTION PRICE 200 PER YEAR North Country News The Misses Evelyn and Nora Baker and Nellie Nesbit spent the week end at their respective homes Bob Leete was a Poplar business visitor Sunday Mrs E A Lund was on the sick list several days this last week A club was organized by the women of the Mineral Bench Community last Thursday at the O J Nordwick home The officers elected were Mrs I W Buchanan president Mrs S R Nees secretary Mrs Bob Leete vice presid ent and Mrs C C Leete treasurer The club will be known as the Mineral Bench Improvement Club The follow ing women have joined Mrs J Q Zuck Mrs C C Leete Mrs J R Leete Mrs S R Nees Mrs Leo Vandenbergh Mrs I W Buchanan Mrs O L Nordwick Mrs T Jensen Mrs C Frost Mrs V WE ARE GOING TO CALL IT THE

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Library of Congress1948

Image 1 of The Durant news (Durant, Miss.), April 8, 1948

THE DURANT NEWS 90th YEAR NUMBER 30 DURANT MISSISSIPPI THURSDAY APRIL 87 1948 J 200 Per Year I THROUGH HAZEL By Hazel Brannon Your editor is very humbly proud this week of the fact that she re ceived first place for the best news story first place for the best news paper published by a woman and second place in feature writing in contest sponsored by the Mississip pi Federation of Press Women Top winners in this contest are entered in the national contest sponsored by the National Federation of Press Women Recognition of our effort in our chosen field means a great deal of couise but we do not Ynind saying the reward we like most is when folks say Miss Hazel you sure do put out a good paper Wed rather have our subscribers like us than win all the glory in the state or nation And thats the truth Army Day Tuesday April 6th is being celebrated in Holmes county tomorrow April 9th Durant citizens are given a spec ial invitation to attend Col Harwood C Bowman who served as a Brigadier General under Lt General Joe Stillwell in the ChinaBurmaIndia treatre will make the principal speech

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Library of Congress1961

Image 21 of The Chronicle star the Moss Point advertiser (Pascagoula; Moss Point, Miss.), October 6, 1961, (SECTION THREE)

I 1 swe J I tataiM obh l I HfCacHTIMI MN I i ir jptUiULavMMMl 1_ SMART HOME FOR A FAMILY Entrance to this luxury house Is adftss a sheltered flagstone porch The house with its three bedrooms family room facing a back terrace and basement recreation foom is meant for a family It has 2005 square feet of living area Plan HA1853 was designed by Lester Cohen Room 75 117 VV 48th St New York 36 N Y AAAAAawaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Local Business By S S TALBERT Chaimaso Dept of Journalisas Valxsity of Mississippi AAAAAAAWWWSVWVWVWSAAVAAA Pcss women plan weeks activities Regular business meeting of Business and Professional Womens Club of Pascagoula was held Monday night in the clubhouse with Mrs Bessie Seely presiding Plans were made to visit the Biloxi and New Orleans clubs to join in activities during National Business W o m e ns Week which will end Satur day public official is subject to such constant scrutiny Another reason why t h e newspaper may be considered the most democratic of insti tutions is the fact the news paper is the only major local information medium which is not under regulation by the federal government Broadcast media by

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Library of Congress1888

Image 5 of The Grenada gazette (Grenada, Miss.), February 25, 1888

NEWSPAPER WORK tats end 8uKMtloiu to Journalletlcallv Inclined Ulrli Many reasons exit why the majority of women are unfitted for the general work of a newspaper office The usual veryday work out of which a great daily paper is created is not only tally but physically laborious to extent that breaks down the constitu tions of strong men Men who follow the profession continuously age faster and more frequently give out midway in life than those in other businesses or professions The number of old jour nalists is far less than that of physicians lawyers clergymen or tradesmen Feminine physique is seldom construct ed upon a scale that it can endure the intense strain of newspaper work Another reason than lack of physical endurance is that they arc not so read ily amenable to discipline The ccssfnl newspaper is the one with a welldisciplined staff The workers in each department must follow rigidly the instructions of the head of that de partment Individual opinions and notions must be made subservient to the policy of the paper and its general tone There is no latitude for the ercise of pet views Now most women begin to write from the standpoint of

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Library of Congress1887

Image 5 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), November 10, 1887, (Supplement)

Republican J ournal Supplement VOLUME 59_ BELFAST MAINE THURSDAY NOVEMBER 10 1887 NUMBER 45 CHAT FROM WASHINGTON GOSSIP ABOUT MEN AND THINGS AT THE CAPITAL Frank Hattons New PaperGossip About Robert P PorterBancroft and Cor coran ComparedSome Newspaper Cos ipA Sensation Which ailed Special Correspondence Washington Nov 8It was tho hour in tho afternoon at which the great government departments vomit forth their mass of work ing humanity Crowds of men and women 1 mured by tho thousands out of tlio cavernous jaws of tho United States treasury Tho maws of the state war and navy building vcro black with tho human stream and tho clerks of tho attorney generals office wore leaving their department for their homes Thcaveuuo between Seventeenth street and the Higgs house was black with people and BANCROFT AS A PEDESTRIAN ft was the liveliest hour of the clay in Wash ington Just at this time clown the avenue and through this moving throng walked a straight old man He was six foot tall and as thin as a devils darning needle but his flesh apjiearcd to Ik as solid ns jerked beef and his slop was a springy one lie wore a tall silk hat

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