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 Articles Indexed by TopicFranklin County : Women's ActivitiesBusiness/Professions | Civic Activities | Crime | Female Seminaries | Views of Women Note: When you select an article from the list below you will be taken to the appropriate page of the newspaper. You may need to scroll down in order to find the particular article you are interested in reading. |
Valley Spirit, November 30, 1859, p.
5, c. 2: "Ladies' Oyster Saloon."
Mrs. Susan Seibert has opened up an
Oyster Saloon for the ladies, directly opposite the courthouse.
Valley Spirit, April 4, 1860, p. 5, c. 1:
"Penmanship."
Mrs. S. L. Crocker "is soliciting pupils for a class in
Penmanship. Her terms are $3.00 for eighteen lessons, one-half the amount
to be paid in advance and the balance at the expiration of the
term."
Valley Spirit, June 8, 1859, p. 5, c.
2: "Ladies Attention."
Editorial suggests a "pleasant duty" for the
ladies of the county: decorate the yard in the rear of the courthouse
with flowers and shrubbery.
Valley Spirit, March 14, 1860, p. 5, c.
2: "Mount Vernon Association."
Mrs. R. M. Bard has been named the
Franklin County agent for the "Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the
Union."
Franklin Repository and Transcript, May 9,
1860, p. 5, c. 3: "Mount Vernon Fund."
Accounting of funds raised in
April, $80.12, from the treasurer, Mrs. R. M. Bard.
Valley Spirit, June 22, 1859, p. 5, c.
1: "Disturbance at Disreputable House."
Detailed account of shooting
at a house of prostitution; doctor, sheriff, and district attorney
praised.
Franklin Repository and Transcript, May
16, 1860, p. 3, c. 1: "Fast Women."
Article tells the stories of a set
of women in New York City with loose morals.
Valley Spirit, February 2, 1859, p. 4,
c. 6: "Chambersburg Female Seminary."
Editorial praises school, urges
public support.
Valley Spirit, July 6, 1859, p. 5, c. 1:
"A Pic Nic."
The superintendent of the Franklin Railroad allowed
students in the advanced classes at Dr. Reeves' Female Seminary to "take a
jaunt" in a passenger car over the finished portion of the railroad.
Description of picnic near Heagy's woods. Editors' note: "We were much
pleased with the lady-like deportment of the pupils under care of Mr.
Reeves. There were no romps or tom boys in the crowd which speaks well
for the discipline introduced in this institution."
Valley Spirit, July 20, 1859, p. 5, c. 3:
"Our Female Seminary."
Editors attended the public examination at Dr.
Reeves' Female Seminary "and were pleased to find that this institution,
under the auspices and good management of its present talented Principal
and Proprietor, has attained a most flourishing condition, and is
certainly not surpassed, in any essential particular, by any other
Seminary of learning for young ladies in the county."
Franklin Repository and Transcript, July
4, 1860, p. 1, c. 4: "Rosedale Seminary."
Commends the teachers and
students of this female seminary.
Valley Spirit, July 18, 1860, p. 5, c. 2:
"Hagerstown Seminary."
The step-daughter of a local man read "an
excellent essay" on English literature at the recent commencement of this
"excellent school for females."
Franklin Repository and Transcript, July
18, 1860, p. 5, c. 1: "Rosedale Seminary."
Coverage of the graduation
ceremony of Rosedale Seminary, of Chambersburg, a few weeks ago. The
Repository praises Rev. Henry Reeves and the teachers for their
excellent efforts in teaching their female students.
Franklin Repository and Transcript,
July 11,
1860, p. 3, c. 2: "'As a General Rule . . .'"
Expresses the opinion
that girls should spend time on modern
languages, instead of ancient ones, and that girls only need to know
arithmetic, algebra, and some geometry.
Franklin Repository and Transcript, July
18, 1860, p. 3, c. 3:
"A Sensible Young Lady."
Describes how a lazy young girl became
healthier and more attractive after she started getting exercise by
doing housework.
Franklin Repository and Transcript, November 14, 1860, p.
1,
c. 6: "Woman's Right Practically Carried Out."
Story of a woman named Dr. Lydia Sayer
Hasbrouck who has insisted that a woman should not be taxed if she cannot vote.
