Article August 19, 2002 Issue

----100 years ago

Sentinel staff

Gathering News Stories with a spiritual perspective week by week, we wondered what kinds of material the Sentinel of 100 years ago carried. Here is a glimpse into some of the Items of Interest and other excerpts from the Sentinel at the turn of the 19th century.

It is four or five years now since a vigorous howl went up because the Brooklyn Elevated decided to employ women ticket agents. A few months ago the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad put women in charge of eighteen of its offices. Time and again it has been rumored that the New York Elevated and the New York Central Railroad would substitute women in its stations all along the line. Already there are more women employed in the Central's offices than on any other road.

Miscellanies
September 8, 1898

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