The Weekly Inter Ocean. Vol. XV. No. 25

Chicago: Tuesday, September 14, 1886. 23" x 17¾", pp. [4]; 7 columns per page. Special correspondence from N.H. bear-slayer, "Mr. and Mrs. Jake" by Sidney Luska, earthquake incidents, education of women, the republican party, notes on women, George William Curtis on the wife's vow of obedience in the marriage services: "we had supposed that this generation had emancipated itself from any idea that a woman ever acknowledged obedience to anything save her own sweet will, but conservatism is tenacious of existence and as long as the word "obey" remains in the orthodox marriage service some one may suppose that it means something.", women of the south and the work they are doing, national crop reports, British grain market, and the state of trade.