Sure Thing and Wage Earning Women in Society Debates
The piece critiques speculative schemes like cotton so called sure things, noting promises of 30 to 40 percent profits and widespread recruiting by ministers and agents. It argues bubbles recur and warnings fail to deter, with a shift toward wage earning women affecting traditional family roles and male employment. The Philadelphia Ledger commentary highlights census data on unmarried educated women and potential sociological effects.
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New Jersey
Pennsylvania
New York
Philadelphia
Bund W
Pranklyn Syndicate
Chicago Tribune
New York Tribune
United States
Philadelphia Ledger
City Gas Ring Attack Stirs Philadelphia Vote Fight
The Globe-Democrat reports a Philadelphia gas deal pushed by a powerful ring backed by 10,000 patronage posts. Council faces a May veto battle as the scheme seeks a 25 million dollar lease extension to corral profits, despite public outrage at municipal mismanagement.
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Philadelphia
St. Louis Giobe-Democrat
Women Wage Earners in the Modern Industry
The article notes a surge of women entering occupations once limited to men, transforming social conditions. It discusses how family heads struggle to support dependents as daughters join the workforce, with both married and single women seeking earnings due to necessity or desire for financial independence.
New Use for Injunctions in Domestic Disputes
A Chicago man uses an injunction to stop moving the wife and daughter cause by their spring impulse to relocate. The headline notes the court action as a peaceful, novel solution to domestic friction and hints at broader应用 in family disputes.
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Chicago
Mr. Cleveland
Ruling on damages in a railroad death case
The Illinois verdict dismisses damages for parents of a university student athlete killed in a railroad accident. The judge ruled no pecuniary loss since maintenance of a student charges the parents nothing, a striking measure of damages that critics say undercuts rightful claims.
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Illinois
Pittsburg Dispatch
Tramp Imposes On Lady In New York Household Scene
A ragged stranger is invited to work at Mrs. Spangler's home while her husband is away. The tramp cleans, eats lunch, and disappears with no meal in sight, raising suspicions of a trap and ending with an empty tray left behind.
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Mrs. Spangler
Tibet
Kansas City Journal
Hardships Highlight Soldier Reflections From Russia
A Russian soldier discusses hardships and the chance to apologize, while a companion notes he may never have such an opportunity to return home or make amends. Washington Star report captures wartime sentiment.
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Russia
Washington Star
Man seeks common sense in a partner
A man quipped that all he wants in a man is common sense, noting that even that may be a high expectation. The lighthearted remark plays on the idea of practical judgment as a valued trait.
Magazine editor Alfred Henry Lewis named editor of Human Life
Noted author Alfred Henry Lewis becomes editor of a new magazine Human Life. The piece previews selections and shifts in publishing from major houses including Houghton Mifflin Macmillan and mentions other literary figures such as Nancy Huston Banks and John Brisben Walker.
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Alfred Henry Lewis
Wolfville
Human Life
John Vance Cheney
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
Macmillan Company
New York
Nancy Huston Banks
Oldfield
His Privilege in Sun-Babies Scene With Pagal
Miss Cornelia Sorabji narrates Pagal a trusted servant who disobeys by bath time mischief. He dances in a wet garment as angry servants scold. He dons an old union jack as a toga and returns before his mistress defiant, challenging the sahib’s honor.
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Pagal
Cornelia Sorabji
How Her Daughter-in-Law Tried to Do It and Failed
In a domestic vignette Mrs. Borrow endures her daughter-in-law Gertrude’s modern attitudes about aprons. The visit tests tradition as Mrs. Borrow clings to apron-wearing while Gertrude minimizes bustle and novels. A witty ending finds Gertrude admitting Mrs. Borrow’s mornings suit her.
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Mrs. Borrow
Gertrude
James
Cleanliness and discipline aboard the shad boats
The obituary-like sketch of Capt. Alfred Rice praises his personal neatness and insistence on tidy crews on the Delaware River shad seines. He disciplined slovenly men and tolerated a month of a dirtier shirt before confronting the wearer about hygiene. A brief humorous verse and a quip about the Sultan’s heads headline nearby.
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Alfred Rice
Delaware River
Rice
Capt. Rice
San Antonio Express
Heiress Wears Ring In Nose In Egyptian Costume
Mrs Powers Gouraud formerly Miss Gladys Crocker heiress to a 3 million estate wears an ancient Orient robe for a photo with a costly ring hanging from one side of her nose.
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Powers Gouraud
Gladys Crocker
Marvelous Memory Feats Across History and Masters
A survey of legendary memory feats by figures from Napoleon to Leibniz. Notable examples include Napoleon I and III recalling regiments after hearing lists once, Seneca’s memory struggles, and scholars like Racine and Mirandola memorizing vast works. The piece catalogs diverse records of exact, long recall.
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Napoleon
Napoleon I
III
Seneca
Wiegis
Racine
Euripides
Lord Granville
Cooke
Strazniky
Astor Library
Magilabechi
Mirandola
Thomas Cranmer
Leibnitz
Bossuet
Hlomer
Virgil
Horace
The Chinaman and His Smoke Pipe Tale
An observer describes a smoker who uses a water-filled box with a detachable tube as a pipe. He removes blockages, searches for tobacco wrapped in rag, then plugs the tube and lights it with a brown paper stem. The process is slow and tedious, with a long deliberate draw.
Remarkable Escapes and a Jamaica Epitaph Tale
A famed drowning escape near Lundy Island is noted beside a Jamaica epitaph claiming Lewis Gaidy Esq born in Montpelier France died September 22 1737 age 80. It recounts he was swallowed by the 1672 quake in Montpelier and saved by a second shock then swam to a boat before living in Jamaica.
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Lundy Island
Devonshire
England
Jamaica
Lewis Gaidy
Montpelier
France
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Washington Irving
Mitchell
Hale
Henry James
New England
North American Review
Hamilton Mabie
Indy
Mr. James
Sahib
Miss Sahib
Triolet
Cleveland
Morocco
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Mrs. Powers Gouraud
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