Mrs. Pennybacker Leads Chicago Women's Club Gathering
Mrs. Pennybacker, president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, will preside over the Chicago gathering set for June 9 to 16. A southern-born educator and writer, she has long championed club work and educational service.
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Women’s Clubs
Chicago
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Percy V. Pennybacker
Pennybacker
Woman’s Club
Petersburg
J. B. Hardwicke
Leavenworth
Kan
State Normal School
Huntsville
Tex
Percy V.pennybacker
Texas
Woman's Club
Notable Texas educator expands access to public schools
The passage highlights a woman from Austin Texas known for broad interests and efforts to raise public school efficiency. She promotes access to state universities and technical schools for poor boys and girls, and her home in Austin places her at the center of a distinguished social and intellectual circle.
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Texas
Austin
Tex
Summer Awnings For Style And Convenience
A guide to choosing awnings focusing on style and practicality. Striped green and blue or white canvases with painted designs are popular, with wide stripes best for large houses and narrow ones for smaller homes. New casement window devices add better canvas elevation and airflow.
Quotable Reflections on Courage and Greatness
A compact medley of 19th century and earlier sages on honesty, mystery of humanity, and respect for great men. Beaumont Browne Carlyle frame a thoughtful critique of selfesteem and belief.
How He Manages Her In Marriage Humor
A humorous exchange in the Chicago Inter Ocean notes a husband saying he allows his wife to do as she pleases. The joke hinges on the wife finding no pleasure in doing what she chooses.
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Chicago
Irust
Eight Hour Bill Threatens Labor and State Growth
A critical stance on Initiative No. 13 arguing it restricts work hours to eight per day and forty eight per week with farm exemptions, threatens farming, timber, and fisheries, stifles investment, and invites costly litigation while undermining worker choice and state prosperity. It warns the Blue Sky law could deter capital and hinder legitimate business.
Initiative Measure No. 6 in the Blue Sky State
A brief note describes Initiative Measure No. 6 as a statewide proposal pushed for popular support. The item outlines its status as part of state capital politics and hints at debate over its reach beyond state borders.
George Macdonald’s Grim Verse Echoes Threats
The fragment suggests menacing phrasing attributed to George Macdonald about low voiced talkers and cutting throats by whispers. The text presents a sinister, unsettled mood with ominous lines implying violence.
Did You Ever See a Mouse and Brazil Rat Catchers
The text describes a children’s party game with a leader and an end man where players imitate a mouse by staged poses. It also notes Brazilian rat catchers using snakes, boa constrictors kept as house snakes to control rats, sold in Bahia markets for 1 to 5 dollars and reputed to return to new homes like cats.
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Brazil
Bahia
Conundrums and Classics Explained in Riddles
A collection of light brainteasers and explanations includes the smallest bridge being the nose and the east wind blowing obliquely. It notes three feet as a yard measure and a dog chasing its tail as a manager who makes ends meet. The Rubicon reference marks Caesar’s irreversible crossing into civil war.
MacFarlane's Lantern Moon Lore Tale
The piece explains MacFarlane's Lantern as an old Scotch name for the moon. It recalls clan era raiding by night under moonlight, describing how the Mac Farlanes attacked enemies using the moon as their light.
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MacFarlane
Booby Trap Term Clarifies Practical Joke
The term booby trap refers to a foolish prank. The word booby names a gannet bird noted for stupidity, making a trap one that should have been avoidable with some thought.
Sweet Rain Dream of Pleasant Shower
A lighthearted verse imagines rain as sweet treats and drinks. The speaker longs for pleasing showers and playful imagery of lemon drops sugar hair and ginger ale while improvising a downpour to fill containers.
Solomon the smart est man theory of tobacco smoke
In a playful exchange, a Cincinnati Enquirer line questions who was the wisest, joking that the pioneer of the idea that tobacco smoke benefits house plants was the sharpest mind.
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Paw
Willie
Solomon
Cincinnati Enquirer
No-children Pets Restrictions Sparked by New Flat Rules
A patient man reflects on a new flat with tight limits. He notes no raising children or pets and complaints about loud voices, as quoted by the Washington Star.
Styles In Housemaids Parade Fashion Rules
A Kansas City Journal verse about Mrs Wombat who sets fashion standards for her housemaids. She favors slender maids but must replace them with portly workers when outfits fail. The piece satirizes social dress codes and job looks in a playful verse.
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Mrs. Wombat
Kansas City Journal
Freddy Learns a Lesson at School
A six year old boy Freddy is told by his father that he is at the bottom of his class. The boy responds that it makes no difference if he is at the top or bottom since they teach the same at both ends. Western Christian Advocate reports the anecdote.
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Freddy
Banking Firm Seeks Exchange and Discount Services
The notice states capital and surplus at $300,000.06 and describes general banking business with foreign and domestic exchange. It notes buying and selling, taxes for nonresidents, and readiness to discount good mill paper.
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Foreign & Domestic Exchange
Publisher's Notice on Missed Newspaper Deliveries
City carriers failing to deliver the Herald Tuesday and Friday by 6 p m will be asked to call City Messenger Co at 72 to arrange immediate delivery for subscribers.
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Herald
City Messenger Co
Phone 72
All the News All the Time in the Herald
A brief note proclaims the Herald published continuously to deliver nonstop news coverage. The statement underscores round the clock reporting and wide circulation, aiming to reassure readers of constant updates and reliability.
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The
Herald
Herald to Your Inquiring Eastern Feuds
A compact item notes a twice weekly Herald edition serving readers in the eastern region. It promises timely updates on local feuds and disputes, offering readers a concise summary of developing rifts and commentary.
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