Fat reduction drive opens in Chicago under doctor supervision
The Associated Press reports a sixty day weight loss experiment in Chicago led by Dr John Hill Robertson city health commissioner. Twenty four women start with average 201 66 pounds and hope to shed about 40 pounds each through diet exercise and daily menues prepared by Miss Ruth Wilbur.
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Associated Press
Chicago
United States
John Hill Robertson
Ruth Wilbar
Health Commissioner’s Training School For Nurses
Robertson
Nellie Leonard
Women in Politics Promote Reforms and Child Labor Talks
Women entering politics are urged to push reforms for public welfare. Surveys by the Womens and Mens City Clubs in New York highlight tenement and sweatshop issues, noting child labor in finish and garment work and urging bills to end such conditions.
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New York City
Womens’ City Club
City Club
New York
Democratic Party
Flynn and Hamon to Start a New Paper in Oklahoma City
James Dennis Flynn of Sapulpa announced after a state Republican meeting that he purchased the Pointed Publishing plant in Oklahoma City and will publish a morning Republican newspaper within thirty days. The venture will be run by Flynn Jr. The paper will oppose the open shop, support freedom of labor and speech, and advocate Americanism and Irish freedom.
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Oklahoma City
James Dennis Flynn
Sapulpa
Congress
James E. Hannon
Oklahoma
James A. Harris
Wagoner
Flynn
James Dennis Flynn, Jr
Ireland
Indians Try to Save Life of Constitution Elm
Indianapolis May 6. Indiana state conservation department works to save the historic constitution elm at Corydon after a insect infestation. The tree shelters the site where papers proclaimed Indiana as a sovereign state were signed under its branches.
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Indianapolis
State Department of Conservation
Corydon
Indiana
State
Race death by own action Greatest menace to Oklahoma
BLUE BELL says race death by own action is Oklahoma's greatest menace. Census reports show a decline in districts with fewer than ten children per hundred people, especially in western and eighth districts. Rural areas show farm families dwindling as urban wealth concentrates, with foreign populations seen as the next generation source.
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Oklahoma
C. H. Hyde
Fate of Women in Courts Under a Jury of Women
A discussion on how women litigants fare before women judges and juries, noting cases where women won on beauty or persuasion and contrasting male plaintiffs' outcomes. It highlights the Chicago Shepley trial and a Minnesota case, with commentary on women as witnesses and the evolving courtroom dynamic.
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Supreme Court
Chicago
William G. Mueller
Laura G. Shepley
St. Paul
Northwest
Mueller
Shepley
Minneapolis
Card Reunites with Son After 23 Year Search
Mrs. Nettie G. Card of Syracuse New York finds her son Carl Ferguson after 23 years apart. Taken at one week old and placed in a Des Moines children's home he was adopted and raised by foster parents who later could not identify his birth parents. He learned from Atlantic Iowa records the family link and met his mother and his six month old grandchild.
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Ralph Belcher
Lora Loman
Lora Sorrels
Jerry Sorrels
Effie
Alia Owens
Alma Sorrels
W. T. Sorrels
Ella Painter
Roff
Otis Roberts
Claud Arnold
Lera Loman
Miss Climmie Beller
Ralph Beller
Luddie
Etta Crump
Jasil Ventress
Beulah
Ada
Frank Beller
New Mexico
Ellie Painter
W. T Sorreis
Martha Sorreis
Beulah Ventress
Climmie Beller
Sue Sorrels
Josie Vomtress
Della Beller
Mrs Beller
Roy Owens
Alfred Sorrels
Mattie Sorrels
Josie Ventress
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Blue Bell
Mrs. Shepley
Mueller
Mueller Offered Was Matched By Another Offered By Mrs. Shepley
William
Laura
Marchioness of
Crewe
England
Amy Rice
L. T. Sheets
Sheets
Shepley
Omaha
Nettie G. Card
Syracuse
N. Y
Carl Ferguson
Des Moines
Atlantic
Iowa
Following a President Is Not Easy Job
Columbia Mo May 5 Reporters recount the duty of presidential coverage noting the strict schedules protective circles and printed itineraries. They describe how presidents control access and language and how reporters must shadow them at all times.
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Associated Press
Columbia
United States
Duriz
Kinsley
Washington
Roosevelt
Endowed Grammar Schools Built by Edward VI and Elizabeth
An historic note recalls Edward VI and Elizabeth I founding and funding many grammar schools. The text mentions bequests and formal endowments that expanded educational access across regions. The source highlights royal patronage and longstanding school networks.
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Edward VI
Elizabeth
New Members in National House From Cities
Westerville Ohio May 6 Pointing to census likely adding 25 seats to the United States House the Anti Saloon league says gains would go to metropolitan districts opposed to prohibition. The wets expect aid from increased membership while the drys guard existing advantages in congress.
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Associated Press
Westerville
Ohio
United States
United States House of Representaives
Anti- Saloon League
Congress
Anti-Saloon League
Montana man pardoned amid treaty opponents forgiveness hint
Muskogee Phoenix notes that Wilson may have pardoned a Montana man named O. Hello. The article suggests treaty opponents may yet be forgiven.
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Muskogee
Phoenix
Wilson
Montana
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J. Dennis Flynn
Jake Hamon
Center News
Ada Hide and Produce Co
ADA Boot Shop
Booterie
Ada, Okla
Chas. Hill
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