Mothers' Club Debates Smoking Habits at Barn Secret
In a St Louis Mothers' Club meeting the group argued whether husbands should smoke in the barn after dinner. A split formed between smoko phobes and smoke philes as tales of marital power, control, and revenge surfaced. The president warned against divorces while a member recounted a New York social scene about a cigarette, a carriage, and a broken engagement.
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St. Louls
Spain
New York
St. Louis
John
Frank
Mothers’ Club
Indy
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
A Mother's Schemes to Pair Clarence with Grace Wilden
Mrs Falworth engineers a romance between her son Clarence and Grace Wilden. She cultivates Grace’s family and arranges social encounters while Clarence grows distant and silent, culminating in a telegram reporting his marriage to another woman, Jen.
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Clarence
Jennie Phillips
Mrs. Falworth
Grace
Chicago News
Falworth
Grace Wilden
Wilden
Piind
Jen
Prayer Start to Workday at Worcester Slipper Factory
J Prescott Grosvenor starts each day with a formal prayer in the Pauline Memorial Chapel inside the Worcester Slipper Company plant. About 250 employees attend as the owner urges Christian principles in business, saying Bible teachings guide his dealings and conscience. He has run the business for 21 years in Worcester.
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Worcester
J. Prescott Grosvenor
Grosvenor
Million Dollar Mosque Planned in London For Moslems
Plans call for a $1,000,000 Mohammedan mosque in central London with two 250 foot minarets and a green marble exterior. The project aims to rival Constantinople’s St Sophia and will feature a 12 sided outer court, gates for each Muslim country, and a grand interior where the muezzin will call worshippers to prayer.
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Allah
Mohammed
London
St. Sophia
Constantinople
Liverpool
Persia
Tur
England
Diverse Occupations Fill the U S House Members
The House reflects wide careers from lawyers who outnumber all others to bankers manufacturers and farmers. Other trades include drum mers reporters lumber dealers blacksmiths house builders and clerks with several serving as ministers or actors. Most remaining members are lawyers turned career politicians.
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House of Representatives
Barchfeld
Congress
Samuel
Pennsylvania
John Wesley Gaines
Tennessee
House
Lfe
John Sharp Williams
Julius Kahn
California
Booth
Denby
Michigan
United States
China
Washington Gardiner
Wachter
Maryland
Michalek
Brisk Fall Trade Driven by Free Samples
A department manager touts a brisk fall trade and explains that the store gives away about $20,000 worth of dress samples annually. He contrasts the practice with a storekeeper's view on waste, noting that samples are part of daily work to attract patrons and generate orders.
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Blank
West
Turner
Oncomaduck Gill
Board of Comity Commissioners
Ing
Geo. Stir
Yankton
Miss Gould
Philadelphia Bulletin
The Shirt and Sewing Machine Speak in a Fashion Note
A fragment from the Baltimore American quotes the Shirt and the Sewing Machine in a surreal exchange about life and fashion. The machine hints at needlelike penetration as it seizes the Shirt, suggesting a dark twist on style and value.
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Baltimore American
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High Finance
Christine
Indies
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