New Jersey Women Voted in Early Days
In 1790s New Jersey allowed widows and unmarried women with property to vote but they never served in the legislature. John Condict’s 1796 campaign helped push the loss of voting rights, and by 1875 women were excluded until 19th Amendment restoration in 1920.
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New Jersey
Associated Press
Trenton
N. J
Congress
John Condict
Newark
Assembly
William Crane
Elizabeth
Condict
Wilkins Handles Loans and Insurance for Local Office
Harve M. Radey announces H. E. Wilkins Realty is now a special agent for Jefferson Standard Life Insurance. Wilkins will handle life insurance and real estate loans, having moved to Amarillo from Bartlesville, Oklahoma, where he maintains an office.
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H. E. Wilkins Realty Company
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company
Harve M. Radey
Wilkins
Amarillo
Bartlesville
Oklahoma
Career Diplomat Dearing’s Turbulent Foreign Service Years
Fred Morris Dearing, longtime district teacher turned diplomat and former assistant secretary of state, has weathered revolutions from Havana in 1906 to Mexico City during the Decena Tragica, to Petrograd in 1916, and was minister to Portugal in 1922, being repeatedly in areas under fire while sustaining his health through demanding service.
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Associated Press
Washington
Fred Morris Dearing
Columbia
Missouri
Lisbon
State Department
Dearing
Havana
Palma
Legation
Mexico City
Dorothy Littenham
New York
Petrograd
Portugal
London Passes The High Hat In Modern Style
London fashion notes mark a shift as silk hats fall from favor among general crowds yet remain favored by bankers clerks managers and doctors. War era comforts push lounge wear while hatmakers claim the high hat’s return with more sales than any postwar year. straight stovepipes exude status for bank messengers.
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Associated Press
London
Piccadilly
Great Britain
Foreigners in France Hurt Tour Trade Says Premier
Paris reports say Mussolini and the Swiss republic undermine France’s hotel trade by lax taxes and easy rules for tourists. Deputies told Premier Poincare that many travelers leave before the 375 franc tax, preferring Italy, Switzerland, or other nations. A separate note mentions a boy taking a sick goldfish to a Stepney museum.
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Paris
Mussolini
France
Poincare
Chamber of Deputies
Italy
Switzerland
Foreign Office
Cat Likes His Bath Enjoys Dip for Prune
A Rochester cat named Skipper defies feline norms by loving baths and water. He dives for a dangling prune toy, tolerates shallow to deep water, and began his water affinity after arriving about a year ago at Mr. and Mrs. J. L. McLaughlin’s home.
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Cat
International News Service
Rochester
N. Y
Skipper
J. L. McLaughlin
Letter Claimed to be Written by General Lee Found
A faded trunk discovery at Lee Hall school in Blue Ridge North Carolina yields a letter purportedly by General Robert E Lee. Dated 1870 and addressed to Mrs Cornelia Adeline Webb of Oaks North Carolina, the note surfaced after forty years as a Webb family treasure.
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International News Service
Blue Ridge
N. C
Robert E. Lee
Lee Hall School
Cornelia Adeline Webb
Oaks
Webb
Popular Texan Praises Tanlac
Fort Worth dealer Patrick Dougherty, long active in horses and mules, credits Tanlac with relieving ten years of stomach trouble and related suffering. He describes severe pain, loss of appetite, weight loss, and fatigue before taking Tanlac, then relief after three to six bottles, restoring sleep and strength. The ad touts nationwide trust with over 62 million bottles sold.
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Patrick Dougherty
South
West Central Ave
Fort Worth
Texas
Tanlac
Mr. Dougherty
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New Man
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Alue
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