Federated Club Women Seek Year Uniform Marriage Law
The General Federation of Women's Clubs pushes for a constitutional amendment and a national uniform marriage and divorce law. The draft bill by Mrs. Edward Franklin White limits marriage to 16 for girls and 18 for boys with parental consent. prohibits close relatives. requires two witnesses. delays divorce by 60 days. lists five grounds for divorce and enforces penalties for violations. Senator Capper backs the measure as a starting point toward nationwide uniformity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federated Club Women of
United States
Federated Club
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Women United Io
General Federation
Chautauqua
William T. Manning
Episcopal
New York
American Bar Association
America
Congress
South Carolina
New Hampshire
Edward Franklin White
Indiana
Federation
Winter
Senator Capper
Kansas
Capper
Washing Dishes and the Burden of Repeated Work
The writer contemplates the tedious cycle of washing dishes and longs for dishes that stay clean. He notes the absurdity of constantly cleansing earthly stains and resolves to limit himself to one dish per meal, while moralizing on the universal effort involved.
Sunshine in Summer Across Regions
The article notes the fewest summer sunshine hours along the North Pacific coast with east of the Mississippi averaging under ten hours daily. West of the Mississippi most areas exceed ten hours except the Pacific coast and far northern plains. Maximum summer sun occurs over the western plateau and California valley at about 14 hours daily, about 95 percent of the possible amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Pacific Coast
Mississippi
Pacific Coast
Great Plains
Plateau
Great Valley
California
Baldwin apple lineage traced from 1740 seedling to monument marks
The Baldwin apple originated as a 1740s seedling on John Ball Wilmington’s farm near Lowell Massachusetts. It spread through eastern Massachusetts by 1784 due to Deacon Samuel Thompson and Colonel Baldwin. The original tree died between 1817 and 1832, later honored by a monument. Also notes on Night Shift birds feeding on insects with large mouths and a record of a single Arkansas nighthawk stomach containing six hundred prey items.
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Department of Agriculture
Baldwin
John Ball Wilmington
Lowell
Mass
Butters
Samuel Thompson
Welburn
Colonel Baldwin
Massachusetts
Nature Magazine of
Washington
Arkansas
Gratify your liking for appreciation by appreciating your neighbor
A concise reminder to show gratitude by recognizing and praising those around you, emphasizing simple acts of kindness and neighborly consideration as meaningful social currency.
Grape-Nuts Offers Cash for New Uses in Home Cooking
The cereal company invites women to submit new Grape-Nuts recipes with pay of 50 dollars each for at least 101 entries. The plans include a illustrated cook book featuring these innovative dishes beyond breakfast use.
Grape-Nuts Promoted as Nutritious Cereal With Home Earnings
An advertisement extols Grape-Nuts as a wheat based cereal rich in vitamin B and minerals. It emphasizes long baking for easy digestion and urges housewives to earn $50 from a home educational effort and compete for Good Housekeeping Institute awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Housekeeping Institute
Grape-Nuts Recipe Contest Rules Issued by Postum and Good Housekeeping
The Postum Cereal Company invites at least ten Grape-Nuts recipes or suggestions for new uses with payment for each accepted. Good Housekeeping Institute may award 2500.9 dollars total to the top four selections from 101 or more submissions. Prizes range from 1000.00 to 250.00, with rules on timing from 1923 to August 1923 and restrictions on conflicts of interest. Recipes must be tested and clearly written with measurements, yielding a serving exactness, and duplicates of the ten protected recipes are prohibited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum Cereal Company
Good Housekeeping Institute
Good Housekeeping Magazine
United States
Postamereal Company, Inc
Good Housekeeping
Postum Ceregi Company
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Federated Club Women
John Dickinson Sherman
Szwator Arthur Catfer
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Baldwin Apple
Tepepee
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