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Ashton Gazette in Ashton, Illinois

24 Jul 1913

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Ashton Gazette

Location

Ashton, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jul 24, 1913

Page

2

Auctioning a summer social secretary for Hap Hazard

Jo Codman and sister Loulie, orphans with modest means, receive an unlikely proposal from Mrs. Maria Crowninshield Hazard. She offers three thousand a year to act as her Secretary of Frivolous Affairs, shaping a summer social season by pairing the Hazard family with able, educated aides.

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Jo Codman Loulie Lou Commonwealth Avenue Somerset Marla Crowninshield Hazard Frederick Hazard Maria Crowninshield Hazard Miss Codman Josephine Codman Mendelssohn MacDowell Maria Crowninshield America Harvard Hap Hap Hazard Cadman Steptoe Josephine Steptoe Joshua Codman Country Club Mrs. Hazard Ter Mrs. Fiske Mrs. Maria Crowninshield Hazard Mr. Partridge
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Boston University employment bureau aids women students

Miss Florence McArdle, a senior at Boston University, heads the girls department of the students employment bureau. About one hundred women students have found work this year, with many entering family domestic roles in exchange for room board laundry and car fares. McArdle supports her own studies by tutoring and office work while working to fund her education.

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Florence McArdle Boston University McArdle
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Vermonter's Failure at Maple Sugar Purchase

A Vermont general store worker, described as an inefficient middle-aged man, bungles a request for half a pound of melted maple sugar. He overfills a pot, tips the scales, and ends with the pot collapsing the balance, telling the boy to tell his mother they cannot make a half pound.

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A. Munsey Vermont
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Remarkable Willis Praised as Hod-Carrier Legend

The remark is that Willis is a remarkable man and the best hod-carrier in the world. Gillis counters with modest pride and notes Willis has not written on hod-carrying nor delivered lectures or performed in vaudeville. The exchange appears in Puck.

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Willis Gillis Puck
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Dark Horse Beauty Sifts Hearts at Darnley Estate

Roger Thornton visits the Darnleys as a guest in a home with three lively cousins. He flirts with each, unsure which one he loves, until Marie Leveridge reveals she was the unseen kiss giver in a prior night. The pair confess a dreamlike romance, united at last.

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Thornton Darnley Madge Mr. Thornton Roger Thornton Mr. Darnley Rogers Roger Marie Leveridge Marie Mariy Uncle Will Daily Story
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Bobbs-Merrill W.l.barnes Ili Ty Cobb Hans Wagner
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