Need of Women Judges on Every Bench and of Fifty Fifty Juries
Mrs. Jean Norris urges a national drive by the Women Lawyers association to enable women to serve as jurors. She argues for women judges on all benches and fifty fifty juries of six men and six women, noting bias in mixed tribunals. She advocates jobs and medical aid for women offenders and supports state minimum wage laws to ensure a decent livelihood.
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Women Lawyers’ Association
New York
March on suffragists victory announced amid opposition futile
The piece argues that enemies of progress persist in trying to block women’s suffrage through delay and filibusters while noting suffragists have grown from a tiny group to broad support. It urges perseverance, recalling a long struggle and sacrifices, and ends with a call to rejoice at progress and impending ratification.
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Progress
Washington
American Field of Honor in France a Sacred Ideal
Editorial urges creating an American central field of honor in France for dead soldiers. It argues for repatriation of bodies when possible, but if kept overseas the field would honor the fallen, maintain comradeship, and ensure the Stars and Stripes forever waves over their final resting place.
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America
France
Farmers’ Grange calls end to endless toil and high cost living
The National Grange declares farmers will not slave long hours to supply cheap food while others seek shorter hours and more rest. It urges a reconstriction toward thrift and sane living, warning that without change the present cost of living may become permanent.
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National Grange
Farmers’ Organization
America
The
Grange
Youll Soon Look Old From Here Up Danderine Ad
An advertisement promotes Danderine as a dandruff and hair loss remedy. It claims a small bottle costs a few cents and instructions say to rub into the scalp with fingertips, with improvement by morning and after two or three applications. The copy emphasizes brighter thicker hair and reduced dandruff.
Miss Fowler’s High Note Ends in an Unseen Moment
A Birmingham Age-Herald quip notes Miss Fowler closes her eyes reaching a high note while another person pretends to listen. The exchange hints at a risky moment when the singer’s eyes open and reveal an earlier flirtatious scene.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
St Jacobs Oil Promises Quick Relief for Rheumatism
A vintage advertisement touts St Jacobs Oil as a harmless rheumatism cure that "never disappoints" and relieves pain, stiffness, and swelling instantly. It claims millions cured over fifty years and adds it eases sciatica, neuralgia, lumbago, backache, and sprains. The ad urges readers to try a small trial bottle at any drug store.
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St. Jacobs
Honest Lunchroom Exchange in Rail Station
A weary traveler asks if there is anything to eat while a railroad lunchroom attendant reveals the grim truth that the item is for sale not consumption. The exchange captures a stark moment in transit dining.
100 Percent PEP Laxative Ad Claims Fast Relief
An old advertisement promotes Cascarets as a gentle laxative to remove liver and bowel poisons. It touts quick relief from dizziness coated tongue bad breath and sour stomach, claiming Cascarets work while you sleep and avoid harsher pills salts or calomel.
The Way to Do It and A Quip on Killing Time
A witty exchange appears: "I wish I knew how to kill time" followed by the reply suggesting joining an amateur musical society. The brief anecdote reflects light social humor.
Any Woman Can Dye and Keep in Style Diamond Dyes Ad
A vintage advertisement promotes Diamond Dyes promising rich fadeless color for wool silk linen cotton and blends. It claims the kit can dye dresses blouses stockings skirts coats feathers and more and recommends using the in package direction book and Diamond Dye Color Card to match materials.
Relaxed talk between mechanics about day off
Two mechanics discuss their workday with one confirming an off day while the other notes they are on duty. The exchange hints at shifts and informal timing without specific details.
Cuticura Ads Promote Pimples Cleansing Regimen
Ad copy touts Cuticura Ointment for pimples and blackheads with a five minute wash using Cuticura Soap and hot water. Suggest daily use to maintain clear skin and include Cuticura Talcum. Ends with a quip contrasting facts and politeness.
Lane outlines needed Washington reform and cabinet pruning
Franklin K. Lane, retiring interior secretary, criticizes Washington as ill organized and overrun by details. He urges fewer, higher capacity leaders, broader discretion, quicker promotion or discharge for civil servants, and higher salaries for top administrators to empower decisive policy leadership.
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Ashington
Washington
Civil Service
Franklin K. Lane
Interior
Inland Waterways Development Report Urges Canal Expansion
G A Tomlinson chief of inland waterways, in a 1919 annual report to Director General Hines, argues for complete economic justification of inland transport methods. It covers the New York barge canal, Delaware and Raritan canal, lower Mississippi stretch from St Louis to New Orleans, Warrior river Alabama, and Chesapeake and Ohio canal with tonnage and earnings data. The report notes profitability potential for modern power barges on the New York canal and ongoing use of the Delaware and Raritan despite limited traffic.
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G. A. Tomlinson
Division of Inland Waterways
The
Railroad Administration
Hines
Mr. Tomlinson
New York Barge Canal
Delaware and Raritan Canal
Lower
Mississippi
St. Louis
New Orleans
Warrior River
Alabama
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Tomlinson
Mississippi River
Mobile
Wild Rice Seen as Major American Food Crop
Dr Melvin R Gilmore of the North Dakota Historical Society argues wild rice or folle avoine is a vital potential food source. He notes it grows in fresh water, sows itself, and could expand with increased supply benefiting both people and waterfowl in North America.
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America
Melvin R. Gilmore
North Dakota Historical Society
Gilmore
Minnesota Lake
Biological Survey
Washington
Lincoln's Lost Speech on Washington Celebrated in 1842 Memorial Tone
The report recounts Abraham Lincoln's 1842 Springfield remarks praising George Washington as the mightiest name for civil liberty and moral reform. The Associated Press assigns the find to Sangamon Journal files and notes readings in Congress and historical discussions about preserving the speech in records.
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Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Springfield
Ill
Associated Press
Lincoln
Sangamon Journal
Representative Smith
Idaho
Smith
Lucien Alexander
Philadelphia
Hay
Nicolay
Ida Tarbell
Nicolay and Hay
Fortune tellers profit from prophecy business
Quote from the Boston Transcript on fortune tellers as natural enterprises of prophets, noting the money they make and the business sense behind their predictions.
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Bix
Dix
Boston Transcript
Less Meat If Back and Kidneys Hurt
An authority links regular meat consumption to kidney trouble due to uric acid overworking the kidneys. It advises Jad Salts, four ounces in water before breakfast, to flush kidneys, soothe the urinary tract, and prevent bladder disorders. The tonic is grape and lemon juice acid with lithia, sold widely by pharmacies.
Question of life value as costs soar
The Louisville Courier-Journal quotes a bleak view on life worth living as costs have more than doubled, leaving people “hanging on” amid high burdens.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
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Sherman J. Lowell
St. Jacobs Oil
Ehirous
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Cascarab
Mr. Hill
Fletcher
Kansas City
G. L.B
Kans
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