Denies Woman Is Detective in Suffolk Court Probe
John R. Murphy Boston chair defends a female investigator against Francis A. Campbell's charges. He cites the Finance Commission report and the investigator’s credentials from Radcliffe and Harvard, denying any truth to the claim of a woman detective and defending the commission’s findings.
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Suffolk Superior Court
Francis A. Campbell
Finance Commission
Campbell
Cammpbell
Jence
Radcliffe
I. W. Tauasig
Harvard Department of Economics
Gay
School of Business Administration
Harvard University
Bullock
Suffolk Superior Civil Court
Commission
Boston
John R. Murphy
Dear Sisters of the Sewing Circle Advice Column Picks
Readers share domestic strains and rural contrasts in a mixed letter column. A wife frets over her daughter and a traveling husband while others defend country living, discuss poultry ventures, friendship, and money in marriage amid a chorus of voices from “Only a Woman” to “Bourgeois.”
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Dear Sisters of the Sewing Circle
Daily Reader
Sewing Circle
Boston
Africa
Betsy Hobo
Sisters of the Sewing Circle
Poems for Your Scrap Book Their Motherland
Poem by Father Prout rector of St. John's New York addresses Teutons in America. It urges loyalty to the adopted land, praising its liberty and wealth while warning against treachery toward the motherland. The verse appeals to immigrants to remain true to their new home.
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Father Prout
St. John’s Church
New York
America
Henry Clay Life and Times Amid 19th Century Public Service
Henry Clay son of a Baptist minister rose from court of chancery clerk to lawyer and politician. He served as speaker in Congress four times and helped declare war on Britain in 1812. Clay negotiated peace terms at Ghent and fought duels while pursuing public life spanning fifty years ending in 1851.
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Henry Clay
Henry
Court of Chancery
Kentucky
England
Ghent
Mississippi
Clay
John Quincy Adams
Senate
Nutmeg State nickname and a quiz of questions
A newspaper reader asks about the origin of Connecticut's nickname the Nutmeg State. The column answers a series of trivia questions on debt limits and etiquette, noting the U S national debt exceeded a billion dollars by late 1916 and detailing factors around wages and canal levels.
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Sir
United States
Paris fashion notes highlight gowns and color trends
Black and white evening gowns dominate, pink shantung used in vests, and Parisienne styles favor jersey suits and draped skirts. Hydrangea blue crepe colors key looks with three quarter sleeves and tricots.
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Jersey
This Face Powder Promises Long-Lasting Wear
An advertisement touts a face powder that supposedly stays on until washed off and contains a medicinal ingredient to heal skin irritations. It claims to be free of rice powder, bismuth, white lead, and talc and offers a $1000 reward for any contamination. The 60c size is sold in major stores, with mail order available from Herbert Roystone in New York.
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America
Herbert Roystone
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