Women outline laws to end discrimination against families
Letters from readers in the Justice for Women column imagine laws favoring mothers and children. Proposals include banning landlords who refuse to rent to families with children, cheaper rents for such families, pensions for mothers, and penalties for landlords who overstep. Other pieces urge chivalry, curbs on nosy neighbors, and rules on earnings and marriage age.
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Justice For Women
Denar Sewing Circle
Boston
California
Dear Sisters of the Sewing Circle
Jack
Tom
Household Hints for Care of Colored Fabrics and Dishes
A household tip column advises adding a handful of salt to washing water for colored fabrics like ginghams and percales, using tepid water for wash and rinse, and drying in the shade. It also suggests cutting worn dress skirts into large squares to use as hot-dish holders and washing them weekly to keep them sweet and clean, claimed to save wipers.
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Sewing Circle
Boston Daily and
Sunday Post
New England
Boston Post
F. A. Stanyan
Bucknam Street
Erett
Girl of 15 Is Heroine Rescue at Winthrop Beach
Helen S Gannett 16 of Little Compton R I nearly drowned off Shore Drive Winthrop Beach yesterday rescued by Florence S Mansfield 15 of Dorchester who plunged in and pulled Gannett from the water both girls could not swim and were in bathing Mansfield heard the screams and rushed to aid First aid was given by Michael Ryan 15 Shore Drive and Gannett was taken to her home
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Helen S. Gannett
Little Compton
R. I
Shore Drive
Winthrop Beach
Florence S. Mansfield
Roger Mansfield
Mellville Road
Dorchester
Gannett
Helen Daggett
Sea Foam Avenue
Winthrop
Miss Gannett
Captains Named for Next Season Across Teams
The lineup names Tack Hardwick as baseball captain along with Fred Bradlee and Stan Pennock from the varsity football squad and Westmore Willcox as the standout runner.
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Tack” Hardwick
Fred Bradlee
Stan Pennock
Westmore Willcox
Brumbaugh for Suffrage Campaign Visit
Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh of Pennsylvania travels to Denver Colorado on August 26 to rally support for women's suffrage. The visit underscores continued nationwide advocacy ahead of legislative action.
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Denver
Col
Martin G. Brumbaugh
Pennsylvania
When I Come Home to Night's Triumph and Love
A lyrical reminiscence of returning home at night to a wife and childlike joy. The speaker boasts of victory over toil and the comforts of love and home. The poem contrasts conquest with domestic bliss, portraying a wife’s beauty and blessing as the evening’s reward.
Speech Endorses Woman Suffrage in Pennsylvania
A speaker urged approving woman suffrage saying Pennsylvania women will gain the vote after the next election and that they should be given the ballot. The remark was made in a public speech here today.
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Pennsylvania
Woman Hit by Auto May Die
A well dressed woman about 50 years old was struck by an auto at Beacon and Berkeley streets. She was taken to City Hospital, on the danger list with a fractured skull and injuries. Chauffeur Paul Thiviergi of 591 Boylston Street is held at Back Bay station awaiting the woman's condition. Police say he operated the car.
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Painter
Hasbeen
Croesus
Inventor
Lincoln
Walt Mason
Adams Newspaper Service
Beacon
Berkeley Streets
City Hospital
Paul Thiviergi
Cliff Street
Malden
Pope Hartford Company
Boylston Street
Back Bay
Ham Baked in Milk and Finan Haddie en Creme
Food items and recipes for ham baked in milk and fish fin an haddie en creme au gratin. Details include ingredients like butter flour mustard milk cheese paprika corn starch and breadcrumbs with baking times and serving yields. Names H B Frances of Cambridge and Mrs Nellie Whir of Lawrence appear as contributors.
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H. B. Frances
Hubbard Avenue
Cambridge
Nellie Whir
Dorchester Street
Lawrence
Fads and Fashions Highlight Autumn Dress Details
Pleated tier skirts appeal, fall dresses show princess lines and wide girdles. Subterranean green joins new fall colors, with plush fabrics for dresses, coats and suits. Ostrich feather trim returns while fancy linings, striped or figured, and crow’s feet buttons trim outfits. Ribbon bindings edge tailored suits.
Harvard Honors List Details Notable Scholars and Athletes
Harvard announces a list of honor students including Archie Roosevelt son of Theodore Roosevelt excelling in anthropology and government Lionel de Jersey Harvard in English philosophy and lit W C Plunket a blind freshman with six Bs H A Larrabee editor of the Harvard Illustrated with seven Acts Louis B Keane Roxbury youth wearing knickerbockers and six A s Heinie Nash among enrolled athletes.
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Harvard
Archie Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Lionel de Jersey
W. C. Plunket
H. A. Larrabee
Harvard Illustrated
Louis B. Keane
Roxbury
Knickerbockers
Heinie Nash
Prescott Cann Held for Forgery and Larceny Charge
Prescott W. Cann, 22, was yesterday held in 1000 dollars bond for the Superior Court on charges of larceny and forgery.
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Prescott W. Cann
Superior Court
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Trixie
Haverhill
Wee
Boston Post Sewing Circle
Dorothy
Hakka Chemical CO
F Grove Hall
Staten
the Press Publishing Co
Maurice Ketten
John
Ming
Brumbaugh
Gerald Massey
New England Housewives
Gee Sunday Post
Burrill’s
Burril’s
Burrill
Iene Gen
New York
Corn Products Refining CO
Cee
Corn Products Refining Company
Ahern & Cahoon
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