Registration of Women Next Move by Parties
Preliminary to the use of the ballot by women is their registration. The Democratic State Committee appoints Mrs Susan W FitzGeraldy as chairman of the women’s committee at headquarters in the Old South building and plans speedy registration. The Republicans have not yet appointed a chair but expect Mrs Charles Sumner Bird to lead within a week.
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Susan W. FitzGeraldy
Democratic State Committee
Old South
Democratic Women of
Massachusetts
Republican State Committee
Charles Sumner Bird
Susan W. Fitzgerald
Women
Old South Building
Lloyd George Buys 16 Acre Farm in Wales
Mr. Lloyd George purchases a small 16 acre farm near his home in Wales marking his first foray into landownership. The move makes him a landowner for the first time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Lloyd George
Wales
Asquith Back in Parliament in Paisley Victory
Former Premier Asquith wins the Paisley seat as the Liberal nominee with 14 736 votes. Labor candidate J M Biggar gains 11 97 and Coalition Unionist J A D MacKean 3795 while his daughter Lady Bonham Carter campaigns for him. He urges liberalism not to be watered by Tory or labor forces and calls for open Baltic trade and peacemaking with Russia and Poland. The campaign highlights include women voters and speeches supporting his return to the House of Commons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Asquith
Paisley
J. M. Biggar
J. A. D. MacKean
House of Commons
Lady Bonham Carter
Russia
Baltic States
Poland
Fashion Show for Milliners in Boston Jordan Hall
Delegates numbering in the hundreds gathered in Boston for the 10th semi annual millinery convention and fashion show at Jordan Hall. The event, organized by Associated Millinery Industries of New England, showcases Boston made styles with 10 top models and hats by Franck Costume Company. Miss Ethel Blanford will demonstrate hat construction each night starting at 6 with a vaudeville program to follow. William H. Sullivan directs the show.
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Boston
Jordan Hall
Associated Millinery Industries of
New England
Franck Costume Company
Ethel Blanford
Blanford
William H. Sullivan
Tragic double tragedy in Cambridge as Jewett daughter dies
Miss Gertrude A. Jewett aged 42 daughter of Vice-President Henry L. Jewett of the International Trust Company, shot herself in a snowdrift beside the Charles River parkway Cambridge. Her mother perished by self drowning in the Charles River near Longbridge Riverside about 25 years ago.
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Gertrude A. Jewett
Henry L. Jewett
International Trust Company
Charles River Parkway
Cambridge
Charles River
Longbridge
Riverside
Miss Jewett Suicide Tragedy Ties to Prolonged Nervous Condition
Miss Jewett, long troubled by nervous illness and multiple suicide threats, shot herself after leaving a domestic job in Allston. Her father and stepmother, living at Vernon Court Hotel Newton, had sought treatment for years and hoped travel or sanitarium care might ease her mind before she returned home. Her body was found by a Cambridge water department worker. a note named her brother in law and father for notification.
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Miss Jewett
Brookline
Vernon Court
Newton
Hunt
Robert Beck
Cambridge Water Department
Sydney R. Wrightington
Bennington Road
Lexington
Newton High School
Dana Hall
Miss Hersey
Chestnut Street
United States
Band of 634 Jews Arrive in Jaffa After Long Departure
A band of 634 Jews from Southern Russia chartered a steamer with 3 000 000 roubles and landed in Jaffa Palestine. The immigrants faced restrictions until the Palestine land opened after the Turkey peace treaty. The Jaffa Jewish community welcomed them as the vanguard of a world mass migration to the Holy Land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Russia
Odessa
Jaffa
Palestine
Zionist Organization of America
Turkey
Holy Land
Premiers Push Early Conference on Prices and Exchange
The Daily Mail reports premiers protest delays in arranging a conference on foreign exchange. They plan discussions with experts soon on high prices and exchange rates, signaling Europe must stabilize finances before the United States acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ask
London
The
Daily Mail
League of Nations
United States
Mail
America
Europe
Germans Returning Home For Next War Prep
German prisoners of war repatriated from France travel through Switzerland singing Die Wacht am Rhein and Deutschland Uber Alles and declare they are going home to prepare for the next war, Swiss newspapers report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
France
Switzerland
British airman completes 13000 mile Australia flight
A despatch from Melbourne reports Captain Sir Ross Smith has landed at Point Cook Airdrome after flying from Sydney to Melbourne, finalizing his England to Australia journey. The total distance exceeded 13 000 miles.
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London
Evening News
Melbourne
Ross Smith
Point Cook
Sydney
England
Baltimore Dock Machinists Strike in Solidarity
Four hundred machinists at the Baltimore Drydocks & Shipbuilding Company walked out in sympathy with 1100 workers who had struck last week over a company order banning labor union representatives from wearing badges in the shipyards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Baltimore Drydocks & Shipbuilding Company
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Lloyd George
Palmer
Nee
the Morgan Drug Co
Brochlyn, N.Y. N.Y
Hay
Gertrude Jewett
Pool Savings
Adamson
Butler
Butler’s Silks & Wash Goods
Georgette
Renfrew Devonshire
Forest Mills
Dresden
Harvey L. Finch
Tremont ST
Butler’s
Butler's Sale
ILLOS
Salesfine Rugs
Axminster
Axminster Rus Eee A
Zfwaa Incnes
Brussels
Wilco
Brus Sels
Tremont Street
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