Surplus women provoke debate on duty and democracy
Brooks Adams, Boston lawyer and grandson of John Quincy Adams, argues modern women repudiate societal duty and should sacrifice for the state, either supporting themselves or facing hardship. He cites European feminists and Miss Addams, endorses limited protection for some roles, and endorses universal military service as democratic.
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Brooks Adams
Boston
John Quincy Adams
Yale Review
Chestnut Street
Massachusetts
Europe
Jane Addams
Adams
Katherine Anthony
Germany
Scandinavia
Jane Addamson
England
America
Miss Addams
Anthony
January Sale Brings Deep Discounts on China and Linens
China and glass bric a brac offers 10 to 20 percent reductions with some items much more. Fine china, dinner ware, English and French patterns, plus art glass and cut glass featured. Also annual sale of embroidered linens from a major importer with Italian laces and Madeira works, including dinner cloths, napkins, doilies, and pillow cases at advantageous prices.
Winter Garment Inventory Sale at Reduced Prices
All winter wear is offered at cut prices including coats suits gowns and furs. Many items were recently stocked or purchased at clearance prices from manufacturers. Coats range from 10 to 22 dollars with fur and muffs priced from 8 to 15 dollars, featuring fox, skunk, seal dyed muskrat, beaver, and beaver muff sets.
Muslin Underwear and Handcrafted Gowns For Sale
Camisoles crepe de chine and lace listed at $1.50. Japanese crepe de chine hand embroidered gowns and French hand made laces with ribbons, values up to $12.00.
Harvard Lampoon Marks 40th Birthday Dinner
The Harvard Lampoon will celebrate its 40th anniversary with a dinner at its Gold Coast home next Saturday evening. More than 60 former editors, current staff, and invited guests will attend to usher in the magazine’s 41st year.
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Harvard Lampoon
America
Gold Coast
Lampoon
Harvard
Women Vote on Liquor Licensing Question Bill Referred
A bill allowing women to vote on liquor licensing was referred to the legislative committee on election laws by the House. The measure, filed with a Robert B. Martin petition, is said to have the backing of the no license forces in the state.
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Legislative Committee On Election Laws
House of Representatives
Robert B. Martin
Fire destroys multiple buildings in Winthrop
A Sunday morning blaze in Winthrop left 50 people homeless in the Ocean Spray area. The Monarch at 35 Mermaid Street suffered total loss estimated at 60 000 dollars, while several unoccupied cottages on Mermaid Street and Shore Drive were damaged or destroyed. Officials interviewed a woman linked to gasoline use as a possible cause. incendiary origin was ruled out as investigators continued.
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Bessie Klaus
Gregory E. Stone
Eureka
Pollyanna
Shore Drive
Lincoln
George W. Tuohey
Monarch
Mermaid Avenue
the Monarch
Mermaid Street
Waverly
Olympus
Columbia Cottage
Orpheus
Gregory Stone
Isaac Klaus
Coral Avenue
Pythias
Joseph Frank
Winthrop
Thomas Grady
State Police
Walcott
Winthrop Fire Department
Chief Burrill
Winthrop Police Department
Fire devastates Crest area with heavy losses
Total loss including real estate and personal property will be between 80 000 and 100 000. A small wind angle spared the section from destruction. Fire officials say a one point shift north could have halted the fire's sweep toward the Crest as high winds hurled brands toward the ocean, leaving many homeless.
Fire Destroys Belongings For Neighborhood Residents
Fire rapidly spread forcing residents to flee in night clothes and barefoot. Police roped off the entire section yesterday as firefighters tackled the blaze and assessed damage to homes and belongings.
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Sec
Firefighters Contain Monarch Fire After Hoodlum Hoax
Firemen kept the Monarch apartment house from burning further after six hose lines doused the basement. Hoodlums set off false fire alarms across town just after 3 am, drawing responses from the Winthrop department. arrests are expected. Mrs. Carl Turner provided shelter to refugees from her Mermaid Avenue home.
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Monarch
Winthrop Department
Carl Turner
Mermaid Avenue
State to pay 35000 for summer band concerts
Senator George F. Jackson of Lynn seeks state funding of 35000 to cover metropolitan park concerts at Revere Nantasket Lynn beaches and other park Ways during the coming summer season. The bill authorizes the Metropolitan Park Commissioners to spend the amount for band concerts at beach resorts and park areas.
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Revere
Nantasket
Lynn
George F. Jackson
Metropolitan Park Commissioners
Chamber Seeks Hearings on Sound Ship Lines
Boston Chamber of Commerce Transportation Bureau pushes additional hearings in Boston on retaining the Sound lines by the New Haven road. The Interstate Commerce Commission set February 17 for the first hearing in New York to decide if the New Haven has the right to hold hearings under the Panama Canal act.
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Boston Chamber of Commerce Transportation Bureau
New Haven Road
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York
United States Must Maintain Naval Preparedness
Franklin D. Roosevelt, assistant Secretary of the Navy, declared in Binghamton New York that not one dollar, ship, or man should be cut from the U S naval programme now under way. He called the programme the minimum that can be done and smaller than naval experts recommend.
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Binghamton
N. Y
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Draft bill to pass with no union resistance
London January 23 It is believed the military conscription bill will pass with ease and start without hindrance from the labor party or unions. Labor suspicions have faded due to Asquith’s assurances and its smooth Commons passage. Some union leaders expect Bristol conference to back the bill after private assurances.
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London
Asquith
House of Commons
Bristol
Col House Heads to Switzerland After Paris Visit
Colonel E. M. House, President Wilson's personal representative, spent Sunday with the American Ambassador and Mrs. William Graves Sharp in Paris before departing tonight for Switzerland.
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Paris
E. M. House
President Wilson
William Graves Sharp
Switzerland
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