Pankhurst Bigger Role for Women After War
Miss Cristibe Pankhurst says window smashing unnecessary after war. She advocates Italian, French, and English women forming a clo ker organization and notes women’s labor and independence rise during conflict. She praises American respect for labor and foresees women sustaining households and national effort postwar.
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Rome
Italy
Cristebe Pankhurst
Associated Press
France
England
Germany
Russia
Peepee
Tailored Frock for Mild Days in Blue Faille
This excerpt outlines a tailored suit for mild days using blue faille, with a convertible collar jacket, optional back extensions, and a three-piece peplum. It notes fabric substitutions like silk poplin or gros de Londres and provides cutting guidance and yardage for the entire costume. It also mentions gray tones as popular alternatives and references silk poplins and lightweight satins as charming options.
False pride and fathers share aging joy at dances
Laura Jean Libby notes that older men, though white haired, stay young at heart when the band begins a familiar waltz. Dancing links memory and health as fathers recall courtships, while a younger suitor's pace may threaten pride and love. Do not marry without love. spinsterhood is better than a loveless union.
Miss Libbey Replies To Your Letters Ad
Miss Libbey answers readers letters. Correct name and address must be given to ensure attention. Initials printed. Write short letters on one side of paper only. Use ink. Personal letters cannot be answered. Address Miss Laura Jean Libbey No 916 President St Brooklyn New York.
G. D. Cites Forbidden Love Between Teens in Letter
A reader identifies a romantic exchange with a near-age boy and asks not to be told to give him up. The letter notes the boy’s politeness and escort behavior, fears social disapproval, and urges friendship over love for several years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. D
Too Many Quarrels and a Seventeen-Year-Old Lover
A seventeen year old writes of ongoing quarrels with a local young man and a second boy friend. She explains how rumors about appearance sparked disputes, leading to a breakup and ongoing conflict among four people. She asks if reconciliation is possible, noting that constant quarrels often end marriages.
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D. X
Sweethearts Inquiries On Lost Love Bid
D H notes that former sweethearts remain apart and she questions a possible reconciliation. He claims affection but she says her feelings were not returned and she fears future happiness with others. The writer hints at marriage hopes despite past discord. A second reader mentions being a maiden with recent meetings with a widowed individual.
Benny's Notebook and Local Bits From The Park Avenue News
A quirky local column notes weather, stray incidents like a bicycle tire puncture mistaken for a shooting, a new kid in the corner house, and a playful verse by Skinny Martin. It also covers a comic school anecdote about a parade sickness, social notes, and humorous sketches including The Ash Man with detailed childlike verses about mules, ash cans, and the ash wagon.
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Spoerts
Reddy Merry
Iito
Martin
Sam Crewss
Perade
Sissiety
Mary Watkins
Lilly Levy
Dycigs
How London Dresses Her Spring Maid
A fashion description of a white linen and satin dress with a surplice waist and puffed sleeves. The gown features a crimson belt and trailing rambler roses, with a draped skirt formed by bunchy panniers for symmetry. The overall look emphasizes restrained color and delicate detailing.
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London
Summer Gown With Embroidered Organdie and Net Accents
A light summer gown features embroidered organdie and figured lawn with striped voiles. The skirt falls in a net flare, and a peplum imitates a double skirt. Net revers, front pleats, sleeve ruffles, and a taffeta ribbon girdle complete the design.
E H Dillon 23rd Anniversary Sale Opens May 17
E H Dillon & Co 1105 Main street announces a 23rd anniversary sale starting Wednesday May 17 with great bargains on untrimmed millinery trimmed hats shirts waists silk petticoats sweaters fur scarves coats and rain gear at unheard of low prices. Also Kindel divanettes and Davenport beds at Nothnagle's store Main and Elm streets featured demonstrations and a week long club offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Dillon & Co
Main Street
Adv
Nothnagle
Main
Elm Streets
Concert and Social by Young Men's Hebrew Association at 1st State Street
The Young Men's Hebrew Association held a concert and social last night at the association rooms on 1st State Street with over 200 attendees. Morris Clark former editor of Century Opera Magazine lectured while Mme. Dorothy Spinner sang and Albert Lefkowitz delivered piano recitations.
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Young Men's Hebrew Association
Association Rooms
1St State Street
Morris Clark
The
Century Opera Magazine
Mme
Dorothy Spinner
Albert Lefkowitz
Lydia Pinkham Vegetable Compound Affects Longtime Relief
New Castle Indiana woman Mrs Hazen Hamilton recalls monthly pains from age eleven to seventeen. She credits Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Company Vegetable Compound for relief and regularity after trying doctors with little success. The ad touts forty years of popularity and invites letters to Lynn Massachusetts for confidential womanly health advice.
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New Castle
Ind
Lydia E. Pinkbaum
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Connecticut suffrage claim on four million potential voters
The Connecticut Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage argues that four million women could vote in equal suffrage states, based on 1910 census figures and population growth. It notes Illinois allows presidential votes and municipal matters, while western states grant broader rights. The piece cites growth in Washington, Montana, Wyoming, Illinois, and Vermont to support the estimate and urges politicians to treat these women as potential voters, with about 75 percent likely to vote in a typical election.
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Edward Porritt
Hartford
Con_necticut Association
Connecticut
Connecticut Association
United States
Illinois
Washington
Montana
Wyoming
Vermont
Florida
Children and Street Perils
A discussion on daily dangers of street traffic near busy neighborhoods. It notes children darting from behind parked wagons or cars, drivers unable to stop in time, and the need for slower speeds in crowded districts. It argues for playground creation and heightened driver awareness to protect young pedestrians.
Children employment during vacation and guidance tips
The article urges parents to provide useful part time work for children during school breaks. It recommends a year round gardening teacher in every school to guide seed selection, field trips, and student group activities. It argues regular tasks reduce lawless behavior and foster neighborly respect. Flowers for Mothers Day John Reck & Son.
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United States
Burrau of Education
Poem To The Distant One by F Ledwidge Lance Corporal
A reflective verse from F Ledwidge in the Spectator frames a soldier’s longing for a distant beloved. It traverses wild byways and seas to promise eventual meeting under sun and blue, with themes of love, fate, and endurance amid hardship.
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F. Ledwidge
The
Spectator
CORNER FOR COOKS AND CHOWDER IDEAS FROM LEFTOVERS
A serialized cooking snippet offers uses for cold fish and leftovers. It covers flaked fish in a creamy fish chowder, a pork and potato corn soup, and bran bread with rye meal and molasses. Also included are oat cookies and baked cold sweet potatoes with butter and sugar. It closes noting open season for Mexican border citizens and a light comment on electing a college girl Queen of the May.
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Fiamé
Pictorial Review
Laura Jean Libby
McClure Newspaper
Laudra Jean Libbey Does
Daddy Dance
D. H
Benny
Lee Pape
the Park Avenue News
Wen Thare
Eliza
Beth
Runt
Ashman
Elizabeth
Dingerie
Animal Rescue League
Board of Trade Rgms
Co. E. A. Wilson
Yale University
Fairfield Memory
Mrs. Hamilton
Suffrage News
John Reck & Son
Horlick’s
Java
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