Women Lead Big Entertainment Staging In Bridgeport
Business and Professional Women of Bridgeport present a large entertainment show with the Ringling proprietors handing over, featuring a minstrel by the Independent Order of Daughters I Will Arise Again. Performers include Edith Hopkins, Elsie Heath, Elia Tingard, Ava Grover, and more with Say It With Music and Dinner for Two sketches, plus social dancing to conclude.
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Barnum Circus
Bridge
Ringling Port
Iself
Order of Daughters
Edith Hopkins
Elsie Heath
Elia Tingard
Ava Grover
L. Pinkham
Arthur Dennison
Gertrude Moore
Bob Vickery
May Utzinger
Jeannette Utzinger
Norwalk
Margaret Jarvis
Beatrice Lowndes
Emmett Beardsley
Chinese women seek broad rights and reform across society
In Shanghai reports detail the China National Women's Federation push for education for women, co education, domestic freedom, suffrage, equal inheritance, professional choice, labor protections, political participation, and cooperation with Western sisters. The piece notes clubs and societies driving discussion and reform among educated and returned students.
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Shanghai
China
China National Women's Federation
Federa-ion
Chinese Women's Clubs
Returned Student Clubs
Women's Suffrage
Gue
Shanzhai
Girl Student Union
Miston
Opium Dens in New York Exposed as Squalid Realities
Margery Rex reports from New York on opium dens, contrasting glamor with grim truth. Dr. Jeton Simon, Police Commissioner, describes squalor, damp sheets, and vinegar to mask odors, noting two smoker classes, one driven by addiction, the other by pleasure. He cites raids and urges harsher penalties and broader prevention to stop drug trafficking.
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Margery Rex
International News Service
New York
York City
Firma
Fact
Jeton Simon
Police
Simon
Dr. Simon
Mamie
Jim
Harry
John Coughlin
Anti-Narcotic Commission
San Francisco
South America
California
Parole Commission
Women Bootleggers Defy Prohibition in High Glamour
Washington dispatch notes that women are increasingly involved in bootlegging, serving as drivers and fronting operations in stylish cars. Prohibition officials say female bootleggers are common, using glamour and speed to evade enforcement as liquor moves from Canada in fast, well-furnished vehicles.
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Washington
Intererace
Bootle
Hayes
Treasu Irs
German Writer Sees France Seeking Pact With United States
Berlin dispatch quotes Deutsche Zeitung claiming France feels isolated after recent gains. It notes Paris seeks an alliance with Uncle Sam, possibly against Britain, while fearing loss of possessions and seeking American protection for colonial and naval ambitions amid tensions with England and rising Franco-American cooperation.
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France
United States
Paris
America
Wall Street
England
Europe
Japan
Pacific
Lafayette Republic
Washington Republic
Rhine
Vistula
Oder
Washington
Monroe
Madison
Gets $800 for attending Pather's funeral
In St Louis Dec 18 the record notes two hundred dollars is the legal attendance value at a funeral. Charles Bording would have received a small advance if he had not attended the funeral of his father William J. Trording, but his presence makes him three hundred dollars richer under the will.
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Berlin
France
Belsium
Poland
Europe
Marianne
Uncle Sam
Paris
Unete Sam
John Bull
Dollastea
Overa
Troups
America
ST. Louis
Pather
Charles Bording
William J. Trording
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Elisabeth Pinkham
Erith Hawkins
Foom
Loretta Perry
Dazan
Vow
Tokio
Mining Bureau
Department of Agrculture and and Commerce
Columbus
Ohio
Institution Coal
Meat Department
Boston Blues
Flatfish
Red Snappers
Sea
Long Island Escaliops
Gur
Fairfield
Westport
Stratford
Beaches
Milford
Bridgeport Public Market
Sts
TEL
Barnum
Carleton Simon
Poppy
Aquor
Prohibition Officina
Mitch Liequer
Cart Wright's
Watson Bank
Main Street
John ST
Lippe
Onnecticut
Daniel Green
Everwear
AMILY
Germany
Deutsche Zeitung
Edward F. Helbig
Helbig
Golden Hill Street
York State
Tom
Hamburg
Florida
Elgin Creamery
Aroostook County
Benjamin Harrison
Roter’s Toy Shop
Lyric Theater
Bridgeport
Hardware Stores Incorporated
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