Training girls to manage money from childhood
A New York Sun piece argues that women should learn money management early, with parents giving daughters small allowances and guidance. It quotes mothers including Mrs. James Lees Laidlaw and Mrs. Ivan Forbes-Robison, who describe raising financially independent daughters who contribute to household expenses and learn prudent spending.
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New York
Ivan Forbes-Robison
Beatrice Forbes-Robertson Hale
Forbes-Robertson
New York Sun
Governor starts subscription for Salmon Brown son of John Brown
In Topeka Kansas on June 17 a subscription drive was begun for Salmon Brown, the crippled surviving son of John Brown living at 2024 East Court Street Portland Oregon. Salmon helped in border conflicts and was wounded at Black Jack in 1865, not with John Brown at Harper's Ferry.
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Topeka
Kan
John Brown
East Court Street
Portland
Ore
Salmon Brown
Black Jack
Harper's Ferry
Kansan
May Be Premier in Italian War Cabinet
Thomamac Tittent, French ambassador to Italy, is mentioned as possibly forming a new Italian war cabinet after the Salan ire cabinet resigned when deputies refused clear confidence.
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Abinet
Btaly
Salanire
Hombes of Deputies
Thomamac Tittent
Biteeut Limbion Ambartader
France
Gnd
Suffrage Vote Narrowly Fails in Iowa Senate
In Des Moines on June 17 the Iowa suffrage vote stood 49.2 percent for and 50.8 percent against with one undecided. The piece notes the narrow margin and implies women’s support must swing the remaining undecided male voters to win. It mentions defeats of suffrage in several states outside the county.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Cael
New Jersey
Massachusetts
New York
Battle-Blinded Soldiers Seek Independent Lives in Europe
War relief fundraiser profiles 12,000 blinded Belgian French and British veterans striving for independence. It highlights Polter of the Nineteenth Regiment who lost his sight after four bullets while sounding the Marne charge, and a French soldier who learned a blind trade to avoid public care.
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Europe
George A. Kessler
B. PF. BR
Fifth Avenue
New York
Polter
Nineteenth Regiment of
Chasners
Polrer
Marne
Battle blinded veterans find work and dignity in trade
The piece highlights blind veterans from Britain France and Belgium training in crafts such as brush making poultry farming boot repairing and typing aided by the Blind Fund in New York. It argues for US support to establish training schools employment agencies workshops and sales networks to help thousands become self sufficient and independent.
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Tamtow
Mindneas
France
Warry
Fund
Paris
Pantheon
Hussars
Verdun
Europe
United States
Gale
Louis W Hill Carries On Father’s Northwestern Empire
Clarence L. Speed profiles Louis Warren Hill heir to James J. Hill, detailing his takeover of the Great Northern railroad, his aggressive development plan, and his bold style in advertising and expansion. The piece notes Hill’s leadership, public projects, and his expected inheritance of his father’s fortune, about 250 million dollars.
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Louis W. Hill
Will Garry
Clarence L. Speed
Chicago
Louis Warren Hill
Empire of the Northwest
Northwest
Great Northern Railroad
James J. Hill
Louis W. WI
Non
Jam Jeter
James J. HU
W. Hun
Wheat
Jaye
Iays
Glacier National Park
Labrador
Day Heights
Alaska
Louis W
Louis Hill
Strike in Cloak Industry Causes Multi-Million Loss
New York officials announce that the cloak, suit and shirt industry strike has cost 15 million dollars in the current rush season, with potential losses exceeding 40 million if it continues. Sixty-eight new shops open in New Jersey and Connecticut to replace 409 New York shops closed by the walkout. Industry leaders warn garment production may permanently move out of the city as union demands persist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cloak, Suit and Shirt Manufacturers’ Protective Association
New Jersey
Connecticut
Offelwis
Heenjamin Lehresinger
International Ladies' Garment Workers’ Union
Ingail
Newspaper to Move into Five-Story Building at Tituew Square
The paper plans a new steel and concrete five story building at Tituew Square to house presses and offices. Construction will start soon with the press operations moving into the new site by September 20.
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Juwe
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James Lees Laidlaw
New York State
Woman Suffrage Party
Tomasso
New York City
Plstrup
Son
Empire Builder of the Northwest
Broad Vision
Louis
Mila
Saray
James J
Hils
Texas
Mexico
Baal
New Americas
el Pano
Tores
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