First Female Commission Works Hard In California
California appoints a female commission to locate and plan a proposed delinquent girls home funded with 200000. Members include Mrs D G Stephens and Mrs Mary Hamilton with focus on cottage style housing, segregation, and programs in agriculture domestic science and stenography to aid inmates reentering society.
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California
Firey Feminine Commission
Sacraments
McClure
Afth
Johnson
D. G. Stephens
Senta Monica
CM. Weymart
San Francisco
Edgar German
Lou Angeles
Mary. Hamilton
Redlands
Fornia
Yolo County
Solano County
Weyrhan
Commission
Tehachapi
Weyman
Intelligent Girls Make Best Wives Says Mrs Preston
New York October 23. Mrs May Preston argues that educated intelligent girls seek useful work and self support. She cites college attendance and suffrage influence as shaping a new type of woman who contributes whether through philanthropy arts or other fields. The more intelligent the woman the better wife she will be, she asserts.
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New York
May ‘Wilson Preston
Preston
Tod
Imag
Establish Ranch In South Africa
Details of a plan to set up large cattle ranches in South Africa aim to supply meat to England. The Chartered Company, once led by Cecil Rhodes, plans ranches to speed meat to Europe via the Mediterranean, with Richard Walsh of Texas recruiting managers and Sir L Starr Jameson traveling to Rhodesia to represent potential beet and beef interests.
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London
South Africa
Heeft
England
Evening News
Cecil, Rhodes
Diamond
Rhodesia
Mediterranean
Europe
Argentine
Richard Walsh
Texas
America
L. Starr Jameson
Chartered Company
Beet Trust
Sulzer scandal dominates Paris papers with debate on U.S. politics
Paris reports discuss the Sulzer impeachment case and its impact on American political life. Liberte notes surprise that a convicted official can return to politics, while an editorial questions the reaction in a nation sensitive to moral issues.
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Paris
Sulzer
Force
The
Liberte
Albany
Shoes Given With 40 Shines Novel Deal Draws Customers
An up state New York shoe dealer offered a clever promotion. Customers received a card with 40 marks. a punch for each 10 cent shine paid. After 40 punches, the shopper earned a free pair of $4 shoes, drawing crowds to the shop.
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New York
Fire Helps Prune Prices in California Loss
New York dispatch reports a fire destroying 1000 tons of California prunes in two San Jose packing houses. The loss strengthens market sentiment on the coast but no price rise is expected. Packers must replace about 75 percent of the fruit under contract with buyers.
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New York
California
San Jose
Girl Breaks Typist Record
New York on October 23 sees Miss Margaret B Owen of this city shatter global typewriting speeds with 125 words a minute during an hour's dictation. She wins a silver trophy worth 1000 dollars. Emil T Treezger places second at 120 words and his brother G R Treezger third at 117 words.
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New York
Margaret B. Owen
Emil T. Treezger
G. R. Treezger
Entire Paxinos Town Sold Under Hammer in Shamokin
The town of Paxinos in Northumberland County was sold at auction to settle debts of J Warner Mifflin, sole owner and proprietor. Over thirty private houses and business places were put up for sale as creditors enforced claims.
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Shamokin
Northumberland County
Paxinos
J. Warner Mifflin
Suffrage Leader Plans Campaign to Defeat Opponents
Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, head of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, announced a nationwide effort to defeat re election bids of officials opposing a constitutional amendment for woman suffrage. She will begin in Lynchburg Virginia next Friday addressing the Virginia Suffrage League and spoke at a conference with Washington suffragists. She condemned the detention of Emmeline Pankhurst, calling it ridiculous, and noted it would only rally support for the cause. She spoke tonight to the Just Government League in Chevy Chase Maryland.
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Washington
Congress
Anna Howard Shaw
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Shaw
Lynchburg
Virginia Suffrage League
Irs
Pankhurst
Reader
Billie Island
Marriage Is Really Eugenic
Washington officials acknowledged eugenics when a matrimonial candidate was examined by a Public Health Service medical board for the first time. Homer B Terrill of the Treasury Department submitted for a full medical exam with his fiancée also undergoing examination. The board of Surgeons Rucker Stimson and Kearney waived other work and declared Terrill fit for marriage.
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Washington
United States
Public Health Service
Homer B. Terrill
Treasury Department
Surgeon General
Rucker
Stimson
Kearney
Terrill
Wage
Negro Tries Death by Own Action in Clark County
Jim Shackelford a long time employee shot himself in the breast after learning his young master, Jack Lisle, planned to place his property in trust with People's State Bank and Trust for health reasons. Lisle, among Clark County's wealthiest youths, sought relief from management strain. The boy is expected to recover.
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Winchester
Jim Shackelford
Jack Lisle
People's State Bank and Trust Company
Lisle
Clark County
Kaiser Attends Aviators Funeral After Zeppelin Disaster
Berlin. October 23. Emperor and family attend funeral for 23 of 28 Zeppelin disaster victims at Johannisthal church near the Imperial Palace. Count Zeppelin and about 1,000 officers present. seven bodies buried at a nearby cemetery. Prince Eitel Fritz injures a five year old with his car en route.
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Berlin
Johannisthal
Imperial Palace
Emperor
Count Zeppelin
Prince Eitel Frits
Potsdam
Brooklyn to hear 24 hour suffrage speaking relay
Women will talk for 24 hours in Brooklyn public square during a suffrage campaign. The Women's Political Union will station a spellbinder at Flatbush and Atlantic Aves. The speaking relay starts at 7 PM Friday and continues until 7 PM Saturday.
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New York
Brooklyn
Women’s Political Union
Flatbush
Atlantic Avenues
Seven Hill Academy Cadets Accused by Suter
Samuel Suter of Chilliwack British Columbia caused warrants for seven Hill Academy cadets in Portland Oregon to be issued for delinquency. He alleges the boys tarred and feathered his son Clar Suter from head to foot last night and cites them to appear before the Juvenile Court next Saturday.
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Portland
Ore
Samuel Suter
Chilliwack
B. C
John Doe
Hill Academy
Suter
Clar- Suter
Weather Conditions Control Magnetism
Prof B M Cher of Washington University lectured on Lake Huron experiments linking earth magnetism to wind rain and cloud shadows blocking solar radiation. Mare Island director Bee called it a notable contribution to magnetism. Nipher tied magnetic needle changes to charged molecules and auroras. Lee cited related astronomical findings.
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T. J. J. Bee
Mare Island Naval Observatory
Earth
Nipher
Lee
President to Plant an Oak Tree at Swarthmore Campus
Swarthmore reports that President Wilson and Governor Tener will plant scarlet oaks on the college campus October 25 after exercises marking the reopening of Congress Hall Philadelphia. The program includes addresses by the President, the Governor, and A Mitchell Palmer, plus a pageant and a Swarthmore football game with Ursinus that evening.
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Governor Tener
Wilson
Swarthmore
Scarlet Ok
Collage
Spe
Swarthmore College
Ursinion
Harold Goddard
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