Radical 1912 Socialist Platform Outlined
The Library of Congress reveals the 1912 Socialist Party platform calling for public ownership of railroads telegraphs and more. It advocated a 40 hour work week strict child labor limits unemployment and old age insurance and far reaching constitutional reforms.
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United States
Library of Congress
Socialist Party
Senate
Supreme Court
Department of Labor
Wilson
Department of Education
Finding a Husband and the Home Girl Advantage
An editorial discusses marriage odds among women, citing Elinor Williams and Serenade magazine. It argues the home girl who stays at home and does housework has the best chance of marriage, with single, jobless girls sometimes marrying more easily for various reasons.
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Elinor Williams
Serenade
Tower
Miss Williams
Tia
Rome
Marriage prospects by occupation in Miss Williams study
Miss Williams argues that a woman's chances of marriage depend on her occupation. Domestic workers, cooks, maids, and nurses rank higher for marriage potential, while models and designers rank lowest. Offices are seen as the strongest marrying ground, with businesswomen often marrying businessmen.
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Miss Williams
Marrie
Encouraging US Business Outlook for Next Twelve Months
A confidential service, regarded as reliable and conservative, predicts improved business through winter with a setback next summer and a probable post-low mood boom by next fall. It notes the autumn of 1935 seems distant but finds nothing to suggest a coming pessimistic outlook.
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Washington
United States
Nations In Debt Highlight League Finances Crisis
A report shows the League of Nations faces 37.5 million gold francs in arrears with 30.9 million due this year and only 12 of 57 members fully paid. The text links delays to US hesitation and Borah’s stance, recalling postwar debts.
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League of Nations
League
Borah
United States
Youth and Opportunity Amid Modern Obstacles
The piece argues youth face tough economic and social conditions yet must not view themselves as victims. Society should offer not only aid but belief in opportunity, highlighting youths who find jobs and contribute ideas. Encourage perseverance, humility, and faith in continued prospects.
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Robert P. Lane
Welfare Council of
New York City
Vitreous Spelling Run Ends In Tough Miss
In Topeka sourced grapevine chatter a state fair spelling runner up stumbled on vitreous amid a string of difficult terms. Contestants tackled long and obscure words like nonconformability transabstantiation incontravertibility and zircon as announcers struggled through the dictionary. Also noted: a Farm Bureau poll shows candidates favoring a net income tax and a graduated sales tax as revenue solutions for South Dakota.
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Kansas
Minneapolis Journal
Grapevine
Topeka
Peling
Minnesota
Istle
Buren
South Dakota
Woonsocket News
The Crew of the Forgotten Murder Chapter 1
Crime notes flow into police and press rooms as detectives chase purse snatchings and a fatal car incident. Agent Morden coordinates leads on John Smith and Lampson cases while a hitchhiker and a detective apprentice eye the unfolding scene. Authorities pursue Decker and Shillingby with an undercover stakeout as tension rises.
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Charles Morden
Tye
Elizabeth Givens
Reeder Street
Waters Street
Mary Hriggs
Smith
George Moffit
Melrose Street
Webster and
Broadway
Carl Wheaton
Wheaton
Morden
Bella
Brat
Cutie
Edward Shillinby
Monadnock
Ninth and Central
Eiganister
Western Avenue
Cypress
Hazel
Thomas Decker
Washington Street
Decker
Tange
Fay Bronson
Lockhaven
Philip Lamson
Cincinnati Red
Fay “Bronson
Argyle
Shillingby
Lampson
John Smith
Tom Carsons
Detective Bureau
Maple Avenue
Riverview
Gue
Carsons
The Rat Mystery HORIZONTAL L musical tale unraveled
A fragment from a crime story features a musician who charmed rats and a complex plot with Frank B. Cathay identity questions. Investigators pursue a Riverview suspect as characters Carsons Morden and Whipple move through a tense scene amid references to banks and clubs.
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Associated Press
Newa
Member
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Prudden
King & Frodden
New York
Chicago
Denver
San Francisco
George Clark
Mr. Banks
Youth Against Circumstances
Christian Science Monitor
Edward Shilling
Himan Belag
Ratz
North Americ
Ireland
South America
Frank B. Cathay
Cathay
Ofce
2 Bank
Walnut Avenue
First National Bank
Charles
Tom
Whipple
Rey
Rosa Praisa
The
Oldams
Anne Adams
Aence Andere
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