Barbara Hawley's Convention Assignment Ushers Change
Barbara Hawley, 25, quits her fiancé Bruce Reynolds and joins the Telegraph staff. She travels to cover the General Federation of Women's Clubs convention, meets Jerome Ball and Molly Perkins, and encounters hints of scandal and ambition as she progresses toward a career boost.
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Barbara Hawley
Bruce Reynolds
Telegraph
Bob Jeffries
Jerome Ball
Barbara
Bruce
Manners
Manners, Stone , and Reynolds
Vale Acres
Lydia Stacy
Andrew McDermott
The
Violetta
Violletta Cranby
Torbara
McDermott
Fancy
Ball
Jerome
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Jeffries
Nass
Mr. McDermott
Miss Badger
Miss Hawley
Fan
Babs
Miss Perkins
Molly Perkins
Winthrop R. Mannering
Jag Board Debates New Drunkenness Tests in London
The British Medical Association’s Jag Board, 118 members including physicians and magistrates, discusses replacing old sobriety tests with new standards to withstand legal scrutiny. Separate notes mention London’s growing beauty presence, American wives, and theater smoking norms at the Gaiety.
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London
Jag Board
The
British Medical Association
Tag Board
Mystery Picture A Silent Matter In Hollywood
Hollywood officials confirm a mystery feature film is being produced with no cast names or production details released. Strict secrecy bars visitors and even other studios from the set while producers and directors alone know the cast identities and filming locations.
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Hollywood
Cal
Moving Pictures
Kentucky's bonded whiskey storehouse vast in Louisville
In Kentucky about sixteen million gallons of bonded whiskey are stored in sixteen warehouses, eight in Louisville. Three watchmen guard each site with high security and pay ranges. The government collects 2.20 per gallon when removed. Evaporation halves supply via barrels, prompting bottling to stop loss. More than 3 million gallons have been used in past fifteen months for medicinal and manufacturing needs.
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Louisville
United States
Kentucky
America
King Alfonso Starts Work at 9 A M Rivaling Industry Leaders
At a New York gathering Alexander F P Moore notes that if Alfonso are American he would rival Gary Morgan or Mellon and calls Primo De Rivera Mike among friends during dinner side information about Spain.
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New York
King Alfonso
Gary
Morgan
Mellon
Primo de Rivera
Mike
Alexander FP
Moore
Spain
Scriabin Leads Russians in Cossack Show at Holland Hall
Alexander Scriabin, son of the famed composer, conducts an orchestra at Holland hall with many Russians of old regime rank in a Cossack display. He forgoes a baton, signaling with his fingers and jokes he can literally pull notes from players. He is 40, a former professional musician after the Russian revolution.
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Alexander Scriabin
Holland Hall
Scriabin
Skinny rich men puzzled by fashion myths
The text speculates on why wealthy men appear thin and dismisses scientific data. It asserts marshmallow as the first powder puff and questions why women do not catch pneumonia. It suggests clothing warmth relates to exposure, citing knee dresses and silk stockings as examples of lingering chill yet perceived warmth.
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Barbara Laverted
Fancy
Barbara
Babs
Convention City
Free Lance
Molly Perkins
Miss Hawley
Miss Perkins
Molly
Lil
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Sartin
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Hart Drug Co
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High Point Perpetual Building and Loan Association
Commercial National Bank
H. Ellis
V. A. J, Idol
Atlantic Bank &Trust Co
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