Women Run Jackson Wyoming Mayor and Council
In Jackson Wyoming on May 10 the town elected all-women leadership after a year with women in charge. Mayor Grace Miller and council members Genevieve Van Vieck Faustina Haight and Rose Crabtree won seats, confirming Jackson’s notable feminist milestone in a town of 426 residents.
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Grace Miller
GL. W. Spicer
Genevieve van Vieck
G. R. Blaine
Faustina Haight
Almer Nelson
Jackson's Hole
Rose Crabtree
Jackson
Outbursts of Everette Pry Wins Three to One
A three to one landslide reaffirms Outbursts of Everette Pry’s victory as five women guide Jackson’s town leadership. Mayor Mrs. Miller and four councilwomen, including Mrs. Crabtree and Mrs. Van Vieck, oversee a push to modernize water, streets, and a new cemetery while a planned irrigation system replaces Cache creek ditches. Marshall Miss Pearl Williams resigns after the May 20 election, citing quiet town conditions.
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Jackson
Cache Creek
Miller
Teton National Forest Reserve
Crabtree
van Vieck
Haight
W .C. DeLaney
Wyoming
Pearl Williams
Marshall
Tackson
Juniors Push City to Close Soda Shops Sunday
City council debates Sunday closing as 1 200 Juniors press the issue. Attorney Dr. Peacock warns he can draft an ordinance but council wants clear coverage. Playground funding requested, budget constraints loom after Supreme Court ruling. Eldridge leads demand for sewer relief, council pledges quick study. Water main removal charge against J A Smith reduced to zero.
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Winston-Salem
Charlotte
Peacock
W. M. Marr
W. G. Shipman
North Carolina
High Point
D. Branson Eldridge
Ruben Eldridge
Hamilton
Eldridge
Hamilton Street
J. Allen Austin
J. A. Smith
Poor Health Blamed on Athletics
Dr. Joel E. Goldthwait told the Massachusetts Medical Association convention that slender children are now more numerous than sturdier peers due to school physical training. He urged exercises focused on correct posture over the athletic gymnastics popular in the past for better pupil health.
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Boston
Joel E. Goldthwait
Massachusetts Medical Association
Goldthwait
High Point man elected UNC associate professor
Twenty years ago in the Observer a High Point resident, Prof. Charles Lee Raper, was named associate professor of economics and history at the University of North Carolina. A Trinity College and Columbia graduate, he served as assistant professor at Columbia and would soon accept the UNC professorship.
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Charlotte Observer
High Point
Charles Lee Raper
University of North Carolina
Trinity College
Columbia University
University of North Carcelina
Chauffeur Foils Bank Robber Gang
Danville Kentucky June 7 four bandits planned to rob the State bank at Oakdale Tenn after driving from Clinton they overpowered Andrew Crumley and Leo A Lewis tying them to a tree the bandits slashed their throats Lewis died Crumley survived escaped and alerted Oakdale bank officials two bandits were later arrested in Harriman Tennessee John McClure Detroit Mich and Charley Petree Harriman Tenn bank suffered only a broken window Crumley likely to die
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Danville
Southern Railway
Oakdale
Tenn
State Bank
Clinton
Andrew Crumley
Leo A. Lewis
Lewis
Crumley
Harriman
John McClure
Detroit
Mich
Charley Petree
Zion Fath ers Overlook Dress Lengths Ordinance
The city of Zion Illinois passed an ordinance covering dress tops but neglecting the bottoms. Mayor W Hurd Clendinen has been alerted to the defect and action may follow to address it.
Civic power neglect over short skirt ordinance sparks protest
A critic laments weak city laws after seeing women in attire deemed immodest. The ordinance allows fines up to 200 dollars and jail time for wearing peekaboo stockings, gleeves not covering to mid forearm, or blouses exposing neck or shoulders beyond one third. The text notes missing skirt lengths and mentions a new neon lamp costing about 36 cents monthly.
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Petticoat
Jackson, Wic
United States
Everette Pry
Clsten
Tractor AL
Randleman Motor Co., Randleman, N. C
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