Divorce alimony ruling sparks secretary role rethink
In a Chicago case a husband who cannot pay 15 dollars weekly alimony was ordered to replace his secretary with his estranged wife at 15 dollars. The column argues such a ruling would pressure husbands nationwide and critiques the idea of a wife becoming a bossless, meek secretary versus a capable homemaker.
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Baker General role in Continental Army remembered
The piece recalls the Baker General title held by Christopher Ludwick the Philadelphia baker who served as commissioned baker general to the Continental Army. It notes the Fourth Corps Area Quartermaster Corps based in Atlanta bought 3,289,000 paper bags and 143,912 pounds of wax paper for wartime troop lunches.
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Guess Who This Is STEMS SERVED
Strawberries were served on the stems in England until 1884. The berry was picked up by the stem and dipped into sugar before being eaten. Conrad Reed, a 12 year old, found the first gold discovery in the United States in Calharus County, North Carolina, in 1799. During the 1880s western hotels arranged silverware in standing form with knife and spoon set in fork tines.
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Various Anecdotes and Notes From a Historical Snapshot
Victor Moore's August superstition links misfortune to the month. New York's Rockefeller Plaza is a famed private street landmark. Indigenous salmon beliefs revolve around returning bones to rivers for the chief in the West. Molotov began 1905 activity in Kazan revolutionary circles. Educational Clinic of City College NY, 1913, first U.S. maladjusted children facility. During Boston siege Harvard was barracks. college moved to Concord, back June 21, 1776. About 500 communities release students for religious education. Joliet residents celebrated beer taps after a brewery overflowed into water supply. Lawrence G Hodgin, 20, of 511 Carick Avenue, enlists in USMC, training at Parris Island. Hodgin brother of Ches a P Hodgin.
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