Cocoon Woman Critics Push Outdoor Recreation Motto
Miss Hstelle Bertine of New York opened the third session of the international conference of women physicians at the YWCA in New York arguing to shift women’s activity from artificial pastimes to natural recreation. Dr Agnes Burns Ferguson urged more outdoor exercise and questioned if women themselves get enough. She cited golf and tennis as ideal for forgetting work and called for widespread organized recreation with centers every quarter mile.
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Agnes Burns Ferguson
Pittsburgh
Bureau of Recreation
Savanna Mob Kills Man. Three Held After Hold-Up
Enraged Savanna residents form a posse and shoot two Chicago men during a hold-up. Louis Bluhm dies and Peter Cymbal is wounded. authorities believe the victims may be the wrong men. Thomas Burns and Mike Lezandowski are in custody for inquest today.
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Savanna
Louis Bluhm
Peter Cymbal
Chicago
Thomas Burns
Mike Lezandowski
War-torn French sites auctioned as battlefield relics
Advertisements in French newspapers offer former battlefields for sale as ruins. Buyers promise to preserve trenches barbed wire entanglements and dismantled tanks for visitors, with expectations of profits as tourists flock to France in coming years.
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A&a
France
Domestic Servant Exchange Sparks Lingering Questions
The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin features a brief exchange where a female employer questions a servant about references. The servant states two years of domestic service and asserts strong references. The oddly phrased dialogue hints at trust concerns and hiring practices of the period.
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Ma'am
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
Dot Hill Paragraphs Luke Mathewson Supports New Argument Signs
Luke Mathewson stood on the back porch this morning with a curry comb running through his whiskers a sign he is getting ready for a fresh argument in the neighborhood.
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Luke Mathewson
Local observations at the ice cream supper plan
Yam Sims saw Atlas Peck with a roll of one dollar bills today and wanted to rent them to carry to the ice cream supper Saturday night. Luke Mathewson says he has lived here nearly eighty years and never found two mornings exactly alike.
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Yam Sims
Atlas
Luke Mathewson
Here
Landlord and waiters clash over tips and bills
The Washington Star reports a quarrel between a hotel landlord and its waiters. The waiters claim unfair advantage by trunks held for a bill, while they must risk collecting tips. The dispute centers on payment leverage and tip collection dynamics.
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Washington Star
Mrs Jones Refuses Early Rise for Several Days
Mrs Jones will not get up before 7:30 am and Mr Jones asks her to try for a few days while he arranges his business. Philadelphia Inquirer reports a domestic note.
Naval preparatory schools plan expands recruitment
The Navy has created two training sites in Newport Rhode Island and San Francisco California to prepare men for entry to the Naval Academy at Annapolis. Enlistment for naval aviation or the hospital corps is emphasized with pay bonuses and length of service options.
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Navy Department
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
J. R. Gurkie
Greensboro
High Point
Newport
R. I
San Francisco
Cal
Gurkie
Naval Academy
W. R. Spinkile
Cable Street
Naval Aviation
Naval Air Stations
Air Service
Hospital Corps
Hissing signals differ by region across the world
The article notes how hissing is used as a greeting in Japan, expresses astonishment in West Africa, is sparked by beauty in the New Hebrides, signals cordial agreement among the Basutos, and expresses satisfaction for the Kabyles of Northern Africa.
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Japan
West Africa
New Hebrides
Basutos
Kabyles
Africa
Film Tax Plot Sparks Satirical War Debt Scheme
In a humorous quip from Film Fun, a character boasts a plan to repay the nation's war debt by levying a two cent tax on every motion picture scenario written. The joke uses wartime finance as a backdrop for satire.
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