Mercy The central virtue in a civic note of 19th century tone
A compact article fragment highlights mercy as a noble attribute superior to earthly power, then lists a sequence of local events including a Friday Music Club meeting hosted by Mrs. LaGrone, religious sermons by Rev W P Witsell, and a refined musical tea hosted by Miss Josephine Reaves with guests and performances. It closes with church study plans and library hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
William Shakespeare
R. M. LaGrone
Hervey Street
Josephine Reaves
Di+ vision street
M. C. Reaves
Lewis Dodge
W. T. Davis
Reaves
Robert Campbell
N. C. Reaves
Frances, Snyder
Miss Snyder
Denza
Brahms
Miss Reaves
Robert Camp
Victor Herbert
Nevin
W. Lomas
W.O. Shipley
Kline Snyder
Mac Duffie
R. T. Briant
Leonard Ellis
Webb Leseter
R.T. Adams
Monroe, Sr
R. T. Adams
Nashville
Redonda Beach
Calif
Yerger Entered in Pine Bluff Vocational Contest
Yerger High School will compete in the annual state vocational judging contest at Pine Bluff on Friday. Forty four Negro schools are expected to be represented. District winners will join in an original speaking contest on vocational agriculture. Coleman of Hope, who won the district contest, represents southwest Arkansas. Local team members Coleman Miller Brown and Lledy will compete, led by instructor J A Morris. The state winner advances to a September regional in Prairie View Texas. Yerger has placed 4th to 1st in the six year record from 1931 through 1936 in the state vocational judging contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yerger High School
Pine Bluff
George Kelly Coleman
Hope
Arkansas
Coleman
Miller
Brown
Lledy
J. A. Morris
Prairie View
Texas
With the Ladies And Ageism In Employment
A 1930s column argues that age limits crush female independence as employers favor younger workers. It cites Anna W. Porter Memorial awardee Que llie A. Randall on 30s and 40s as turning points, noting clerical roles fade after 30 and professional paths after 40, amid pension gaps and social security fears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Qllie A. Randall
Association For Improvement of the Condition
Anna W. Porter
New York City
America
Ployers
Woma
New York State
Secret plan to marry John in Minneapolis unfolds
Trissy and Pats plot to keep Trissy from marrying John Monterey by forging a false secretary persona. Pats disguises as Don Monteray to write John, arranging a meeting in Minneapolis and a marriage license, while Trissy wavers amid fear and hope. The scheme advances as they rush to send the wire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pats
Monterey
Don Monterey
John
Trissy
Minneapolis
Trissy Warren
Prissy
Don Monteray
Pal
Employer Preferences in Hiring Clerical Workers Sparks Debate
A pamphlet argues against hiring women over thirty for clerical work, proposing an organized public plan to support unemployed women. It praises mature women for wisdom and creativity, citing Broadway stars and novelists to claim depth grows with age, urging flexible divisions so older women can contribute while preserving youth’s speed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Randall
70000 Men Out As Continued Frin Page One Ping Centers
The council approves Arthur Wharton president of the machinists union issues a charter to a rival local at the Chevrolet truck body plant in Indianapolis. The new local would absorb all crafts, signaling a shift from craft lines as the federation battles Lewis. Nine months earlier the federation suspended Lewis United Mine Workers and ten related unions for attempting a single union across industries, defying AF of S craft lines. The executive council labeled the ten unions guilty of insurrection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Wharton
Machinists’ Union
Lewis
United Automobile Workers
Chevrolet
Indianapolis
Lewis’ United Mine Workers
A. F. of S
Unnions
Unemployment and Labor Restructuring Seen as Urgent
The remark that the unemployment problem for women is serious calls for undivided attention. If the field is not as fruitful as before, and workers outnumber needed labor, a reorganization and sowing of new crops are required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jana
The American Theater On The Road And Notions Of Worth
Quotations on theater success, price of value, free government, and social behavior surface from Alfred Lunt, Prof. Sackett, Senator Borah, Dr. Dollard. The FBI houses over four million fingerprint sets in Washington files as modern identification evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Lunt
R. L. Sacklett
Mississippi University
W.E. Borah
Rep
Idaho
John Dollard
Yale University
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Washington
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W. P. Wiisell
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Hope High School
Witsell
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Charles Stanowski
Mary Stanowski
Clotylda Stanowski
Mrs
B. Stanowski
Philadelphia
A. B. Spreggins
J. H. Bolton
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Womans Missionary Society of
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R. M. Briant
R. V. McGinnis
Oothe Hope
Yerger
Katherin Cornell
Hejien Hayes
Judith Anderson
Katherine Mansfield
Zona Gale
Pearl Buck
Edith Wharton
Wisdon
Dugdar
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By Sylvia
Roy Anderson and
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Cox
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Modern Desi
John P. Cox Drug Co
Oak Grove
Shover Springs
Church’ Building Fund
F. D. Henry
A. J. Neighbours
W. R Alexander
Lentric
Ana
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Cox Drug Co
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