Women Bank Jobs Rise as War Shifts Labor Force
The article notes few women officers in New York and New Jersey banks but predicts more may run banks if war lasts, citing 20 000 women hired in Wall Street since the U S entered the war. Mechanics and Metals bank reports women are slower but more careful, reducing clearing house losses. as women fill 60 of 86 positions, economists warn of future reassignment when men return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
New Jersey
Canada
Wall
Nnmen
Mechanics
Metala Bank
Question on cooks and taxidermy in a strange quip
A quirky line asks why a cook who prepares turkeys and chickens is not a taxidermist. The text then shifts to a moral-taught remark urging girls to seek a husband who will care for them, implying a domestic remedy.
Occasional Dishes and Fragrant Dinners from Home
A compact household guide offers recipes to utilize scraps such as crusts in bread making, alongside grapefruit jelly, grape juice gelatin desserts, and a chili beef stew with beans. It includes a deviled ham luncheon spread and ends with a closing religious verse from Willcox.
Strips of stale bread with butter canapes and roast beef loaf
Prepare canape strips from stale bread spread with butter then mayonnaise dressing and egg yolk. Center a tender asparagus tip. For the roast beef loaf remove kin, grind meat with egg parsley onion juice salt paprika and bread crumbs, bake with center hollow and top crumb crust, baste with fat. Serve with gravy sauce and rich pilaf rice preparation.
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Sam Isches Jong
Hamburg
Romancing Cannoles Sparks Stock Box Office Clash
Prolific stock company agents debate publicity as Ronald Cannoles criticizes a printed hit piece. Forrest pushes Zepp to craft a rousing smear linking Cannoles to Shakespeare and noble lineage, while Miss Dwyer and a budding teacher stir romantic intrigue in the box seats and backstage.
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Thia Stock Company
Charlie Zepp
Prolife
Olympia
Hazel Dwyer
Ms. Dwyer
Forrest
Cannoles
Zepp
Miss Dwyer
Jes
Ronald
Ronald Cannoles
Dck
Canples
Cupid
Miss Walters
Charlie
Hasel
Uney
Hawes
Charlo
Coles
Gem
Mier Dwyer
Oburle
Jeanmott
Walter
Cope
Mt. Hythe
Mochase Hawens
Nine Parts of Speech Defeat Grumpy Gramma in London Market
A humorous scene unfolds as Tow Much Gramma tries to bluff a London fish market crowd. A man tests her grammar with terms like pronoun verb adverb adjective and more, leaving her tongue tied and defeated in the mud. The exchange ends with the crowd amused and the woman's dignity crushed.
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London
Inigo
Soap and Ointment for Skin Troubles Ad
For skin troubles the Soap cleanses and purifies while the Ointment soothes and heals. They give immediate relief from itching burning eczema pimples and baby skin troubles and daily use helps prevent worsening. Free sample by mail with Book address postcard Cuticura Dept L Boston Sold everywhere.
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Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Adv
Senator Chamberlain Defends Food Control Bill
In Washington he likened attacks on the bill to a movie scene, recounting a boyhood tale about restraint. The exchange turned on showing feeling without overdoing it, illustrating push for measure amid criticism.
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Senator Chamberlain
Washington
Bill
Weill
Patriot garden yields twenty cents in radIary harvest
A playful exchange hints at modest garden profits with a humorous line about rad iaries totaling at least twenty cents. Prudery is praised over shamelessness in the banter.
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Tve
Peruna Endorsed By Local Patient In Rogersville
A Rogersville Tennessee resident writes that after suffering a severe bout with the la grippe and a persistent cough, five bottles of Peruna cured both the cough and catarrh. The testimonial notes the writer weighed 115 pounds before and 148 pounds after treatment and urges others with a similar ailment to try Peruna.
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Brown
Rogersville
Tenneneen
War Declared on Rats and Wedding Gifts Debate
A wartime notice urges rat control with Boomer’s Pest Exterminator as a key defense cost and duty. The piece also notes a Saxon French cigar lighter tax and discusses its impact on matches, smoking rates, and public opinion, with references to wedding gift exchanges and Liberty bonds.
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France
M. Klotz
Learn Every Day Life Is Educational
The piece notes that daily learning broadens life and improves methods. It describes a mindset of steady study and growth, urging regular effort to gain knowledge and become wiser through consistent practice.
The War Tax Imagined in a Grumbled Note
A fragmentary wartime letter or caption reflects humor and frustration with the war tax. It mentions being billed and a wish for cheer, paired with ill-formed phrases and garbled words suggesting a domestic, informal missive. The tone hints at personal coping during wartime duties and expenses.
Gompers Opposes Plan To Include Women in War Work
Samuel Gompers leads AFL opposition to a plan that would place women in war industry roles. He argues the push risks disrupting labor standards and family livelihoods, urging caution in deploying female workers amid wartime demands.
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Gompers
Gowpere
Armerican Federation of Labor
Women sufferers need swamp root for relief
An old newspaper item discusses women with kidney and bladder issues seeking swamp root remedies. It describes ignorance about symptoms and mentions Dr Kilner and Theralycin in connection with health products. A comic Toonerville trolley scene is recounted in a light aside about transit delays and curious passengers.
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Kilner
Thyalcin
Unable to Read Wunker At Durtlel Wont Wre
A damaged OCR fragment references a wunker at Durtlel with unreadable notes about tid or write their own. The exact event and names are unclear but the context suggests a local disturbance or incident reported in the paper.
Admit Women at Libertville University Opens This Year
Admission at Libertville University opens this year to women applicants for the first time. Officials say the policy change expands access and marks a milestone for the university.
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Lwrrard Aubversity
Uivdlenehoel
Pitcher never runs down despite windy windup claim
A clipped betting line notes a pitcher did not run down the ball or throw with a proper windup, suggesting skepticism about his mechanics amid windy conditions. The remark focuses on technique rather than game outcome, hinting at observers' doubt of performance under weather.
Unscrupulous Cane Sale Fragments Reported in Muddled Ad
A garbled classified-like text from a historical page mentions offers of ten dollars for a cane of catari, confusing phrases about Atari Medicine and Murua Surfer, with incomplete quotes from a lawyer and a cautious response about payment and inmate containment. The passage is incomplete and difficult to fully interpret.
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Atari
J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Onto
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Reece Work
Howe
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Youung
Fai
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New York
Girape
Bilin Whealer Wiloon
Willcox
Verne Maznett
Amu
Anon
U. S. Gov't
Wannington
United States
ROYAL
Frea
Royal Baking Powder Company
Dept. W
William Street
Toonerville
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Pivehureh Company
Sharin
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