Modern Woman and the Old Role in Public Debate
The article discusses the educated modern woman as intellectually and physically superior to past norms. It critiques reliance on economic dependence, urges independent income for women, and argues for reforms in education and marriage to raise the nation's moral and intellectual standard. It cites Dr. Alfred T. Schofield on women’s emancipation and the need for changes in policy and society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Alfred T. Schofield
Carter Schofield
Nethine
Renee
Aowedian
England
America
Joan
Lince
John Bull
Worpen
Schoveld
Paris Hotels Requisitioned to be Returned to Owners
French cabinet advises government offices will vacate hostels and return them to owners at once ready to host American visitors next summer. Paris hosts count 600 hotels and 2 590 hostels with 1 000 suited for tourists. a central bureau is planned to direct strangers to lodging. Foreigners barred from hotel and restaurant work under a bill. war showed many were enemy agents. The law bans aliens from various trades linked to defense and industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Teris
Hotel Omen
Till
Painting on a Pacific Fleet Dreadnought
A photograph shows a carefree sailor painting the sides of a sea fighter aboard a Pacific fleet dreadnought. The image highlights painting as one of the many remunerative trades learned in the United States Navy while traveling the world.
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United States Navy
Explorer Bernard Fails to Link Polar Seas
Joseph F. Bernard, explorer and former Los Angeles resident, returns from a three year attempt to sail from the Pacific to the Atlantic north of the American continent aboard the Teddy Bear. The venture, aided by one assistant, followed two prior defiant voyages and ends with the vessel reported lost near Banksland.
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Los Angeles
Joseph F. Berhard
Atlantic
David H. Hurley
Bernard Here
Banksland
Bernard
WILL HUNT MAN-EATING TIGER IN KULLING CHINA
K S Little, a noted scholar and traveler, will lead a spring expedition into the southwest district to drive off man-eating tigers. Twenty Chinese and many cattle have been killed or devoured. residents report five tigers in the area, forcing abandonment of homes and fields.
Pastor Quits Church for Business in Detroit Area
Rev Thomas G Sykes pastor of the Grosse Pointe Protestant Church resigns claiming salary not enough to support his family He served as a chaplain with the First division in France and will enter business
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Detreit
Thomas G. Sykes
Grosse Pointe
America
Roctor Sykes
France
Mather Awarded Life Membership in National Geographical Society
Stephen T. Mather NPS director receives life membership from the National Geographical Society for efforts in expanding and promoting geographic knowledge. Since 1913 he advanced national park development, directing the park service after 1917 and guiding growth from 13 to 20 parks while boosting public interest and attendance.
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Stephen T., Mather
National Park Service
National Geographical Society
National Park System
Lane
Interior Department
Mather
Eleven-Year-Old Author Horace Wade Gathers Rave Reviews
Horace Wade, an eleven year old novelist from St Louis, wrote In the Shadow of Great Peril and earned praise from George Ade and Irvin Cobb. His next work The Heavyland of Justice is planned with a sequel anticipated.
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Horace Atkinson Wade
Horace
Edward I, Wade
Chiveneco
St. Louis
George Ade
Irvin Cobb
Chica
Wade
Tfornee
Elihu Root Doubles In Spotlight On Court Of Nations
Elihu Root, seen as a leading Republican voice, says he will not attend the Republican national convention. He plans to travel to Paris in June for the conference on creating a permanent international court of justice. Root is among distinguished delegates invited to join the committee drafting the constitution for the court.
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Elihu Root
Court of Nations
Paris
Permanent Court of International Justice
Rockies water waste plan urged for Washington irrigation
Visionaries tout a Columbia basin project to move Idaho and Montana water through 180 miles of lakes canals and tunnels to irrigate about 3850 square miles in southeast Washington. Engineers assess feasibility as 25 000 square miles of Rocky Mountain drainage feed the system. Canada receives 96 sealskins from United States under the Pelagic sealing treaty.
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Washington
Rockies
Columbia Basin
Idaho
Montana
Big Bend
Columbia River
Rocky Mountains
Canada
Vancouver
B. C
United States
Bering Sea
Alaskan
Mexicans Distill Cactus Spirit With Primitive Stills
With the crudest sort of stills Mexicans have for many years made beverage alcohol from cactus. The note describes crude methods and long tradition of cactus liquor production in Mexican regions.
Earl of Athlone Named King George’s Ottawa Representative
London dispatches report General the Earl of Athlone will serve as King George’s representative in Ottawa. He is described as the brother-in-law and former prince of Teck who relinquished royal titles and served in France and Flanders, earning the rank of general during World War I. His welcome in Canada is anticipated by hundreds of thousands.
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King George
Ottawa
London
Canada
Earl of
Teck
Wurttemberg
Fwighness
House of Lords
Earl of Athone
Tie
France
Flanders
Carrie Chapman Catt Dominates Chicago Suffrage Convention
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt led the Chicago suffrage convention as the League of Women Voters forms from the suffrage association. Catt becomes honorary chairman as Maud Wood Park leads the new league with officers including Gellhorn, Edwards, and Jacobs and regional directors to assist.
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Carrie Chapman Catt
Chicago
Association
League of Women Voters
St. Louis
Richard Edwards
Indiana
Solon Jacobs
Alabama
New Inventions Across Nations Highlight Early 1900s Science
Notes describe a rubber tipped ferrule with a coil spring for crutches, submarine boats for pearl gathering, vented cork fabric garments, a cap backrest for car work, a tobacco packing device, an international currency calculator, a national hydroelectric plan, a nitric acid patent, and a space saving bed head table.
Farm Journal Says A Day With A Friend Suits Men
A collection of rural maxims urges practical living and steady work. It contrasts teaching a calf to drink with the value of honest labor, noting that bloodshed harms children and that happiness comes from loving one's work. The piece closes with a call to action to clean the barn floor now.
Tips From Texas Streetwise Wit and Work Ethic
The Dallas News quips on gender norms and economic fears noting women avoiding silk stockings and men choosing work over leisure. It jests about capital and labor colliding, fear of wealth, and the fool killer’s busy Russia, implying social attitudes of the era.
Wisdom Whispers on Pride and Purity in Life
A compendium of aphorisms urges restraint in haste and self-regard. It contrasts abroad and at home perception, notes forty-year arrogance, and extols a clean life as a basis of trust. It concludes that right ambition begins with righteousness.
Lydia E Pinkham's Female Tonic Promises Relief
Omaha reader testifies after twenty years of using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female troubles. She notes additional benefit from Sonative Wash and keeps a bottle at home for times of need. Advocate invites others to seek guidance from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co with confidential, woman-to-woman response.
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Omaha
Neb
Lydia E. Pinkham
J. O. Elmquist
S. 20Th Street
Nebraska
Sighting the Description Comedy Exchange
Dialogue between a groom and bride about a manuscript discharge from the army. The bride teases the groom over missed physical details while flattering his features in playful fashion. The exchange centers on vanity and witty banter.
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Mr. Justwed
Edwin
Milks Emulsion Promises Health for Weak Children
A Dayton Ohio family credits Milks Emulsion with restoring their ten year old son’s health after years of pneumonia and weak lungs. The ad touts improved appetite, digestion, and bowel action, claiming quick relief of stomach trouble and constipation, with a money back guarantee and nationwide druggist availability.
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G. W. Smiley
Maple St
Dayton, O
Milks Emulsion Co
Terre Haute
Ind
Adv
Mistaken Identity in a Tangle of Names
A fragment shows a puzzled exchange over person identity with misheard names and insults. The names Newrich and O Brien appear amid a questioned encounter and remarks about appearance. The lively dialogue hints at mistaken recognition and social tension.
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