Girl in Boy's Clothes Seeks Husband in San Francisco
Eileen Shaw aged 16 was jailed after masquerading as a boy to earn a living. She worked as a bellboy under the name Herbert Emery and confessed her sex. She told of Humboldt County roots and Portland work, with a broke wage offer. Automaker Joseph Stuger visited the jail and secured her release as marriage plans emerged.
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San Francisco
Cal
Eileen Shaw
Herbert Emery
Humboldt County
Portland
Oregon
Joseph Stuger
Stuger
Women seek Liberty Bell shipment to Panama Exhibition
Mrs G L Barkley of Washington state and other travelers urged Philadelphia Mayor Blankenburg to send the Liberty Bell to the 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition. New York women challengers plan tests to contest Fire Prevention bureau appointments as civil service standards differ by gender. Rhode Island federation prints Home Economics for efficient home management. Countess Eugenia Hildegarde Von Boos in New Brunswick, New Jersey aids Philadelphia poor and prisoners with food clothing and medical care.
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Gon
Washington
G. L. Barkley
Kittiles County
Wash
Blankenburg
Philadelphia
New York
Civil Service
Fire Prevention Bureau
Eugenia Hildegarde von Boos
Boos Zu Waldeck
New Brunswick
N. J
Perhaps even the bigamist may discover that man cannot serve two masters
A terse aphorism notes the difficulty of holding conflicting loyalties, hinting at moral or legal tensions in marriage and duty. The line suggests a caution about double lives and competing commitments.
Prohibition Committee Launches Auto Campaign Tour
The prohibition state committee begins an automobile tour to unite forces against liquor. The campaign starts in Madison with Frederick W. Corbett of Lansing as principal speaker. The tour will visit Dane county towns first then Iowa county and cover Iowa Grant Lafayette Green and Rock counties over the following two weeks.
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Madison
Wis
Prohibition State Committee
Frederick W. Corbett
Lansing
Mich
Dane County
Iowa
Grant
Lafayette
Green
Rock
Assembly Chamber
Regulates Sale of Poor Seeds in Wisconsin
Madison, June 27. Gov. McGovern signed a stringent law regulating fraudulent seed sales. Drawn by Prof. R. A. Moore of the agricultural experiment station, the bill requires exact labeling of seed purity on each container. Agricultural inspectors will collect open market samples and prosecute fraud in the state’s name.
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Madison
Wis
McGovern
R. A. Moore
Agricultural Experiment Station
Agricultural Department
Simplified view of Wilson-Glass currency reform aims
Representative Bulkeley of Ohio explains the Wilson-Glass bill as a plan to free currency from business domination, place reserves for public benefit, and ensure stable government currency. It promises fewer panics, steady demand for pay in government currency, and easier local borrowing for small businesses through bank flexibility and rediscounting.
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Washington
Bukeley
Ohio
House Banking Committee
United Press
Bulkeley
Robert J. Bulkeley
Wilson-Glass
Wall Street
Stock Exchange
Aldrich Monetary Commission
Short Season for Outing Clothes
A witty exchange about summer plans captures Reginald asking if Claude Algernon will travel. Claude laments staying at the shop and missing a photo in outing clothes. The Washington Star quips that a well balanced man avoids being easily upset.
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Reginald
Claude Algernon
Washington Star
State Board to certify professional fees next week
The state board of health will certify next week the fees of physicians ministers and local registrars to county treasurers for reporting marriages births deaths and accidents. The aggregate amount last year was between 55000 and 60000 dollars. The fee per case reported is 25 cents while local registrars are paid 20 cents for recording each birth death marriage or death certificate sent them.
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State Board of Health
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Ore
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Rhode Island
Federation of
Women’s Clubs
Williams
Dr. Williams
Pink
Dr. Williams Medicine Company
Schenectady, N.Y
Wisconsin
C. A. Harper
State Board
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Asi Swift Specific Company
Swift
Atlanta
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