Soviet Finance Head Does Her Own Cooking and Clothes
Moscow AP profile of Barbara Nikolaevna Yakovieva Russia's commissar of finance. She directs nearly two billion dollars annually with 150 dollar monthly pay yet manages a vast operation with 15 000 men and 2 000 women. She toils 16 to 18 hours daily and lives modestly in a five room flat near a workers' settlement. Her background includes exiles under the czar, work with Lenin and Trotsky, and a belief in equal opportunity for all women in the Soviet Union. She holds a master's in higher mathematics and is an accomplished pianist with hobbies in mathematics music and radio. She envisions many women in high posts within a few years.
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Moscow
Russia
Barbara
Nikolaevna Yakovieva
Andrew W.mellon
U. S. Treasury
Mellon
England
Madame Yakovieva
Saratov
Volga
Madame Yakovleva
Siberia
Lenin
Trotsky
Soviet Union
Political Joust in Alaska Seeks Soft Persuasion Policy
Juneau Alaska AP A looming November election will choose Judge James Wickersham as Alaska s Republican envoy to Congress. Once a longtime political player in the territory he now pitches a peaceable approach to Washington aiming to ease federal friction after decades of local advocacy and controversy.
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Juneau
Alaska
Congress
James Wickersham
Wickersham
Washington
Alaska politics and Wickersham clash in 1919 era review
A historical sketch notes Dan Sutherland’s stormy decade in Washington and frames George B. Grigsby versus Wickersham for Alaska’s congressional seat. It highlights Alaska native voting power, Wickersham’s ties with tribes over land payments, his scholarly pursuits, personal life turmoil, and a wartime claim judge’s view by Chancellor J W Stout.
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Dan Sutherland
Washington
Wickersham
George B. Grigsby
Grigsby
Alaska
House of Representatives
United States
Grave of Ellen Louise Axson Wilson Draws Many Visitors
Visitors flock to Myrtle Hill cemetery in Rome Georgia to view Ellen Louise Axson Wilson, Woodrow Wilsons wife, buried in a prominent family plot with a Tiffany marble monument. The inscription honors her as a perfect woman of endurance and guidance. The Rome Chamber of Commerce urged better road access and a new sexton’s office at the main entrance.
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Rome
Myrtle Hill
Ellen Louise Axson Wilson
America
Beau Brumme the Civil War Samaritan of Clarksville
A garbled account from Clarksville Tennessee recalls Beau Brumme who came as a government agent to settle an army of citizens for horses and stocks seized by federal hands. He grew socially prominent and popular with the belles before leaving two years later to join a monastic community, then reappearing in Clarksville.
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Joseph
Honolulu
J. W. Stout
Dutton
Clarksville
Tenn
Travvist
Valley Grove Social News and Weddings
Valley Grove notes report Mrs Ralph Stewart and Dorothy visiting St George to see Mrs Haley and sisters while Mr and Mrs Walter Dunbar hosted a birthday gathering with twenty two guests. Lawrence Ward assists in the store and Mildred Osborne visits Evelyn Champion. Dorothy McHenry wed Victor Edmonds at McLouth with Edmonds valedictorian and girl reserves.
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Ralph Stewart
Daughiter
Dorothy
St. George
Leo Ousdahl
Richard and Buena Petrie
Kenneth Jones
Lawrence Ward
Dunbar
Mildred Osborne
McLouth
Evelyn Champion
Lawrence
Dorothy McHenry
Victor Edmonds
McHenry
Ward
Funeral Attendees Reach From Various Towns
Extremely hot weather, severe for the ill, noted as Mr and Mrs CB Brass of San Fernando California visited Mr and Mrs Tenetan balay ms ee Tasac's parents Robert Schroyer. Mr and Mrs Murry Snow of Avent spoke of survivors Frank and Brown and sister Mrs Albert Adkins of Columbus Missouri. All attended the funeral. Neighbors extend sympathy. Nite Schoonover From To ka spent days with Miss Gale Brunker.
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Mra
Vacation reading club meetings span school and church
Big Springs hosted a children friendly gathering at the school on a warm day for a vacation reading club exchange. The Big Springs Women's Missionary Society met at Mrs. C W Boursaws with Mrs Young returning from Switzerland giving an engaging talk to several members. Other Christian Endeavor plans and local travels were noted alongside a tale of classmates walking all night to stillwater for class after missing a train.
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McCafferty
Lawrence
Big Springs
Ray Cree
Velina Kettering
Edwards
Wilson
Swadiey
Hel Bahrmaier
Walter Johnson
J. F. Wright
Boursaw
Christian ‘Endeavor Society
John Duncan
Oklahoma
C. W. Boutsaw
M. B. Duncan
Stanley French
Emmett Duncan
Harry Riley
Rockies
Friays
Phillips Milk of Magnesia remedy for infant colic and fussiness
An old advertisement describes using Phillips Milk of Magnesia for feverish, cross, and fussy babies with colic, gas, sour belching, and vomiting. It suggests giving a spoonful with morning bottle and a tablespoonful in water for older children, claiming quick relief and a pleasant taste, with a brief offer to send a booklet from Phillips Co. in New York.
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Iathesia
Phillips Co
New York
Magnesia
Chas Pillips
H. Phillips
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Philadelphia
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Tex
West Virginia
Harry Shaw
Fairmont
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Samaritan
Colony of Lepers
Valley Grove
Stillwater
Okla
Charles
Owen
Cross
Ole Force
Iso
Sffcienc
Tandard
Indiana
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