The Girl on This Farm and Domestic Work
A study of rural household labor discusses farm women and hired girls. It notes wage offers around twenty dollars monthly, social objections to home service, and the preference for congenial cooks within private family life. It argues country life sustains workers as livestock trends rise and autos expand.
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Gsid
North Dakota
Chicago
Municipal Employment Bureau
Fred
Clorka
Motor Boat Sets Record on Jeffersonville Cincinnati Trip
The motorboat Martha E. owned by Mr. Herfel completed a record breaking Jeffersonville to Cincinnati and back voyage. Captain Herfel led a crew including Frank Hydron William Cisco John Cummings George Carr Milton Vamppell and others. They left Monday 1 10 am reached Cincinnati 8 pm the same day and returned leaving Cincinnati Wednesday at 6 am arriving in Jeffersonville at 4 pm after a 10 hour return run with stops at Madison and other places. Ninety gallons of gasoline and six gallons of oil were used. Weather was poor on the return. The voyage lasted two nights and one day for pleasure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Herfel
William Ff. Hydron
William
Jeffersonville
Madison
Martha E
Cincinnati
Evansville Man Finds Valuable Pearl in Ohio River
Edward Bunge a mussel digger found a pearl valued at 500 to 1000 dollars in the Ohio River near Evansville Indiana. He has reportedly found several thousand dollars in pearls before. Kaiser Wilhelm Orce confessed ownership of eighteen thousand neckties.
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Ohio River
Eveneville
Ind
Edward Bunge
Here
Bunge
Kaiser Wilhelm Orce
Boy’s Story Sparks Treasure Digging at Catoma Creek
In Birmingham, a boy from Catoma Creek provokes a treasure craze after a jailhouse boyish question leads four alleged train robbers to reveal a hidden stash. Residents abandon farming as hundreds dig along Catoma Creek bridges hoping for riches.
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Catoma Creek Bridge
Birmingham
Ala
Catoma Creek
Montgomery County
Alabama Great Southern
Ribbville
Coridor
Catoma
Memorial Day Memoir Reveals Civil War Ironies and Loss
A personal manuscript from a Civil War veteran dated September 25 1862 describes the storming of a Maryland redoubt, a valiant act that led to a court martial and the killing of a rival soldier Williams. The writer confesses but seeks absolution, recounting family history, vengeance, and a reckoning with memory. The page also discusses Memorial Day origins as a secular All Souls day and notes social welfare themes about farm women and home economics demonstrations.
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Lis
Jacksonville
Toam
Tam
Davidstown
Moother
South
New York
Columbus
Miss
North
Carrollton Names Teachers for High and Public Schools
Carrollton Kentucky May 27 The following teachers were elected for the Carrollton high and public schools Superintendent Prof W F O Donnel Principal Prof J H Way Assistant Principal Mae Witherill teachers Cora Banta Nona Seppenfeld Ruth Salyers Anna Shepherd Dorothy Adkinson Clara Logeman Maud Johnston Mariam Thompkins Eighth grade teacher not elected.
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Carrollton, Ky
Carrollton High and
W. F. O'Donnel
J. H. Way
Mise Mae Witherill
Cora Banta
Nona Seppenfeld
Ruth Salyers
Anna Shepherd
Dorothy Adkinson
Clara Logeman
Maud Johnston
Mariam Thompkins
Madison Woman Chosen Fourth District Federated Clubs Leader
One hundred twenty five delegates attended the eighth annual convention of the Federated Clubs of the Fourth district in Rising Sun Indiana. Mrs Carrie B Crozier of Madison was elected chairman with Mrs William McConnell of Rising Sun as vice chairman. The meeting next year will be held in Madison.
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Rising Sun
Ind
Federated Clubs of the
Fourth District
Madison
Carrie B. Crozier
William Mc Connell
Pretsler Diamond Mine Largest in World Near Pretoria
The Pretsler diamond mine east of Pretoria in South Africa is the world’s biggest, employing 15,600 Katlirs who dig drill and load blue earth to extract diamonds valued at about $10,000,000 annually.
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Pretsler
South Africa
Pretoria
Treasury Employed Numbers Exceed Eleven Thousand
The Treasury Department employs more than 11,000 people as part of the United States government workforce.
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Treasury
Treasury Department
United States Government
Polished Apples and Shipboard Directions Digest
Polished apples are served whole with olive oil. On a ship the port side is left and starboard is right when facing forward, providing simple seafaring orientation.
Gravity and City Survey Highlight Jeffersonville Storm Damages
Gravity as universal force is described while Columbus youth organize a four squad survey to map alleys for sanitation. Jeffersonville reports show Tuesday storm caused heavy tree damage across the county with uprooted trees along the interurban line to Indianapolis in under a mile.
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Columbus
Commercial Club
Jeffersonville
Indianapolis
Houston Aiding Farmers Wives
Secretary Houston addresses unrest among country women by funding farm home economy programs. Data show $81,505 for meetings and movable schools teaching cooking sewing and home comforts, $50,197 for canning clubs, with county agents aiding farmers and their wives in the thirty three states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Houston
Department
Money mixup if America fights German investments
A wartime scenario analyzes how a U S clash with Germany would affect vast holdings in both nations American and German owners would face debt issues and possible confiscation while German ships interned in U S waters could be seized or allowed to depart The piece notes the complex legal status of alien enemies and the difficulty of enforcing payments during war and questions the fate of thousands of invested assets including railroad securities and real estate
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Washington
United States
Europe
Wir
Germany
Gerumans
America
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Madison Herald
Eraid Company
Paolo Est Sa
Arosan
Oficea Lnl Maat
Manson
Evansville
Samson & Headley
Old Place
Cecily
Tami
Earth
Williams
Blackguard
Thad
Frank Hin
George
Willams
Helen
Goodby
Summit
N. J
Frederick Tumphreys
Mr. Tumphreys
T. St. John Gaffney
Association
Secrelaly
Carrollton High School
Adison
Federated Cluba
Neptune
Department of Agriculture
Alaska
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