Antoinette Taft Seeks Newspaper Break in San Francisco
Antoinette Taft, twenty three, struggles to hold a job in a drab San Francisco flat with sister Brenda, brother Cliff, Bruce, and Aunt Meg. She interviews Lawrence Bellamy, editor of the Journal of Commerce, but finds no spot for a woman writer. Tony soon lands a reporters job with the Call after a city editor and encounters Bellamy at a restaurant. she enjoys the newsroom bustle and helps with photographs while facing romance from Burney Kerr and Barney.
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Antoinette Taft
San Francisco
Brenda
Cliff
Bruce
Meg
Lawrence Bellamy
The
Journal of Commerce
Burney Kerr
Barney
Tony
Mr. Greenwood
Call
Joe Burke
Bellamy
Gess Cutter
Fitch
Bess
Witch
Understanding and Engagement Between Tony and Barney
Tony ponders an unwritten agreement with Barney Kerr as he worries about Fitch and his affairs. At work Tony confesses to Vince Toller about dinner with Bess Cutter, weighing social code versus friendship and loyalty in a tense, morally wary city life.
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Barney
Fitch
Tony
Vin
Barney Kerr
Vince Toller
Vince
Bess Cutter
Flo
Vince Teller
Holt
The Right Man and a Tuesday Office Party
Tony contemplates the social code of romance and respect as she plans a Tuesday office party. Brenda protests and Miss Cutter’s relationship with Mr Fitch becomes a point of tension. Tony resents being mocked as a prude and seeks agency in choosing her company and events.
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Tony
Brenda
Miss Cutter
Miss Bruce
Mr. Fitch
Bendy
Bismarck
Bessie
Bartin
Vince
Tony Reports From Piedmont Clubhouse Pageant
Tony joins a coverage crew for a midwinter Piedmont carnival opening of a new clubhouse. She observes socialities, declares the event bright, mingles with debs and press, and helps coordinate camera and interviews as the day unfolds with fashion, sports, and Juvenilia parades.
Delightful Patterson home hosts quiet visit with tragedy
In a gray shingled San Francisco home, Mrs Patterson and her daughter greet visiting Miss Taft of the Call and host tea with Ruth Bellamy, who mourns the loss of her son seven months ago. Tony notes club life, dressing plans, and a guest, Mr Benedict Arnold, as the scene shifts to memories of parachute pioneer Garnerin and Leonardo da Vinci.
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Pattersons
Mrs. Patterson
Tony
Miss Taft
Ruth
Ruth Bellamy
San Francisco
Mrs. Bellamy
The future of marriage and its moral framework
The author argues that society will adopt looser but clearer marriage responsibilities a century hence. Divorces prompt religious protest, reflecting the Christian view that marriage is a sacrament and a social shield for women and children, until gender roles and duties are precisely defined.
Vision of marriage and education shaping future society
The speaker argues marriage serves children, predicts universal free education on uniform lines, government subsidies to encourage early marriage, sterilization for diseased individuals, and civil rights loss as punishment, with a bounty for every healthy birth.
The Future of Marriage and Social Change
The author argues that tomorrow the state will shield children from parental sins and easing divorce will be balanced by addressing economic abuses. He envisions government policies leveling wealth by 2000 A D to secure married women's economic independence and reduce home instability.
Proposal for 21st century marriage equals legal partnership
The text envisions marriage as a formal partnership with equal partners, a housekeeping allowance tied to a portion of the husband’s means, and automatic support for children via the state. It advocates easier divorce, stricter alimony rules, and penalties for alimony dodgers, with a state trustee role for children’s welfare.
Peasant Candidate Cartoon and Texan Memory
A column lampoons the idea that everyday folks must act like peasants to qualify for national leadership. It contrasts Nor tonian political vaudeville with New York satire and notes Texan homesteaders and frontier grit. The piece also comments on Al Smith politicking, grammar debates, and press coverage of overseas war.
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Oulton
Tex
Cans
McIntyre and Heath
Mr. Dooley
New York City
We Find What We Look For in This Old World of Ours
The speaker reflects on finding nobler qualities in humanity. He asserts that great souls exist along the road of life and that merit is present even in those who seem ordinary or weak.
Bayer Aspirin Promoted As Safe Headache Relief
An advertising notice urges readers to consult their doctor before trying unknown remedies and promotes Genuine Bayer Aspirin as a fast, safe option for headaches and common pains. It explains Bayer Aspirin’s superiority over older stomach or heart harming remedies and instructs buyers to ask for Bayer Aspirin by name.
Inside Out Bald Heads Spark World-Wide Misery
A trimmed quote from Tramp Starr notes that much of the world's misery stems from inner bald-headedness. The remark frames a lighthearted critique of inner emptiness as a universal cause of trouble.
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Starr
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W.N.U. Service
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Eugenie
Greeny
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Piedmont
Arnoldson
Tey
New York
Honolulu
Greenwood
Isabella
Spike Illyan
Spike
Oakland
Miss Art
Mrs. Rogers
Patterson House
Juvenilia
Andre Jacques Garnerin
Europe
Leonardo da Vinci
Public Ledger, Inc
WNU
Peasant
Cornell University
Oregon Trail
California
Texas
Rome
Africa
Irvin S. Cobb
Bayer Aspirin
Leo
Garfield
Garfield. Tea CO
N.Y
Snow White
PETRO
Glover
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